Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “alan woo”
Skip side bar filters

  • Maggie’s Chopsticks

    by Alan Woo ...
    Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant ...
    Poor Maggie struggles to master her chopsticks — it seems nearly everyone around the dinner table has something to say about the “right” way to hold them! But when Father reminds her not to worry about everyone else, Maggie finally gets a grip on an important lesson. ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • David Jumps In

    by Alan Woo ...
    Illustrated by Katty Maurey ...
    An old game helps a new kid find his footing.It is David’s first day at his brand-new school. He doesn’t know anyone. At recess, he stands alone and watches the other children enjoying their activities on the playground, from practicing soccer moves and climbing monkey bars to playing hopscotch and daydreaming in the grass. Bundled deep inside David’s pocket is a string of rubber bands, knotted ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics

    Edited by Alan Bairner, John Kelly, Jung Woo Lee ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Sport is frequently considered to be an aspect of popular culture that is, or should be, untainted by the political. However, there is a broad consensus among academics that sport is often at the heart of the political and the political is often central to sport. From the 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany to the civil unrest that preceded the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, sport and politics have ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • The Jungle Book

    A Classic Tale of Adventure, Wilderness, and Coming of Age

    by Rudyard Kipling ...
    Raised by wolves. Protected by a bear. Hunted by a tiger. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is a vibrant collection of adventure stories set deep in the Indian jungle, where a boy named Mowgli must learn the laws of the wild. Guided by the wise panther Bagheera and the lovable bear Baloo, he faces danger, discovers friendship, and confronts the fierce tiger Shere Khan. This unforgettable classic ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • League of Denial

    The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth

    by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Steve Fainaru ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “meticulously documented and endlessly chilling” (The New York Times) exploration of the NFL’s decades-long attempt to deny and cover up mounting evidence connecting brain damage from football with CTE.“A first-rate piece of reporting [that] adds crucial detail, texture, and news to the concussion story, which despite the NFL’s best efforts, isn’t going away.”—TimeONE ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach

    by Melanie Watt ...
    Illustrated by Melanie Watt ...
    Series series Scaredy Squirrel
    In this next nutty installment in the Scaredy Squirrel series, Scaredy needs a vacation from his tree-bound routine — can his homemade beach take the place of the real thing? ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • What Doesn't Kill Us

    How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength

    by Scott Carney ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover how harnessing our body’s evolutionary adaptations to environmental stressors can help us unlock its full capabilities—now with a new preface and afterword“Informative, fun, and with a healthy degree of danger, this is a book for the adventurer in all of us.”—Gabrielle Reece, co-founder of XPT (Extreme Performance Training)Our ancestors crossed deserts, ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

  • The Magical Christmas Horse

    With Audio Recording

    by Mary Higgins Clark ...
    Illustrated by Wendell Minor ...
    New York Times bestselling collaborators Mary Higgins Clark and Wendell Minor tell a touching Christmas story of a heartwarming family celebration and the meaning of Christmas.Johnny’s wish had come true. His family would be visiting his grandparents for Christmas. His grandparents lived in an old house in New England where his father had been born. The family together, the smells of the cookies ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Bad Sports

    How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love

    by Dave Zirin ...
    A THOUGHT-PROVOKING LOOK AT THE BIG BUSINESS AND IMMORAL PRACTICES BEHIND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BY ACCLAIMED SPORTSWRITER DAVE ZIRIN, HAILED AS THE “CONSCIENCE OF AMERICAN SPORTSWRITING” (THE WASHINGTON POST )The fastest-growing sector of today’s sports audience is the alienated fan. Complaints abound: from inflated ticket prices, $6 hot dogs, and $9 beers to owners endlessly demanding new ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Twin Tracks

    The Autobiography

    by Roger Bannister ...
    It was a blustery late spring day in 1954 and a young Oxford medical student flung himself over the line in a mile race. There was an agonising pause, and then the timekeeper announced the record: three minutes, fifty-nine point four seconds. But no one heard anything after that first word - 'three'. One of the most iconic barriers of sport had been broken, and Roger Bannister had become the first ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Kite Fighters

    by Linda Sue Park ...
    A tale of two brothers in fifteenth-century Korea from the Newbery Medal winner and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water.In this riveting novel, two brothers discover a shared passion for kites. Kee-sup can craft a kite unequaled in strength and beauty, but his younger brother, Young-sup, can fly a kite as if he controlled the wind itself. It's like the kite is part of him ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Worst of Sports

    Chumps, Cheats, and Chokers from the Games We Love

    by Jesse Lamovsky, Matthew Rosetti, Charlie DeMarco ...
    TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BALL GAME–PLEASE!From star running back Bryon “Bam” Morris’s interesting (and totally illegal) sideline career to the 1950s Kansas City A’s sneaky relationship with the New York Yankees; from French golfer Jean Van de Velde’s epic choke on 18 at the 1999 British Open to the infamous Cleveland Ten-Cent Beer Night riot of 1974; from Hungary’s bloody 1956 Olympic water polo match ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD