Recreation & Leisure Studies
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From  Flight PatternsA Century of Air Travel From: Wanderlust |
Chapter Eight examines the history of air travel. The chapter follows air travel from the invention of flight to the development of aviation, early airlines, rise of Pan Am, types of air crafts, … | Laura Byrne Paquet | 34 | 2007 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Forward!From: On This Patch of Grass |
Daisy Couture; Matt Hern; Sadie Courture; Selena Courture | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add | |
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From  From Poverty to ProsperityFrom: Casa Loma |
1859 – 1889. Looks at Henry Mill Pellatt and recounts his early toronto days, young man in a hurry, Rifleman Pellatt, Pellatt the Plunger | Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
 Game MisconductInjury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport |
“You’re not a human being, you’re a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform. If you can’t perform, then you’re a liability and they’ll drop you.” Professional athletes suffer … | Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 192 | 2018 | View |
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From  Girls’ Sport Run by GirlsFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
The 1920s had brought significant change to Canadian women’s sport with the growth of teams and leagues, especially those sponsored by industrial concerns, the beginning of international … | M. Ann Hall | 14 | 2008 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Go Green: The Big Circle Where Cricket, Ecology, and Gender MetFrom: Rebound |
In this chapter, King details the construction of a ecologically-friendly cricket pitch at Valley Park, which is located in one of the most multicultural neighbourhoods in Canada. | Perry King | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From Going Down to the Sea in ShipsFrom: Wanderlust |
Chapter Five explores the history of sea travel and ships as methods of transportation. The chapter begins with the Greeks and Roman sailing across the Mediterranean world, charter ships of the … | Laura Byrne Paquet | 27 | 2007 | $2.70 Add |
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From NEW! Harry Gairey’s Enduring LessonFrom: Rebound |
This chapter explores the legacy of Harry Gainey, a Jamaican-born Canadian railway worker. It also examines racism in hockey. | Perry King | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From Hockey Players Talk About Their WorkFrom: Game Misconduct |
Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 41 | 2018 | $4.10 Add | |
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From If You Build It, They Will Come: Resorts and Theme ParksFrom: Wanderlust |
Chapter Ten explores the history of Resorts and Theme Parks. The chapter discusses topics including the birth of seaside resorts, holiday camps, ski resorts, Disneyland, shopping centres and malls. | Laura Byrne Paquet | 15 | 2007 | $1.50 Add |
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From Imagined Communities of FandomFrom: Game Misconduct |
Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 22 | 2018 | $2.20 Add | |
Immodest and Sensational150 Years of Canadian Women in Sports |
With the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team and other high-profile female athletes in recent years drawing a healthy share of the sports media limelight, there is a perception that … | 96 | View | ||
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From  IntroductionFrom: The Skin I'm In |
Christopher M. Spence | 5 | 1999 | $0.50 Add | |
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From  Introduction |
In an increasingly urbanized world, our children are having fewer encounters with the natural world. They are more likely to experience the flickering screen of a computer or the sounds of … | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Introduction |
A brief introduction to himself and six facts about him to keep in mind through the rest of the book | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! IntroductionForging an Emotional Bond With Nature From: Renewal |
In the Introduction, the author describes how an exploration and willingness to be aware of nature can lead to a multifaceted improvement in one’s wellbeing | Andres R. Edwards | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
