Olympic games books

1508 books were found.

The Silent Gladiators

The Silent Gladiators

Author: Nicholas Anthony Hopping
ISBN: 9780983188100
Format: Paperback
$66.00

The story of the 2004 U.S. Olympic wrestling team and it's countdown to the Athens Games.  Read More >>

Gold Medal Diary: Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event

Gold Medal Diary: Inside the World's Greatest Sports...

Author: Hayley Wickenheiser
ISBN: 9781553655800
Format: Hardback
$47.99

In Gold Medal Diary, Hayley Wickenheiser, three-time Olympic gold medal winner and captain of the Canadian Women's...  Read More >>

Documenting the Beijing Olympics

Documenting the Beijing Olympics

Author: D.P. Martinez (School of Oriental and African Studies, UK) ,  Kevin Latham (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9780415575485
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics – ranging from the visual (television and...  Read More >>

Firsts in Sports: Winning Stories

Firsts in Sports: Winning Stories

Author: Paul T Owens
ISBN: 9780982467510
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Paul T. Owens takes you on a panoramic tour of sports, from the first game ever played, to the people who were the...  Read More >>

Terrorism and the Olympics: Major Event Security and Lessons for the Future

Terrorism and the Olympics: Major Event Security and...

Author: Anthony Richards (University of East London, UK) ,  Pete Fussey (University of Essex, UK)
ISBN: 9780415499392
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The book aims to outline the progress, problems and challenges of delivering a safe and secure Olympics in the context...  Read More >>

The Humanistic Values of the Beijing Olympics

The Humanistic Values of the Beijing Olympics

Author: Huiling Feng ,  Enrich Professional Publishing
ISBN: 9789814298667
Format: Hardback
$285.12

This book provides an understanding of Chinese values through the Beijing Olympic Games.  Read More >>

GB United?: British Olympic Football and the End of the Amateur Dream

GB United?: British Olympic Football and the End of...

Author: Steve Menary
ISBN: 9781905411924
Format: Hardback
$65.87

GB United? Is the intriguing tale of a long-forgotten team that conquered the world before slipping quietly out...  Read More >>

Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

Author: Apolo Ohno ,  Alan Abrahamson
ISBN: 9781451609066
Format: Hardback
$68.64

Gold medal-winning Olympic speed-skater Apolo Ohno, the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time,...  Read More >>

Family Power: The True Story of How  The First Family of Taekwondo  Made Olympic History

Family Power: The True Story of How The First Family...

Author: Mark Lopez ,  Steven Lopez
ISBN: 9780451231413
Format: Undefined
$39.60

The Lopez family set new records at the Beijing Olympics with three siblings on the same U.S. tae kwon do team and...  Read More >>

Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

Author: Apolo Anton Ohno ,  Apolo Anton Ohno
ISBN: 9781442339637
Format: Audio
$79.17

Gold medal-winning Olympic speed-skater Apolo Ohno, the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time,...  Read More >>

Olympic Cities: City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s Games, 1896 – 2016

Olympic Cities: City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s...

Author: John R. Gold (Oxford Brookes University, UK) ,  Margaret M. Gold
ISBN: 9780415486576
Format: Hardback
$409.20

Presents an overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic events since 1896. This book explores...  Read More >>

Olympic Cities: City Agendas, Planning, and the World's Games, 1896 - 2016

Olympic Cities: City Agendas, Planning, and the World's...

Author: John R. Gold (Oxford Brookes University, UK) ,  Margaret M. Gold (London Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415486583
Format: Paperback
$142.43

Presents an overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic events since 1896. This book explores...  Read More >>

Usain Bolt: 9.58

Usain Bolt: 9.58

Author: Usain Bolt
ISBN: 9780007371396
Format: Hardback
$71.15

Eight days … … three gold medals … … three world records … one amazing reputation firmly established. Usain Bolt's...  Read More >>

Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire

Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire

Author: David Stone Potter ,  D. J. Mattingly
ISBN: 9780472034284
Format: Paperback
$65.87

A lively survey for the nonspecialist, with new essays and a new appendix of translated documents  Read More >>

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany...

Author: Kay Schiller ,  Chris Young
ISBN: 9780520262157
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The 1972 Munich Olympics - remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team...  Read More >>

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany...

Author: Kay Schiller ,  Chris Young
ISBN: 9780520262133
Format: Hardback
$124.95

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Achtung Und Verbannung Im Griechischen Recht (1903)

Achtung Und Verbannung Im Griechischen Recht (1903)...

Author: Paul Usteri
ISBN: 9781168535498
Format: Hardback
$80.15

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American Hoops: U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing

American Hoops: U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball from Berlin...

Author: Carson Cunningham
ISBN: 9780803222939
Format: Hardback
$105.60

In this fascinating history of Olympic basketball on the world stage and behind the scenes, Carson Cunningham presents...  Read More >>

From Melons to Medals: The Story of a Homegrown Champion

From Melons to Medals: The Story of a Homegrown Champion...

Author: Shane Hamman
ISBN: 9781615669400
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Shane grew up learning to be tough. The youngest of three boys, and the son of a hardworking grocer, he fought daily...  Read More >>

Beijing 2008: Preparing for Glory: Chinese Challenge in the 'Chinese Century'

Beijing 2008: Preparing for Glory: Chinese Challenge...

Author: J.A. Mangan (University of Strathclyde, UK) ,  Dong Jinxia (Beijing University, China)
ISBN: 9780415484565
Format: Paperback
$56.00

The Beijing Olympics is a political act and assertion. It is the culmination of political effort going back to 1949....  Read More >>

Japanese: Descriptive Grammar

Japanese: Descriptive Grammar

Author: John Hinds
ISBN: 9780415593847
Format: Paperback
$145.00

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Going for the Gold: How the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Won at Lake Placid

Going for the Gold: How the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team...

Author: Tim Wendel
ISBN: 9780486474618
Format: Paperback
$16.99

This is the true inside story of the ""Miracle on Ice,"" in which U.S. players defeated the seemingly invincible...  Read More >>

With Glowing Hearts/Des Plus Brillants Exploits: The Official Commemorative Book of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games/Le Livre Commemoratif officiel Des XXIes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver Et Des Xes Jeux Paralympiques D'Hiver

With Glowing Hearts/Des Plus Brillants Exploits: The...

Author: Alison Gardiner
ISBN: 9780470736180
Format: Hardback
$224.40

In 2010, Vancouver and Whistler will host 17 days of Olympic Winter Games competition (February 12-28) and 10 days...  Read More >>

Representing the Nation: Sport and Spectacle in Post-revolutionary Mexico

Representing the Nation: Sport and Spectacle in Post-revolutionary...

Author: Claire Brewster (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK) ,  Keith Brewster (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)
ISBN: 9780415474153
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Representing the Nation analyzes Mexico City’s staging of the 1968 Olympic Games and explains how international...  Read More >>

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