Winter sports Books

""Essay On Curling, And Artificial Pond Making"" is a book written by J. Cairnie in 1833. The book is a comprehensive guide to the sport of curling and the construction of artificial ponds for the purpose of playing the game. It provides an in-depth...

Ignite hockey fans, ignite! A delightful book of hockey fantasy fiction short stories and verse. Focus is on youth and pro ice hockey with a measure of street hockey added.

Le Trait����� sur les Haras est un livre �����crit par Jean Brugnone en 1807. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui traite de l'�����levage des chevaux et des diff�����rentes techniques pour am�����liorer leur race. L'auteur y d�����crit les diff�����rentes races...

This is the stirring biography of George Attla, the little-known Athabaskan Indian from the tiny Koyuk River villge of Huslia, Alaska, who limped to the starting line in the 1958 Fur Rendezvous World Championship sled dog race in Anchorge. Attla's...

He was too small to make it to the National Hockey League, they decided. Too chippy and undisciplined to be of value to a team. Brad Marchand has proven them wrong, helping to lead the Boston Bruins to their first Stanley Cup in thirty-nine years, and...

Sheltered in a snow cave on Mount Elbrus, Dan Egan stares into the mouth of a storm on the tallest mountain on the European continent, a merciless mountain that claims more lives per year than Everest. In the belly of the beast, Egan takes stock of every...

""History of Yorkshire County Cricket, 1833-1903"" is a book written by Robert Stratten Holmes and published in 1904. The book is a comprehensive account of the history of Yorkshire County Cricket during the period of 1833 to 1903. The author provides a...

Hand-In-Hand Figure-Skating is a book written by Norcliffe G. Thomson and published in 1896. The book is a comprehensive guide to the sport of figure skating and covers all aspects of the sport, including technique, training, and competition. The author...

""Game Fowls, Their Origin and History"" is a comprehensive guide to the origins, breeds, strains, and crosses of game fowls, both American and English. Written by John W. Cooper and originally published in 1869, this book provides a detailed look at the...

Le livre ""Le Chasseur Au Chien Courant V1 (1838)"" de Blaze, Elzear est un ouvrage de r�����f�����rence pour les amateurs de chasse. Il s'agit d'un guide complet sur la chasse au chien courant, qui d�����crit les diff�����rentes techniques de chasse,...

Lays Of The Hertfordshire Hunt And Other Sporting Verses (1912) is a collection of poems written by George Robins. The book is dedicated to the sport of fox hunting and contains various hunting stories and verses. The poems describe the thrill of the...

First published in 1897, On the Outside Edge is a clever and insightful introduction to the history of ice skating. It begins by tracing the development of ice skates from bone skates to the type of skate used in nineteenth-century England. Then, it...

Physical education teacher G. U. A. Vieth became the first German author to describe ice skating in writing when a lecture he gave in 1788 was published in a journal in 1789. It was reprinted as a small book in 1790. This book has eluded skating...

Before the first American won an Olympic alpine medal, before Vail Ski Resort opened, before the infamous K2 Cheeseburger ski, before snowboards were allowed up a mountain, innovators had to build the ski industry into the culture we enjoy today...

Tim's Tada: Bucket List“1. Drive to keep alive.” “2. Be all that you can be.” “3. See all that you can see.” “4. Do all that you can do.” “5. Say all that you can say...

Hockey practices for the younger players is a book with ready-made hockey practices for players between 7-12 years. Allhockey practices and drills have been carried out practically on the ice in the format they are drawn in the book.A total of 63 hockey...

Hockey drills are available in large quantities, but usually for the slightly older hockey players, but how do the younger players get a good start to their hockey careers? In this category, hockey drills for the younger ones or hockey drills for kids or...

Figure skating is one of the most beautiful athletic sports, yet it is also grueling, dangerous, and extremely competitive. Every four years, hundreds of figure skaters around the world compete at the highest levels of their sport for a chance to...

Directionless yet driven by a fervent desire to make something of himself, Doug "The Thug" Smith took his only marketable job skill--amateur boxing--and followed an unlikely career path to become a hockey enforcer, a.k.a. "goon." Entrusted with...

The Toronto Maple Leafs did NOT make the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2010-2011. Still, the author saw something special beginning to emerge as the season unfolded. After a successful start in October, a series of events saw the team plunge to the bottom of...

The Yachtsman's Handy Book for Sea Use: And Adapted for the Board of Trade Yachting Certificate (1879) is a comprehensive guidebook written by William Henry Rosser. This book is specifically designed for yachtsmen who want to improve their knowledge and...

The Sportsman's Guide to the Hunting and Shooting Grounds of the United States and Canada is a comprehensive guidebook for hunting and shooting enthusiasts, written by William Charles Harris and originally published in 1888. The book provides detailed...

- Für alle Freunde des Schlittschuhlaufens und Eislaufbegeisterte. - Persönlicher Begleiter, verwendbar u.a. als Notizbuch, Notizheft, Einschreibbuch, Tagebuch oder Anti-Stress Kritzelbuch. - Perfekter Ort zum Festhalten von Geistesblitzen,...

-Für alle Snowboardfans und begeisterte Wintersportler. -Persönlicher Begleiter, verwendbar u.a. als Notizbuch, Notizheft, Einschreibbuch, Tagebuch oder Anti-Stress Kritzelbuch. -Perfekter Ort zum Festhalten von Geistesblitzen, Trainingsverläufen,...

-Für alle Skifans und Wintersportfreunde. -Persönlicher Begleiter, verwendbar u.a. als Notizbuch, Notizheft, Einschreibbuch, Tagebuch oder Anti-Stress Kritzelbuch. -Perfekter Ort zum Festhalten von Geistesblitzen, Trainingsverläufen, Erlebnissen,...

Want to be the Big Cheese in The Big Apple where New York Rangers trivia is concerned?Never lose another trivia game again with this fact-filled, fun Rangers trivia book!The franchise has become a New York landmark since making its NHL debut in 1926-27,...

Grayling Fishing In South Country Streams (1901) by H. A. Rolt is a book that provides a comprehensive guide to the art of grayling fishing in the streams of the southern counties of England. The author, an experienced angler, shares his knowledge and...

Offers a fascinating ethnography of physicality and gender relations in women's team contact sports.

Modern amateurs can be found throughout art, science, sport and entertainment. When examining amateurs in sport most of the re­search has predominantly focussed on amateur players and little attention has been given to amateur coaches.The goal of this...

This is a true story of our childhood recollection of the rink rats growing up from grade school and my eventual walk with greatness with Wayne Gretzky and the promise he made to me at the end of our forty-minute stroll in 1983 in Winnipeg.The friendship...

"Nowadays, figure skating is largely about jumps and the impressiveness of how many spins you can make in the air. However, the jumps have not always been figure skating's most prominent feature. When did the jumps emerge, how, and why? Who invented them...

For recreational skiers"You have skillfully and accurately described and analyzed a brand new technique that anyone can learn in a quarter of the time it took to learn the old technique. It is a technique that empowers the student to rapidly achieve...

Hockeyövningar för barn eller för de yngre hockeyspelarna.Hockeyövningar finns i stora mängder, men oftast för de lite äldre hockeyspelarna, men hur får de yngre spelarna en bra start på sina "Hockeykarriärer"? I den här kategorin "Hockeyövningar för de...

Events are one of the most exciting and one of the fastest growing formsof tourism. The aim of this research is to determine the impact of localevents on the travel motivation of South German ski and snowboardinstructors.It outlines the existing...

Bob Wilber wrapped up his lengthy professional sports and marketing career in 2016, and immediately wrote and published his autobiography "Bats, Balls, & Burnouts" to great acclaim. For "How Far?" he stretched his writing muscles into an entirely new...

Aiming to become top dog in Colorado Avalanche trivia at the neighborhood pub? Then pick up this complete fact/trivia book on the NHL franchise! You'll find titillating facts and anecdotes from the team's beginnings as the Quebec Nordiques to today...

Who's the kingpin of St. Louis Blues trivia? If it's not you, then this trivia/fact book on the history of the NHL franchise is right up your alley! Why settle for second best when you can prove you're the number one Blues fan by reading this...

Is your goal to be the Big Kahuna of Minnesota Wild trivia contests and challenges? Then don't settle for anything less than this sensational new fact book on the exciting NHL franchise! With the club making its NHL debut in 2000-01, it's one of...

Think you're an expert on the Los Angeles Kings? Then put your knowledge to the ultimate test with this challenging trivia quiz book! If you're a Los Angeles Kings' fan who wants to become the heavyweight champion of team trivia and facts, then...

If you love reading about figure skating, this is the book for you!"A Bibliography of Figure Skating" is quintessential guide to reading about the world's most exciting sport. This fascinating reference book highlights over a century of figure skating...

Any dream, no matter how difficult, can be pursued.His is an unsung or perhaps a "quietly" sung life of enduring moments and of sincere commitment, as he moved in the direction of his dream. His is a symbol for the African-American community, or any...

The Scholastic Ice Hockey Playbook: Strategies of a high school coach offers a unique approach at dissecting the game in a way coaches, players and fans will appreciate the fundamentals of hard work while understanding the vast array of systems and...