wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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Gordie Howe: A Year in Galt (Softcover)
ISBN: 9781312173743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Second edition softcover version of David Menary's "Gordie Howe: A Year in Galt" which highlights a pivotal year in Howe's youth - the year the 16-year-old left his prairie home for Galt, Ontario, and the 1944-45 hockey season. He was 16 years old that season, away from home for the first time, and too shy to attend the local high school. Howe became a fixture with the Galt Junior A Red Wings, even though he was unable to play any league games in the OHA. The team already had a western import - Terry Cavanagh, later the mayor of Edmonton - but coach Al Murray convinced him to stay with the...
Second edition softcover version of David Menary's "Gordie Howe: A Year in Galt" which highlights a pivotal year in Howe's youth - the year the 16-yea...
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93,23 |
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Brothers of the Wind
ISBN: 9781312533226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Brothers of the Wind portrays the epic quest of three Canadian speed skaters, close friends and fierce competitors, to win Olympic gold in the 1990s. This story chronicles their successes and setbacks from their early days as promising teenagers, beginning in 1990, to become world-class skaters. Its a story that was more than 10 years in the making, and culminates at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
Woven into the fabric of this tale are revealing threads of insight into the sport of speed skating - both long track and short track. The sport has resulted in more Olympic medals for Canada... Brothers of the Wind portrays the epic quest of three Canadian speed skaters, close friends and fierce competitors, to win Olympic gold in the 1990s. ...
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cena:
148,79 |
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Great Trees of Canada Hc
ISBN: 9781312850163 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 69 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An overview depicting many of Canadas great trees. This small book brims with stories about some of Canadas notable trees including the ages-old redwood forests of Axel Heiberg Island in Canadas Arctic, and the petrified forests in the Bay of Fundy at Joggins, which bear trees that lived before the Atlantic Ocean was born. Other stories, like the plight of the once mighty American Chestnut, are chronicled, as are trees great and small across one of the most heavily-treed landscapes in the world.
An overview depicting many of Canadas great trees. This small book brims with stories about some of Canadas notable trees including the ages-old redwo...
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cena:
134,84 |
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Frederick Douglass in Galt
ISBN: 9781304991478 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Before the American Civil War, and almost a decade before Confederation, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass visited Galt (present-day Cambridge, Ontario), Canada West. It was mid-December 1857, and he lectured about ""The Brotherhood of Nations."" Douglass was a familiar figure on the lecture circuit, having helped many fugitive slaves flee to Canada through the Underground Railroad. Although Douglass had been a close associate of radical abolitionist John Brown, he also developed a friendship with President Abraham Lincoln that lasted until Lincoln's assassination by John...
Before the American Civil War, and almost a decade before Confederation, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass visited Galt (present-day Ca...
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cena:
50,58 |
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Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame
ISBN: 9781312959507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 427 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame chronicles the world-class sports heritage of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. As of 2015, there have been nearly 150 inductees recognized, spanning the entire history of this southern Ontario community.
The Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame chronicles the world-class sports heritage of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. As of 2015, there have been nearly 150 ind...
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cena:
173,20 |
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Terrier Town: Summer of '49
ISBN: 9780889204270 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 407 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Debate still rages on about who invented baseball. But one thing is certain...it was alive and fractious in southwestern Ontario in the summer of 1949. It was a remarkable summer. For Charlie Hodge, just finishing his last year of high school, the summer of 1949 begins with great fanfare and excitement. He has made the Galt Terriers' roster and will be riding the bench with a star-studded team, many of whom had played with the major leagues. When those seasoned pros arrive in town, big things are expected, and they don't disappoint. There is the towering home run that Goody Rosen... Debate still rages on about who invented baseball. But one thing is certain...it was alive and fractious in southwestern Ontario in the summer of ... |
cena:
120,65 |
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Lusitania: the Waterloo County Connection
ISBN: 9781329435513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) It was May, 1915, and a German U-boat had the largest passenger ocean liner on the high seas in its sights. This is the tale of two men from Ontarios Waterloo County who were on that ship. The Lusitania sinking was one of the greatest nautical disasters of all time. Their struggle for survival in the face of great odds would haunt them for the rest of their lives.
It was May, 1915, and a German U-boat had the largest passenger ocean liner on the high seas in its sights. This is the tale of two men from Ontarios ...
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cena:
44,10 |
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The River and the Railroad (3rd Edition Paperback)
ISBN: 9781329147775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
127,71 |
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Great Trees of Canada: Revised
ISBN: 9781716649189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
81,10 |