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  • The A to Z of Dinosaurs: An Essential Guide to the Paleontology, Biology, and History of the Terrible Lizards

    The Essential A to Z Guides, #2

    by Maria Kaj ...
    Series Book 2 - The Essential A to Z Guides
    This is a dinosaur book for geeks. It's a lively, fascinating, and laugh-out-loud funny book for those of us who never outgrew our interest in these magnificent creatures. The A to Z of Dinosaurs, part of the A to Z Essential Guides, will delve into the world of the "terrible lizards" to indulge our search for knowledge, whether it's about an antorbital fenestra or a Zuul crurivastator.Written by ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The A to Z Olympics: Sports History, Trivia, and Inspiring Stories from the Games

    The Essential A to Z Guides, #1

    by Maria Kaj ...
    Series Book 1 - The Essential A to Z Guides
    It's time to wake up your Citius, Altius, Fortius brains! This book features tales and tidbits from the international sporting event where every competitor and team has a story. Plus dozens of photos from Olympic history! With tales that are quirky, triumphant, famous, or unfamiliar, the Olympics deliver both human drama and fascinating history.The A to Z Olympics covers the Games through 26 short ... Read more

    Was $7.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women and the Olympic Dream

    The Continuing Struggle for Equality, 1896-2021

    by Maria Kaj ...
    On an April morning in 1896, unemployed single mother Stamata Revithi ran the 40 kilometers from Marathon to Athens, finishing in 5 hours 30 minutes. Barred from the first Olympic marathon, she was determined to prove herself.Through more than a century of Olympic Games history, women athletes--who were held back from swimming because long skirts were required, limited to running single-lap races ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Outside the Rio Spotlight: American Triumphs You Didn't See at the 2016 Olympics

    by Maria Kaj ...
    In the 2016 Olympic Games, a dozen athletes—record-breakers, notable pioneers, and all-around thrilling competitors—were overlooked in the prime-time TV coverage obsessed with sprinters, soccer legacies, and "angry faces." Outside the Rio Spotlight tells tales of courage and American excellence at its peak, stories of those who contest in the lesser-known sports like judo, rowing, BMX, and fencing ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Future Greats and Heartbreaks

    A Year Undercover in the Secret World of NHL Scouts

    by Gare Joyce ...
    “One of this continent’s master craftsmen of sporting prose” (Sports Illustrated) and three-time National Magazine Award-winner Gare Joyce goes undercover to learn the secrets of NHL scouts.Veteran sports writer Gare Joyce realizes a long-held secret ambition as he spends a full season embedded as a hockey scout. Joyce’s year on the hockey beat is a steep learning curve for him; NHL scouts spend ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • Sports Illustrated Hockey Talk

    From Hat Tricks to Headshots and Everything In-Between

    by Sports Illustrated ...
    From the leader in sports writing comes a collection of stories that examine just about every aspect of the game: the players, the league and what it means to the fans.For true hockey fans, there is no sport as great, as fast, as competitive, or as important as their beloved hockey game. The teams, the organizations, and the players are a part of their family and Saturday night is better known as ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Jarome Iginla

    How the NHL's first black captain gives back

    by Nicole Mortillaro ...
    Series series Lorimer Recordbooks
    He's the face of the Calgary Flames, but there's much more to Jarome Iginla's story than just being the first black captain of an NHL team. He's also renowned for his social commitment and generosity off the ice.Jarome (nicknamed Iggy) grew up in a single-parent household in St. Albert, Alberta. It was thanks to support of his grandparents that he started to play hockey. His hard work paid off and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • What Are the Summer Olympics?

    by Gail Herman, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Stephen Marchesi ...
    Series series What Was?
    Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands.The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Upon Further Review

    The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History

    by Mike Pesca ...
    From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way."Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful." --The Washington PostNo announcer ever proclaimed: "Up Rises Frazier!" "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!" or "The Giants Lose the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Hockey Game

    Professional Secrets To How To Hockey, Hockey Players, Hockey For Dummies, Hockey, Books, Hockey Abc and More

    by Michael L. Parker ...
    Hockey top notch guide gives you an insider's grasp of how to hockey, what you must know about hockey players, hockey for dummies, hockey, books, hockey abc and much more. ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • The Olympics

    Legendary Sports Events

    by Matt Christopher ...
    Ask most Olympians how their story begins and they will answer, "When I was young, I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. . ." Some will then go on to tell of their great athletic triumphs. Others will recall agonizing near-misses. But for most, the very fact that they reached the Games at all was a dream come true. For the Olympic Games offer athletes something few others sporting events can: ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Great Moments in the Summer Olympics

    by Matt Christopher ...
    The Summer Olympics are chock full of epic athletic achievements across hundreds of disciplines, especially Track and Field, Gymnastics, and Swimming. These are the sports that gave us Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Wilma Rudolph and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olga Korbut and Mary Lou Retton -- tremendous athletes whose Olympic accomplishments thrill us now just as much as they did when they occurred. Now ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD