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Field Notes eBook Series

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  • On Sports

    by David Macfarlane ...
    Series Book 11 - Field Notes
    What are sports, really? What do we love about them? And what, in our digital age, have they become?On Sports reads like a conversation between friends at the ballpark in those golden days before the kiss cam and college co-eds with T-shirt cannons spoiled the fun; a book that feels like the sun on your forehead and the breeze in your hair, beer and laughter on your lips; a book that celebrates ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

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  • FOOTBALL - How to play to win

    by Oldtimer ...
    Frustrated watching English football? You know we can do better, but why don't we? This e-book provides a guide for all football coaches and managers to improve the way that their team plays.It is asking managers to be brave and embrace new methods and techniques, to step away from the kick and hope mentality seen in so many matches. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hockey Superstitions

    From Playoff Beards to Crossed Sticks and Lucky Socks

    by Andrew Podnieks ...
    One of North America's best-known hockey writers examines the strangest rituals and superstitions within the NHL.Why did Wayne Gretzky start every pre-game warm-up by shooting wide to the right of the net (a rather funny habit, given that he scored more goals than anyone in the game's history)? Why do many hockey players seem to believe performance is tied directly to facial hair? Why does Geoff ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Fun and Games

    My 40 Years Writing Sports

    by Dave Perkins ...
    "Covering many of the biggest names and greatest events in sports, it's a wonderful collection of yarns and reminiscences, told in Perk's inimitable style" ( Postmedia News ).Dave Perkins was once told by a bluntly helpful university admissions officer: "You don't have the looks for TV or the voice for radio. You should go into print." Which he did, first at the Globe and Mail, and then for ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strokes of Genius

    Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played

    by L. Jon Wertheim ...
    The executive editor of Sports Illustrated offers an in-depth analysis and behind-the-scenes look at the historic 2008 match between tennis titans.In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game. He just needed to cling to ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Every Spring A Parade Down Bay Street

    by G B Joyce ...
    Red York has seen it all: the Maple Leafs’ forty-five consecutive Stanley Cups, Toronto’s designation as a United Nations World Heritage Site, the emergence of the Toronto Telegram as the nation’s greatest newspaper. Now, in response to at least two readers’ requests, and with the aid of a ghostwriter whose name he can’t ever remember, the award-winning columnist has penned a definitive history of ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Golden Oldies

    Stories of Hockey’s Heroes

    by Brian McFarlane ...
    A heartfelt addition to McFarlane’s epic canon of hockey writingFrom its moving introductory homage to the late Jean Béliveau, to its subtle, remarkable considerations of how the sport was shaped by legends like Newsy Lalonde, Gordie Howe, Dick Irvin Sr., Ted Kennedy, and Hobey Baker, to its poignant lament for the untimely death of American hockey hero “Badger” Bob Johnson, Golden Oldies is the ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Utility of Boredom

    Baseball Essays

    by Andrew Forbes ...
    A collection of essays for ardent seamheads and casual baseball fans alike, The Utility of Boredom is a book about finding respite and comfort in the order, traditions, and rituals of baseball. It’s a sport that shows us what a human being might be capable of, with extreme dedication—whether we're eating hot dogs in the stands, waiting out a fog delay in our living rooms, or practising the lost ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • The Game of Our Lives

    by Peter Gzowski ...
    In this bestselling timeless classic, Peter Gzowski recounts the 1980-81 season he spent travelling around the NHL circuit with the Edmonton Oilers. These were the days when the young Oilers, led by a teenaged Wayne Gretzky, were poised on the edge of greatness, and about to blaze their way into the record books and the consciousness of a nation. While the story of the early Oilers embodies the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Fail Better

    Why Baseball Matters

    by Mark Kingwell ...
    Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure—a very successful batter manages a base hit in just three of every ten attempts—Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of human failure’s enduring significance than this strange, crooked game of base, where geometry becomes poetry.Weaving elements of memoir, philosophical reflection, sports writing, and humour, Fail Better ... Read more

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  • Fights, Film, and Folklore

    by Terry Ryan ...
    Series series Tales with TR
    Will the real Terry Ryan please stand up? Guess who’s back? Back again . . . Following the release of his wildly successful bestselling first memoir, Tales of a First-Round Nothing, Terry Ryan returns with more stories of hockey, home, and hilarity. TR is from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, and was selected eighth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 National Hockey League draft. Though he ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • The Best Game You Can Name

    by Dave Bidini ...
    Bidini returns to the game he loves best.In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto’s McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking about how others see the game. Afterward, he set off to talk to former professional players about their ... Read more

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