My Journey with Carli is the compelling, yet tragic story of Carli Ward, who passed away due to cervical cancer at the tender age of 25. Author Curtis Walker outlines her life story while focusing on his many visits with Carli in her final months of life, spent at Grace Hospice in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Carli had a difficult childhood as she moved across the country before settling in Manitoba. She was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at a young age and persevered through many challenges on her way. Carli was truly one of a kind and her loss was...
My Journey with Carli is the compelling, yet tragic story of Carli Ward, who passed away due to cervical cancer at the tender age of 25. Author Curtis...
COMING UP SHORT details the history of the NHL's Winnipeg Jets, one of pro hockey's least successful, but most beloved teams. Jets historian and former season ticket holder Curtis Walker chronicles the team's tumultuous 17-year journey in exhaustive detail from their humble beginnings in 1979 to their tearful departure in 1996. This authoritative history of the Jets' NHL years is written by a fan, for fans, to remember and celebrate their team with equal parts fondness, anguish and humor.
COMING UP SHORT details the history of the NHL's Winnipeg Jets, one of pro hockey's least successful, but most beloved teams. Jets historian and forme...
The World Hockey Association brought major league hockey to Winnipeg in 1972, and then the Winnipeg Jets transformed the game of hockey itself. Curtis Walker, official statistician of the WHA Hall of Fame, assembles an exhaustive and detailed day-by-day history of the mighty WHA Jets, topped off with franchise statistics and rare promotional photographs. From the amazing Bobby Hull to multiple WHA Championships, the 1972-1979 WHA Winnipeg Jets history is lovingly collected, told and celebrated for hockey fans the world over.
The World Hockey Association brought major league hockey to Winnipeg in 1972, and then the Winnipeg Jets transformed the game of hockey itself. Curtis...
View from Section 26 is a collection of off-the-wall stories along with an irreverent look at the characters behind them that make minor-league hockey unique. Featured is the IHL's Manitoba Moose, a team as unwanted as any in the history of the game and badly neglected by its ownership. Hockey historian Curtis Walker recalls his experiences following a team that slogged through a dreary, yet oddly entertaining existence playing in front of pitifully small, comatose crowds at the Winnipeg Arena.
View from Section 26 is a collection of off-the-wall stories along with an irreverent look at the characters behind them that make minor-league hockey...
Ride along on a weekend bus trip through southern Manitoba, eastern North Dakota and into Minnesota as the author shares his many experiences from traveling between Winnipeg and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The 450-mile trek to the southeast is an all-too-familiar rite of passage for many Winnipeggers, who regularly flock to the Twin Cities to shop, watch sporting events and enjoy the many attractions the region has to offer.
Ride along on a weekend bus trip through southern Manitoba, eastern North Dakota and into Minnesota as the author shares his many experiences from tra...
Naive web developer Parker Bell joins the IT department of a large credit union thinking he's found his dream job. Unfortunately, he quickly realizes things are not as they seem. Shocked at what he discovers about his new colleagues and the lax procedures at the credit union, he grows increasingly disillusioned and leaves after just two and a half months on the job. His former boss is later fired and he is called back to lead a team of consultants in cleaning up the mess she left behind. The police are then called once he makes a horrifying discovery of what had been going on behind the...
Naive web developer Parker Bell joins the IT department of a large credit union thinking he's found his dream job. Unfortunately, he quickly realizes ...