Hero's Ho Ho Ho Hockey Dream
Hero's Ho Ho Ho Hockey Dream

Author: Kary Carkner

Publisher:

Published: 2014-11-03

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 9780990924203

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Children's BookJoin me on my journey, as I discover that my dreams may really be coming true!After a fight with my sister, my parents punished me andsent me to my room. I was so mad, I yelled hurtful wordsat the entire family. After calming down, I drifted off tosleep and was launched into a dream-like adventure atthe North Pole.I became the superstar in an unforgettable hockey game with Santaand his elves. After the greatest game I had ever played, I wanted to celebrate with my family, but they were nowhere to be found. I was all alone. I soon realized how important they were to me and how much I loved them.I thought it was all a dream, but now I'm not so sure...

The Dreams
The Dreams

Author: B. Michael Fee

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2013-07-03

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1481751891

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The world teeters on global political and military chaos as within a single 24 hour period, the leaders of every country on the planet fall victim to a mysterious illness...transfixing them all into coma-like unconsciousness. Seven days prior, the United Nations sponsored, in New York, an unprecedented gathering of international prime ministers, kings, queens and presidents as they struggled to reach common agreement on the all-encompassing Global Climate Initiative. Whatever it is, it likely was contracted or delivered, there, despite the most intense security operations ever undertaken. As it becomes clear that no country has been spared this dramatic affliction of its leadership, the task to find a solution to this puzzle falls on two young American neuroscientists (with assistance from colleagues on every continent) as they race against time using high tech tools in the next generation medical arsenal to identify the causative agent(s) and manufacture an antidote. Their counterparts in the intelligence and military communities likewise sift through mountains of data to find possible suspects. Suspicious of everyone, old nationalistic scores get seated in the crosshairs. The pace is frenetic, the stakes, too terrifying to contemplate. While the clock ticks toward catastrophe, Jared Faulkner, one of the two American doctors, discovers something about the leaders previously unidentified in the annals of medicine...

Book Review Index
Book Review Index

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1520

ISBN-13:

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Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

Achieving the American Dream
Achieving the American Dream

Author: Alfred Kuo-liang Ho

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780761837053

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This work examines the lives of one hundred and sixty three elite immigrants who have achieved the American dream while gaining fortune and fame. With this sample of immigrants, Professor Emeritus Alred K. Ho provides a portrait of a successful candidate for U.S. immigration. Through his study, he has achieved, in, why they immigrated, and what they chose to do with their fortunes. Ultimately, Achieving the American Dream is a testament to the American democracy and open society that are the main attractions to these immigrants who are as necessary to the U.S. as we are to them.

Tough Guy
Tough Guy

Author: Bob Probert

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1617493104

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Documenting his notorious career with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks, Bob Probert details in this autobiography how he racked up points, penalty minutes, and bar bills, establishing himself as one of the most feared enforcers in the history of the NHL. As Probert played as hard off the ice as on, he went through rehab 10 times, was suspended twice, was jailed for carrying cocaine across the border, and survived a near fatal motorcycle crash all during his professional career, and he wanted to tell his story in his own words to set the record straight. When he died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 45 on July 5, 2010, he was hard at work on his memoir—a gripping journey through the life of Bob Probert, with jaw-dropping stories of his on-ice battles and his reckless encounters with drugs, alcohol, police, customs officials, courts, and the NHL, told in his own voice and with his rich sense of humor.

Selling the Dream
Selling the Dream

Author: Ken Campbell

Publisher: Penguin Books Canada

Published: 2014-01-07

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780143179924

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Canadians have always dreamed about hockey. And we all love our kids. But somehow our desire to give everything we've got to two of the things we love the most has left both worse off. For many families, hockey has become more business than pleasure, where children don't even play anymore--now they compete. The dream of playing in the NHL and the enormous costs that come with it, are killing hockey in Canada. Drawing on decades of combined experience in hockey at all levels, Ken Campbell and Jim Parcels pull back the curtain to show just how far our national game has strayed from its roots. What they reveal is a system driven by unrealistic expectations of a financial windfall, where minor-hockey fees and new sticks for kids are deemed "investments"--and where there is no shortage of entrepreneurs more than happy to take money from starry-eyed parents. Often shocking, always informative, " Selling the Dream " is not only a guidebook for involved hockey parents across the country, it is a defence of the game we all love, and of childhood itself.

The Final Call
The Final Call

Author: Kerry Fraser

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0771047991

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After almost two thousand games and thirty years of wearing the Stripes, legendary NHL official Fraser dropped his final puck at the end of the 2009/2010 season and relives his colourful career officiating hockey in his candid book. After thirty years in the NHL, legendary referee Kerry Fraser has decided to hang up his skates and enjoy the game from the other side of the boards. Never shy about offering his opinion, nor afraid to step in and separate an on-ice fight, the diminutive Fraser is without question one of the most respected officials in today's NHL. Fraser entered officiating after recognizing that his size would limit his chances as a player. Over the course of the almost two thousand NHL contests, he has shown himself to be an exemplary referee. In The Final Call, Fraser uses the seventy two games he is officiating in his farewell season as the centre piece of his story. He relives candid memories from each city he visits, such as the night he was pulled from the ice by the Boston police after a threat was made that if he skated out for the second period he would be shot. Fraser offers a colourful, behind-the-scenes portrait of our national game, recounting stories of pulling apart enraged 250-lb men in on-ice battles and divulging the politics behind which games are assigned to which refs. Although a referee's job and story may not appear as glamorous as that of a superstar player, it is every bit as entertaining!