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BARBED LYRES: CANADIAN VENOMOUS VERSE.

By: Atwood, Margaret, foreword. (Tom Denholm, Glen Stone, Denis Woollings, Brian Davis, Gerry MacIntosh, Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Hoard Engel, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Robert Priest, al Purdy, Charles Pachter, Mavor Moore, Don Harron, et al.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30244

ISBN: 1550132520

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

112 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w illustrations by political cartoonist Aislin. "(W)inning entries and special celebrity submissions from a nationwide contest for satircal verse (judged by) author Margaret Atwood, columnist Allan Fotheringham and songwriter Nancy White. Over 100 of the best entries are featured. Also included are poems submitted by invitation from: Pierre Berton, Robertson Davies, Howard Engel, Don Harron, Tomson Highway, Dennis Lee, Mavor Moore, Susan Musgrave, Eric Nichol, Charles Pachter, Robert Priest, Al Purdy, Erika Ritter, Robin Skelton, et al." A 1/2" dia raised area under the ...
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THE MEANING OF PUCK: HOW HOCKEY EXPLAINS MODERN CANADA.

By: Dowbiggin, Bruce.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 2008

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25609

ISBN: 1554700418

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

232 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "In a series of essays that is a road trip across the nation's cultural landscape, (Dowbiggin) shows how the national passion for hockey reflects - or deflects - the issues of globalization, regionalism, anti-Americanism, militarism, violence, racism and greed. Why are Canadians, for instance, such strenuous advocates of pacifism and non-militarism around the world while simultaneously embracing - and promoting - the world's most vicious and violent brand of hockey? As the legion of apologists for Todd Bertuzzi's thuggish play dramatize, it's not the Americans who po...
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SHOOTING FOR GLORY.

By: Henderson, Paul. With Mike Leonetti.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart: 1992

Edition: Second Printing

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 29196

ISBN: 0773726462

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

211 pp, 9 1/4" H. Inscribed on title page: "Best Wishes Rob / Paul Henderson". B&w photographs. "(Paul Henderson) tells the story of the first Canada-Soviet Union series that kept Canadians riveted to their radios and televisions. Although the 1972 series was the highlight of his career, (he) has a lot more to tell. As a Detroit Red Wing, he played with such greats as Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, and Ted Lindsay and experienced the heartache of being on the losing side in two Stanley Cup finals. Dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1968, he found himself on the ice with the team that had...
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GRETZKY'S GAME.

By: Leonetti, Mike.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Raincoast: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25134

ISBN: 1551928515

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated, oblong (9 3/4" H x 10 1/2" D). Colour illustrations. "Ryan really loves to play hockey. Every year, his dad makes a rink in the backyard, and Ryan plays after school with his little brother Jason. But Ryan is small for his age and tends to get pushed around. He really wants to make the select team, but has to practice extra hard to pass the tryout. Ryan has always followed the Edmonton Oilers and his hero is Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky is small, too, but he sure can skate and score. And he is leading the Oilers to the Stanley Cup finals. Inspired by Gretzky's example, Ryan makes the ...
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CHAMPIONS: THE MAKING OF THE EDMONTON OILERS.

By: Lowe, Kevin. With Stan and Shirley Fischler.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Scarborough, Ontario, Prentice-Hall: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28639

ISBN: 0132356236

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

356 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "When the Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley Cup in 1984, Albertans rejoiced. They had waited 91 years for just this moment. When they won it again in 1985, a new era in hockey was born: The Edmonton Era. Just six years after being incorporated into the National Hockey League, the Oilers had won back-to-back Stanley Cups and rewritten half the record book. In these few years they had grown from a cocky, immature team into a championship team with character and charisma. Kevin Lowe describes all of this and more. In particular, he talks about his ...
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MARIO.

By: Martin, Lawrence.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester Publishing: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28352

ISBN: 1895555450

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

275 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "He journeyed from the west-end of Montreal to the Igloo in Pittsburgh. He carried the Penguins from the NHL basement to the Stanley Cup. He has struggled with severe, chronic back problems and fought back in his battle with cancer. He's the pre-eminent force in hockey today (1993). Now, in the first full-scale biography of Mario Lemieux, Lawrence Martin takes the reader behind the mystique, examining the human and the superhuman sides of an athlete who dominates the game, as a coach once said, like a man playing pond hockey with kids." Very light wrin...
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Keyword: Gretzky

BARBED LYRES: CANADIAN VENOMOUS VERSE.

THE MEANING OF PUCK: HOW HOCKEY EXPLAINS MODERN CANADA.

SHOOTING FOR GLORY.

GRETZKY'S GAME.

CHAMPIONS: THE MAKING OF THE EDMONTON OILERS.

MARIO.