Olympic games books

The story of America's athletes at the 1900 Paris Olympics and Exposition.  Read More >>

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Historicizing the Pan-American Games examines the western hemisphere’s major integrating sporting and cultural event...  Read More >>

Over the years, host countries and cities have had to deal with a variety of concerns, problems, or criticisms,...  Read More >>

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This book seeks to present how Claudia, living in London and being so close to the Olympic Park felt inspired to...  Read More >>

Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown...  Read More >>

Follows Mary Decker and Zola Budd through their lives and careers, telling the story behind the controversy of their...  Read More >>

This updated new edition focuses on Katherine's return to rowing in 2015, training and preparing to defend the Double...  Read More >>

The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared...  Read More >>

The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared...  Read More >>

Are you an athlete transitioning from a career in sport and silently struggling along the way? Or perhaps you didn't...  Read More >>

Published to coincide with the 2016 Olympic Games, this book explores the lives of olympians who fought in the Great...  Read More >>

Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing with the expansive...  Read More >>

The inspiring story of Brad Snyder's journey from the Naval Academy to Afghanistan, where he was blinded, to winning...  Read More >>

Speed kings is the unlikely story of four Americans with very different backgrounds who came to gether to win the...  Read More >>

The first book-length study in English of the contemporary Olympic flame relay, The Flame Relay and the Olympic...  Read More >>

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In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. In this study of the afterlives of...  Read More >>

For decades, amateurism defined the ideals undergirding the Olympic movement. No more. Today's Games present athletes...  Read More >>

Track and Jumps Javelin and Discuss Boxing and Wrestling Chariot Races Equestrian Events The prize's Timeline, Glossary...  Read More >>

Displaying the most impressive throws, compelling armbars, dominant pins, and decisive chokes, judo is a powerful...  Read More >>

The story of America's most accomplished track and field athlete in the early twentieth century and the first Utahn...  Read More >>

Best 50 Rio Olympics Memes and Faces!  Read More >>