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This is the first book to provide a thorough examination of the British 'B' movie, from the war years to the 1960s. The authors draw on archival resea...
This is a book for all those who have been absorbed and moved by Brief Encounter in the seventy or so years since its first appearance. It explores th...
This is a study of the work of Lance Comfort, who made films such as Hatter's Castle and Temptation Harbour between 1941 and 1965. The book should app...
A Memoir
A captivating memoir from Canada’s foremost hockey historian and a beloved NHL commentator It’s been 85 years since Brian McFarlane first laced a ...
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Hockey Hall of Famer and bestselling author Brian McFarlane sums up his passion for the game in a book every hockey fan should read. This is the true ...
Stories of Hockey's Heroes
A heartfelt addition to McFarlane's epic canon of hockey writing From its moving introductory homage to the late Jean Bliveau, to its subtle, remark...
The Remarkable Lives and Careers of Googie Withers and John McCallum
Not many can boast of careers that lasted successfully for nearly seventy years, but that is what both Googie Withers and John McCallum achieved. Goog...
A close study of the relationship between text and film
A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of Great Expectations. Literature and film studies students will find plenty of mater...
For many fans, the Original Six era -- that of the Toronto, Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, and New York teams in their heyday -- represents hocke...
Sources and Parallels in American and British Film
The institutions and products of the Australian film industry have been extensively surveyed, yet few analyses consider the sources of the film reviva...
The King's Story
Once described as "that irrepressible Irishman from Ottawa who was 135 pounds of muscle and conversation," Francis Michael "King" Clancy is the grit a...
Brian McFarlane, hockey history, author, and Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster, delivers 101 fascinating facts about the game he’s loved for over eigh...
This title investigates Winterbottom's extraordinary range, illustrating how he takes popular genres (musical, road movie etc.) and does very unexpect...
A Close Study of the Relationship Between Text and Film
A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of Great Expectations.Literature and film studies students will find plenty of materi...
In Peter Puck and the Stolen Stanley Cup, Peter is caught up in the rivalry between two teams vying for the Stanley Cup. The night before the final ga...
It has been the hottest summer on record. For brothers Max and Marty Mitchell there isn't a lot to do but sit in the shade and wait for hockey season....
For Max and Marty and their Indian River teammates it's not a question of winning. It's whether they can survive. Adjusting to a new town and having t...
Nominated in the nonfiction category for the 2004/2005 Red Cedar Book Awards (British Columbia's Young Reader's Choice book award) Brian McFarlane, on...
Max and Marty Mitchell can't believe their luck: their parents have bought a farm near Indian River and it comes with a real horse! With a name like W...
In Peter Puck and the Runaway Zamboni Machine, Peter's good friend, Tony the Zamboni, longs for adventure. When Tony disappears, Peter and referee Geo...
Max and Marty's Uncle Jack invite them to Storm Valley for the annual winter carnival, but when Jack has a heart attack, Max must stand in for their u...
4th Edition. An updated edition of this comprehensive history of the British film industry, with listings of the producers, directors, actors and stud...
Arliss, Crabtree, Knowles and Huntington
The ‘Gainsborough melodramas’ were a mainstay of 1940s British cinema, and helped make the careers of such stars as Margaret Lockwood, James Mason...
As Told by the Filmmakers and Actors who Made it
An Autobiography of British Cinema tell the story of British film by those who made it....
The Official 40th Anniversary Celebration
It was called the series of the century' and out of it came the greatest goal ever scored. Incredibly, the Summit Series, featuring Canada and the Sov...
An Intimate History of Hockey's Most Dramatic Half Century
On November 17, 1926, 5,000 sports fans filed into the Chicago Coliseum to watch the first ever Chicago Blackhawks game, against the Toronto St. Pats....
The Mitchell Brothers take on a new hockey challenge whena minor hockey club in Indian River, recruits them as coaches. The brothers are faced with a ...
A bus accident in Indian River leaves a barnstorming team of baseball players stranded. Max and Marty Mitchell befriend the star pitcher and catcher o...
One Hundred Years of Canadian Women's Hockey
The Education of a Film Obsessive and Critic
From a little before ten years of age Brian McFarlane became addicted to stories told on the screen, and the mere fact that he had difficulty in getti...
An official NHL authorized biography of the Toronto Maple Leafs by one of hockey's most important, prominent, and preeminent Hockey Hall of Famers, Br...
Brian McFarlane's Legendary Stanley Cup Stories is a fun and fascinating collection of some of the most memorable moments from hockey's glory days, as...
Writing about Film
For more than forty years, readers of The Age newspaper have learned about the latest films through the interpretations and judgements of Brian McFarl...
A Guided Tour
This book examines twenty major British films from a 70-year time span, offering a lively account of what has made them valuable and provocative over ...
My Life in Hockey Broadcasting
"Broadcast legend Brian McFarlane gathers a lifetime of cherished memories from his years as an iconic figure in hockey. He was on the scene - in the ...