Sports

It’s Not Just a Game

By: Eric Crookshank (CA)

“Where I am today all started from the bottom. I want to tell the story of my journey from there to here.”
Refusing to become a victim of his circumstances, Eric Crookshank went from a child counting his father’s drug… Read More

Maurice Richard

By: Chris Robinson (CA)

The incredible story of hockey star Maurice Richard’s which coincides with a transitional period in Quebec history and expresses the emergence of a self-confident Quebec… Read More

Pulling No Punches

By: Steven Laffoley (CA)

Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey called Sam Langford from Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, “The greatest fighter we’ve ever had.” And champion Jack Johnson stated he “he was the toughest little… Read More

The Boys of ’62: transcending the racial divide (Limited Second Edition)

By: Frank Mitchell (CA)

The Boys of ‘62: transcending the racial divide; -SECOND LIMITED EDITION by Frank Mitchell – 256 pp., pb, photos, news clippings, 40+ bios, indexed. A remarkable story of dedication, perseverance… Read More

The Only Way Is the Steady Way

By: Andrew Forbes (CA)

Essays about baseball’s past, present, and future—and the wisdom of Ichiro Suzuki The Only Way Is the Steady Way is a baseball memoir in scorecards… Read More

They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

By: John Paris, Jr. (CA)

Inside the world of professional hockey, from a unique vantage… Read More

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