|
McCown's Law: The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments | 
 enlarge | Author: Bob Mccown
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 19.95
Buy New: CDN$ 14.56
You Save: CDN$ 5.39 (27%)
New (2) from CDN$ 14.56
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 31977
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0385666764
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780385666763
Publication Date: September 23, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews:
Hockey's best November 29, 2007
Sharon McCarthy (Paddington)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was shocked to find out that sports talk-radio personality Bob McCowan was originally from Columbus, Ohio. He's so perfectly Canadian that you'd never know! And boy, does he know his hockey. All this aside, he's got a great personality and wit, all of which just makes the game that much more interesting.
Bob's opinons are not for the faint-hearted and he's not one to pull any punches, but he knows his stuff and it shows in this book. Would also recommend the book MAPLE LEAFS TOP 100 and HOCKEY NEWS TOP 60 for other books in this genre.
Long Time Broadcaster, First Time Author October 31, 2007
Ryan Piekenbrock (Canada)
15 out of 37 found this review helpful
I haven't got this book yet but have been waiting for it tapping my foot like Sonic the Hedgehog. It'll be the first sports-related book I've bought in a LONG time. If it has the personality of the FAN 590's Bob McCown, drive-time host of Prime Time Sports (with the support of The Globe and Mail's Dave Naylor) then it'll be well worth the $14.56 it costs.
For those who don't know him McCown has been around in various incarnations on TV and most famously radio for the last 30+ years. The best way to describe his on air personality is if Hugh Laurie's TV character HOUSE became a radio talk show host. In another way it's like the Jack Benny Show where you have all your recurring characters as they walk in and out of the show. It's been incredibly consistent except the time when recurring co-host Stephen Brunt walked out for a run on the ill-fated Team 1050, which tried to compete with McCown. Magnanimously Bob let Brunt back into the fold after being left out in the cold upon The Team's inevitable failure. He brought Brunt back from his banishment in NewFoundland.
As per the title it explores the 100 greatest hockey arguments. I have to hand it to him if you want to sell a book the best way to do it is sell it to the "Hockeypucks" as Bob affectionately calls them. It will be interesting to see how much is familiar from the show and how much is a new take. The only problem with this book being a hockey based one is that McCown can't take on the Soccer fans. That's always a fun conversation.
Maybe the next book?
So far only 25% of people have found my review helpful. I didn't know soccer fans would bother reading!
|
|
|
USA Site | UK Site | Canadian Site | French
Site | German Site
Books and Novels , DVD's - Classics and Latest Releases , Music CD's - Top artists and back Catalogue , Software - PC and Mac , VHS - Disney, Thriller, and Classic's , PC and Video Games - Xbox, PS2 Nintendo and more Amazon, Amazon.com, Books, Online Shopping,
Book Store,Music, CDs, DVDs, reduced,
low price, Videos, Electronics, Video Games, Pc, MP3, sale, best
buy, clearance, discount, Amazon discounter, cut price, close out,
canada's number one mall, discount mall,
software,PC and Video Games - Xbox, PS2
Nintendo and more,DVD's - Classics and
Latest Releases,VHS - Disney, Thriller,
and Classic's, Music CD's - Top artists and back Catalogue Rock,
Pop, R&B, Soundtracks, more... allneedsandwants.com
Website Designed By LatestSol
| |
