Dave Bidini
Dave Bidini has made a terrific name for himself as a writer with the success of his previous books, The Best Game You Can Name, Baseballissimo, On a Cold Road, and Tropic of Hockey. Bidini wrote and hosted the Gemini Award-winning small-screen adaptation of Tropic of Hockey, called Hockey Nomad, which was first broadcast in January 2003. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Janet, and their two children.
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Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs
eBook | 328 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Travel; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-1-55199-149-8 (1-55199-149-7)
March 5, 2010 | $25.50
The strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, On a Cold Road and Tropic of Hockey, music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search for rock ‘n’ roll.
When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is...
Written by Dave Bidini
eBook | 328 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Travel; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-1-55199-149-8 (1-55199-149-7)
March 5, 2010 | $25.50
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The strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, On a Cold Road and Tropic of Hockey, music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search for rock ‘n’ roll.
When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs
Trade Paperback | 328 pages | Emblem Editions | Travel; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-0-7710-1367-6 (0-7710-1367-1)
October 28, 2008 | $19.99
The strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, On a Cold Road and Tropic of Hockey, music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search for rock ‘n’ roll.
When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is...
Written by Dave Bidini
Trade Paperback | 328 pages | Emblem Editions | Travel; Biography & Autobiography - Composers & Musicians
978-0-7710-1367-6 (0-7710-1367-1)
October 28, 2008 | $19.99
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The strengths of Bidini’s two best-loved books, On a Cold Road and Tropic of Hockey, music and travel to unlikely places, come together in this account of his search for rock ‘n’ roll.
When it looks as if the Rheostatics are breaking up after more than twenty years together, Dave Bidini is...
Also available as an
eBook.
For Those About to Write
Trade Paperback | 136 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing; Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts
978-0-88776-769-2 (0-88776-769-9)
October 9, 2007 | $12.99
Dave Bidini’s quirky personal path to becoming a writer (as well as a well-known rock musician and sports enthusiast) began when he was very young and loved to pick at the typewriter.
Written by Dave Bidini
Trade Paperback | 136 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing; Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts
978-0-88776-769-2 (0-88776-769-9)
October 9, 2007 | $12.99
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Dave Bidini’s quirky personal path to becoming a writer (as well as a well-known rock musician and sports enthusiast) began when he was very young and loved to pick at the typewriter.
The Best Game You Can Name
Trade Paperback | 310 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Sports & Recreation; Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Biography & Autobiography - Sports
978-0-7710-1460-4 (0-7710-1460-0)
September 5, 2006 | $21.99
Bidini returns to the game he loves best
In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto’s McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking...
Written by Dave Bidini
Trade Paperback | 310 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Sports & Recreation; Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Biography & Autobiography - Sports
978-0-7710-1460-4 (0-7710-1460-0)
September 5, 2006 | $21.99
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Bidini returns to the game he loves best
In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto’s McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking...
Baseballissimo
Trade Paperback | 360 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Essays & Writings; Travel - Essays & Travelogues
978-0-7710-1462-8 (0-7710-1462-7)
March 22, 2005 | $22.99
In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game...
Written by Dave Bidini
Trade Paperback | 360 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Essays & Writings; Travel - Essays & Travelogues
978-0-7710-1462-8 (0-7710-1462-7)
March 22, 2005 | $22.99
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In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game...
For Those About to Rock
Trade Paperback | 144 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Music - Rock; Juvenile Nonfiction - Music
978-0-88776-653-4 (0-88776-653-6)
October 12, 2004 | $12.99
Playing in a rock band is the stuff of dreams. What is the reality? Dave Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics and acclaimed author of On a Cold Road, knows firsthand. In this wise, witty, and often irreverent book, he tackles the questions that any kid with a penchant to be...
Written by Dave Bidini
Trade Paperback | 144 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Music - Rock; Juvenile Nonfiction - Music
978-0-88776-653-4 (0-88776-653-6)
October 12, 2004 | $12.99
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Playing in a rock band is the stuff of dreams. What is the reality? Dave Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics and acclaimed author of On a Cold Road, knows firsthand. In this wise, witty, and often irreverent book, he tackles the questions that any kid with a penchant to be...
Tropic Of Hockey
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Travel - Adventure; Sports & Recreation; Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-7710-1458-1 (0-7710-1458-9)
September 18, 2001 | $22.99
One hot afternoon in 1998, Dave Bidini – who loves hockey, watches it, plays it, and breathes it – found the Stanley Cup final so tedious to watch that at one point he clicked channels to Martha Stewart – and never switched back. This made him wonder where in the world...
Written by Dave Bidini
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Travel - Adventure; Sports & Recreation; Sports & Recreation - Hockey
978-0-7710-1458-1 (0-7710-1458-9)
September 18, 2001 | $22.99
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One hot afternoon in 1998, Dave Bidini – who loves hockey, watches it, plays it, and breathes it – found the Stanley Cup final so tedious to watch that at one point he clicked channels to Martha Stewart – and never switched back. This made him wonder where in the world...
On a Cold Road
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Music - Rock; Performing Arts
978-0-7710-1456-7 (0-7710-1456-2)
October 1, 1998 | $21.00
David Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics, knows all too well what the life of a rock band in Canada involves: storied arenas one tour and bars wallpapered with photos of forgotten bands the next. Zit-speckled fans begging for a guitar pick and angry drunks chucking twenty-sixers and pint glasses. Opulent...
Written by Dave Bidini
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Music - Rock; Performing Arts
978-0-7710-1456-7 (0-7710-1456-2)
October 1, 1998 | $21.00
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David Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics, knows all too well what the life of a rock band in Canada involves: storied arenas one tour and bars wallpapered with photos of forgotten bands the next. Zit-speckled fans begging for a guitar pick and angry drunks chucking twenty-sixers and pint glasses. Opulent...
