The Stanley Cup story

Hockey

John Cadman, Chris Cox

This comprehensive work delves into the sport of field hockey, covering its history, fundamental techniques, and strategic gameplay. It offers detailed explanations of rules, player positions, and effective training methods for both individual improvement and team success. Illustrations and diagrams enhance understanding of drills and tactical formations.

Face-off

Scott Young, Scott. Young, Scott Young

In "Face-Off," Scott Young chronicles the intense journey of a young hockey prodigy, Liam, whose exceptional talent is matched only by his fierce determination. The narrative delves into the pressures of elite junior hockey, exploring the sacrifices and rivalries that shape Liam's path toward professional aspirations. Through vivid descriptions of on-ice action and off-ice struggles, the novel captures the raw ambition and emotional complexities inherent in pursuing a hockey dream.

The Game of Our Lives

Peter Gzowski

Peter Gzowski's *The Game of Our Lives* offers an intimate look at the Edmonton Oilers dynasty of the 1980s, capturing the magic of their unparalleled success in the National Hockey League. Through vivid storytelling and insightful interviews with players and coaches, the book chronicles the team's rise, their explosive offensive style, and the unique bond that defined this legendary group. It delves into the cultural impact of the Oilers on Edmonton and Canada, exploring the intersection of sport, community, and national identity.

The Greentail Mouse

Leo Lionni

Frederick, a field mouse, is a dreamer who gathers sun and colors while his industrious brethren store food for winter. When the other mice are hungry and bored, Frederick's poetic words and vibrant images of summer and Mardi Gras bring them joy and sustenance. His unique contributions prove that imagination and creativity are as vital as practical provisions.

The hockey handbook

Lloyd Percival

"The Hockey Handbook" by Lloyd Percival offers a comprehensive approach to improving hockey skills, focusing on the scientific principles behind effective play. It delves into detailed instruction on skating, puckhandling, shooting, and checking, emphasizing proper technique and conditioning. Percival's work provides coaches and players with a structured framework for developing individual abilities and understanding team strategy.

Dangerous sexualities

Frank Mort

Dangerous Sexualities takes a look at how our ideas of health and disease are linked to moral and immoral notions of sex. Beginning in the 1830s, Frank Mort relates his social historical narratives to the sexual choices and possibilities facing us now. This long-awaited second edition has been thoroughly updated to include new discussions of eugenics, race hygiene and social imperialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With a new and extended bibliography, introduction and illustrations, this second edition brings a classic into the 21st Century.

Radical records

Bob Cant, Susan Hemmings

The period between the publication in 1957 of the liberalising Wolfenden Report and the introduction in 1987 of the homophobic Section 28 was characterised by unprecedented optimism and political activism among lesbians and gay men in Britain. But the law and its shortcomings never determined their whole political and cultural agenda and Radical Records explores the diverse and sometimes conflicting attempts of lesbian and gay people to build a new world for themselves and those they loved. The contributors recount their own personal narratives of how they struggled to re-define their identities, to explore non-traditional expressions of intimacy, to reclaim public spaces, to engage with the HIV epidemic, to build alliances and, generally, to make radical transformations of their lives. The re-issue of this important work, first published in 1988, gives its readers an opportunity to re-visit that turbulent time through the voices of its participants.

The Long Winter

Laura Ingalls Wilder

During an exceptionally harsh winter on the Dakota prairie, the Ingalls family faces relentless blizzards that isolate them for months. Laura and her family must rely on their resourcefulness and each other to survive extreme conditions, from dwindling supplies to the constant threat of freezing temperatures. This volume vividly depicts the challenges of frontier life and the enduring strength of family bonds in the face of overwhelming natural adversity.

Blink

Malcolm Gladwell

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way. Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.