Having read dozens of hockey player memoirs, they are rarely something that I get overly excited about. While I find both coaches and those in management often tend to put out more engaging reads, it’s the players who have the harder time producing an entertaining story. I don’t know if you’ve ever watched an interview…
Sum 41 was just about everywhere during my final year of high school all the way back in 2002. The band’s appearance on the soundtracks for both the first Spider-Man film as well as the second American Pie movie coupled with the near constant airplay on MuchMusic made it damn near impossible to get away…
Ji-won’s family life is thrown for a loop when her father abruptly leaves her mother for another woman. Distraught and hopeless, Ji-won’s Umma longs for companionship while holding out hope her husband eventually returns. This all changes when Ji-won’s mother meets George, a middle-aged white man with questionable motives. Ji-won, overwhelmed from both a stressful…
BOWER: A LEGENDARY LIFE is the story of the life and career of beloved Toronto Maple Leafs legend, Johnny Bower. While Johnny was not able to put pen to paper to tell his life story in his own words prior to his passing in 2017, author Dan Robson took on the task of sorting through…
Charlie and Eve are the proud owners of an old fixer-upper in the Pacific Northwest; a home they plan to flip and sell. While settling in, Eve is home alone when she hears a knock at the door. A man, Thomas, stands on the porch alongside his family. He says they are passing through town…
IRON MIKE: MY LIFE BEHIND THE BENCH is the memoir of professional hockey coach Mike Keenan. I came of age as a hockey fan in the mid-90s, right around the time Keenan was winning his first – and only – Stanley Cup as head coach of the New York Rangers. Despite multiple trips to the…
Discouraged following endless employment rejections, aspiring fashionista Dez (Desiree) Lane may have found her ticket to trendiness. While it means going out with creep Patrick Ruskin, this may allow her to crack open the door to meet Patrick’s mother – fashion icon and magazine magnate Marie Caulfield-Ruskin. After a few short weeks of dating, Dez…
Veteran sportscaster Jim Lang is back once again, this time without frequent collaborator Bob McKenzie, to present another volume of the Everyday Hockey Heroes series. Lang presents the story of fifteen men and women whose selfless actions have helped to make the game more accessible and enjoyable for everyone. The stories here are uplifting and…
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