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This title examines the STEM concepts that make hockey so exciting. From the physics of puck control to the technology of smart clothing, chapters bring STEM concepts to life. The title also features sidebars on STEM in action, a glossary, and further resources.

Alphaville's shifters are about to find out what happens between a lioness chooses a bear.

The restless spirits of former occupants still reside in many of Ontario's museums. Curators of nightmares, archivists of fears and trustees of all things that go bump in the night, museums are not simply places that preserve and display historical artifacts. Andrew Hind cracks open a crumbling vault of true ghost and guides the reader through cursed artifacts, spectral evidence of the afterlife and timeless mysteries in museums across the pro...

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Grey Cup 100 features the trials and triumphs of Canada's national classic since its beginning in 1909. Sportswriter and football aficionado Graham Kelly brings to life the passion and excitement of the finals of Canada's own game.

Here are some great jokes to tell your friends, and some amazing facts about animals: "Knock Knock." "Who's there?" "Kenya." "Kenya who?" "Kenya get me a drink? I'm thirsty!" -A zebra's stripes help keep it safe from predators. The wavy lines help it blend in with tall grass -The gannet plunge-dives to catch fish. During these dives, the bird can go up to 100 km/hour, about as fast as a car drives on a highway.

In the early 1890s Judge recognised the need for a book on theosophy that could be readily understood by all. The Ocean provides a concise yet comprehensive survey of the basic tenets of theosophy. Written with the beginner in mind, it clarifies such topics as the sevenfold nature of man, reincarnation and karma, dangers of psychic practices and the pitfalls of pseudo-occultism, earth s sevenfold being, cosmic and terrestrial cycles, afterdeat...

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Alberta is the land of big skies, big dreams and sometimes just plain big, weird things. For example, the province is home to the world's largest manmade waterfall, the world's largest beaver, a gopher museum where stuffed rodents are dressed up like people, a complete mock-up of the Starship Enterprise and a Star Trek station, and a stretch of highway specially designed to help salamanders cross the road.

On 4 October 1957 the science of astronautics was thrust into the limelight when the first artificial satellite went into orbit around the Earth. Politicians around the world scrambled to catch up and understand the significance of this enormous achievement. At that time most of Canada's top engineers were employed by such stalwart companies as De Havilland, Canadair and A V Roe Aircraft. However, the flight of Sputnik opened up a frontier whi...

Steyr entdecken und erleben! Kultur, Natur, Architektur, Wirtschaft, Geschichte - dieser handliche Stadtführer enthält viele Informationen, die Ihnen bei der Vorbereitung und als Begleiter Ihrer Erkundung der historischen Stadt nützlich sind. Der Autor - er kennt die Stadt wie seine Westentasche - beobachtet und fotografiert seine Heimatstadt seit vielen Jahren. Das Buch umreißt die mehr als tausendjährige Geschichte der »Eisenstadt« und lädt ...

This chart presents an overview of the symptoms, types and stages of breast cancer in women. The anatomy of the breast is shown, including the lymph nodes. The breast self exam is covered, showing types of movement. Text and graphics describe treatment options.

This then is a book of mountaineering, not presenting the Canadian Rockies in their entirety -- no single volume will ever do that -- but including many of the finest things. It is also a book of mountain travel, under conditions such as perhaps the European traveller experienced in the Alps during the Eighteenth Century. Finally, it is a book of mountain history, for here is Geography in the making, and with a tradition behind it -- a story t...

It was a fire that could be seen for miles, a fire that split the community, a fire that turned families on each other, a fire that it's still hard to get a straight answer about. A quarter of a century ago, someone held a match to Greenwood, Texas's cotton. Stephen Graham Jones was twelve that year. What he remembers best, what's stuck with him all this time, is that nobody ever came forward to claim that destruction. And nobody was ever caug...

Barbara Smith's second collection of tales of the paranormal in Ontario. Meet the phantom who wanders the halls of a Brockville home dressed in along, white gown and the Hamilton family of five who have co-existed with a ghost for 20 years. Read about two psychics who visited a little cottage in Windsor only to stumble into a time warp that revealed the property and its owner as they existed many years before. Encounter the spirit of an angry ...

A great new gardening book for Alberta! This handy omnibus gardening guide is packed with the best plant varieties you'll want for your garden: annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, climbers, roses, bulbs and herbs. Small enough to take to the garden centre or nursery yet filled with beautiful photos, it contains all the gardening information you need in order to decide which varieties to select and how to care for them: - habitat, height...

Assembles the results of the experimentation and technological progress that have advanced falconry over the years.