Dave Bidini – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren Dave Bidini. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
9 produkter
Writing Gordon Lightfoot
The Man, the Music, and the World in 1972
Av Dave Bidini
E-bok, 2011
241 kr
Lägg i varukorg
From acclaimed musician and author Dave Bidini comes a brilliantly original look at a folk-rock legend and the momentous week in 1972 that culminated in the Mariposa Folk Festival. July, 1972. As musicians across Canada prepare for the nation''s biggest folk festival, held on Toronto Island, a …
Tropic Of Hockey
My Search for the Game in Unlikely Places
Av Dave Bidini
Häftad, 2001
249 kr
Lägg i varukorg
One hot afternoon in 1998, Dave Bidini – who loves hockey, watches it, plays it, and breathes it – found the Stanley Cup final so tedious to watch that at one point he clicked channels to Martha Stewart – and never switched back. This made him wonder where in the world the game might exist free of …
Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs
Av Dave Bidini
E-bok, 2010
257 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, On a Cold Road and Tropic of Hockey , music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search for rock ‘n’ roll. When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is left …
Best Game You Can Name
Av Dave Bidini
E-bok, 2011
276 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bidini returns to the game he loves best In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto’s McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking about how …
Tropic Of Hockey
My Search for the Game in Unlikely Places
Av Dave Bidini
E-bok, 2011
290 kr
Lägg i varukorg
One hot afternoon in 1998, Dave Bidini – who loves hockey, watches it, plays it, and breathes it – found the Stanley Cup final so tedious to watch that at one point he clicked channels to Martha Stewart – and never switched back. This made him wonder where in the world the game might exist free of …
On a Cold Road
Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock
Av Dave Bidini
E-bok, 2011
221 kr
Lägg i varukorg
David Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics, knows all too well what the life of a rock band in Canada involves: storied arenas one tour and bars wallpapered with photos of forgotten bands the next. Zit-speckled fans begging for a guitar pick and angry drunks chucking twenty-sixers and pint …
Baseballissimo
Av Dave Bidini
E-bok, 2011
206 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was …
Home and Away
In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup of Soccer
Av Dave Bidini
E-bok, 2010
141 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In 2008 Dave Bidini accompanies Homeless Team Canada to the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. As he watches team members play and shares their disappointments, frustrations, joys, and triumphs, he comes to care deeply about the players—45-year-old Billy, who is a former addict; the …
