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My story: My Story
Par Lewis Hamilton. 2007
Provides an inspirational insight into Lewis as well as a look back in detail at each race of the 2007…
F1 World Championship, which has been dominated by Lewis's Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. The book also covers Lewis's early years from starting out in go-karts at the age of eight to his meteoric rise through the Junior and Formula ranks. Discusses his leading the F1 World Championship in his debut year, and his transformation from teenage boy wonder to international superstar. 2007.Muhammad Ali: a tribute to the greatest
Par Thomas Hauser. 2016
Relying on personal insights, interviews with close associates and other contemporaries, and memories gathered over the course of decades on…
the cutting edge of boxing journalism, the author explores Ali in colourful detail inside and outside the ring. Muhammad Ali has attained mythical status. But in recent years, he has been subjected to an image makeover by corporate America as it seeks to homogenize the electrifying nature of his persona. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of what Ali believed, said, and stood for, and that making Ali more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitizing his legacy is a disservice to history as well as to Ali himself. 2016.Mississippi solo: a river quest
Par Eddy L Harris. 1988
A travelogue about the author's canoe trip down the Mississippi River, from its headwaters in Minnesota's Land of 10,000 Lakes…
to New Orleans. Includes the author's impressions, philosophical reflections, and personal recollections of a St. Louis childhood. Strong language. 1988.Moe & me: encounters with Moe Norman, golf's mysterious genius (Maple leaf audio)
Par Lorne Rubenstein. 2013
Rubenstein offers a riveting exploration of the life of Moe Norman, known for his unusual swing on the course -…
and his crippling insecurity and introverted nature off of it. 2013.Maurice Richard (Célébrités canadiennes)
Par Michel Forest. 1991
Michael Schumacher: the Ferrari years
Par Christopher S Hilton. 2001
It took five years, but when Michael Schumacher gave Ferrari the World Championship he proved himself one of the greatest…
of all Grand Prix drivers. This text describes each of his races from 1996, including the genius and the disgrace. 2001.Miracle in the Andes
Par Vince Rause, Nando Parrado. 2006
Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as…
well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. Many were dead or dying. Those who remained were stranded on a lifeless glacier with no supplies and no means of summoning help. Struggling to endure freezing temperatures, forced to eat human flesh to avoid starvation, Nando resolved that he must get home or die trying. 2006.Maurice Richard (Extraordinary Canadians)
Par Charles Foran. 2011
Born in 1921 into a working-class family, Maurice Richard came of age as a French Canadian and athlete during an…
era when the majority population of Quebec slumbered. Richard aspired only to score goals and win championships for the Montreal Canadiens, but he represented far more. Beginning with his 50-goal, 50-game season in 1944-45 and through his battles with the league over bigotry toward French-Canadian players, Richard's on-ice ferocity and off-ice dignity echoed the change in Quebec. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2011. (Extraordinary Canadians)Martina: Autobiography
Par George Vecsey, Martina Navratilova. 1985
Frank and sassy autobiography of the talented and popular international tennis star. Martina relates the story of her growing up…
in Czechoslovakia and her view of communism. She also tells of her bisexuality, her relationships with other professionals on the tennis circuit, and the coaching she received from Renee Richards and Nancy Lieberman. Presents Martina as an honest, likable woman. Bestseller 1985.Coeur ouvert, esprit ouvert
Par Clara Hughes, Penelope Bourque. 2015
L'une des grandes olympiennes canadiennes, seule athlète de l'histoire à avoir remporté plusieurs médailles à la fois à des Jeux…
d'hiver et à des Jeux d'été, six au total, Clara Hughes partage pour la première fois son parcours exceptionnel. Le trajet qui a permis à cette femme à l'adolescence turbulente de devenir une athlète d'élite compte quelque vingt ans de compétition. Clara Hughes décrit son triomphe sur ses douleurs physiques et psychiques, ses réussites et ses luttes dans sa vie personnelle et professionnelle. Aujourd'hui porte-parole de ceux et celles qui vivent des problèmes de santé mentale, elle a fait sienne l'attitude que traduit la phrase Cour ouvert, esprit ouvert. 2015. Titre uniforme: Open heart, open mind.Mario Lemieux (Collection Sport)
Par Lawrence Martin, G Bacon Clifford. 1993
Portrait du hockeyeur québécois Mario Lemieux. L'auteur, un ex journaliste sportif du "Globe and Mail" retrace, ici, les grandes étapes…
qui ont marqué la vie et la carrière de cet athlète phénoménal controversé. 1993.Bonsoir
Par Rodger Brulotte. 2015
" En plus d'être un acteur et un témoin privilégié de l'aventure des Expos de Montréal, Rodger Brulotte représente à…
lui seul plus de trente ans d'histoire du baseball. Pour la première fois avec la verve, l'humour et l'authenticité qu'on lui connaît , il raconte ses meilleures anecdotes, en plus de témoigner des rencontres qui ont façonné sa vie hors du commun.Quel rôle a-t-il joué dans la carrière de Céline Dion? Quels présidents américains ont-ils partagé avec lui leur passion pour le baseball? Quelles stratégies de marketing et de promotion, lancées par les Expos, ont-elles été reprises par toutes les organisations du baseball professionnel en Amérique, et même par des cabinets de relations publiques? Que se passait-il dans le vestiaire des Expos ou lors des voyages de l'équipe à l'étranger? Comment la mascotte Youppi! a-t-elle été créée? Qui sont les vrais responsables du départ tragique des Expos de Montréal? C'est tout cela, et bien plus, qui attend le lecteur dans les pages de Bonsoir..., le récit sans compromis d'un amoureux de la balle, des gens et de la vie. " -- 4e de couv.Gretzky: mon histoire
Par Rick Reilly, Wayne Gretzky, Michel Buttiens, Normand Paiement, Michel Rudel-Tessier. 1991
Le légendaire numéro 99 nous entraine dans les coulisses du hockey, aussi bien dans le vestiaire des joueurs que les…
bureaux de direction, et nous parle de ses victoires, de ses déceptions et de ses espoirs. 1991. Titre uniforme: Gretzky, an autobiography.Life is a wheel: love, death, etc., and a bike ride across America
Par Bruce Weber. 2014
Based on his series in the New York Times chronicling his cross-country bicycle trip, Weber shares his adventures from his…
solo ride across the USA. He made the trip over the summer and fall of 2011 - at the age of fifty-seven. He extols the pleasures of cycling and reflects on what happened on his adventure, in the world, in the country, and in his life. The story begins on the Oregon coast with a middle-aged man wondering what he's gotten himself into and ends in triumph on the George Washington Bridge, wondering how soon he might try it again. 2014.Listening for coyote: a walk across Oregon's wilderness
Par William L Sullivan. 1988
While making a 1360-mile west-to-east walk through Oregon, Sullivan touches 18 wilderness areas and crosses mountain ranges. This daily journal…
tells about his solo walk as he scouts a route later recommended for the New Oregon Trail. Some strong language. 1988.Lionel Conacher (The Canadians)
Par Frank Cosentino, Don Morrow. 1981
In the 1920s and 1930s, Lionel Conacher was a popular multi-sport hero. In 1937, he launched his political career, first…
in the Ontario Legislation and later as a Liberal backbencher in Ottawa. Grades 5-8. (The Canadians)Jacques Demers en toutes lettres
Par Mario Leclerc. 2005
Émouvante biographie de Jacques Demers, journaliste sportif bien connu. De ses débuts comme simple livreur de boissons gazeuses, au poste…
d'entraîneur-chef des Canadiens de Montréal, jusqu'à ses fonctions de commentateur sportif, l'homme se dévoile en toute sincérité et nous confie ses plus profonds secrets: père alcoolique et violent, ses difficultés à lire et à écrire, sa thérapie. Une solide biographie rédigée de façon sensible et humaine. 2005.Gilles et Jacques: les Villeneuve et moi
Par Pierre Lecours. 1998
Biography of hockey great Mario Lemieux, who was discovered to have Hodgkin's disease, cancer of the lymph nodes. One time,…
after undergoing a radiation treatment, Lemieux caught a plane to his team's game and played hockey that night. Includes a glossary of hockey terms and a chronology of Lemieux's career. Grades 5-8. 1997, c1995.Marathon woman: running the race to revolutionize women's sports
Par Kathrine Switzer. 2017
Katherine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in 1967 where she was attacked by one of the event's directors who wanted…
to eject her from the all-male race. She fought off the director and finished the race. From the childhood events that inspired her to winning the New York City Marathon in 1974, this book details the struggles and achievements of a pioneering women in sports. 2017.