Sports & Recreation
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Rook's Glimpse of Baseball
by Dave Forbes
All baseball fans will enjoy seeing Rook's favorite ballparks. Rook has included photos and personal comments at each stop. Most ballparks have a uniqueness to them. Special sights and attractions are found at each park. Enjoy this ride-along...
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Drinkin' Thinkin'
a Canadian cyclist's view atop an American barstool by Brian Mulligan
On his fortieth birthday, Brian announced to his family that his goal was to cycle from Canada to Mexico and from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts of the US. Over the next ten years, he explored the highways and trails of the country, stopping...
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More Than a Game
What Minor, Junior, and University Hockey Taught Me About Life by Nathan Chiarlitti
Every year, hundreds of thousands of young players take to the ice, dreaming of a career in hockey, yet, only a few make it to the big leagues. A successful hockey career shouldn’t be defined by championships won, records broken, or contracts...
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Diamond Gods Of the Morning Sun
The Vancouver Asahi Baseball Story by Ron Hotchkiss
This is the story of the Asahi, a Japanese Canadian baseball team that was formed in 1914 and competed in Vancouver's Caucasian leagues between 1918 and 1941. Using a strategy called "brain ball," the smaller Japanese defeated the larger white...
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Hockey
My Door to Europe by Denis Gibbons
Hockey My Door to Europe details the author’s personal - sometimes harrowing - experiences covering international hockey, especially behind the Iron Curtain, including the start of youth hockey exchanges between Canada and communist countries....
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The Basketball Coach's Primer
by Thomas Frood
The Basketball Coach’s Primer is a resource of basketball ideas. It is written for coaches ready to review the principles and methods of the game before getting started with a new team, or for renewing coaches reviewing for the next season of...
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The Chief's Footsteps
A Social and Natural History Based on the Life and Times of Roy Peck of Danford Lake, Québec by Rick Blanchard
This book recounts the remarkable life of Roy Peck, a quintessential yet extraordinary Canadian. Born into an austere rural situation, he stuck by home and family through tough times and discovered the fun of living and the benefits of choosing...
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Coastal Navigation
for Class and Home Study by Dominique F. Prinet
Coastal Navigation for Class and Home Study is based on the notes prepared for students by the author during some 20 years of teaching navigation, initially to private or commercial pilots, and then to sailors and professional mariners. The book...
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Coastal Navigation
for Class and Home Study by Dominique F. Prinet
Coastal Navigation for Class and Home Study is based on the notes prepared for students by the author during some 20 years of teaching navigation, initially to private or commercial pilots, and then to sailors and professional mariners. The book...
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Runners of the Nish
A Season in the Sun, Rain, Hail and Hell by Alex Cyr
In the late summer of 2016, the X-Men gather at St. Francis Xavier University. From talented but inexperienced seventeen-year-olds, to elite fourth and fifth- year medal holders, revered Coach Bernie Chisholm has assembled a team of cross country...
