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From eager youth in Kewanee, Illinois, to feature writer and author, Ellis paints a palpable, candid, and telling picture of American life and his own exper...

Dr. Viscott does a very good job in relating many important issues in a psychiatric residency, and he does not lapse into complex, technical word frenzy. No...

In the 1950's and 1960's, especially in the Southeast Region of the United States, being bi-racial was like a death sentence. For one seven-year old boy, it...

John Kerry.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government Specific TopicsPolitical Freedom

Few people have had a better front row seat to hockey history than Kelly Hrudey, whose former teammates include Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Jari Kurri, Paul ...

One Of The Greatest Sports Figures Of All Time At Last Breaks His Silence In A Memoir As Unique As The Man Himself. Number 4. It Is Just About The Most Comm...

New York Times Bestseller Who Are You When Life Is Steady? Who Are You When Storms Come? Most Of Us Have Been On The Receiving End Of Rejection, A Broken Dr...

The book that hockey fans have been waiting for: the definitive, unauthorized account of the man many say was the greatest player the game has ever seen.The...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA hockey life like no other.A hockey book like no other.Scotty Bowman is recognized as the best coach in hockey history, and one of the ...

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 o...

Originally Published: Toronto: Random House Canada, 2013.Categories: Sports & Outdoors MiscellaneousSociology of Sports

Pat Burns was one of the great NHL coaches. He worked with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils, and seemed alw...

An ordinary lad from Sheffield, Jamie Vardy has become known as an against-the-odds sports hero the world over. Yet a few years ago, things couldn’t have ...

One of the most influential hockey books of all time, and the runaway blockbuster that changed the way we look at the sport Finalist for the CBA Libris Awa...

This title is a collection of famous quotes and the stories behind them, spoken by history s most influential politicians, artists, philosophers, writers, a...

A Sense Of The Ridiculous / Mordecai Richler -- Memoirs Of Montparnasse / John Glassco -- I Come With My Songs / Elsa Gidlow -- Barrelhouse Kings / Barry Ca...

Universally known and admired as a peacemaker, Dag Hammarskjöld concealed a remarkable intense inner life which he recorded over several decades in this jo...

This is Peter O`Toole`s account of his early life, a childhood framed by " Captain Pat" O`Toole, itinerant bookmaker, and Constance Jane Eliot Ferguson. In ...

First U.S. edition. Contains a chronology of his life and a listing of all his published works. xii , 287 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..Categories: Biogr...

This biography of Vivien Leigh concentrates on her as a person, rather than as the famous actress or as the wife of Sir Laurence Olivier. The author has wri...

Author Jack Livingston Describes the Book"Clearing out the high school with a smoke bomb prank in our senior year, raising a family of pigs in a village yar...

Dr. Norman Borlaug, one of the world's greatest heroes, is the most highly-decorated individual of our time. He is credited with saving over a billion propl...

Susan Juby. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsGeneral

Relying on primary sources, including more than a hundred interviews, Paul Dickson has crafted a richly detailed portrait of an American original: baseb...

Harry Potter, Ramona, Wilbur the Pig, Winnie-the-Pooh -- these characters have enriched the lives of countless children everywhere. Now kids can get inform...

The stories in Whispers from the Camps are harrowing accounts from children who survived being captured and imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps. Stripped...

Presents a brief biographical profile and portrait of mostly American and European men known for their contributions in such areas as politics, religion, th...

Into the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods in a fascinating true story of a marathon-running hermit and a journalist’s quest to solve...

Brilliant range is a book about Dutch soccer that's not really about Dutch socer. It's more about an enigmatic way of thinking peculiar to a people whose l...

Rare BookCategories:Literature & Fiction

What would it really be like to live through the bombing of Baghdad? This poignant diary is a first-hand account of a family in a city living under attack. ...

Never In The History Of The Olympics Have Two Gold Medals Been Awarded For One Event, But In The Winter Games Of 2002 Held In Salt Lake City, Bribery And Gr...

This highly acclaimed and captivating book offers the world the most thorough understanding to date of “the Warning,” or “the Illumination of Conscien...

In the scoreboard of life, Pat Williams has achieved some impressive numbers: he's run 58 marathons, is the father of 19 children, and has lead 23 teams to...

To Arthur Agee and William Gates, basketball means literally everything. Their only escape from the grim streets of Chicago's West Side is onto the neighbor...

This Portrait Follows The Former First Lady From Her Birth In A Boomtown Mining Shack To The White House And Is Full Of Anecdotes And Behind-the-scenes Glim...

At a party marking the end of his third season with the Blackhawks, Phil Esposito told coach Billy Reay and GM Tommy Ivan that they had a great team, maybe ...

The book that hockey fans have been waiting for: the definitive, unauthorized account of the man many say was the greatest player the game has ever seen.The...

Ron MacLean has been a Saturday night tradition for twenty-five years. Known for his quick wit, arched eyebrows and encyclopedic hockey knowledge, MacLean ...

From TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie comes a new collection of hockey stories about the everyday heroes from across the game who are defying the odds and ch...

Ekaterina Gordeeva And Sergei Grinkov Were The Most Celebrated Pairs Skaters Of All Time. Partners In Life As Well As On The Ice, They Were Rarely Apart. Th...

Grade 5-8-Covering 19 contemporary scientists in depth, and providing short profiles on over 100 more, this is a welcome and surprisingly readable account t...

Nick Nurse distills the wisdom, insight, and experiences that helped him lead the Toronto Raptors to the NBA championship in his first year as head coach...

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller A compelling look inside the mind and powerful leadership methods of America’s coaching legend, John Wooden 'Team spir...

The improbable story of Luis Tiant--a living link to the earliest days of Fidel Castro's regime, a Boston Red Sox legend, and the most qualified 20th Centur...

Lord Moran ; Introduction By His Son John, The Present Lord Moran. Abridged Ed. - First Published Under Title: Winston Churchill : The Struggle For Survival...

A Look At Some Of The Rougher Hockey Players In The History Of The National Hockey League. Pioneers Of Mayhem -- The Original Six -- Expansion -- Heavies --...

There is simply no athlete quite like Tiger Woods. His domination of golf is unparalleled. His achievements at the beginning of his career are extraordinar...