The Meaning of Puck
The Meaning of Puck

Author: Bruce Dowbiggin

Publisher:

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781554702121

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WITH A NEW EPILOGUE If hockey is the portrait of who we are, it isn't a pretty picture. Funny, irreverent, argumentative: In this dazzling cultural autopsy of our national pastime, Bruce Dowbiggin shows how the game reflects--and distorts--ideas about who we are. Or who we think we are. In the process, he takes on issues like fighting and violence, globalization, anti-Americanism, separatism versus federalism, greed and racism. "[I]nsightful, angry, caustic, funny and exasperating--somewhat like the man himself. This isn't just a screed, but a thoughtful and honest look at who we are, at heart, hockey and all."--Catherine Ford "[T]he most profound book of the 2008 crop. These thoughtful essays are purposely designed to be provocative. Some stances will make you mad, while others you will agree with, perhaps surprisingly. All will make you think, and undoubtedly feel passionate about whichever side of the debate you find yourself on." --hockeybookreviews.ca "Dowbiggin... has written a terrific new book about this country's love affair with hockey."--Steven Paikin, The Agenda "Dowbiggin is an exhilarating thinker and a very eloquent spokesman on behalf of his ideas. Myself, I think he should be asked to deliver the Massey Lectures." --Paul Quarrington, author, King Leary "I'll have nothing more to say to this coward...." --Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada "Bruce Dowbiggin is one of the great hockey chroniclers of our time." --David Adams Richards, winner of the Governor General's Award for fiction

Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2011-12-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0755117336

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Tells the story of Dan and Una and their adventures with Puck as he introduces them to the nearly forgotten pages of Old England's history and to the people who had lived near Pook's Hill and helped make that history. Includes stories and poems.

A Midsummer-night's Dream
A Midsummer-night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Published: 1734

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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National Sylvan Theatre, Washington Monument grounds, The Community Center and Playgrounds Department and the Office of National Capital Parks present the ninth summer festival program of the 1941 season, the Washington Players in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," produced by Bess Davis Schreiner, directed by Denis E. Connell, the music by Mendelssohn is played by the Washington Civic Orchestra conducted by Jean Manganaro, the setting and lights Harold Snyder, costumes Mary Davis.

Word Origins And How We Know Them
Word Origins And How We Know Them

Author: Anatoly Liberman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-04-13

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0199889015

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Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

The Magic Puck
The Magic Puck

Author: Sarah Clifford

Publisher: Aloa LLC

Published: 2021-11-05

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780578317656

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The magic begins when Kodie Bear is gifted a hockey puck from his dad at a frozen pond. What unfolds is a fun-filled hockey journey in rhyme, offering Kodie Bear a glimpse of the future filled with friendship, memories, and love of the game. With adorable illustrations and a flowing storyline, this book is perfect for hockey fans and players, young and old.

Puckstruck
Puckstruck

Author: Stephen Smith

Publisher: Greystone Books

Published: 2014-10-25

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 177164091X

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Like many a Canadian kid, Stephen Smith was up on skates first thing as a boy, out in the weather chasing a puck and the promise of an NHL career. Back indoors after that didn’t quite work out, he turned to the bookshelf. That’s where, without entirely meaning to, he ended up reading all the hockey books. There was Crunch and Boom Boom, Slashing! and High Stick; there was Max Bentley: Hockey’s Dipsy-Doodle Dandy, Blue Line Murder, and Nagano, a Czech hockey opera. There was Blood on the Ice, Cracked Ice, Fire On Ice, Power On Ice, Cowboy On Ice, and Steel On Ice. In Puckstruck, Smith chronicles his wide-eyed and sometimes wincing wander through hockey’s literature, language, and culture, weighing its excitement and unbridled joy against its costs and vexing brutality. In exploring his own lifelong love of the game, hoping to surprise some sense out of it, he sifts hockey’s narratives in search of hockey’s heart, what it means and why it should distress us even as we celebrate its glories. On a journey to discover what the game might have to say about who we are as Canadians, he seeks to answer some of its essential riddles.

The Complete Hockey Dictionary
The Complete Hockey Dictionary

Author: Andrew Podnieks

Publisher: Key Porter Books

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781551683348

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Part reference guide, part history, and part celebration of this hallowed game, The Complete Hockey Dictionary defines every hockey term. From familiar words that take on special significance in hockey (doorstop or cowpie, for example), to technical terms (backhand, fence), to need-to-know hockey history (the Pollock Agreement of 1967), this is the ultimate guide for all hockey enthusiasts.

Puck of the Starways
Puck of the Starways

Author: Keith Hill

Publisher: Disjunct Books

Published: 2024-06-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781067014322

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Day in and day out, never resting, Puck played. Having no body, he flitted from star to star, solar system to solar system. Ever at fun, he gambolled through the ten thousand veils of reality. Life to him was a joy, and that joy was his life's whole meaning. Yet he whose time-span was measured in units far exceeding an earthly aeon found that, in the end, he could not escape time. And one day a message came to Puck from the very centre of the Starways, commanding that he attend on the Gods. So away flew Puck. Away through the ten thousand layers of reality. And in a trice he was bowing before the Starways' Gods. "Puck," said the Gods, "there is a world of which you know nothing. This world is called the Land of the Happy. Always the Land of the Happy has been true to its name. But now doubt and pain have entered the lives of those who live there. Go to the Land of the Happy, Puck. On behalf of the Gods, go and discover why one living there is sad." So begin the adventures of Puck. In a series of linked stories, Puck delights in the wonders, comedies, sorrows and joys that enrich human existence. Spinning tales that delight and confound, playfully mixing magic with metaphysics, the fabulous with moral questions, this is an inspired addition to fantasy story-telling in the tradition of Lord Dunsay, Alberto Calvino and Ursula Le Guin.

Puck the Gnome
Puck the Gnome

Author: Jakob Streit

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781888365542

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A delightful story for children about the world of gnomes, addressing issues of friendship, honesty and loyalty.

Puck Love
Puck Love

Author: Carmen Jenner

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9781977681461

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Stella Hart is the hottest thing in country music. For ten years, she's been Nashville's darling. She's pure, sweet, and a positive role model in an industry rife with scandals, sex, and sequins. Men want to own her, women want to be her-everyone wants a piece of her, and Stella? Well, she wants out. As the center for the Calgary Crushers, Van Ross isn't afraid of the spotlight, but he doesn't much like it either. Despite his reputation as a player, the NHL's bad boy lives for only two things: the game, and his younger brother. That's why when he comes across a country music superstar seeking refuge at his home in the Canadian Rockies, he's not too happy with the media shitstorm this surprise houseguest brings. With a nationwide manhunt, paparazzi dogging their every move, producers of a reality TV show baying for blood, and a record label desperate to see their "good girl" returned safely home, Van and Stella's lives are snowballing out of control. While Van would like nothing more than to show the purest of them all how well he handles his er ... stick, Stella is no puck bunny. Nor is she as innocent as she'd have the world believe. With chemistry like theirs, tension runs high on and off the ice, but the end game is the same for both players: line up the puck, take the shot, and score. If only their hearts understood the play. Puck fame and fortune. Puck right and wrong. Puck love.