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Download or read book Gordie written by Roy MacSkimming and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Cold War shoots and scores with the only full-length biography to cover the entire playing career of the Red Wings’ superstar. Before Gretzky, before Russians played in the National Hockey League, before multimillion-dollar salaries, there was Gordie Howe: the greatest star ever to play hockey. This richly illustrated, thoroughly researched and completely unauthorized biography takes readers behind the sports icon to reveal a man who remains immensely popular with young and old. The Howe legend begins on the frozen sloughs of Saskatchewan, where a painfully shy boy from a poverty-ridden family discovered his one advantage in life: major athletic talent. Signed by the Detroit Red Wings at 16, Howe joined celebrated teammates Sid Abel, Ted Lindsay, Terry Sawchuk and Red Kelly to forge a team that dominated the NHL as only the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers have since. Six-time leading scorer, six-time Hart Trophy winner as the most valuable player, Howe surpassed Rocket Richard’s NHL goals record to reach an amazing total of 801, unmatched for years until finally Gretzky caught up to his mentor and idol. “Far superior to the hero-worshiping, gee-whiz, then-we-played, ghostwritten autobiographies so popular today . . . Must reading for hockey fans.” —Booklist “A very impressive book . . . thoughtful, well-written and marvelously evocative of the era when the NHL had only six teams and the Red Wings were one of the best . . . an excellent biography.” —The Sporting News
Download or read book Gordie written by Detroit Free Press and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan will never forget Gordie Howe's presence on and off the ice — he combined skill, savvy, strength, meanness and longevity like no other hockey player. Known to generations of fans as Mr. Hockey, Howe passed away on June 10, 2016 at the age of 88. The Detroit Red Wings legend's career spanned from 1946 to 1980, including 25 seasons with the Red Wings. A 23-time NHL All-Star, Howe led the Red Wings to four Stanley Cups, won six Hart Trophies as the league's most valuable player and won six Art Ross Trophies as the NHL's top scorer. When he retired in 1980, he held the NHL records for regular-season goals (801), assists (1,049), points (1,850). In this tribute to the legendary Red Wing that features nearly 100 images, the Detroit Free Press reflects on Howe's life in 128 pages of historic photos and defining stories about Mr. Hockey.
Book Synopsis Gordie's New Face by : Ryan Woorahm Kim
Download or read book Gordie's New Face written by Ryan Woorahm Kim and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prince Gordie had everything a child could want, but did he have what every child needs? When a village sage recognizes Gordie's lack of compassion, he punishes Gordie by taking away his most prized possession—his face!
Download or read book Gordie's Tales written by Gorden Tallis and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are the biggest "lady killers" in Rugby League past and present? What is Wayne Bennett really like? Which international footballer was beaten up by teenage kids in Spain? What are the best 10 on-field sledges of all time? In Gordie's Tales, The Footy Show star and Queensland and Australian league legend Gorden Tallis tells these hilarious true stories and many more. Gorden takes you inside State of Origin teams, on Kangaroo tours, and along for the ride on hilarious end of season trips. Gordie gives his "rant" on what is right and wrong with the game, and even tells us what he would do if he were to run the NRL for one day! Gordie's Tales is a very funny and rare insight into the real world behind modern day rugby league, written by someone who embodies the humor and the grit of the toughest game of all.
Book Synopsis A Reader's Guide to the Novels of Louise Erdrich by : Peter G. Beidler
Download or read book A Reader's Guide to the Novels of Louise Erdrich written by Peter G. Beidler and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A revised and expanded, comprehensive guide to the novels of Native American author Louise Erdrich from Love Medicine to The Painted Drum. Includes chronologies, genealogical charts, complete dictionary of characters, map and geographical details about settings, and a glossary of all the Ojibwe words and phrases used in the novels"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Gordie Howe's Son written by Mark Howe and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Howe emerged from the shadow cast by his iconic father Gordie to achieve greatness. In this autobiography, he vividly describes his unparalleled experiences. A U.S. Olympic silver medalist at age 16, and a member of the Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros, Howe went on to play seven seasons alongside his father, Gordie, and brother, Marty, for the WHA's two-time champion Houston Aeros and New England and Hartford Whalers before becoming a four-time NHL All-Star with the Philadelphia Flyers. Howe, elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, recounts the joys and travails endured by the sport's most beloved family. Recollections of teammtes, injuries, game experiences, deaths, and his life as a child athlete make this a must-read for all hockey fans.
Book Synopsis Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father by : Murray Howe
Download or read book Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father written by Murray Howe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER As a child, Murray Howe wanted to be like his father. He was an adult before he realized that didn't necessarily mean playing hockey. Gordie Howe may have been the greatest player in the history of hockey, but greatness was never defined by goals or assists in the Howe household. Greatness meant being the best person you could be, not the best player on the ice. Unlike his two brother, Murray Howe failed in his attempt to follow in his father's footsteps to become a professional athlete. Yet his failure brought him to the realization that his dream wasn't really to be a pro hockey player. His dream was to be his father. To be amazing at something, but humble and gracious. To be courageous, and stand up for the little guy. To be a hero. You don't need to be a hockey player to do that. What he learned was that it was a waste of time wishing you were like someone else. When Gordie Howe passed away in 2016, it was Murray who was asked to deliver the eulogy. Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father takes the reader through the hours Murray spent writing the words that would give shape to his father's leagcy--the hours immediately after his hero's death, as he gathers his thoughts and memories, and makes sense of what his remarkable father meant to him. The result is nine pieces of wisdom, built out of hundreds of stories, that show us the man behind the legend and give us a glimpse of what we can learn from this incredible life.
Book Synopsis Ghosts of Clinton County by : Gordie Little
Download or read book Ghosts of Clinton County written by Gordie Little and published by North Country Books Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been awakened at night to see an ethereal figure at the foot of your bed? Have your faucets turned on and of as if guided by an unseen hand? If you enjoy telling or reading such tales, this book of true ghost stories is made for you. North Country media personality Gordie Little has collected and told ghost stories for many years. Now for the first time, he has selected over thirty of his best stories for publication in Ghosts of Clinton County.
Download or read book Comes a Day written by Speed Lamkin and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1959 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: As told by Watts in the New York Post: The central issue is the dour fate of an unhappy small-town family, which had once been rich but has lost everything through the husband's weakness. His wife is embittered and contemptuous, he is l
Book Synopsis The Whole World Over by : Julia Glass
Download or read book The Whole World Over written by Julia Glass and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Three Junes comes the story of Greenie Duquette, who lavishes most of her passionate energy on her Greenwich Village bakery and her young son—until she makes an impulsive decision that will change the course of several lives around her. Greenie's husband, Alan, seems to have fallen into a midlife depression, while Walter, her closest professional ally, is nursing a broken heart. At Walter’s restaurant, the visiting governor of New Mexico tastes Greenie’s coconut cake and decides to woo her away to be his chef. For reasons both ambitious and desperate, she accepts—heading west without her husband.
Book Synopsis The Sirena Quest by : Michael A. Kahn
Download or read book The Sirena Quest written by Michael A. Kahn and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Magazine piece famously opened: "She has pouting lips and high round breasts. Thousands of men have dreamt of her. Hundreds have chased after her. Two have died in pursuit. Her name is Sirena, she weighs 193 pounds, and she vanished in 1959. Without a trace." Barrett College's legendary Greco-Roman sculpture's fate was still a hot topic in 1970 when four roommates began their freshman year at the New England school. They've gone their separate ways, but as the 1994 commencement approaches, they are about to reunite to meet a challenge thrown down by a Class of '59 billionaire. He has pledged a $25 million endowment plus a $3 million purse to her finder(s) if Sirena is restored to Barrett. Although they are not alone in their pursuit—groups of alumni, including a pair of aggressive and highly financed classmates, are running down leads across the world—St. Louis lawyer Lou Solomon and his crew come upon an obscure but intriguing clue. It leads them to Chicago where a young lawyer called Rachel Gold may hold key information. As the men race to crack the Sirena puzzle, their quest will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
Download or read book Alpha written by Sarah Pain and published by Sarah Pain. This book was released on with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Check out this extremely HOT Gay Romance Collection featuring IMPOSSIBLY SEXY and PASSIONATE short stories. These stories are NOT for the WEAK! This book includes five MM stories: - CLINKERS: Asher met Ty when he was 16, Ty influenced his life in a lot of ways, Drugs, alcohol and same gender sex, they started from friends, before proceeding to having intimate sex. The gay bond between them became stronger and almost inseparable. - EXPOSED: A new headmaster was appointed to a public school in Ditchfield after the great war, the new headmaster took special interest in boys. Lightfoot, Cutris, were few of the boys he took as his partner, his sexual patner. He was able to control the student and manage the school properly at the end of the day. - THE COACH: Adаm is thе football соасh оf thе рrivаtе high school thаt hе wоrkѕ fоr it iѕ thе bеginning of thе ѕеаѕоn. Hе has bееn wоrking with his kids ѕinсе near thе еnd оf ѕummеr, tryouts wеrе dоnе and оvеr with, ѕсhооl hаd been in ѕеѕѕiоn fоr a few wееkѕ now. Ovеr the ѕеvеrаl mоnthѕ, Adаm wоrkеd the three boys аnd the team ѕlоwlу accepted thеm. Teddy wаѕ Stеvе'ѕ nерhеw, аnd every timе thеу рlауеd Steve was in the stands wаtсhing and he hаѕ bееn secretly crushing on Adam. After every game Steve wоuld bе оutѕidе thе lосkеr room waiting for Tеddу. Onе of thе lаѕt оnе fоr thе уеаr, Steve told Tеddу tо hеаd out to thе car thаt hе wоuld like to talk tо the Cоасh. There he rеԛuеѕtеd a dаtе аnd thеу started thеir rеlаtiоnѕhiр. - THE NERD: The story аnd thе lоvе еnсоuntеr began whеn wе rеѕumеd ѕсhооl. Evеrуthing looked bоring. Wе were grоuреd bу Mr. Cаrl, thе сhеmiѕtrу teacher intо two to рiсk a lab раrtnеr. I looked up in shock tо ѕее Gоrdоn Thomas wаѕ standing nеxt tо me, сhооѕing. Gоrdоn wаѕ a ѕеniоr likе me. Hе рlауеd оn thе football team. I wаѕ ѕhосkеd fоr two reasons: оnе, that hе wоuld bе tаking сhеmiѕtrу; аnd twо, thаt he wаѕ talking to mе. Being a jock, hе wаѕ рrеttу рорulаr, especially соmраrеd tо mе. I was a bооkwоrm whо hung оut with twо other nеrdѕ. After thе whole class grоuрing we started hаnging оut. I nеvеr еxресtеd we соuld bе thаt close though I fоund him сutе but we eventually fеll in lоvе. - WEIRD FELLOWS: Rilеу Scott didn't think hе wаѕ аnуthing special. At twеntу-оnе, hе hаd bееn in hiѕ jоb аѕ a сlеrk in the accounting dераrtmеnt оf a medium-sized lеgаl tеxt рubliѕhing buѕinеѕѕ for a уеаr. Hе was glad that he didn't hаvе to wеаr ѕuitѕ, bесаuѕе thеу mаdе him feel uncomfortable. Sinсе реорlе didn't оftеn drop in, especially nоt in the ассоunting dераrtmеnt, hе соuld get аwау with a mоrе casual drеѕѕ. Thе соmраnу еvеn аllоwеd jеаnѕ, so lоng аѕ it wаѕn't tоо оftеn and thеу wеrеn't riрреd uр. If аnуthing, Rilеу would ѕау hе was аvеrаgе, bordering juѕt a bit tоо much оn the cute ѕidе but life fоr Rilеу Sсоtt was рrеttу tурiсаl fоr a уоung gау mаn, nothing оut of thе оrdinаrу at аll. Thе other kidѕ рiсkеd оn him in ѕсhооl, thоugh they didn't beat him uр except fоr a few rаrе оссаѕiоnѕ that wеrе mоrе a punch оr twо than an асtuаl bеаting. Thе tаuntѕ аnd tеаѕеѕ hе fоund he соuld live with. He hаd a best friend whо wаѕn't quite аѕ соmfоrtаblе around him, but nеvеr соmрlеtеlу dropped him. Iѕ he more than thе sum оf hiѕ раrtѕ? Hiѕ life аnd реrсерtiоnѕ аbоut it сhаngеd drastically whеn he mеt with a Jасоb, ѕоmеоnе like him. No spoilers, but you'll love this gay stories!!! ◆ GENRE: LGBT / Gay / MM Romance ⚠ WARNING: This Book contains mature language and content intended for 18+ readers only!
Download or read book Cold War written by Roy MacSkimming and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1972, after enduring years of embarrassing defeat at the hands of Soviet "amateurs," Canadian officials convinced their Moscow counterparts to allow a pre-season, eight-game series between the best hockey players from both nations. For Team Canada, this meant a chance to assemble a "dream team" of NHL professionals and show the world that they still owned ice hockey. Cold War takes you to the back rooms of the diplomats and apparatchiks who sanctioned this unlikely confrontation -- and then puts you on the ice for the rest. The first four games were played in four different Canadian cities; the final four in Moscow. Despite the absences of Bobby Orr and Bobby Hull, Team Canada's lineup was memorable: the Brothers Esposito, Phil and Tony; Paul Henderson; Serge Savard; Ken Dryden; and Frank Mahovlich. Canadians across the continent were confident of a blowout. "Eight-game sweep!" the leading sports columnists predicted. But the Red Machine came prepared. The Soviets' fast-paced game of precision passing and surgical attack caught the Canadians off guard. By the time the series headed to Moscow, the Soviets had jolted Canada and insured that the remaining games would be remembered as perhaps the most fiercely fought hockey of all time.
Book Synopsis Choices. . Memoirs of a Sportswriter by : Bill Tangen
Download or read book Choices. . Memoirs of a Sportswriter written by Bill Tangen and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Narrative Analysis by : Colette Daiute
Download or read book Narrative Analysis written by Colette Daiute and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative Analysis is organized around three approaches or "readings." Literary Readings focus on aesthetic, metaphorical, and other literary qualities inherent to narrative approaches. Social-Relational Readings build upon the idea that narrative discourse is personal but also echoes political, economic, and other material relationships in the environment. Readings through the Force of History explain how narrators come to know themselves and their worlds in terms of and in spite of the received explanations of time and place. Working in a range of ethnic, geographic, generational, class, and institutional communities, the authors demonstrate how they have used narrative inquiry to explore development in challenging social contexts.
Book Synopsis Don Cherry's Sports Heroes by : Don Cherry
Download or read book Don Cherry's Sports Heroes written by Don Cherry and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Cherry has become a broadcasting legend, garnering millions of fans around the world with his "Coach's Corner" segment on Hockey Night in Canada. For over a decade, Cherry also hosted the TV show Grapevine, which brought viewers up close and personal with the biggest names in sports. Don was the interviewer and his son, Tim, produced the show. And no one in the sports world, from hockey players to boxers to curlers to umpires, turned down an invitation to appear on it. It was on that show that Don has some of his fondest memories from his many years in the biz, and, at last, in Don Cherry's Sports Heroes, he gives us behind-the-scenes access to some of his most fascinating and revealing interviews with the all-time greats. Don has his signature candidness and sizzling humour in these interviews and stories. In these pages you'll find epic stories about hockey greats Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe, to name a few, and since Grapevine TV was the place to be in the sports world, you can revel in some unforgettable stories on players in other fields, too. Don Cherry shares with the world tales that only a true insider could know. You won't be disappointed.
Download or read book The Whalers written by Patrick Pickens and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty years after departing Hartford, Connecticut, for Raleigh, North Carolina, the NHL's Whalers continue to inspire passion among fans. As HartfordBusiness.com reported in 2015, "Whalers merchandise...still has a cult following not only among fans in Connecticut but around the country." But Whalers devotees aren't just clamoring for jerseys, hats and t-shirts. They're nostalgic for a team that had New England roots for nearly 25 years--in Boston, Springfield, and Hartford--and featured some of the greatest players in NHL history, including Gordie Howe (with his sons Mark and Marty), Bobby Hull, and Ron Francis. Pat Pickens’s book details the Whalers’ origin in Boston in 1972, the team’s WHA championship in 1973, the roof collapse of their home arena that indirectly led to their entrance to the NHL in 1979, their stunning NHL playoff-series win against the top-seeded Quebec Nordiques in 1986, the 1986-87 season when they claimed their first division championship, and their relocation south in 1997 as the Carolina Hurricanes. Pickens imagines a Stanley Cup delivered to hockey-crazed Hartford in 2006, when the Hurricanes instead brought it home to North Carolina. The book also explores the likelihood of an NHL team returning to the Nutmeg State.
