Olympic games books

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Synthetic Medals: East German Athletes' Journey to Hell

Synthetic Medals: East German Athletes' Journey to Hell...

Author: Joseph Tudor
ISBN: 9781801501354
Format: Hardback
$43.96

East German athletes were hailed as the product of a miracle machine. However, its engine hid a dark secret - a...  Read More >>

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

Author: David Maraniss ,  David Maraniss
ISBN: 9781797140810
Format: Audio
$174.21

A biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete that “goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe’s life,...  Read More >>

Flyer: Don Finlay DFC AFC; Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot and double Olympic medallist

Flyer: Don Finlay DFC AFC; Battle of Britain Spitfire...

Author: Andrew White
ISBN: 9781838068721
Format: Hardback
$85.00

The story of Donald Finlay DFC AFC; Second World War Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot and double Olympic medallist....  Read More >>

Igniting the Games: The Evolution of the Olympics and Thomas Bach's Legacy

Igniting the Games: The Evolution of the Olympics and...

Author: David Miller
ISBN: 9781801501422
Format: Paperback
$33.61

The US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics left German lawyer Thomas Bach unable to defend his fencing title, but...  Read More >>

Athletes pressing charges: Fighting for the future of modern pentathlon

Athletes pressing charges: Fighting for the future of...

Author: Jeorg Krieger
ISBN: 9781957792040
Format: Paperback
$51.75

"""Athletes Pressing Charges explores the athlete-led protest movement in the Olympic sport of modern pentathlon....  Read More >>

If Gold Is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory

If Gold Is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came...

Author: Sean P. Murray ,  Karch Kiraly
ISBN: 9781538154854
Format: Hardback
$61.99

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Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal

Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee...

Author: Robert Barney ,  Stephen Wenn
ISBN: 9780815637585
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Based on extensive research and unparalleled access to primary and source material, the authors offer a behind-the-scenes...  Read More >>

If Gold Is Our Destiny: The 1984 U.S. Men's Volleyball Team and Its Quest for Olympic Glory

If Gold Is Our Destiny: The 1984 U.S. Men's Volleyball...

Author: Sean P Murray ,  Karch Kiraly
ISBN: 9798212298339
Format: Audio
$110.85

In the early 1980s, a golden generation of volleyball players joined the U.S. men's national team. With the Olympics...  Read More >>

If Gold Is Our Destiny: The 1984 U.S. Men's Volleyball Team and Its Quest for Olympic Glory

If Gold Is Our Destiny: The 1984 U.S. Men's Volleyball...

Author: Sean P Murray ,  Karch Kiraly
ISBN: 9798212298346
Format: Audio
$110.85

In the early 1980s, a golden generation of volleyball players joined the U.S. men's national team. With the Olympics...  Read More >>

If Gold Is Our Destiny: The 1984 U.S. Men's Volleyball Team and Its Quest for Olympic Glory

If Gold Is Our Destiny: The 1984 U.S. Men's Volleyball...

Author: Sean P Murray ,  Chris Monteiro
ISBN: 9798212298322
Format: Audio
$176.85

In the early 1980s, a golden generation of volleyball players joined the U.S. men's national team. With the Olympics...  Read More >>

My Hidden Race: Anyika Onuora

My Hidden Race: Anyika Onuora

Author: Anyika Onuora
ISBN: 9781913406790
Format: Hardback
$43.96

"""My Hidden Race"" is the story of Olympic medallist Anyika Onuora, who stood on the podium at every major championship...  Read More >>

Cold War Olympics: A New Battlefront in Psychological Warfare, 1948-1956

Cold War Olympics: A New Battlefront in Psychological...

Author: Harry Blutstein
ISBN: 9781476686875
Format: Paperback
$57.00

The political tension of the Cold War bled into the Olympic Games when each side engaged in psychological warfare....  Read More >>

Disability, the Media and the Paralympic Games

Disability, the Media and the Paralympic Games

Author: Carolyn Jackson-Brown
ISBN: 9780367524166
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book focuses on the ground-breaking coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games by the UK’s publicly-owned...  Read More >>

Crossing the Lines: Milestone Moments in Modern Sport

Crossing the Lines: Milestone Moments in Modern Sport...

Author: Phillip Vine
ISBN: 9781785317880
Format: Paperback
$60.59

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Inspired: Healing Journeys from Hockey and Beyond

Inspired: Healing Journeys from Hockey and Beyond

Author: Al Galloway
ISBN: 9781039133860
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Nine athletes. Nine inspiring stories of adversity overcome. People in sports are in it to win it. That means fighting...  Read More >>

Inspired: Healing Journeys from Hockey and Beyond

Inspired: Healing Journeys from Hockey and Beyond

Author: Al Galloway
ISBN: 9781039133877
Format: Hardback
$54.31

Nine athletes. Nine inspiring stories of adversity overcome. People in sports are in it to win it. That means fighting...  Read More >>

What the L: Lead, Love, and Laugh

What the L: Lead, Love, and Laugh

Author: Tommy Z Haynes
ISBN: 9798805519216
Format: Paperback
$41.97

This journey will take you behind the scenes of the progression it takes to make an Olympic team and the same effort...  Read More >>

Coming Up for Air

Coming Up for Air

Author: Tom Daley
ISBN: 9781335662569
Format: Paperback
$47.49

""First published in 2021 by HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.""--Title page verso.  Read More >>

The Traveling Indoor Climber's Logbook

The Traveling Indoor Climber's Logbook

Author: Kristen Pizzuti
ISBN: 9798985712339
Format: Paperback
$18.09

Enjoy this rock climbing logbook to record 450 of your indoor climbs around the world! This book is perfect for...  Read More >>

Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History

Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track...

Author: Pauline Davis ,  T. R. Todd
ISBN: 9781538155493
Format: Hardback
$73.99

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The Surprising Olympics Trivia: Questions & Answers About The Olympics That Will Blow Your Mind

The Surprising Olympics Trivia: Questions & Answers...

Author: Womack Shelly
ISBN: 9798417506505
Format: Paperback
$13.38

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