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Literary sports and adventure books Here are some out of print titles that could be included on this list. I've been able to buy some of them online: SHOELESS JOE by WP Kinsella INSIDE THE POSTAL BUS by Michael Barry LE METIER by Michael Barry BLACK TIGHTS: WOMEN, SPORT AND SEXUALITY by Laura Robinson CROSSING THE LINE: SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CANADA'S NATIONAL SPORT by Laura Robinson COLD OCEANS by Jon Turk FAIL BETTER by Mark Kingwell For more about my interest in Sports Lit copy & paste this link: http://49thshelf.com/Blog/2012/05/07/Because-it-s-good-for-you-Barbara-McVeigh-on-reading-SportsLit

by Barbara McVeigh · Tagged sports & recreation, sports, adventure

The Illegal

by (author) Lawrence Hill

Open Heart, Open Mind

by (author) Clara Hughes

The Canterbury Trail

by (author) Angie Abdou

Between

by (author) Angie Abdou

Accepted

How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE

by (author) Pat Patterson
foreword by Vincent K. McMahon
with Bertrand Hébert

Baseball Life Advice

Loving the Game That Saved Me

by (author) Stacey May Fowles

Best Canadian Sports Writing

edited by Stacey May Fowles & Pasha Malla

Atlantic Salmon Flies / Mouches pour le saumon atlantique

by (author) Jacques Héroux

Hockey Night Fever

Mullets, Mayhem and the Game's Coming of Age in the 1970s

by (author) Stephen Cole

Sisterhood of the Squared Circle

The History and Rise of Women’s Wrestling

by (author) Pat Laprade
with Dan Murphy
foreword by W.W.E. Superstar Natalya

Turning

A Year in the Water

by (author) Jessica J. Lee

Running to the Edge

by (author) Martin Parnell

Run Better

How To Improve Your Running Technique and Prevent Injury

by (author) Jean-François Harvey
foreword by Alex Hutchinson
translated by David Warriner

The Guy on the Left

Sports Stories from the Best Seat in the House

by (author) James Duthie

Ben Hogan's Tips for Weekend Golfers

Simple Advice to Improve Your Game

by (author) Ted Hunt

Sugar Ride

Cycling from Hanoi to Kuala Lampur

by (author) Yvonne Blomer

Killer

My Life in Hockey

by (author) Doug Gilmour & Dan Robson

Art of Freedom

The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

by (author) Bernadette McDonald

Freedom Climbers

by (author) Bernadette McDonald

Alpine Warriors

by (author) Bernadette McDonald

Keeper of the Mountains

The Elizabeth Hawley Story

by (author) Bernadette McDonald
foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary

The Game: 30th Anniversary Edition

by (author) Ken Dryden

Game Change

The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey

by (author) Ken Dryden

Cornered

by (author) Ron MacLean & Kirstie McLellan Day

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