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Hitman: my real life in the cartoon world of wrestling
Par Bret Hart. 2007
The sixth-born son of the pro wrestling dynasty founded by Stu Hart and his wife Helen, Bret Hart joined the…
family business as a teen. From his early twenties until he retired at 43, Hart kept an audio diary, recording stories of the wrestling life, the relentless travel, the practical jokes, the sex and drugs, and the real rivalries (as opposed to the staged ones). He details his wrestling belts won, but also the price paid in betrayals, tragic deaths, and his own massive stroke. 2007.Heroes, bums and ordinary men: profiles in Canadian baseball
Par Dan Turner. 1988
A collection of short biographies of Canadians who made it to the American baseball leagues, including Fergie Jenkins, Terry Puhl,…
Rob Ducey, Phil Marchildon and Goody Rosen. These men describe their playing years, often no more than a season, and the breaks that ended the dream. 1988.Great girls: Canadian profiles of awesome athletes
Par Laura Robinson, Maija Robinson. 2004
Features profiles of 17 great Canadian female athletes. Includes superstars such as hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, speed skater/cyclist Clara Hughes,…
and up-and-coming 11-year-old athlete Sekwan Trottier, who canoes, cross-country skis, and races sled dogs. Grades 4-7. 2004.Forward: a memoir
Par Abby Wambach. 2016
Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most…
influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies. Here, Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped her become the world class athlete and leader she is today. Wambach's book goes beyond the soccer field to reveal a soulful person grappling universal questions about how we can live our best lives, and become our truest selves. Bestseller. 2016.Fast as white lightning: the story of stock car racing
Par Kim Chapin. 1981
A history of the sport that was born when moonshiners, hauling their liquor to market, outraced lawmen. Considers the drivers,…
mechanics, backers, fans, and the family dynasties of the track. 1981.Feathered dinosaurs
Par Christopher Sloan. 2000
Discusses the theory that birds are modern evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, comparing their skeletons and bone structure. Describes the 1996…
discovery in China of theropod fossils showing feathers. Explains the functions of various feathers and possible evolution of arms to wings. For grades 4-7. 2000.Facing Ali: the opposition weighs in
Par Stephen Brunt. 2002
Sportswriter Brunt interviews fifteen men who faced Muhammad Ali in the ring - great champions, no-hopers, and a few who…
beat him. Their stories are by turns triumphant and tragic, hilarious, uplifting, and angry. These fighters saw Ali invent himself as a media personality before such a thing existed, and how his courage, beliefs, and refusal to play the parts assigned him changed the United States and the world. 2002.Facing the hunter: reflections on a misunderstood pursuit
Par David Adams Richards. 2011
Richards takes us behind his gun and into the Canadian forest for a sports memoir of sorts. He explores the…
meaning of hunting and the way in which it touches lives, and provides an impassioned defense of a set of values and a way of life that he believes are under attack. Readers of his novels will note the interplay between his former life as a keen hunter and the narratives and characters of his fiction. 2011.Every second counts
Par Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins. 2004
In his much-anticipated follow-up to "It's not about the bike my journey back to life" (DC25539), Armstrong shares more details…
of his extraordinary life story, including a remarkable four more Tour de France wins, an Olympic medal, and the births of his twin daughters. Never shy of controversy, Armstrong offers, with typical frankness, his thoughts on training, competing, winning and failure. 2004.DiMaggio: the last American knight
Par Joseph Durso. 1996
Joe DiMaggio remains the embodiment of the American dream. The son of an Italian fisherman, he became one of the…
greatest baseball players of all time and was briefly married to Marilyn Monroe. His heroics on the field were also matched by his humility and decency off the diamond. 1996.Duane Thomas and the fall of America's team
Par Duane Thomas, Paul Lionel Zimmerman. 1988
Thomas, a running back for two years with the Dallas Cowboys football team, tells of his turbulent years with the…
team. Zimmerman indicts an arrogant management that let the Cowboys fall from greatness. 1988.Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs
Par Michael J Novacek. 1996
A paleontologist's account of a gruelling 1993 field expedition to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, which resulted in one of…
the most extensive dinosaur fossil discoveries in history. Describes the specimens that were found and discusses their meaning and scientific importance. 1996.Dinosaur lives: unearthing an evolutionary saga
Par John R Horner, Edwin Dobb. 1997
Companion to Digging Dinosaurs. A paleontologist explores how these creatures evolved, lived, and adapted to the environment. Draws upon extensive…
fieldwork to depict the dinosaur's pattern of living and survival methods. Ventures theories on key controversies, such as what caused its extinction. c1997.Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
Par Norman Ollestad. 2009
Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing at a very young age by the…
father he idolized. Resentful of a childhood lost to his father's reckless and demanding adventures, young Ollestad was often paralyzed by fear. In February 1979, just as he was reaping the rewards of his training, a chartered plane carrying Norman, his father, and his father's girlfriend crashed in the mountains and was suspended at eight thousand feet, engulfed in a blizzard. Norman's father was dead, and the grief-stricken eleven-year old had to descend the mountain alone through snow and ice, without any gear. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009.Caught inside: a surfer's year on the California coast
Par Daniel Duane. 1996
An account of a year spent surfing in northern California. The author describes the natural history of the wildlife of…
the area. He also delves into the art of crafting a surfboard, the water dynamics of surfing, and the cultural history of the sport. 1996.Conn Smythe: if you can beat 'em in the alley
Par Scott Young, Conn Smythe. 1981
Clear the track: the Eddie Shack story
Par Ross Brewitt. 1997
Born in the mining town of Sudbury, Ontario, Eddie Shack seemed destined for a career in the meat-cutting trade. But…
when his ability to cut the ice with his skates proved stronger, he followed his dreams into the NHL, into four Stanley Cup rings and into the hearts of hockey fans everywhere. However, his success came at great cost. While developing his profile as "Eddie the Entertainer," the young player had much to contend with, on and off the ice, and to this day, he cannot read or write. 1997.Captains: nine great Toronto Maple Leafs
Par Michael Ulmer. 1995
Hockey journalist Ulmer profiles nine men who have gone beyond their status as Toronto Maple Leaf captains to become heroes…
of Toronto history. Through the profiles of such players as Doug Gilmour, Darryl Sittler, and Wendel Clark, Ulmer tries to catch the spirit of the great team formed in 1927. 1995.