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Literary sports and adventure books Here are some out of print titles that could be included on this list. I've been able to buy some of them online: SHOELESS JOE by WP Kinsella INSIDE THE POSTAL BUS by Michael Barry LE METIER by Michael Barry BLACK TIGHTS: WOMEN, SPORT AND SEXUALITY by Laura Robinson CROSSING THE LINE: SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CANADA'S NATIONAL SPORT by Laura Robinson COLD OCEANS by Jon Turk FAIL BETTER by Mark Kingwell For more about my interest in Sports Lit copy & paste this link: http://49thshelf.com/Blog/2012/05/07/Because-it-s-good-for-you-Barbara-McVeigh-on-reading-SportsLit

by Barbara McVeigh · Tagged sports & recreation, sports, adventure

Baseball

A Poem in the Magic Number 9

by (author) George Bowering

Baseball Love

by (author) George Bowering

Home Game

Hockey and Life in Canada

by (author) Ken Dryden & Roy MacGregor

You Could Believe in Nothing

by (author) Jamie Fitzpatrick

Midnight Hockey

All About Beer, the Boys, and the Real Canadian Game

by (author) Bill Gaston

The Hockey Sweater

by (author) Roch Carrier
illustrated by Sheldon Cohen
translated by Sheila Fischman

Twenty Miles

by (author) Cara Hedley

The Shadow Boxer

by (author) Steven Heighton

Cold-cocked: On Hockey

by (author) Lorna Jackson

Salvage King, Ya

by (author) Mark Anthony Jarman

Japanese Baseball

by (author) W.P. Kinsella

Magic Time

by (author) W.P. Kinsella

The Thrill Of The Grass

by (author) W.P. Kinsella

Child's Play

Rediscovering the Joy of Play in Our Families and Communities

by (author) Silken Laumann

Fatal Tide

When The Race Of A Lifetime Goes Wrong

by (author) David Leach

Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems

The Sawchuk Poems

by (author) Randall Maggs

Post

by (author) Arley McNeney

One Gear, No Breaks

Lori-Ann Muenzer's Ride to Belief, Belonging, and a Gold Medal

by (author) Lori-Ann Muenzer & Karl R. Wilberg

King Leary

by (author) Paul Quarrington

Cyclist BikeList

The Book for Every Rider

by (author) Laura Robinson
illustrated by Ramón K. Pérez

Les Canadiens

by (author) Rick Salutin
preface by Ken Dryden

Winter Sport

Poems

by (author) Priscila Uppal

Running for My Life

On the extreme road adventure runner Ray Zahab

by (author) Ray Zahab

The Good Body

by (author) Bill Gaston

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