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Author: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0791488101
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach's proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the "best ever," the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real costs and impacts.
Author: Kim Un-yong
Publisher: Seoul Selection
Published: 2020-10-06
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1624121403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Greatest Olympics It calls 1988 Seoul Olympics as the greatest Olympics. The author, the Former IOC Vice President Kim Un-yong in his book, calls the 24th Seoul Olympics as the greatest festival of mankind. He says Seoul Olympics put the Olympic Games on a right track, contributing to the development and democratization of Korea. He further says the Seoul Games will be recorded in history as the Games which gave desire and hope to Eastern European countries.
Author: Bud Greenspan
Publisher: Stoddart
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781881649670
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Profiles the accomplishments of one hundred athletes in Olympic competition throughout the 20th century.
Author: Bruce Berglund
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1666321710
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael Hurley
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2015-12-21
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 1484635426
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Great Olympic Moments looks at great Olympic moments through the history of the modern Olympics and reasons why these moments were so memorable and made such an impact. It also includes a spread of Olympic records and an Olympic timeline.
Author: Haydn Middleton
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781432902643
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores some of the great moments and personalities of the Olympics, from the inception of the modern games in 1896 through the present.
Author: David Goldblatt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-07-26
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 0393254119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
Author: Jeremy Schaap
Publisher: HMH
Published: 2015-03-03
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0547527268
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This New York Times–bestselling author’s account of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin offers a “vivid portrait not just of Owens but of ’30s Germany and America” (Sports Illustrated). At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals, single-handedly falsifying Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. It is also the intimate and complex tale of one remarkable man’s courage. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Owens family, previously unpublished interviews, and archival research, Jeremy Schaap transports us to Germany and tells the dramatic tale of Owens and his fellow athletes at the contest dubbed the Nazi Olympics. With incisive reporting and rich storytelling, Schaap reveals what really happened over those tense, exhilarating weeks in a “snappy and dramatic” work of sports history (Publishers Weekly). “A remarkable job of tackling a complex subject and bringing it to life.” —John Feinstein “Add[s] even more luster to the indelibly heroic achievements of Jesse Owens.” —Ken Burns
Author: John Naber
Publisher: Griffin Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781882180981
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Without exception, the athletes who contributed these chapters have addressed groups, large and small, in their collective mission to share the power and relevance of their Olympic experiences. The message hidden just beneath the surface of each chapter is that Olympic champions are not extraordinary people, rather, they are ordinary people who merely have been able to accomplish extraordinary things in the area of life that matters most to each of them. Within each of us lies a dormant form of an Olympian, waiting to be awakened.
Author: Brad Herzog
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 2011-09-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1410307964
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the first games held in ancient Greece to the cultural extravaganzas of recent years, there have been some incredible and amazing events and milestones in the world of Olympic sports. Now in G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet, writer Brad Herzog showcases those athletes and events that not only set sports records but also impacted history and world views. Learn the meaning behind the five interlocking rings featured on the Olympic flag. Cheer on American Jim Thorpe as he won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, only to lose his medals later. Read how the man dubbed as the "world's laziest high jumper" won the gold in 1968 and later had a jump named after him. All these moments and more are brought to life in G is for Gold Medal. Brad Herzog has written travel and sports books for readers young and old. His books with Sleeping Bear include the best-selling H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet. Brad lives on California's Monterey Peninsula. Doug Bowles has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years. His books for Sleeping Bear include One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book and S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet. Doug lives in Leawood, Kansas.
