Olympic games books

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Sometimes life is like a movie. There are moments and events in life - not often - that are as exciting and as dramatic...  Read More >>

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An exploration of how the Olympics are organised in response to risk. This book looks at the tension between the...  Read More >>

Exploring the nature of Canada's response to the plight of European Jews seeking refuge and to anti-Jewish discrimination...  Read More >>

La gran lección de vida que recibió ""Mauri"", al notificarle su médico urólogo que tenía cáncer de próstata y sobrevivir...  Read More >>

An exciting and in-depth look at the Summer Olympics' most legendary moments from the no. 1 sports series for kids....  Read More >>

La gran lección de vida que recibió ""Mauri"", al notificarle su médico urólogo que tenía cáncer de próstata y sobrevivir...  Read More >>

The eyes of the world watched as three runners - dirt poor Johnny Hayes, who used to run barefoot through the streets...  Read More >>

Short entertaining biographies of some of Britain's most interesting Olympic gold medallists of the modern era....  Read More >>

<p>It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine...  Read More >>

Adolf Hitler understood the importance of sport, and exercised his malign and dangerous influence to try to co-opt...  Read More >>

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This book analyses the global media responses to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at all three stages: the torch relay,...  Read More >>

Olympic Aspirations is the companion volume to the well received Olympic Legacies and provides original, candid...  Read More >>

<p>When a city wins the right to hold the Olympics, one of the oft cited advantages to the region is the catalytic...  Read More >>

This book explores organizational and individual transformations for the inclusion of persons with disabilities...  Read More >>

The Olympic Games have become the definitive sports event, with an unparalleled global reach and a remarkably diverse...  Read More >>

Based on extensive research and unparalleled access to primary source material, Tarnished Rings offers an in-depth...  Read More >>

Goldblatt and Acton have created this utterly thorough and always fun guide to the rules, strategy, and history...  Read More >>

The Olympic Games have become the definitive sports event, with an unparalleled global reach and a remarkably diverse...  Read More >>

When a city wins the right to hold the Olympics, one of the oft cited advantages to the region is the catalytic...  Read More >>

When a city wins the right to hold the Olympics, one of the oft cited advantages to the region is the catalytic...  Read More >>

Based on original Stasi and Communist Party archival sources, this book uncovers why East Germany was for two decades...  Read More >>

The men's 100m final at the 1988 Olympics has been described as the dirtiest race ever - but also the greatest....  Read More >>