On Friday 20 and Saturday 21 March 2015, we will have books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and more on sale at Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre.
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New and Recently Released!
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| Let's go crazy: Prince and the making of Purple Rain by Alan LightWe defy you not to get That Song stuck in your head while reading this bestselling history of the making of both the film and the album called Purple Rain. Released just in time to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the movie's release, Let's Go Crazy is part oral history from the musicians, filmmakers, and others involved in Purple Rain; part biography of Prince himself, though the artist was not directly involved in this project; and part analysis of the changing cultural era. |
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| Becoming Richard Pryor by Scott SaulDrawing extensively on comedian Richard Pryor's inner circle (as well as unpublished journals, screenplay drafts, and court records), this richly detailed biography traces Pryor's evolution as a comedian as well as his troubled relationships and struggles with addiction. Essential reading for fans of the comedian's work, Becoming Richard Pryor also discusses the social and political forces of the 1960s and '70s that shaped Pryor's career and helped him make "an enduring mark on American comedy" (Booklist). |
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Stanley Cup: 120 years of hockey supremacy
by Eric Zweig
In honor of the 120th anniversary of the first winner of the Stanley Cup, author Eric Zweig has collected the details of every cup winner from 1893 to present. Hockey fans can chart the course of hockey history and revisit the dynasties and Cinderella stories of each and every decade. Zweig presents each Stanley Cup winner in an illustrated two-page spread, detailing playoff brackets, club rosters and playoff statistics, as well as providing stories and sidebars outlining the incredible journey each team took to achieve hockey supremacy.
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| The B-side: the death of Tin Pan Alley and the rebirth of the Great American Song by Ben YagodaAccording to cultural historian Ben Yagoda, America's songwriting peaked decades ago - from about 1925 through the end of World War II. But The B-Side doesn't wage war on current crooners; rather, it unearths the elements that have changed the American musical landscape, from copyright law to Hollywood and Broadway to rock 'n' roll itself. If you're interested in the Golden Age of Songwriting, simply love music in all its varieties, or are an armchair musicologist, The B-Side is "consistently engaging" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Focus on: Women in Sports
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“The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration, then more practice and concentration.” ~ Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911-1956), American athlete
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| Swimming to Antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer by Lynne CoxWhat do you do next when you're a long-distance swimmer who broke the record for crossing the English Channel at 15? If you're Lynne Cox, you swim the Nile (and get dysentery from the toxic conditions), the Cape of Good Hope (sharks), and Alaska's Glacier Bay. Then, you swim to the Soviet Union (this was 1987) from Alaska, and in Antarctic waters. Cox, who loves cold-water swimming, also wanted to bring people together through her achievements. Swimming to Antarctica displays both her determination and her love for the sport. |
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Big world: a girl's own adventure
by Claire Brownsworth
Claire Brownsworth is addicted to the adrenaline rush of extreme sports. And she's not a woman to let fear - or commonsense - stand in the way of an opportunity just because it's life threatening, borderline insane or downright impossible. That's why she's raced full-tilt down three vertical kilometres of the most dangerous road on the planet, jumped off a cliff strapped only to a flimsy piece of fabric, or accidentally set a rock-climbing world record.
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Sisterhood in sports: how female athletes collaborate and compete
by Joan Steidinger
Steidinger takes an in-depth look at women and girls in sports in this informative book. Drawing upon interviews with a wide range of female athletes, neurology, and anecdotes from her psychology practice, the author notes differences between the male and female brain that influence their attitude toward sports: “Whereas girl athletes tend toward best friendship and collaborative, emotional relationships, boy athletes line up in order of dominance in teams and have activity-based, (thinking) relationships.” Male and female athletes, she asserts, do not “think alike.” Even in the competitive sisterhood of sports, girls “just wanna have fun.”
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Built to win: the female athlete as cultural icon
by Leslie Heywood
The sculpted speed of Marion Jones. The grit and agility of Mia Hamm. The slam-dunk style of Lisa Leslie. The skill and finesse of these sports figures are widely admired, no longer causing the puzzlement and discomfort directed toward earlier generations of athletic women. Built to Win explores this relatively recent phenomenon - the confident, empowered female athletes found everywhere in American popular culture.
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Fearless: one woman, one kayak, one continent
by Joe Glickman
Freya Hoffmeister, a forty-six-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman, and Miss Germany contestant, left her twelve-year-old son behind to paddle alone and unsupported around Australia - a year-long adventure that virtually every expert guaranteed would get her killed. She planned not only to survive the 9,420-mile trip through huge, shark-infested seas, but to do it faster than the only other paddler who did it.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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