Sports, Health & Self-help

Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild

Jennifer Kingsley is a wilderness guide, naturalist, and conservationist. She has a degree in biology and has published articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Paddlenorth, Kingsley’s first book, chronicles her 54-day canoeing expedition on the ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Changing the Game: A History of the NHL Expansion

By Stephen Laroche

Long before the Florida Panthers and the Anaheim Ducks, there were the Montreal Maroons and the Detroit Cougars. The original expansion era of the National Hockey League began in the 1920s, when today’s bedrock teams ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Great Expectations: The Lost Toronto Blue Jays Season

By Shi Davidi and John Lott

Great Expectations is a first pass at the history of the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays, written by two of the team’s best beat reporters, Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi and the National Post’s John Lott. Positioned as ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Don’t Call Me Goon: Hockey’s Greatest Enforcers, Gunslingers, and Bad Boys

By Greg Oliver and Richard Kamchen

Hockey players who make their living primarily with their fists are described by a variety of names, but calling them goons is apparently disrespectful. That’s the premise behind Don’t Call Me Goon, in which authors ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The NHL: 100 Years of On-Ice Action and Boardroom Battles

By D’Arcy Jenish

The author of histories of the Montreal Canadiens and the St. Lawrence Seaway, D’Arcy Jenish clearly enjoys comprehensive retrospectives, and this trait is evident in his new book on the NHL’s first century. If you’re ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie

By Grant Lawrence

Two boys, both regularly beaten black and blue by the schoolyard bully and disappointed by the doomed fortunes of their respective hometown hockey teams, find salvation from eternal nerdom by joining rock bands. The two ... Read More »

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Keon and Me: My Search for the Lost Soul of the Leafs

By Dave Bidini

November 13, 2013 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey

By Stephen J. Harper

If A Great Game had been written by someone other than the sitting prime minister of Canada, it would have debuted with little fanfare. But because Stephen Harper (or Stephen J. Harper, as his name appears ... Read More »

November 7, 2013 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Heart of the Blackhawks: The Pierre Pilote Story

By L. Waxy Gregoire and David M. Dupuis with Pierre Pilote

Bobby Hull has often joked that he loved wearing the Chicago Blackhawks jersey because its distinctive crest looked a lot like Pierre Pilote’s face. Pilote, who played from 1955 to ’69, became one of the ... Read More »

October 22, 2013 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Little Ship of Fools: 16 Rowers, 1 Improbable Boat, and 7 Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic

By Charles Wilkins

In his new book, Charles Wilkins, author of nine previous works of non-fiction, chronicles his successful attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Barbados. The crew for this 2011 journey consisted of ... Read More »

September 27, 2013 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild

Changing the Game: A History of the NHL Expansion

Great Expectations: The Lost Toronto Blue Jays Season

Don’t Call Me Goon: Hockey’s Greatest Enforcers, Gunslingers, and Bad Boys

The NHL: 100 Years of On-Ice Action and Boardroom Battles

The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie

Keon and Me: My Search for the Lost Soul of the Leafs

A Great Game: The Forgotten Leafs and the Rise of Professional Hockey

Heart of the Blackhawks: The Pierre Pilote Story

Little Ship of Fools: 16 Rowers, 1 Improbable Boat, and 7 Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic

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