The Olympic Record Book
Author : Bill Mallon
Publisher : New York : Garland Pub.
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780824029487
Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games
Author : Alfred Eric Senn
Publisher :
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 15,67 MB
Release : 2018
Category :
ISBN : 9781492575467
Book Description
The e-book format allows readers to bookmark, highlight, and take notes throughout the text. When purchased through the HK site, access to the e-book is immediately granted when your order is received.
The Los Angeles Times Book of the 1984 Olympic Games
Author :
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
Book Description
Thirty-two articles introduce an Olympic event describing its rules, judging, and identifying likely contenders for medals in 1984.
Above and Beyond
Author : Bill Livingston
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780873389747
Book Description
Readers will discover how Tim Mack struggled and endured while working in a factory, and how he changed his training and revamped his body and mind in a three-year programme that made his Web site, Goldnathens, a self-fulfilling prophecy.
What Are the Summer Olympics?
Author : Gail Herman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0399542906
Book Description
Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands. The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from fourteen countries. Today, nearly three thousand years after the first Games, the Summer Olympics attract one hundred thousand top athletes from over two hundred countries. Billions of fans around the world cheer on their national teams to bring back the gold.
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
Author : David Goldblatt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0393254119
Book Description
“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
The Complete Book of the Olympics
Author : David Wallechinsky
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,90 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845136956
Book Description
David Wallechinsky's compendious book has long been the preeminent point of reference for sports enthusiasts and journalists alike Every sports writer assigned to cover the Games ensures they have their early copy of this prodigious work of reference, packed with absorbing anecdotes and essential statistics. A treasure trove of 116 years of Olympic history, it is also an amazingly readable book, for in the course of recording every single Olympic final since 1896, it concentrates on the strange, the memorable, and the unbelievable. Who knew (until reading this book) that croquet was once an Olympic sport, or tug of war, or that a 72-year-old once won a silver medal for target shooting? This new edition also has every finals result, recorded by the top eight competitors in every event at the Beijing Olympics, and full descriptions of rules and scoring for every event included for 2012. It is the one truly essential Olympics book.
United States Olympic Book
Author : United States Olympic Committee
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Olympics
ISBN :
Book Description
Issues for include reports of the Olympic winter games.
Olympic Games Upsets
Author : Heather Rule
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541589645
Book Description
This title offers high-interest subject matter sure to catch the attention of sports fans and reluctant readers alike.
The Dirtiest Race in History
Author : Richard Moore
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1408181568
Book Description
The men's 100m final at the 1988 Olympics has been described as the dirtiest race ever - but also the greatest. Aside from Johnson's blistering time, the race is infamous for its athletes' positive drug tests. This is the story of that race, the rivalry between Johnson and Lewis, and the repercussions still felt almost a quarter of a century on.
