Sports & Recreation
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Black Irish Luck
by Terry Donegan
This is a collection of short stories that, when brought together, form the picture of a singular life: that of Terry Donegan and his black Irish luck. These are his memoirs—done his way. Told in an off-the-wall stream-of-consciousness writing ...
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Zeroing in on Optics
Professional Firearm Optics Training for the Modern Shooter by CPL. Reginald J. Wales
Zeroing in on Optics has been designed specifically for today's shooters looking to improve their skills and knowledge of utilizing their firearms optical system. Whether you are a hunter, competitive shooter, or just enjoy recreational shooting, ...
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Right or Left?
At Heaven’s Floating Bridge by Don Dickie
Morihei Ueshiba founded the martial art Aikido, believing that the combination of mental and physical training would allow Aikido practitioners to make a difference in their lives. With time, that difference, born out of activity and stillness, ...
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Summer Place
A Golf Professional's Memoir by Patrick Little
Summer Place is an overt, passionate view of the golf industry, traced through the writings of a Canadian golf professional during the late twentieth century. It’s a story a young golfer’s devout dream of one day becoming a club pro, aspirations ...
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A Hero's Journey
Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp by Chris Dooley
A Hero’s Journey Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp is a compiled history of the Olympia Sports Camp in Huntsville, Ontario, through the lens of its founder and inspiration, Dave Grace, the hero of the book’s title. The hero’s journey of ...
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A Vagabond Life
Stories From a Minnesota Hockey Coach by Tom Peart
When it comes to a career in coaching sports, there is no teaching without doing—and practice doesn’t just make perfect, it makes a whole life. In this heartfelt memoir, first-time author Thomas H. Peart recounts the story of his experiences growing ...
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For I Have Seen the Golden Ram
My Life in The Omineca Wilderness by Larry Erickson
Born in 1939, in Edmonton, Alberta, Larry Erickson loved the natural world, and it became his classroom. Mother Nature was his teacher. As soon as he could, Larry bought a trapline about 150 miles north of Fort St. James, BC, near Manson Creek in ...
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Stikine Odyssey
From Adventure to Activism with The Great River by Peter Rowlands
September 1979. When thirty-something Peter Rowlands loaded up his Landcruiser and took canoe Dimples to join his friend Hal Marsden on a paddling adventure in northern BC’s backcountry, he never expected one river—Stikine—would radically change the ...
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Rage on the Field
The Decline of Sportsmanship in Sports Today by Bob West
During a match in Colville, Washington, official Bob West was head-butted by a high school wrestler in 1996 and knocked unconscious. This incident, captured on tape, has been aired on every major network, been discussed on numerous talk shows, and ...
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The Modern Medicine Game
Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation by Travis Taylor
IN 2010, MEMBERS OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE NATIONALS (formerly the Iroquois Nationals) lacrosse team, representing the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of six Indigenous Nations in North America, were sitting in a hotel in New York City instead of playing on ...
