Follow the exciting journeys of hockeys greatest stars as they make history on and off the ice from learning how to skate to battling it out against the toughest opponents in sold-out arenas. Follow the exciting journeys of hocke...Lasīt vairāk
This book takes an in-depth look at corruption in sport and its intersection with criminal justice and governance processes. This book takes an in-depth look at corruption in sport and its intersection with criminal justice and gove...Lasīt vairāk
Alexandra Giancarlo, Janice Forsyth, Braden Te Hiwi
(Izdošanas datums: 10-Apr-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Manitoba Press, ISBN-13: 9781772841077)
Teammates, champions, SurvivorsIn 1951, after winning the Thunder Bay district championship, the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks hockey team from Pelican Lake Indian Residential School embarked on a whirlwind promotional tour thr...Lasīt vairāk
A daring and improbable story of Olympic gold from blue-collar originsEvery summer in Michigans Upper Peninsula, Nick Baumgartner went to work pouring concrete, taking on the harsh physical conditions of the construction t...Lasīt vairāk
Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for...Lasīt vairāk
As a child Ryan DeLena had difficulty controlling his emotional outbursts. This led to placement in therapeutic schools that relied on detrimental methods of behavior modification such as physical restraints.Nothing helped from a team of do...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 18-Nov-2022, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Massachusetts Press, ISBN-13: 9781625346742)
For over a century New Englanders have taken to the slopes in search of ways to enjoy the coldest months, and skiing has deep roots in the region. In the late nineteenth century Scandinavian immigrants worked to educate snowbound locals on how to sk...Lasīt vairāk
This book informs coaches how to transform their core considerations into the driving inspiration for their coaching practices including assessment methods, the coach-athlete relationship, practice structure, competition preparation, and conceptio...Lasīt vairāk
A multidimensional biography of one of Philadelphias ultimate power brokersMost sports team owners make their money elsewhere and purchase a team as an extravagant hobbybut that is not the story of Ed Snider. One of the f...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Sep-2022, Hardback, Izdevniecība: The Lyons Press, ISBN-13: 9781493067848)
Over the past 100 years the boys and girls rowing teams of the Kent School Boat Club of Kent School in Connecticut have racked up a record only the New York Yankees could envy: 117 consecutive winning seasons (72 boys, 45 girls), 37 combined...Lasīt vairāk
Tasked with finding common ground and building friendships between the worlds two largest countries and arctic neighbors, a young Canadian diplomat finds himself on his first overseas assignment in Moscow, the Soviet capital. Its the early 1970s an...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 13-Jul-2021, CD-Audio, Izdevniecība: Made for Success, ISBN-13: 9798200696581)
Vision Wins is a faith-based personal development book wrapped in a fantastic hockey story. David Jones takes his readers on an inspiring and emotional ride that reveals 7 steps for approaching a life filled with internal purpose, self...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Dec-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520303720)
Played on frozen ponds in cold northern lands, hockey seemed an especially unlikely game to gain a global following. But from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the sport has drawn from different cultures and crossed boundaries--between Canad...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2019, CD-Audio, Izdevniecība: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781549100093)
Former Olympic figure skater and self-professed Americas Sweetheart Adam Rippon shares his underdog journey from beautiful mess to outrageous success in this hilarious, big-hearted memoir that the Washington Post calls comedic gold....Lasīt vairāk
