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Gretzky's Tears
Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-307-39729-4 (0-307-39729-7)
October 6, 2009 | $34.95
Renowned sportswriter Stephen Brunt reveals how “the Great One,” who was bought and sold more than once, decided that the comfortable Canadian city where hockey ruled couldn’t compete with the slushy ice of a California franchise.
Bobby Orr’s career ended prematurely, with tears. Wayne Gretzky’s tears, unlike Orr’s, announced not an ending...
Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-307-39729-4 (0-307-39729-7)
October 6, 2009 | $34.95
Renowned sportswriter Stephen Brunt reveals how “the Great One,” who was bought and sold more than once, decided that the comfortable Canadian city where hockey ruled couldn’t compete with the slushy ice of a California franchise.
Bobby Orr’s career ended prematurely, with tears. Wayne Gretzky’s tears, unlike Orr’s, announced not an ending...
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Leafs AbomiNation
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Random House Canada | Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Sports & Recreation - Reference
978-0-307-35776-2 (0-307-35776-7)
August 11, 2009 | $19.67
Love them or hate them, they’re the most successful team in professional hockey … just not on the scoresheet.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are an exception to every law of the sporting jungle. They miss the playoffs and the sellouts keep coming. They haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1967, but the...
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Random House Canada | Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Sports & Recreation - Reference
978-0-307-35776-2 (0-307-35776-7)
August 11, 2009 | $19.67
Love them or hate them, they’re the most successful team in professional hockey … just not on the scoresheet.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are an exception to every law of the sporting jungle. They miss the playoffs and the sellouts keep coming. They haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1967, but the...
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Jacques Plante
Hardcover | 336 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports
978-0-7710-2633-1 (0-7710-2633-1)
October 27, 2009 | $32.99
The first full-scale biography of a legendary and award-winning NHL goalie who transformed the game.
“There are a lot of very good goalies, there are even a fair number of great goalies. But there aren’t many important goalies. And Jacques Plante was an important goalie.” Ken Dryden
On and off the ice Jacques...
Hardcover | 336 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports
978-0-7710-2633-1 (0-7710-2633-1)
October 27, 2009 | $32.99
The first full-scale biography of a legendary and award-winning NHL goalie who transformed the game.
“There are a lot of very good goalies, there are even a fair number of great goalies. But there aren’t many important goalies. And Jacques Plante was an important goalie.” Ken Dryden
On and off the ice Jacques...
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Don Cherry's Hockey Stories and Stuff
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Anchor Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
978-0-385-66675-6 (0-385-66675-6)
October 27, 2009 | $19.95
#1 National Bestseller
Don Cherry has been named a National Hockey League Coach of the Year with a winning percentage of over .600 and also received Coach of the Year honours in the American Hockey League. His comments on Hockey Night in Canada’s "Coach's Corner" routinely make headlines as they entertain, educate...
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Anchor Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
978-0-385-66675-6 (0-385-66675-6)
October 27, 2009 | $19.95
#1 National Bestseller
Don Cherry has been named a National Hockey League Coach of the Year with a winning percentage of over .600 and also received Coach of the Year honours in the American Hockey League. His comments on Hockey Night in Canada’s "Coach's Corner" routinely make headlines as they entertain, educate...
The Montreal Canadiens
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Anchor Canada | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-385-66325-0 (0-385-66325-0)
October 20, 2009 | $22.00
National Bestseller
The definitive history of the Montreal Canadiens – now updated with the inside story of the tumultuous 2009 season.
Before there were slapshots, Foster Hewitt, or even an NHL, there were the Canadiens. Founded on December 4, 1909, the team won its first Stanley Cup in 1916. Since then, the...
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Anchor Canada | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-385-66325-0 (0-385-66325-0)
October 20, 2009 | $22.00
National Bestseller
The definitive history of the Montreal Canadiens – now updated with the inside story of the tumultuous 2009 season.
Before there were slapshots, Foster Hewitt, or even an NHL, there were the Canadiens. Founded on December 4, 1909, the team won its first Stanley Cup in 1916. Since then, the...
Hockey
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Sports & Recreation - Hockey; History - Canada
978-0-7710-5771-7 (0-7710-5771-7)
October 27, 2009 | $45.00
Now in paperback, updated with a new final chapter!
Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, Hockey: A People’s History is the altogether irresistible companion book to the CBC-Television series of the same name, airing in Fall 06. A must-have for every fan!
Hockey is not just Canada’s national game, it...
Trade Paperback | 384 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Sports & Recreation - Hockey; History - Canada
978-0-7710-5771-7 (0-7710-5771-7)
October 27, 2009 | $45.00
Now in paperback, updated with a new final chapter!
Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, Hockey: A People’s History is the altogether irresistible companion book to the CBC-Television series of the same name, airing in Fall 06. A must-have for every fan!
Hockey is not just Canada’s national game, it...
Also available as a
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K2
Hardcover | 352 pages | Broadway | Sports & Recreation - Outdoor Skills
978-0-7679-3250-9 (0-7679-3250-1)
October 13, 2009 | $32.00
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top
At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement...
Hardcover | 352 pages | Broadway | Sports & Recreation - Outdoor Skills
978-0-7679-3250-9 (0-7679-3250-1)
October 13, 2009 | $32.00
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top
At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement...
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unabridged audio CD,
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trade paperback.
Tour de France
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Mainstream Publishing | Sports & Recreation - Cycling
978-1-84596-563-1 (1-84596-563-9)
December 14, 2009 | $32.95
It is one of sport’s toughest ordeals and the ultimate test for professional cyclists, as riders are pitted against all kinds of terrain and weather in unrelenting competition for three weeks. This entertaining and highly acclaimed book provides a compelling insight into the mystique of the Tour.
Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Mainstream Publishing | Sports & Recreation - Cycling
978-1-84596-563-1 (1-84596-563-9)
December 14, 2009 | $32.95
It is one of sport’s toughest ordeals and the ultimate test for professional cyclists, as riders are pitted against all kinds of terrain and weather in unrelenting competition for three weeks. This entertaining and highly acclaimed book provides a compelling insight into the mystique of the Tour.
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trade paperback.
Sixty Feet, Six Inches
Hardcover | 288 pages | Doubleday | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
978-0-385-52869-6 (0-385-52869-8)
September 22, 2009 | $32.00
Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.
Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored.
Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about...
Hardcover | 288 pages | Doubleday | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
978-0-385-52869-6 (0-385-52869-8)
September 22, 2009 | $32.00
Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.
Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored.
Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about...
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Holding Court
Hardcover | 272 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Tennis
978-1-84605-508-9 (1-84605-508-3)
September 14, 2009 | $48.50
Inside the gates of the world's premier tennis tournament.
Wimbledon is a paradox. While outwardly appearing the quintessential English lawn tennis club, as much a part of being British as strawberries and cream or picnics in the park, it is in fact the largest annual outside broadcast operation in the world and...
Hardcover | 272 pages | Century | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Tennis
978-1-84605-508-9 (1-84605-508-3)
September 14, 2009 | $48.50
Inside the gates of the world's premier tennis tournament.
Wimbledon is a paradox. While outwardly appearing the quintessential English lawn tennis club, as much a part of being British as strawberries and cream or picnics in the park, it is in fact the largest annual outside broadcast operation in the world and...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Puck Funnies
Trade Paperback | 225 pages | Transcontinental | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-9809924-6-5 (0-9809924-6-X)
October 20, 2009 | $19.95
Puck Funnies is the ultimate montage of the lighter side of hockey, recounting memories of what fans have laughed at over the years and glimpses into what makes our NHL heroes chuckle today.
Puck Funnies is a series of zingers, snapshots and features on the things and people that have made hockey...
Trade Paperback | 225 pages | Transcontinental | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-9809924-6-5 (0-9809924-6-X)
October 20, 2009 | $19.95
Puck Funnies is the ultimate montage of the lighter side of hockey, recounting memories of what fans have laughed at over the years and glimpses into what makes our NHL heroes chuckle today.
Puck Funnies is a series of zingers, snapshots and features on the things and people that have made hockey...
The Pursuit of Hockeyness
Trade Paperback | 225 pages | Transcontinental | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-9809924-3-4 (0-9809924-3-5)
October 20, 2009 | $19.95
The Pursuit of Hockeyness celebrates all things hockey by offering fans a compendium of people, places and events that should be seen and/or experienced before the final buzzer sounds (if you know what we mean).
The Pursuit of Hockeyness is a must-do checklist of "everything" hockey fans need to accomplish in...
Trade Paperback | 225 pages | Transcontinental | Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-9809924-3-4 (0-9809924-3-5)
October 20, 2009 | $19.95
The Pursuit of Hockeyness celebrates all things hockey by offering fans a compendium of people, places and events that should be seen and/or experienced before the final buzzer sounds (if you know what we mean).
The Pursuit of Hockeyness is a must-do checklist of "everything" hockey fans need to accomplish in...
The Book of Basketball
Hardcover | 736 pages | ESPN | Sports & Recreation
978-0-345-51176-8 (0-345-51176-X)
October 27, 2009 | $37.00
There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA.* Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, is that writer. And The Book of Basketball is that book.
Nowhere in the roundball...
Hardcover | 736 pages | ESPN | Sports & Recreation
978-0-345-51176-8 (0-345-51176-X)
October 27, 2009 | $37.00
There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA.* Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, is that writer. And The Book of Basketball is that book.
Nowhere in the roundball...
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