Nora has never attended or even played in a hockey game. When her parents take her to the Women's Professional Hockey League Championship between the Booming Thunder and the hometown Wicked Waves, Nora discovers a newfound passion. However, chasing after her big hockey dream might be harder than she thinks.

Wayne Miller reflects on how he ended up in the locker room of the Minnesota Elk, on the night of his first professional hockey game.

Adam wants to play hockey like his big brother Andre. Only he needs to learn to skate first and how can he without having a pair of skates. Everybody says he's too small. Adam knows better."

Go on the road with the best hockey players not in the NHL What is life really like in North American hockey's top minor league' As told by dozens of the players, coaches, broadcasters, personnel, and owners who work a grinding schedule every winter, Chasing the Dream goes behind the scenes with seven AHL teams. Find out how players' dreams of lacing up their skates in the NHL motivate them through long bus rides and games where they're constantly gunning for a precious spot in the majors. From young prospects to veterans whose own hopes have faded, hear from AHL players on why today's minor league is no longer like Slap Shot, what playing three games in under 48 hours can do to a player, and why fighting-once a staple of the minors-is on the decline. Learn about the game from coaches, alumni, and broadcasters, as well as AHL president Dave Andrews, who reveals how the AHL is becoming an even more important tool for NHL teams in the salary-cap era. Load your gear on the bus and take a tour around the many venues, personalities, pranks, and memories of the once-small AHL- an organization that now crosses the continent and is big business for players and owners.

Many of the experiences of every hockey dreamer are the same -- games played on the backyard rink, Stanley Cup fantasies and hero-worship for the stars on the ice. Are those experiences any different for someone who makes it to the NHL? Living the Hockey Dream tells the stories of people from around the hockey world -- players and broadcasters, Hall of Famers, average folks and officials, even the Keeper of the Cup--showing that, in the end, the hockey experience is universal: * Eric Staal and his three brothers had perhaps the most famous backyard rink next to Gretzky's that and the work ethic their parents instilled in them as kids led the Staals to the NHL * The distance Jordin Tootoo crossed to become the first Inuk player in the NHL is more than space--it's a cultural gap that gives him a sense of appreciation of what he's gained but also reveals the value of where he comes from-- Phil Pritchard goes to bed about 160 nights a year with the Stanley Cup locked in a case right beside him, but as the Keeper of the Cup, that's a duty he gladly embraces * And more stories.

This unique interactive dream journal gives you the opportunity to record and interpret your dreams and to become aware of your emotions, feelings and thoughts before and after sleep. This dream diary is also a perfect gift for a girl, a boy, a man or a woman. With this notebook at your bedside you will find the way to lucid dreaming. Features: ample room for notes about thoughts before sleep, emotions before sleep, dream description and interpretation, feeling upon awakening, comments. Product description: 8.5 x 11 in size; 120 pages, uniquely designed matte cover. We have lots of great dream books, so be sure to check out our other listings by clicking on the "Author Name" link just below the title of this tracker.

When 13-year-old Gary MacDonald plays hockey on his backyard rink, anything seems possible—even one day playing in the NHL. But outside of his own backyard, things aren't so easy. Small for his age, Gary is finding his first year of bantam hockey though: his teammates' bullying is getting on his nerves, and his coach is threatening to drop him from the team because of his size. On top of everything else, Gary has just learned that his recently separated parents are dating other people. The only positive things in Gary's life are the arrival of the New Mexico Snow Dogs' farm team in his hometown of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and his new friendship with Dmitri, an up-and-coming superstar from Russia. But even these bright spots are threatened when Dmitri's brother gets involved with the Russian mafia and the Snow Dogs consider leaving for a bigger city. It's a year of change for Gary, and sometimes he wonders if his hockey dreams will ever really come true.

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his death right around the corner he's got more reasons than ever to live.Befriending the Foxes was inadvisable. Kissing one is unthinkable. Neil should know better than to get involved with anyone this close to the end, but Andrew's never been the easiest person to walk away from. If they both say it doesn't mean anything, maybe Neil won't regret losing it, but the one person Neil can't lie to is himself.He's got promises to keep and a team to get to championships if he can just outrun Riko a little longer, but Riko's not the only monster in Neil's life. The truth might get them all killed-or be Neil's one shot at getting out of this alive.

This book addresses a deceptively simple question: what accounts for the global success of A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s most popular play? Using maps, networks, and images to explore the world history of the play’s production, this question is considered from two angles: cultural transmission and adaptation. Analysing the play’s transmission reveals the social, economic, and political forces that have secured its place in the canon of world drama; a comparative study of the play’s 135-year production history across five continents offers new insights into theatrical adaptation. Key areas of research include the global tours of nineteenth-century actress-managers, Norway’s soft diplomacy in promoting gender equality, representations of the female performing body, and the sexual vectors of social change in theatre.