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BETWEEN THE PIPES
DRUZIN, RANDI
Some NHL goalies are great and others are intriguing, but a dozen of them are legends because they're
both. In Between the Pipes, Randi Druzin profiles these athletes, revealing the traits that make each one
unique. Gump Worsley defied the laws of biomechanics by being nimble despite having a cabbageshaped
body. He was also one of the funniest men ever to start in goal. Glenn Hall used to wrestle with a
trainer in the dressing room before games and Jacques Plante refused to stay at a particular Toronto
hotel. Despite their quirks, these 12 goalies are among the best the game has ever seen. With wit and
verve, Druzin paints unforgettable portraits of these masked mavericks.
SPORTS - HOCKEY
GREYSTONE PRESS
9781771000147
$19.95 TP Original
OCTOBER 2013
256 PAGES
THE BIG NEW YORKER BOOK OF CATS
NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
Look what The New Yorker dragged in! It’s the purr-fect gathering of talent celebrating our feline
companions. This bountiful collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor,
poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine’s archives. Among the contributors
are Margaret Atwood, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Roald Dahl, Wolcott Gibbs, Robert Graves, Emily Hahn,
Ted Hughes, Jamaica Kincaid, Steven Millhauser, Haruki Murakami, Amy Ozols, Robert Pinsky, Jean
Rhys, James Thurber, John Updike, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and E. B. White.
PETS - CATS
RANDOM HOUSE
9780679644774
$46.00 HC
OCTOBER 2013
352 PAGES
BIRDS AND PEOPLE
COCKER, MARK
Part natural history and part cultural study, this book describes and maps the entire spectrum of human
engagements with birds, drawing in themes of history, literature, art, cuisine, language, lore, politics, and
the environment. Vast in both scope and scale, it draws upon Mark Cocker's 40 years of observing and
thinking about birds to celebrate this relationship. The book is as important for its visual riches as it is for
its groundbreaking content, as one of Europe's best wildlife photographers has traveled in 39 countries on
seven continents to produce a breathtaking and unique collection of photographs. The author solicited
contributions from people worldwide, and personal anecdotes and stories have come from more than 600
individuals of 81 different nationalities, ranging from university academics to Mongolian eagle hunters,
and from Amerindian shamans to highly celebrated writers. The sheer multitude of voices in this global
chorus means that it is both a source book on why we cherish birds and a powerful testament to their
importance for all humanity.
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
RANDOM HOUSE U.K.
9780224081740
$65.00 HC
SEPTEMBER 2013
704 PAGES