{"product_id":"fabulous-fabrications-from-busted-hockey-peter-manchester-9780864924131","title":"Fabulous Fabrications from Busted Hockey Gear","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his breakaway bestseller \u003ci\u003e50 Things to Make with a Broken Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Manchester transformed the agony of defeated sticks into the thrill of a new creation, with a slap of good humour that kept readers chuckling all the way through the book. Now, with the publication of \u003ci\u003eFabulous Fabrications from Busted Hockey Gear\u003c\/i\u003e, the hockey stick handyman has turned his creative talents to the rest of the equipment left to fester in the basement -- helmets, pads, gloves, skates, and even cast-off hockey uniforms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this oh-so-Canadian book of how-to humour, a wonderland of \"construct-o-rama experiences\" awaits devotees of rink junk. Who would have thought of an electric guitar for only $15 or a drum set made entirely of cast-off helmets? A leather skate becomes a bird or a ball cap; a dismantled helmet becomes a mask; a pair of pants becomes an amazing sling chair. Basement artistes can build a lap steel guitar from sticks, fashion a guiro from a bit of stick and a plastic knee protector, mount a row of helmets into a set of timbales, and presto! a garage band like no other. A tent, a crouching dog, a mechanical cheerleader -- with Manchester's step-by-step instructions and clear, humorous illustrations, all these things and more can rise like, well, like a squawking bird, if not a phoenix, from a mound of hockey detritus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Manchester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0864924135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780864924131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 5.64w x 0.28d","brand":"Peter Manchester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441372115199,"sku":"9780864924131","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cc6adb6-1a2d-4707-b0be-a589e1363e51.jpg?v=1777190468","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fabulous-fabrications-from-busted-hockey-peter-manchester-9780864924131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}