Olympic games books

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The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score --From Nadia to Now

The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of...
Author: Dvora Meyers ISBN: 9781501101595 Format: Paperback	$47.49
An exciting and insightful account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent changes of the scoring system,... Read More >>

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Assessing the 30-Year Legacy

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Assessing the 30-Year...
Author: Matthew Llewellyn (California State University, Fullerton, USA.) , John Gleaves (California State University, USA) ISBN: 9781138085374 Format: Paperback	$96.99
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important event in the history... Read More >>

The Olympic Games: Notebook

The Olympic Games: Notebook
Author: Wild Pages Press ISBN: 9781973965756 Format: Paperback	$18.45
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The Triple Asian Olympics - Asia Rising: The Pursuit of National Identity, International Recognition and Global Esteem

The Triple Asian Olympics - Asia Rising: The Pursuit...
Author: J. A. Mangan (University of Strathclyde, UK) , Sandra Collins (California State University, USA) ISBN: 9781138108912 Format: Paperback	$92.99
Realpolitik as a component of the Olympic Games held in East Asia has been largely ignored by historians. However,... Read More >>

Olympic Exclusions: Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies

Olympic Exclusions: Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies...
Author: Jacqueline Kennelly ISBN: 9781138087873 Format: Paperback	$96.99
Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the... Read More >>

For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell

For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell
Author: Duncan Hamilton ISBN: 9781784160043 Format: Paperback	$24.99
No one has embodied the ideals of the Olympic movement quite like Eric Liddell, star of the Oscar-winning film Chariots... Read More >>

Rio 2016: The Olympic Games through the Photographer's Lens

Rio 2016: The Olympic Games through the Photographer's...
Author: The International Olympic Committee ISBN: 9781911282112 Format: Paperback	$22.99
This, the third volume in a new series celebrating the Olympic Games, offers up a selection of photographs from... Read More >>

Monogram Olympics Notebook

Monogram Olympics Notebook
Author: N D Author Services ISBN: 9781546777618 Format: Paperback	$26.37
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Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero

Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend...
Author: Richard Askwith ISBN: 9780224100359 Format: Paperback	$27.99
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY... Read More >>

Sports and Mystification

Sports and Mystification
Author: Massimiliano Angelucci ISBN: 9783981758627 Format: Paperback	$30.92
What really is what we now call sport ? Although ubiquitous, it remains a little-understood phenomenon, and - always... Read More >>

Running on Purpose: Winning Olympic Gold, Advancing Corporate Leadership and Creating Sustainable Value

Running on Purpose: Winning Olympic Gold, Advancing...
Author: Charles H Moore Jr , James Cockerille (Cornell U - Mercersburg Academy - Usoc - Nyac) ISBN: 9780998371016 Format: Paperback	$47.61
This is the remarkable first-person story of the action, tenacity, creativity, celebration, and principles that... Read More >>

Running on Purpose: Winning Olympic Gold, Advancing Corporate Leadership and Creating Sustainable Value

Running on Purpose: Winning Olympic Gold, Advancing...
Author: Charles H Moore Jr , James Cockerille (Cornell U - Mercersburg Academy - Usoc - Nyac) ISBN: 9780998371009 Format: Hardback	$62.15
This is the remarkable first-person story of the action, tenacity, creativity, celebration, and principles that... Read More >>

How Far Can You Go?: My 25-Year Quest to Walk Again

How Far Can You Go?: My 25-Year Quest to Walk Again...
Author: John MacLean, Sir , Mark Tabb ISBN: 9780316262842 Format: Paperback	$42.24
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Chinese Subjectivities and the Beijing Olympics

Chinese Subjectivities and the Beijing Olympics
Author: Gladys Pak Lei Chong ISBN: 9781783489879 Format: Hardback	$349.00
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The Olympics and the Cold War, 1948-1968: Sport as Battleground in the U.S.-Soviet Rivalry

The Olympics and the Cold War, 1948-1968: Sport as Battleground...
Author: Erin Elizabeth Redihan ISBN: 9781476667881 Format: Paperback	$79.07
Based on IOC, US government, and contemporary media sources, this book looks at six consecutive Olympiads to show... Read More >>

Olympic Perspectives

Olympic Perspectives
Author: Stephan Wassong (German Sport University Cologne, Germany) , Richard Baka (Victoria University Melbourne, Australia) ISBN: 9780415783804 Format: Hardback	$284.00
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Chinese Subjectivities and the Beijing Olympics

Chinese Subjectivities and the Beijing Olympics
Author: Gladys Pak Lei Chong ISBN: 9781783489886 Format: Paperback	$76.95
Chinese Subjectivity and the Beijing Olympics develops the Foucauldian concept of productive power through examining... Read More >>

Finding Your Inner Gold: A Gold Medal Paralympian's Secrets to Success

Finding Your Inner Gold: A Gold Medal Paralympian's...
Author: Carol Cooke ISBN: 9781925585445 Format: Paperback	$46.58
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Los juegos olimpicos nunca fueron amateurs: Poderes y reglamentacion en las olimpiadas de 1894 a 1930

Los juegos olimpicos nunca fueron amateurs: Poderes...
Author: Pierre Arrighi ISBN: 9782322138692 Format: Paperback	$54.08
"(Este libro es la primera investigación exhaustiva sobre la historia... Read More >>

Olympic Education: An international review

Olympic Education: An international review
Author: Roland Naul , Deanna Binder (Royal Roads University, Canada) ISBN: 9780415678544 Format: Hardback	$315.00
A fundamental component of the Olympic ideal is the concept of Olympic education. This is the notion that sport... Read More >>

Managing the Paralympics

Managing the Paralympics
Author: Simon Darcy , Stephen Frawley ISBN: 9781137435200 Format: Hardback	$316.77
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Paradise City

Paradise City
Author: Joe Thomas ISBN: 9781910050972 Format: Hardback	$45.00
An atmospheric, compelling and beautifully written crime debut, set in contemporary Brazil Read More >>

Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia

Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution...
Author: Robert W. Orttung (The George Washington University, USA) , Sufian Zhemukhov (The George Washington University, USA) ISBN: 9780415823722 Format: Hardback	$305.00
President Vladimir Putin’s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics... Read More >>

Reframing Disability?: Media, (Dis)Empowerment, and Voice in the 2012 Paralympics

Reframing Disability?: Media, (Dis)Empowerment, and...
Author: Daniel Jackson (Bournemouth University, UK) , Caroline E.M. Hodges (Bournemouth University, UK) ISBN: 9781138700383 Format: Paperback	$103.00
This book explores the predominant narratives surrounding the Paralympics, examining media coverage of the event,... Read More >>

Hitler's Olympics - The Facts

Hitler's Olympics - The Facts
Author: John R Webb ISBN: 9781542342643 Format: Paperback	$26.40
No sporting venue has been subject to more lies, distortions and half-truths than the Berlin Olympics of 1936. In... Read More >>

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