Recreation & Leisure Studies
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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  NEW! Heated Rivalry and the NHL ClosetFrom: Cutting Edge |
In this chapter, Gawthrop examines the 2025 Crave series Heated Rivalry and its impact on hockey.. | Daniel Gawthrop | 35 | 2026 | $3.50 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 |
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From  Introduction |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown defines Toronto’s ravines and urban forests as the city’s greatest civic treasure. He asserts that the definition of a "world class city" is … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Cutting Edge |
In this chapter, Gawthrop examines the reckoning Canadian hockey culture has undergone amid the Hockey Canada misconduct settlements and the 2018 “London Five” acquittal. | Daniel Gawthrop | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
1860s-1870s. Outlines early physical activities and sports that women engaged in in Canada, outlines availability to European women and what Indigenous women participated in as part of their … | M. Ann Hall | 7 | 2008 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Karl Subban’s Philosophy of Life, Hockey, and InclusionFrom: Rebound |
This chapter profiles another Jamaican Canadian: Karl Subban, the father of the NHL player P.K. Subban. | Perry King | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
