A behind-the-scenes view of the world's most exciting sporting spectacle, from a multiple medal winner and Olympic veteran.
Hayley Wickenheiser is unarguably the best women's hockey player in the world. With four Olympic medals (...
Anecdotes
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Author:Wickenheiser, HayleySummary: - Author:Summary:
Avid North American birders share wit, wisdom, advice, and what fuels their passion for birds.Birding gets you outside, helps you de-stress, exercises your body and mind, puts your day-to-day problems in perspective, and can be lots of...
- Author:Willems Snopek, RoxanneSummary:
This inspiring collection of stories explores the loving relationship between cats and their people. A woman devotes herself to caring for feral cats on the cold, hostile streets of Saskatoon. A clever cat becomes a famous columnist,...
- Author:Angelou, MayaSummary:
Throughout Maya Angelou's life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm,...
- Author:Knox, JackSummary:
In Hard Knox, seasoned columnist and consummate everyman Jack Knox offers up his uniquely hilarious views on Canadian life as seen from the western fringes of the country—in particular from the “Island of Misfit Toys” as he aptly calls...
- Author:Von Borstel, Johannes HinrichSummary:
In this lively and informative exploration of all aspects of the heart, Johannes Hinrich von Borstel offers a perfect mix of medical fact and amusing anecdote. A doctor, prospective cardiologist, and former paramedic—as well as a...
- Author:Snopek, Roxanne WillemsSummary:
Every year, thousands of wild animals are injured or orphaned in Canada, while the habitat and very existence of others is threatened by human activity. Roxanne Willems Snopek tells the inspiring stories of some of these amazing...
- Author:Commito, MikeSummary:
A hockey history moment for every day of the year! A few seconds can make a game, even a season, and behind each play is a piece of history. Mike Commito marks every day of the year with a great moment in hockey and shows how today...
- Author:Scoones, AnnySummary:
Glamorgan Farm is one of the oldest farms on Vancouver Island. The original log barns house rare breeds of livestock; heirloom plants thrive in its orchards and gardens. Owner Anny Scoones meets the challenges of restoring and...
- Author:Scoones, AnnySummary:
In her best-selling first book, Home: Tales of a Heritage Farm (2005), Anny Scoones introduced readers to historic Glamorgan Farm. In Home and Away, Anny presents more stories about the joys and sorrows, excitements and mishaps and also...
- Author:Scoones, AnnySummary:
In her best-selling first book, Home: Tales of a Heritage Farm (2005), Anny Scoones introduced readers to historic Glamorgan Farm. In Home and Away, Anny presents more stories about the joys and sorrows, excitements and mishaps and also...
- Author:Keillor, GarrisonSummary:
The latest in a line of bestselling collections that began with News from Lake Wobegon, this set selects monologues from four years (1999-2002) of live radio programs. Some were broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theatre, the show's St. Paul...
- Author:MacLeod, RaySummary:
One day, a couple who had run over a skunk with their car brought it to the Dartmouth Veterinary Hospital. When the veterinarians couldn't look after it, Hope Swinimer decided to take the helpless animal into her care, and that was the...
- Author:Adams, Robert J.Summary:
A memoir from an RCMP officer in Saskatchewan.
- Author:McLean, LeeSummary:
Lee McLean was born to ride ... and to write. In these pages, you will enter the world of a master horsewoman and ride with her through the seasons of the year, and the ages and stages of life. The stories come from a riding journal...
- Author:Bunney, GayleSummary:
What do you do when there are goldfish in the horse's water tank, a baby magpie in the bedroom, a cow in the kitchen and a half-dozen small dogs rolling in the dirt to get rid of the smell of skunk? It's all in a day's work on Gayle...
- Author:Mansbridge, PeterSummary:
From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a new book of first-person stories about the unique people and professions that make Canada work. In this latest collection of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and...
- Author:Schott, PhilippSummary:
This collection of over 60 stories and essays, drawn from Dr. Schott's 30 years in small animal practice, covers an astonishing breadth of experiences, emotions, and species. Schott has tales of creatures ranging from tiny...
- Author:SnookSummary:
How Ya Gettin’On? is how downtown St. John’s, Newfoundland, corner boy Snook says hello. He’s been hanging around, telling yarns, and having a laugh for over thirty years now, and this is his welcome for you to read all about...
- Author:Fraser, Mat.Summary:
Transform your body and mind with the definitive guide to building peak strength, endurance, and speed, from the five-time CrossFit Games champion and Fittest Man on Earth No matter your level of fitness, no matter if you’ve never...
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