Sports & Recreation, Reference
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Tyed and True
101 Fly Patterns Proven to Catch Fish by Stu Thompson
Every fly fisher wants bragging rights about landing a 32-inch behemoth of a carp. Even better? Adding extra colour to your tale by hooking the monstrous fish with a fly tied from a tuft of your golden retriever’s fur. These are just some of the ...
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The Viking Cup
International Hockey : A Small College Town Scores Big Time by LeRoy Johnson
How does a small college in a rural Alberta city of just over 12,000 people become host to the finest hockey players in the world? Now a part of the University of Alberta, Camrose Lutheran College was challenged to compete against larger city ...
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Scouting for Intangibles
Fostering Culture Through Intangibles by Ryan Guenter
What is that some “thing” a player possesses that creates a champion, or, conversely, a bust? That is the question my University of Alberta colleagues, Dr. John G.H. Dunn & Nick L. Holt, and I set off to explore when we pursued the following ...
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Hockey Players' Personality
Contribution to Team Performance by M. Gordon Hunter
A great deal of research has been done on the quantitative indicators used in hockey player evaluation, but for the most part, the analysis of qualitative factors has been elusive. Until this book. Hockey Players' Personality Contribution to Team ...
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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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Sports Talk
How It Has Penetrated Our Everyday Language by Colin McNairn
It’s game on in uncovering the many sports-inspired terms, expressions, sayings and images that populate our everyday language! That’s the challenge that this book takes on, using a playbook for each sport. It kicks off with an opening run through ...
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