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by Dave Bidini
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
On the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, a personal and poetic journey into the heart of hockey in Canada
As summer turned to fall in 1972, Canada was redefining itself and its place in the world. Politically, a spirited election campaign asked probing questions about the nation’s...
Tropic Of Hockey
My Search for the Game in Unlikely Places
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
One hot afternoon in 1998, Dave Bidini – who loves hockey, watches it, plays it, and breathes it – found the Stanley Cup final so tedious to watch that at one point he clicked channels to Martha Stewart – and never switched back. This made him wonder where in the world the game might exist free...
Moving Toward Stillness
Lessons in Daily Life from the Martial Ways of Japan
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Moving Toward Stillness: Lessons in Daily Life from the Martial Ways of Japan is a distillation of the most important lessons learned from a lifetime devoted to martial arts training.
Drawing from his highly regarded magazine columns in Black Belt magazine, author Dave Lowry sets out lessons...
The Karate Way
Discovering the Spirit of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Karate is not just a sport or a hobby—it’s a lifetime study toward perfection of character. Here, Dave Lowry, one of the best-known writers on the Japanese martial arts, illuminates the complete path of karate including practice, philosophy, and culture. He covers myriad subjects of interest to...
Boston Strong
A City's Triumph over Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Veteran journalists Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge have written the definitive inside look at the Boston Marathon bombings with a unique, Boston-based account of the events that riveted the world. From the Tsarnaev brothers’ years leading up to the act of terror to the bomb scene itself (which both...
Game of My Life New York Yankees
Memorable Stories of Yankees Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
In Game of My Life New York Yankees, everyone from stars to supersubs offers personal stories revealing the obstacles they had to overcome in order to succeed on sports’ biggest stage. Some of the biggest names to ever don the pinstripes are captured in personal portraits here, from Derek Jeter...
by Dave Moore
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
'Out of Our League: Defunct and ex-Football League Teams' is the ultimate guide for football supporters and soccer historians as it contains information about every football team that has ever graced the Football League but no longer does so. It explains why the teams left the League and gives details...
by Dave Tomlinson
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Leeds United AFC was formed in 1919 following the disbanding of Leeds City FC by the Football League. The team took over the Elland Road stadium and have won three First Division League titles, one FA Cup and one League Cup. The club also won two Inter-Cities Fairs cups. The majority of the honours...
The Leadership Code
Five Rules to Lead by
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2009
What makes a great leader?
It's a question that has been tackled by thousands. In fact, there are literally tens of thousands of leadership studies, theories, frameworks, models, and recommended best practices. But where are the clear, simple answers we need for our daily work lives? Are there...
In the Dojo
A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Beginning students in Japanese martial arts, such as karate, judo, aikido, iaido, kyudo, and kendo, learn that when they are in the dojo (the practice space), they must don their practice garb with ritual precision, address their teacher and senior students in a specific way, and follow certain unwritten...
2016 Nowhere Print Annual
Literary Travel Writing, Photography and Art from Nowhere Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
The Nowhere Print Annual represents the best literary travel writing, photography and art from award-winning Nowhere Magazine (nowheremag.com). In this issue:
Dave Eggers writes about Africa and Thailand
Poet Merrill Gilfillan travels through the West
John Kane and Mike Boushee road-trip...
by Dave Mumby, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
This book provides college students with all the information and advice they need to apply successfully to graduate school. In chapters 1 – 4 several misconceptions about graduate school are revealed and dispelled, including the most common myth – that one must have excellent grades to get in,...
Beyond Blame
Learning From Failure and Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Failure is inevitable and a postmortem analysis, conducted in an open, blameless way, is the best way for IT techs and managers to learn from outages and near-misses. But when the "root cause" is determined to be "human error" (or worse, particular humans), the real causes and...
by Dave Balcom
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
In this, his third mystery, retired community journalist Jim Stanton comes face to face with something that had always been missing from his character – anger that boils down to hate.
Trained as a young man by the U.S. Navy to be one of a select group of covert warriors, Stanton walked away from...