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Owen's wife Martha, tells the story of their life together from the days as high school sweethearts, through Owen's rise to fame in the WWF.
On May 23, 1999, Martha Hart's husband, Owen Hart, died after a botched wrestling stunt sent him into an eight story free-fall from the top of Kansas City's sold out Kemper Arena into the ring below. The rigging 'experts' to whom the WWF's highly-touted international star trusted his life, had hooked him up for a 78-foot descent using a $68 nautical clip designed expressly for the quick release of sailboat masts. The tragic incident occurred five weeks before their tenth wedding anniversary. New York City shock jock Howard Stern called Owen Hart's death the first real thing ever to happen in professional wrestling. Martha Hart calls it the worst day of her life. Witnessed by more than 16,000...
In 2011, Sean "X-Pac" Waltman said, "There's some... ribs about Owen that honestly have to be written about." Now, in 2019, over the course of 451 pages and over 140,000 words, author James Romero has finally crafted Owen Hart: King of Pranks - The Ultimate Anthology of Owen's Greatest Ribs, Pranks and Stories. The book contains almost 160 of Owen Hart's greatest pranks, enhanced with quotes from those who were lucky (or unlucky) enough to witness them, as well as 20 artist's renditions of Owen's most legendary stories sprinkled throughout the pages. From friends, family, co-workers and even his boss, Vince McMahon, nobody was considered off limits for the King of Pranks! Accompanying the ch...
This sweet celebration of friendship is perfect for children or adults of all ages. Perfect for gift-giving and also features a glittered cover. Having all kinds of friends is special! Some friends make you laugh, while some give good advice; others know the right thing to say, and still others are the best with whom to have daring adventures. But best friends are the most special of all! A sweet celebration of best friends everywhere.
Bear and Cub explore the woods in the early evening as the stars are just beginning to appear in the sky. As the two travel through the trees, alongside a stream, and up the mountain, Bear reassures Cub that the love they share will continue to shine just as brightly as each star that lights up the night sky. A joyful celebration of the love between parent and child.
It's the middle of the night on board the Leaping Salmon, but Mole can't sleep. First he's too hot ... then he's too cold ... and then he's afraid of the dark! Can his best friend, Mouse, make everything just right? Packed with gorgeous illustrations from Caroline Pedler (Badger and the Great Journeyand The Perfect Present), I Can't Sleepis the perfect bedtime tale for restless toddlers!
In this thrilling memoir, the first son of wrestling steps out from behind the shadows of Calgary's fabled "Hart dungeon" to discuss his family and the cutthroat world of professional wrestling. Stories about growing up as Stu Hart's son and the brother of wrestling legends Bret "Hitman" Hart and Owen Hart offer insight into this wrestling dynasty and the close relationships with people such as Andre the Giant and Killer Kowalski. Detailing the rise of the family business and how it was destroyed by Vince MacMahon, how the tragic death of Owen rocked the family, and what really happened behind the scenes of the infamous "Montreal screwjob," this gripping tell-all also provides information on how wrestling should be booked and the toll steroids and other drugs have taken on those close to Hart. The perfect book for fans, this account is chock-full of inside-the-ring stories and wrestling gossip.
'Amazingly detailed and meticulously crafted ... Hitman will stand the test of time as one of the definitive wrestling biographies' Publishers Weekly 'Bret Hart still makes me believe that wrestling is good' Hulk Hogan 'Packed with drugs, sex, vicious family in-fighting and tales of life on the road ... Hart names names and lays it all bare in his own words' Globe and Mail A story of death, sex, betrayal and revenge; sweat, steroids and duplicity - wrestler Bret Hart lifts the lid on the wacky, mythic, secretive word of pro wrestling in this epic tell-all.
Wrestling is real. It is an actual world, with real people and real lives. It is a world of superstars and egos, a world of money and greed, of family and fame and yet a place where tragedy and misery are all too common. It is a world far from the media and television cameras. It is a world far from the spectators and the commercialism, and it is the only world Diana Hart has ever known. It is the other side of the sport, the side beyond the lights, the side under the mat, where the real stories rest, hidden from the cameras, hidden from the fans and known to only those who live it each day. Diana Hart, a Calgary native, was born into a family where the world of wrestling was unavoidable. He...
The Three Count highlights the triumphs and tragedies that referee Jimmy Korderas experienced over his career as a WWE official, from humble beginnings in Toronto to being a part of the main event at WrestleMania. He divulges stories from both inside and outside the ring and highlights the bonds he formed with superstars like Edge, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Chris Jericho. A fun read from a man who doesn't have an axe to grind, but who wants to inspire wrestling fans, The Three Count shows that there's much more to the industry than scandals and dirty laundry.