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It's been a busy summer over at Hockey Book Reviews.com , too. I reviewed a number of classic titles and I've been hard at work previewing a number of 2008's upcoming hockey titles. Here's an alphabetical listing: ► 100 Great Canadian Sports Moments ► Black And Gold ► Don Cherry's Stories & Stuff ► Hockey's Top 100 ► Honoured Canadiens ► HNIC: My Greatest Day ► Ice Warriors ► Montreal Canadiens: 100 Years ► Open Ice ► Patrick Roy ► Reflections 2008 ► Saving Face ► Tales From The Flyers I will be away on vacation until September. I will have fresh daily content over at Greatest Hockey Legends.com each and every day that I am away. Be sure to check it out, as I count down the 20 Greatest Photos In Hockey History .

Ha ha! Great question. Truth be know, not a heck of a lot. I don't get a heck of a lot of time to read books outside of hockey. And I'm a notoriously slow reader. As a rule I don't read novels. I know, I know, but I've always found non-fiction more satisfying. I like travel books in particular. Here's five books that I found time to read this summer. None of them have anything to do with hockey: 1. Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw - Part novel. Part travel guide. Part history text book. Part comedy. Part memoir. All brilliantly put together by one of my favorite non-hockey writers - Will Ferguson (mind you, he did help out on The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey ) 2. Country Roads of British Columbia: Exploring the Interior - I like to explore spots most people have never even heard of. Gas prices got way too high this summer, and are here to stay, so until I strike it rich, I guess I'll have to travel vicariously through Liz Bryan's excellent book. 3. How to Th...

The book: Hockey Night in Canada: My Greatest Day Hardcover, 200 pages The Author: Scott Morrison The Publisher: Key Porter Release Date: October 16, 2008 Pre-order: Amazon - Chapters Book Description Key Porter and Hockey Night In Canada have not done a great job in releasing information about this upcoming title. It was the same last year with By The Numbers: From 00 To 99 . It's pretty obvious what they're planning though. Morrison will write about or perhaps for 50 people about their "greatest day," likely their most famous game. Since this is a HNIC release, you can bet CBC covered the game. Of course there is no word yet as to who are the 50 people sharing their stories, although the cover image contains Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky and Hayley Wickenheiser. As soon as Key Porter releases their official book description, I will be sure to post it here. About The Author Scott Morrison, the recipient of the Hockey Hall of Fameís 2006 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Awar...

Canadiens Legends: Montreal's Hockey Heroes by Mike Leonetti and Raincoast Books dates back to 2004. It is a beautiful 240 page coffee table book loaded with both black and white and colour photos. | Buy at Amazon - Chapters | The Montreal Canadiens are hockey's most storied team. Through biographical sketches of 85 Habs greats, Leonetti traces the lengthy history of the Canadiens. The biographies are always accurate and thorough, although Leonetti rarely digs deeper beyond profiles we often see of these players. In some spots I found some profiles to be under written or rushed. Since the Canadiens date back all the way to 1909, Leonetti spends much of the first quarter of the book introducing us to Montreal's earliest stars such as Newsy Lalonde, Aurel Joliat, Sprague Cleghorn, and of course Howie Morenz. True Montreal historians will be disappointed to not find such important luminaries such as Jack Laviolette, Joseph Cattarinich and Skinner Poulin. We then move into ...