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Martin Brodeur: pour tout dire
Par Martin Brodeur. 2017
"En février 2002, lors des Jeux olympiques de Salt Lake City, Martin Brodeur, gardien de but de l'équipe canadienne de…
hockey, a ajouté une médaille d'or à son palmarès qui comptait déjà deux coupes Stanley remportées avec les Devils du New Jersey. Denis et Martin Brodeur sont ainsi devenus le premier tandem père-fils gardiens de but à avoir remporté une médaille aux Jeux olympiques. Denis Brodeur avait en effet raflé la médaille de bronze lors des jeux de 1956, en Italie. [...] Cet ouvrage vous propose de mieux connaître le grand sportif et l'homme qui se cachent derrière le masque du gardien de but." -- 4e de couvInventing Wyatt Earp: his life and many legends
Par Allen Barra. 1998
The author contends that much popular material on Wyatt Earp is dubious. Drawing on his own research and that of…
several historians, Barra portrays Earp's life and adventures. He discusses the fight at the O.K. Corral and shows how this complex man became a symbol of the Old WestLe guerrier: biographie
Par Michel Roy. 2007
...] Michel Roy, père de la grande vedette, livre un témoignage sur la passion du hockey, le désir de gagner…
et la capacité de concentration qui ont fait la force de son fils. Mais c'est aussi sans complaisance et sans tricherie qu'il lève le voile sur les bévues, les défauts et les problèmes du célèbre gardien. Il relate notamment l'épreuve déchirante du départ de Montréal, qui a failli briser Patrick Roy. Cette biographie fait vivre le parcours de celui qui a révolutionné le métier de gardien de but. De plus, elle traite des enjeux actuels du monde du hockey : l'art de garder les buts, le développement du style papillon, l'équilibre sport-études, la violence, la pression médiatique et le culte de la vedette. La biographie Le Guerrier se lit comme un roman. [...] -- 4e de couv"La LNH, un rêve possible retrace le parcours dans le hockey mineur de huit joueurs professionnels francophones : Steve Bégin,…
Martin Brodeur, Francis Bouillon, Simon Gagné, Ian Laperrière, Vincent Lecavalier, Roberto Luongo et André Roy. Cet ouvrage vise à aider les jeunes - et leurs parents - à mieux comprendre les embûches qui jalonnent la "carrière" d'un jeune hockeyeur. A partir de témoignages de parents, d'entraîneurs et de coéquipiers, Luc Gélinas décortique le cheminement de chaque joueur, du niveau atome jusqu'au junior, tirant des enseignements précieux et des conseils pratiques". -- 4e de couvOld fences, new neighbors
Par Peter Decker. 1998
Explores the conflicts between the new and old west using the author's adopted county of Ouray, Colorado. Complex land-use issues…
driven by population explosion are forcing many long-term ranchers out of business. Discusses the history and the changes in the small agricultural town of Ridgway, which characterize the entire region. 1998Jacques Plante: l'homme qui a changé la face du hockey
Par Todd Denault. 2009
Sur la glace comme ailleurs, Jacques Plante était un être exceptionnel, talentueux, téméraire, mystérieux et complexe. Sa carrière tumultueuse de…
gardien de but l'a mené à Montréal, New York, St. Louis, Boston et Edmonton. Chose incroyable, sa contribution au jeu se reflète encore aujourd'hui dans les règlements, l'équipement et le style des joueurs. Appuyée par des documents d'archives comprenant des entrevues avec Jean Béliveau, Henri Richard, Dickie Moore et Scotty Bowman, cette biographie nous révèle l'une des figures marquantes de l'histoire du hockey. De nombreux excellents gardiens de but ont évolué dans la LNH, mais peu ont eu un réel impact sur le jeu. Jacques Plante est l'un de ces joueurs légendaires qui ont transformé la face du hockey. -- 4e de couvIn a Festschrift to Yale historian Howard Lamar, other historians have contributed essays on topics such as the need to…
expand the traditional definition of "western art"; Native American writings such as nineteenth-century Cherokee periodicals; the often-ignored imperial role in the West; and the politics of the twentieth-century West. Other essayists explore the role of women and of religion in the WestGarry has spent a dozen years gathering and telling tales of the American West. His stories are a mixture of…
fact and fiction, extending from pioneer days to modern times, and they come from sources ranging from his Texas ancestors to the Wyoming ranchers he happens upon in diners. Humor permeates all of the adventures in these stories--from bank robbing, to cowboying, to practical jokesCow people
Par J. Dobie. 1964
The late historian has written a chronicle of the old-time Texas ranchers and their customs. Written in the natural rhythm…
of spoken language, it is an affectionate and nostalgic remembrance of the life he lived and those who lived with himSeven western writers who are eighty years old or more share what it was like growing up on the prairies…
or in the mountains during the early part of the century. An introduction about the writer precedes each reminiscenceLes patins de hockey
Par Karl Subban, Maggie Zeng. 2023
L'hiver arrive à grands pas et PK n'a toujours pas de patins à se mettre aux pieds. Toc! toc! toc!…
fait un jour le facteur, qui cogne à la porte avec une boîte sous le bras. Est-ce que ce sont bien les patins commandés? Ceux qui lui permettront de briller sur la glace? L'attente est looongue pour le jeune joueur de hockey!Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back
Par Ted Nolan. 2023
In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he wouldn’t work in…
pro hockey again for almost a decade. What happened?Growing up on a First Nation reserve, young Ted Nolan built his own backyard hockey rink and wore skates many sizes too big. But poverty wasn’t his biggest challenge. Playing the game meant spending his life in two worlds: one in which he was loved and accepted and one where he was often told he didn’t belong.Ted proved he had what it took, joining the Detroit Red Wings in 1978. But when his on-ice career ended, he discovered his true passion wasn’t playing; it was coaching. First with the Soo Greyhounds and then with the Buffalo Sabres, Ted produced astonishing results. After his initial year as head coach with the Sabres, the club was being called the "hardest working team in professional sports." By his second, they had won their first Northeast Division title in sixteen years.Yet, the Sabres failed to re-sign their much-loved, award-winning coach.Life in Two Worlds chronicles those controversial years in Buffalo—and recounts how being shut out from the NHL left Ted frustrated, angry, and so vulnerable he almost destroyed his own life. It also tells of Ted’s inspiring recovery and his eventual return to a job he loved. But Life in Two Worlds is more than a story of succeeding against the odds. It’s an exploration of how a beloved sport can harbour subtle but devastating racism, of how a person can find purpose when opportunity and choice are stripped away, and of how focusing on what really matters can bring two worlds together.The enemy never came: the Civil War in the Pacific Northwest
Par Scott McArthur. 2012
Although the Pacific Northwest was the area furthest removed from the actual battles of the Civil War, it was nonetheless…
profoundly affected by the war. The Enemy Never Came examines the everyday lives of the volunteer soldiers who battled Native American renegades of the region and of the settlers who were deeply affected by the war yet unable to do much about it. Pacific Northwest pioneers soon chose sides, most allying with the North, others supporting the southern states' right to withdraw from the union. Still others attempted to ignore the entire issue of the War between the States, leaving "that problem" to the folks back east. Because communication with the rest of the nation was slow and tenuous during the early years of the war, the early settlers of what are now Oregon, Washington, and Idaho concentrated on controlling the restive Native Americans whose land and society had been overwhelmed by white settlers. These same settlers, however, nonetheless vigorously argued politics and worried about invaders from the south, from the British colonies to the north, and from the sea-none of whom ever materialized. AdultFor more than thirty years Elton Miles, a past President of the Texas Folklore Society, has been collecting the stories…
and legends that spring from the unique Big Bend lifestyle. This volume includes never-before-published tales, variations on familiar legends, local border corridos, folk poems and other regional lore. AdultGhosts and legends of Nevada's highway 50 (Haunted America Ser.)
Par Janice Oberding. 2018
The 287-mile stretch of highway that runs east to west across Nevada's desert is billed as the "Loneliest Road in…
America." But those who explore it find there is plenty to discover along the way in the towns of Austin, Eureka, Ely, Fallon and Fernley. Every one of these places has its own unique history, ghosts and stories to tell. From the sordid lynching of Richard Jennings to the humorous legend about a famous sack of flour, author Janice Oberding treks across Highway 50 seeking spirits and uncovering the tales of Singing Sand Mountain, the Red-Headed Giants, the Giroux Mine Disaster and many more. AdultHistoric tales of Utah (American chronicles)
Par Eileen Hallet Stone. 2016
Atop the windmill I could see forever: a memoir of cuentos
Par María Dolores Gonzales. 2020
In a series of vignettes, this creative memoir narrated by a female voice draws on childhood memories of Dolores, the…
fourth-born daughter in a family of five girls, growing up in rural northeastern New Mexico. AdultOr perish in the attempt: the hardship and medicine of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
Par David J Peck. 2011
An in-depth examination of the health problems faced by the Lewis and Clark expedition, the common medicinal practices of the…
time, and the types of medical treatments used on the expedition. Adult. Some violence and strong languageUtah: the struggle for statehood
Par Ken Verdoia. 1996