Beardsley, Doug, ed. Our Game: An All-Star Collection of Hockey Fiction.BEARDSLEY, Doug, ed. Our game; an all-star collection of hockey fiction. Rain-coast. 270p. c2000.1-55192-823-X. $16.95. SA Books on baseball could fill a library by themselves, and many fine writers have written about the game. No other sport has Philip Roth Noun 1. Philip Roth - United States writer whose novels portray middle-class Jewish life (born in 1933) Philip Milton Roth, Roth or Bernard Malamud Noun 1. Bernard Malamud - United States writer (1914-1986) Malamud devoting novels to it--especially hockey. Baseball is notoriously slow: it's about what happens in between plays as much as what happens during them, especially for fans. Hockey is, we think, all action and instinct. But it engenders a deep love that endures a lifetime for many, as this collection of stories ably demonstrates. And some mighty fine writers are included here: W.P Kinsella (of baseball book fame), Clark Blaise Clark Blaise (born 10 April 1940) is a Canadian author. Born in Fargo, North Dakota, he currently lives in San Francisco, California. He has been married since 1963 to writer Bharati Mukherjee. They have two sons. , Morley Callaghan Edward Morley Callaghan, CC, LL.B., LL.M., LL.D., FRSC (September 22, 1903 – August 25, 1990) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, TV and radio personality. Callaghan was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. . The book's 30 or so stories are mostly short (under 20 pages; many under 10), and bundled in three categories: growing up on ice, playing the game (and yes, some are by women!), and fans and philosophers. The editor knows and loves the game: he even teaches a hockey literature course at a Canadian university. Because of the dearth of hockey literature and the quality of this volume, Our Game is a great book to put in the hands of any hockey enthusiast. Daniel Levinson Daniel J. Levinson was one of the founders of the field of Positive Adult Development. He was born in New York City on May 28, 1920. He completed his dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1947, on the measurement of ethnocentrism. , Teacher, Thayer Acad., Braintree, MA J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. *--The asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. highlights exceptional books. |
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