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Dive into the thrilling world of the Olympics ahead of the Paris 2024 Summer Games

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A team of thirty-three Australian athletes competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Poorly prepared and with limited support, they bravely faced formidable competition. Larry Writer recreates their experience so vividly we can imagine ourselves in the famous stadium surrounded by swastikas.

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Covering specific games from the 1896 Olympics in Athens to the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, this volume also presents plans for the 2004 Athens games, 2006 Turin games, and the 2008 summer games.

Enhanced with new illustrations, this book includes sections on both the Summer and Winter Games.

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

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The foremost sporting event in the world, the Olympic Games have grown from a quaint idea in the 1890s to a major world happening. The book includes chronologically arranged entries on each of the games from 1896 to the Centennial games planned for 1996, and the Olympic Games planned for 1998 in Nagano, Japan, and 2000 in Sydney.

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This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of The Olympic Movement covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about The Olympic Movement.

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Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos, together with the organisations which control them, can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect, mark and influence, deeper social changes in the media, cities and global geopolitics. -- .

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Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos, together with the organisations which control them, can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect, mark and influence, deeper social changes in the media, cities and global geopolitics. -- .

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The story of the long struggle to establish a women's marathon begins with a lonely female who ran the marathon course in 1896 and ends with the dramatic victory of American Joan Benoit in the first women's Olympic marathon in 1984.

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By 1980, the modern Olympic movement was gasping for breath, bankrupt financially and politically. Under the leadership of Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Jacques Rogge, the Olympics began a journey back from the brink. This work offers access to the people and negotiations behind one of the most dramatic turnarounds in business or sports history.

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A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics. Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known.

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Revised and updated third edition. Every team, every record, every score and every time of Australia's involvement in every single Olympic Game. The essential companion for the upcoming Atlanta Games.

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The compelling history of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games - a cauldron of discord that forecast the horrors of the Second World War

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No one has embodied the ideals of the Olympic movement quite like Eric Liddell, star of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. After refusing to compete on religious principle in the event in which he was favourite, the 100 metres, at the 1924 Games in Paris, Liddell won an astonishing gold medal in the 400 metres. This book tells his story.

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The Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator uses her extraordinary story to equip others to meet whatever challenges they face in life.

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In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival.

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Beginning in 776 BC in ancient Greece through to its revival in 1896 and the 24 subsequent modern games, this title charts the history and a wealth of world sporting achievement. It provides minutes from the 1894 IOC meeting agreeing to re-establish the Olympic Games.

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With an exploration of the political climate of the time and Russia's invasion of Afghanistan, this book describes the repercussions of Jimmy Carter's American boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

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"In [this book, the author] weaves a multilayered story exploring rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds"-- Provided by publisher.

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