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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

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

Tough Guy

by (author) Bob Probert & Kirstie McLellan Day

Cornered

by (author) Ron MacLean & Kirstie McLellan Day

Calling the Shots

Ups, Downs and Rebounds – My Life in the Great Game of Hockey

by (author) Kelly Hrudey & Kirstie McLellan Day

Gratoony the Loony

The Wild, Unpredictable Life of Gilles Gratton

by (author) Gilles Gratton & Greg Oliver

Toronto and the Maple Leafs

A City and Its Team

by (author) Lance Hornby
foreword by Ron Ellis

Black Ice

The Val James Story

by (author) Valmore James
with John Gallagher

Alone Against the North

An Expedition into the Unknown

by (author) Adam Shoalts

Immodest and Sensational

150 Years of Canadian Women in Sports

by (author) M. Ann Hall

The Girl and the Game

A History of Women's Sport in Canada, Second Edition

by (author) M. Ann Hall

The Grads Are Playing Tonight!

The Story of the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club

by (author) M. Ann Hall

Muscle on Wheels

Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of Nineteenth-Century America

by (author) M. Ann Hall

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