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Reclaiming Tom Longboat recounts the history of Indigenous sport in Canada through the lens of the prestigious Tom Longboat Awards, shedding light on a significant yet overlooked aspect of Canadian policy and Crown-Indigenous relations.

Zane Grey, known mainly for his Western fiction and for his own personal adventures exploring the rugged West, was also a prolific fisherman. He wrote many articles for international sporting magazines highlighting the uniqueness of New Zealand fishing, among other places. This book includes notes Grey made while in the midst of exploring his favorite pastime.

All her life, Katherine Keith has hungered for remote, wild places. Her travels take her across America, but it is in the vast and rugged landscape of Alaska that she finds her true home. Keith experiences tragic loss and must push on, with her infant daughter, alone in the Alaskan backcountry. Long-distance dog sledding opens a door to a new existence. Racing across the state of Alaska offers the best of all worlds by combining raw wilderness with solitude and athleticism.

Un homme ordinaire doué d'une détermination extraordinaire! Loin de se contenter uniquement de raconter ses exploits personnels et professionnels, l'auteur nous fait des suggestions concrètes qu'il accompagne de ses principes de vie dans le but de nous aider à réussir notre vie. Axé sur l'idée que TOUT EST POSSIBLE, il a su créer une vie épanouie. Il nous parle avec son coeur et ses tripes dans cette conversation intime qu'il souhaite avoir avec nous.

Un témoignage émouvant qui touchera autant les jeunes que les amateurs de biographies ! - OK, c'est confirmé, un jour, je vais jouer au baseball pour les Expos ! Les Jeux olympiques de 1976 à Montréal n'ont pas seulement marqué l'histoire du sport, mais ont aussi semé la graine du rêve dans le cœur d'un petit gars de Sainte-Foy. Comment le jeune Marc Griffin, élevé dans un milieu culturel et sportif effervescent, a-t-il réussi à fouler le même terrain que ses héros, Raines, Carter et Dawson ?

Before Amelia Earhart (1897-1939) became a world-famous pilot, she was a little tomboy from Kansas with a taste for adventure. When she visited an airfield and took a short plane ride, she knew she had to be a pilot. She signed up for flying lessons and cropped her hair short so that the other pilots would take her seriously. She became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. With each flight she took and each record she broke, Amelia became more and more of a celebrity.