The 2011 CBC Massey Lectures celebrates fifty years with bestselling author, essayist, cultural observer, and famed New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik, whose subject is winter -- the season, the space, the cycle. Gopnik takes us on an...
Winter sports
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Author:Gopnik, AdamSummary: -
Author:Stalker, Aileen, Keen, TonySummary:Snowshoeing is the fastest growing winter sport in North America. With this new guidebook, outdoor enthusiasts interested in stepping out of their skis and into a pair of snowshoes will be able to find some of British Columbia’s most...
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Author:Storm, JoSummary:Hannah must rely on her survival instincts to endure a brutal ice storm and save her family. At first, when a massive ice storm traps fourteen-year-old Hannah and her family in a remote cabin, it feels like a game to practise the...
- Author:Bérubé, FrançoisSummary:
Depuis qu'il est tout jeune, Éloi Leblanc adore le snowboard. À 13 ans, il est l'un des meilleurs planchistes de la région de Rimouski. Chaque hiver, son père Maxim, son grand frère Thomas et lui passent toutes leurs fins de...
- Author:Reid, KenSummary:
From the national bestselling author of One Night Only come 39 new stories about what a big-league goal can mean to an NHLer Including interviews with Billy Smith, Chris Mason, Damian Rhodes, Christian Thomas, and Slap Shot's Dave...
- Author:Boiger, AlexandraSummary:
Two fearless Olympians sled to victory in this delightful new picture book Max and Marla are best friends. And aspiring Olympians! With their eyes on the prize, they know exactly what it'll take to reach sledding success: preparation,...
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Author:Bowes, LisaSummary:Lucy overcomes her fears and learns to love luge, a winter sliding sport. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
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Author:Humber, Darryl, Humber, WilliamSummary:Winter has shaped Canada's image and has been embraced with hearty enthusiasm from snowshoeing hikers in the 19th century, to future hockey stars on backyard rinks, to the indoor spectacle of figure-skating carnivals and curling...
