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The Science of Sports: Winning in the Olympics

by Scientific American & Scientific American Editors

The Olympics are the world's most prestigious stage for athletic competition. Fans both casual and hardcore tune in religiously every few years to watch as men and women push themselves to the limits of human...


Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

by Jack McCallum

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

 

Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. As a writer for Sports Illustrated,...


Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country

by John Furlong & Gary Mason

A riveting behind-the-scenes account of the transformative 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games—an extraordinary story of visionary leadership, love of country and the ability to dream boldly.

When John...


The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold

by Joy Goodwin

It was billed as the greatest event in the history of pair skating: three of the best teams of all time battling for Olympic gold on one night in Salt Lake City. Technical ability was approximately equal. It...


No Limits: The Will to Succeed

by Michael Phelps & Alan Abrahamson

Fresh from his triumphant and extraordinary achievement at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps—up from working-class, born-in-the-USAroots—shows us the secrets to his remarkable success—from...


Family Power

by Mark Lopez

An inspiring sports memoir from the family who captured America's heart at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The Lopez family set new records at the Beijing Olympics with three siblings on the same U.S. taekwondo team—and...


Igniting the Flame: America's First Olympic Team

by Jim Reisler & Dave Wottle

The story of the fourteen men – largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book – who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896...


Shattered Hopes: Canada's Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games

by Sheila Robertson

On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, a distant land unknown to most Canadians. A crucial fall-out was the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, which Canada eventually...


The London Olympics

by Vassil Girginov

The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world's greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of the 2012 Games from...


Securing and Sustaining the Olympic City: Reconfiguring London for 2012 and Beyond

by Fussey & Coaffee

Often seen as host nation's largest ever logistical undertaking, accommodating the Olympics and its attendant security infrastructure brings seismic changes to both the physical and social geography of its destination....


The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy

by Beatriz Garcia

This book explores how cultural policies are reflected in the design, management and promotion of the Olympic Games. Garcia examines the concept and evolution of cultural policies throughout the recent history...


Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte: Unauthorized Biographies

by Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte have led amazing lives and have changed the swimming world forever. This book follows both men's lives from their humble beginnings all the way through their performances at the...


Ryan Lochte: An Unauthorized Biography

by Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

Ryan Lochte is one of the most decorated Olympic swimmers of all time. After winning five medals at the 2012 London Olympics, Lochte has now won 11 medals in his Olympic career. Most fans are aware of his success...


Amazing & Extraordinary Facts The Olympics

by Stephen Halliday

Who reprimanded Hitler during the 1936 Olympic Games?

When did the Olympic event "shin kicking" get banned?

Which Shakespearean play refers to the Olympic Games?

Who was the first official cheat in 388BC?

Find...


10 Amazing Olympic Lists: Everything You Need to Know about the Olympics

by Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor

Everything you need to know about the Olympics - and some amazing facts you wouldn't believe - are contained within this facsinating eBook. Who was the mascot for each games? What crazy sports are no longer...


101 Amazing Jessica Ennis Facts

by Jack Goldstein & Eddie Warwick

Jessica Ennis is one of this year's best Olympic prospects. Her athleticism, personality and drive has endeared her to many in Great Britain and across the world. Contained within this excellent book of facts...


The Olympics, A Very Peculiar History

by David Arscott

From its beginnings in Ancient Greek antiquity, right up to its arrival in Great Britain, the home of so many modern sports and favoured pastimes, the Olympic Games have always been a grand and exciting spectacle,...


Usain Bolt: An Unauthorized Biography

by Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the history of the world. Most fans are aware of his multiple world records, but in order to truly understand Usain Bolt, you must first understand where he came from. Usain...


Olympic Marketing

by Alain Ferrand, Jean-Loup Chappelet & Benoit Seguin

The Olympic Games have become the definitive sports event, with an unparalleled global reach and a remarkably diverse constituency of stakeholders, from the IOC and International Federations to athletes, sponsors...


Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games

by Christopher Hilton

The Berlin Olympic Games, more than 70 years on, remain the most controversial ever held. This book creates a vivid account of the disputes, the personalities, and the events which made these Games so memorable....