Best Selling Books by Roy Macgregor

Lucas Finnigan eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. With his friends Edge, Swift and Crunch, Lucas plays on his hometown''s rink, dreaming of the day when he knows he''ll make the NHL. But lately money has been tight at home, and, after a major growth spu

This book concentrates on the two principal rival nations, Britain and America, that saw tremendous building activity during the ship''s heyday from the discovery of gold in California in 1849 until the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

We think of the cottage or cabin as a place where we can be our truest, most authentic selves. For those lucky enough to own one, just knowing it awaits can sustain the soul through the workday grind. In Escape, Roy MacGregor explores the powerful hold the wilderness, and the thought of our place in it, has on our imaginations. He weaves together chapters of personal history, telling of his family’s deep connection to the lakes and forests of central Ontario, and chapters that detail the evolution of the idea of wilderness in Canada and the history of “Cottage Country.” He shows that the Canadian wilderness meant freedom for many early settlers escaping privation and oppression in Europe. It meant a chance to create a paradise on earth to some early Utopians, and it meant a chance to profit from the desperate or gullible, such as at Cannington Manor in Saskatchewan and Brother Twelve’s City of Refuge on Vancouver Island. In more recent times, the wilderness and the cottage have represented an escape from a technologically driven and hectic civilization – although too often we take the trappings of our urban lives with us to the detriment of our intended refuge. In cottage country, MacGregor suggests, we may be loving our wilderness to death. This is a thoughtful, evocative, and often moving book about an essential part of the Canadian psyche by one of our best-loved writers. From the Hardcover edition.

Summer has come early to the town of Drumheller, Alberta. The Screech Owls were expecting deep winter – just like back home – but when they arrive for the annual Dinosaur Pee Wee Tournament, they find a warm chinook has blown the winter cold away. Drumheller is the “Dinosaur Capital of Canada,” home of the fierce Albertosaurus – cousin to Tyrannosaurus rex – whose ancient bones were discovered here more than one hundred years ago. It’s also the home of sports psychologist Kelly Block, whose weird ideas on how to build a better “team” threaten to pull the Screech Owls apart. But nothing is as weird as what happens to Nish and the others in Dinosaur Valley. When Nish returns from mountain biking, he claims he almost became breakfast for a living, breathing Albertosaurus! Of course his friends don’t believe him, but when Travis, Sarah, and their teammates go for their own ride in the hills, they come back with a monstrous story that makes international headlines. Danger in Dinosaur Valley is the tenth book in the Screech Owls Series. Check out the Screech Owls’ website at www.screechowls.com

Documentary of the life of a typical Canadian school day, 1993 to 1994.

An authoritative, revealing, and passionate account of the 1992-93 season -- one of the most tumultuous in NHL history -- by the award-winning writer hailed as "hockey''s Faulkner".

When the Screech Owls travel to James Bay to compete in the First Nations Peewee Hockey Tournament, they experience what life is like in the North and find themselves in deep trouble.

Mrs. Robinson''s class is nursing an injured screech owl back to health so that it can return to the wild, but when the owlet disappears, Travis, Nish, and Sarah begin an investigation.

A supplement to the author''s Screeh Owls series with trivia, background information on the characters and excerpts from the books in the series.

A beautiful pictorial tour from Newfoundland to British Columbia to the Arctic.

Every year, Bump longs to play in the annual family hockey game--the Christmas Classic--started by his grandfather, and finally he is tall enough to join in the tradition, which continues to go on, year after year.

It’s summer, and Rachel Highboy, Jesse’s hockey-playing cousin from James Bay, has come to Tamarack to join the Screech Owls on a week-long canoe trip into the wilds of Algonquin Park. At the same time, the rookie hero of this year’s Stanley Cup final is in a light plane that goes missing somewhere in the area. It is eerily like the story of Bill Barilko, the legendary Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman who disappeared when his plane crashed deep in the Ontario bush in 1951, just four months after he scored the Stanley-Cup-winning goal! When some of the team – including a terrified Nish – become separated from the others and find themselves lost in the deep woods, strange things begin to happen. A wolf comes each night to stand by the campfire. A mysterious stranger pays a visit. And a shocking discovery has Rachel and the Screech Owls wondering if they’ll make it out alive!

Travis and the Screech Owls are flying to Nagano, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, to play in Big Hat - the same arena where for the first time NHL stars competed for medals and women played Olympic hockey! No one is more excited than Nish to be in Japan, the land of the rising sun – and the electrically heated toilet seat, and a soft drink called “Sweat”! He and the gang see new things on-ice too. Their Japanese opponents play a very different style of hockey. And Nish, who has discovered a new form of martial arts on his trip, is counting on a mysterious “force shield” to help his game. Then a shadow falls over the tournament. The mayor of Nagano collapses at the opening-night banquet. The Owls are caught in a freak avalanche while snowboarding. A menacing stranger is following them.…As the Owls head to the finals, one question is on everyone’s mind: When will the nightmare end? Nightmare in Nagano is the ninth book in the Screech Owls Series. Check out the Screech Owls’ website at www.screechowls.com

Summer’s coming and school will soon be out! The Screech Owls would love to keep playing hockey, but Muck has a better idea. The Owls are going to learn why so many of the great hockey stars are devoted to the weird and wonderful game of lacrosse. Travis, Sarah, Nish, and their friends discover lacrosse is a lot like hockey, but with a magic all its own. When the Screech Owls meet their strange new lacrosse coach, however, Travis discovers something else. Their home town has a deadly secret. Something terrible once happened out on River Road, and a boy their own age disappeared – probably murdered. Nish is delighted. He’s been looking for the perfect plot for his new horror movie. But as the Screech Owls begin to uncover the truth about what happened, and start filming Nish’s movie, they find they are part of a real-life horror story themselves. Check out the Screech Owls'' website at www.screechowls.com.

The Screech Owls are excited to be playing in the Quebec Peewee International, the biggest and best amateur hockey tournament in the world. But things start to go wrong - first Travis'' trip diary, published in the newspaper, causes the fans to boo their team due to a terrible misunderstanding. Then, someone begins a campaign of terror against the Owls, and if they''re going to stand a chance in the tournament, the team has to find out who it is.

"Mystery at Lake Placid Travis Lindsay, his best friend, Nish, and all their pals on the Screech Owls hockey team, are on their way to New York for an international peewee tournament. Excitement builds in the team van on the way to Lake Placid. First there are the entertaining antics of their trainer, Mr. Dillinger - then there''s the prospect of playing on an Olympic rink, in a huge arena, knowing there will be scouts in the stands. But they have barely arrived when things start to go wrong. Their star centre, Sarah, plays badly from lack of sleep. Next Travis gets knocked down in the street. And then someone starts tampering with equipment. It looks as if someone is trying to sabotage the Screech Owls. But who? And why? And can Travis and the others stop the destruction before the decisive game of the tournament? "Mystery at Lake Placid is the first book in the Screech Owls Series by Roy MacGregor. "The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup Someone is out to steal the Stanley Cup - and only the Screech owls stand between the thieves and their prize! Travis, Nish, and the rest of the Screech Owls have come to Toronto for the biggest hockey tournament of their lives - only to find themselves in the biggest "mess of their lives. First Nish sprains his ankle falling down the stairs at the CN Tower. Later, key members of the team get caught shoplifting. And during a tour of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Travis overhears two men plotting to swipe the priceless Stanley Cup and hold it for ransom! Can the Screech Owls do anything to save the most revered trophy in the land? And can the team also rise to the challenge on the ice and play their best hockey ever? "The NightThey Stole the Stanley Cup is the second book in the Screech Owls Series. Check out the Screech Owls'' website at www.screechowls.com

本书收有“平静湖之谜”、“猫头鹰北行探险”、“瑞典绑架”、“佛罗里达恐怖事件”等八篇小说。

Letters exchanged between Terry O''Malley and Roy MacGregor between 1979 and 2016. The bulk of the letters are dated 1979-1981. Both were members of the Toronto Men''s Press League fastball team.

Pour la saison estivale, les membres des Carcajous troquent leur bâton de hockey pour une crosse. Alors que Sim cherche une histoire macabre pour réaliser un film d''horreur, lui et ses amis apprennent que leur entraîneur a été quelques années plus tôt soupçonné d''avoir tué son fils. Cette affaire n''a d''ailleurs jamais été résolue...

A book proposal suggested by Cornelius Zelinsky (Soviet Writers'' Union) in response to the author''s history of Facism, published in the Times Literary Supplement (1963). The proposed work would be a collaboration of members of the Soviet Writers'' Union and Roy MacGregor-Hastie.

"Participant à un championnat international, une équipe de jeunes hockeyeurs se trouve en butte à de multiples actes de sabotage. Une intrigue pleine de rebondissements." Réf. Sélection de livres pour enfants et adolescents 1998-1999.