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  • The Dyke and the Dybbuk

    by Ellen Galford ...
    Series series Sapphic Classic
    Meet Rainbow Rosenbloom—a Jewish, lesbian taxi driver and film reviewer in London. Her life is upended when she is unexpectedly possessed by the dybbuk Kokos, a mischievous Jewish demon. After 200 years of exile, Kokos returns to a world utterly transformed and ready to make trouble as a dybbuk must. Confronted with late-stage capitalism, corporate culture, and computers, Kokos struggles to haunt ... Read more

    $31.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • XXIII Olympiad

    Los Angeles 1984, Calgary 1988

    by Ellen Galford ...
    Series Book 21 - The Olympic Century
    XXIII Olympiad, the twenty-first volume in The Olympic Century series, tells the story of how Los Angeles overcame Cold War posturing to make Olympic history.In retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the Soviet Union and 16 other Eastern Bloc countries declined to attend the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. But in spite of the absence of some of the world's best athletes, Los ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • X Olympiad

    Los Angeles 1932, Garmish-Partenkirchen 1936

    by Ellen Galford ...
    Series Book 10 - The Olympic Century
    The X Olympiad, the tenth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins with the Games of Los Angeles, 1932. With the entire world locked in the depths of the Great Depression, the book describes the thrills of the world's greatest festival of sport played out against the backdrop of Hollywood's Golden Era.With famous movie stars watching from the stands of the legendary Memorial Coliseum, the 1932 ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • XXIV Olympiad

    Seoul 1988, Albertville 1992

    by Ellen Galford ...
    Series Book 22 - The Olympic Century
    XXIV Olympiad, the twenty-second volume in The Olympic Century series, tells the story of the 1988 Summer Olympics of Seoul, Korea. The second Olympics held in Asia would be the last for perennial sporting powerhouses the Soviet Union and East Germany, which ceased to exist before the next Olympiad.The book gives a detailed account of the most infamous episode from Seoul, which saw Canadian ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Hatshepsut

    The Princess Who Became King

    by Ellen Galford ...
    Narrated by Susan Spain ...

    Unabridged

    55 min

    Convinced that unnamed babies are not truly alive, King Tuthmosis I's wife Ahmose immediately names her newborn daughter Hatshepsut. This tiny girl will one day rise above her name and become not just "the foremost of women" but ruler of all Egypt. Growing up in pharaoh's palace, the young princess prepares for her future by learning the essentials of Egyptian religious, political, and social life ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Fastest Man Alive

    The True Story of Usain Bolt

    by Usain Bolt ...
    Autobiography of Usain BoltCovers his journey from playing cricket and soccer as a kid to becoming the fastest man aliveWell-illustratedYears before he set world records for the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints, which made him the fastest man alive and famous, Usain Bolt was a fairly scrawny kid from Trelawny in Jamaica. In this autobiography, Bolt himself shares how, as he grew up and played ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Naked Olympics

    The True Story of the Ancient Games

    by Tony Perrottet ...
    What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games?With the summer Olympics’ return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of Pagan Holiday brings attitude, erudition, and humor to the fascinating story of the original Olympic festival, tracking the event day by day to re-create the experience in all its compelling ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • From Budd to Bolt

    50 Stunning Olympic Moments

    by The Guardian ...
    Sporting greatness is defined by more than just a haul of gold medals or championship titles. They help of course, especially if, like Usain Bolt, an athlete redefines what is possible in terms of world records or, in the case of Mark Spitz or Steve Redgrave, demonstrates a sheer dominance of their sport.But greatness is is everything else besides, the mixture of emotion, endurance, excellence and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Olympics, A Very Peculiar History

    by David Arscott ...
    Series Book 2 - A Very Peculiar History
    From its beginnings in Ancient Greek antiquity, right up to its arrival in Great Britain, the home of so many modern sports and favoured pastimes, the Olympic Games have always been a grand and exciting spectacle, whether you're watching a no-holds-barred wrestling match or a mesmerising, freewheeling gymnast. 'The Olympics, A Very Peculiar History' gives an overview of the strange, the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Onward to the Olympics

    Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games

    Edited by Gerald P. Schaus, Stephen R. Wenn ...
    The Olympic Games have had two lives—the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games’ history. Leading North American ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Different Class

    My Favourite Sporting Memories

    by Jimmy Magee ...
    The Memory Man – a sobriquet earned for his uncanny ability to recall virtually any sporting trivia – not only gives us his entertaining and forensic insight into which sporting moments he believes can be justifiably described as in a Different Class, but sports fans will also be thrilled to finally discover who Jimmy Magee really thinks is the best of the best – or the most over-rated for that ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Best of Sports Trivia

    For all sports...

    by Neil Sanders ...
    A book full of mixed general knowledge questions aimed at people who live and breathe sports.230 Quizzes. A few thousand questions and answers!Each quiz contains ten questions and answers, making a lot of fun trivia nights at the local bar, long journeys, or for when you're staging quiz shows at home for family and/or friends.If there are teams playing then there is a tie breaker question found at ... Read more

    $6.54 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus