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The Stone Diaries ---by Carol Shields -a Signed Copy
By: Shields, Carol (signed)
Price: $62.44
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Random House of Canada, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1994
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed (see description)
Seller ID: 171032
ISBN-13: 9780394223629
Binding:Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )
-----------( 1st Printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Very Good+ example with light wear and rubbing to the boards and edges, ink name on front blank endpaper, in an attractive Good to Very Good dustjacket with some light rubbing, some small nicks at tips which are more evident on the verso of the jacket and les so on the external appearance of the jacket, signed without inscription by SHIELDS, some b&w photos which are relevant to this novel's story --- "The Stone Diaries is one ordinary woman's story of her journey through life. Born in 1905, Daisy Stone Goodwill drifts thro
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(CBS News) Although Bobby Orr enjoyed a relatively short career in big-league hockey, he still looms large in the history of the game. Our Mo Rocca skated up to him for some Questions and Answers:
It's one of the great moments in sports history: Bobby Orr, celebrating the overtime goal that, in 1970, brought the Stanley Cup to Boston for the first time in 29 years.
One photo caught his body flying through the air like Superman with skates.
But it's his face that says it all: pure joy.
"Growing up in Canada," Orr said, "most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup grupp. That was a big goal.
Number 4, Bobby Orr, is 65 now and long retired. And the famously shy superstar has decided the time has come to tell his story.
In Orr's new book, "the word that comes up over and over when you talk about hockey and your life in general is passion," said Rocca.
"Yep," he replied. "The love and passion inom had for the game was
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Number 4 Bobby Orr: A Chronicle of the Boston Bruins' Greatest Decade 1966-1976 Led by Their Legendary Superstar - Softcover
Synopsis
Bursting upon the National Hockey League scene in the fall of 1966 amid enormous hype and expectations, Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr would go on to exceed all predictions of greatness. Displaying All-Star level ability from the start, it was his talent as a play maker and scorer that utterly revolutionized the game of hockey. At the same time, Orr helped revive a tired, long-suffering Boston Bruins team, leading them to their first Stanley Cup in twenty-nine years at the age of twenty-two. Orr and company would drink from the Cup again two years later as he continued to cement his legacy with MVP Awards and Norris Trophies. The unforgettable sight of him rushing the puck up ice with blond hair flying was a thing of sheer athletic beauty. But Orr's fragile knees plagued him throughout his career, ultimately forcing him to retire before t