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- All the way : my life on ice / by Tootoo, Jordin,1983-author.; Brunt, Stephen,author.;
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- Subjects: Tootoo, Jordin, 1983-; Tootoo, Jordin, 1983-; Hockey players; Inuit hockey players; Recovering alcoholics;
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- Playing the long game : a memoir / by Sinclair, Christine,1983-author.; Brunt, Stephen,author.;
For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. 'Playing the Long Game' is a book of earned wisdom on the value of determination and team spirit, and on leadership that changed the landscape of women's sport. Sinclair was born and raised in Burnaby, BC.- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Sinclair, Christine, 1983-; Soccer players; Women soccer players;
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- All roads home : a life on and off the ice / by Trottier, Bryan,1956-author.; Brunt, Stephen,author.;
'All Roads Home' is a poignant and inspiring memoir of the people and challenges that shaped the life and career of Canadas most decorated Indigenous athlete, Bryan Trottier. Trottier's father is of Cree Metis descent. Trottier grew up in Val Marie, SK. Please Note: The following title was included in a previous Bestseller list; libraries may need to re-order.- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Trottier, Bryan, 1956-; Hockey players; First Nations hockey players;
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- Burke's law : a life in hockey / by Burke, Brian,1955-author.; Brunt, Stephen,author.;
The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and the tragedies he's fought through. Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities--no, personalities full-stop--in the hockey media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure at the helm of the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life. He has been a player, an agent, a league executive, a Stanley Cup-winning GM, an Olympic GM, and a media analyst. He has worked with Pat Quinn, Gary Bettman, and an array of future Hall of Fame players. No one knows the game better, and no one commands more attention when they open up about it. But there is more to Brian Burke than hockey. He is a graduate of Harvard Law, and an accomplished businessman with hard-earned lessons that come from highly-scrutinized decisions made at the helm of multi-million-dollar companies. Not only does he know the game, but he has expertise to share in the business and management principles arenas as well. And despite his gruff persona, he is also a father with a story to tell. He lost his youngest son in a car accident, and has grappled with that grief. Many Canadians knew Burke's name already, because he became one of the country's most outspoken gay-rights advocates when his son Brendan came out in 2009. Brian Burke has learned many truths the hard way, and is courageous and insightful enough to share them with readers for the first time.- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Burke, Brian, 1955-; National Hockey League.; Sports executives;
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- Mind over matter : hard-won battles on the road to hope / by Tootoo, Jordin,1983-author.; Brunt, Stephen,author.;
"For some hockey players, retirement marks the moment when it's all over. But Jordin Tootoo is not most hockey players. Having inspired millions when he first broke into the league, Tootoo continued to influence people throughout his career--not only through his very public triumph over alcoholism, but also his natural charisma. And now, years after hanging up his skates, he is more committed to doing things the right way and speaking about it to others, whether it's corporate executives or Indigenous youth. But the news of unmarked graves on the grounds of residential schools brought back to life many of the demons that had haunted his family. In a moment of realization that left him rattled and saddened, Tootoo fit the pieces together. The years that were never spoken of. The heavy drinking. The all too predictable violence. His father was a survivor, marked by what he had survived. And, Tootoo realizes, his community is marked in the same way. Its joy too often sapped away by alcoholism, its youth all too often cut down by suicide--as his brother had been. As he travels back to Nunavut to try to speak with his father about what haunts him, he encounters the ghosts of the entire community. Still, as Tootoo says, we are continuously learning and rewriting our story at every step. He has learned from his mistakes and his victories. He has learned from examples of great courage and humility. He has learned from being a father and a husband. And he has learned from his own Inuk traditions, of perseverance and discipline in the face of hardship. Weaving together life's biggest themes with observations and episodes, Jordin shares the kind of wisdom he has had to specialize in--the hard-won kind."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Tootoo, Jordin, 1983-; Fathers and sons.; Hockey players; Inuit hockey players;
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