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Author: Garry Chapman
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781420262162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive book of facts covers everything from the origins of the Olympics to factors such as drugs and technologies impacting on the famous games today. Seven areas integral to the Games are covered: • origins of the Olympics • Olympic administration • Olympic traditions • Olympic ceremonies • host cities • Olympiad events • Olympic issues.
Author: Garry Chapman
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780732988890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Macmillan Encyclopedia of Olympic Sports presents information on the 31 sports in the Olympic Games with a special focus on the events. The six volumes in the set feature photos and information such as history of the sport, rules and scoring for events, venues for each event, equipment used and much more. Ages 10-14.
Author: Rachel Bladon
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9781380041746
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Olympic Games are the most famous sporting event in the world, but how much do you know about their history? In this Macmillan Reader, Rachel Bladon describes the games' beginnings back in ancient Greece to the billion-dollar international event that they have become in the present day."--Publisher's description.
Author: Rachel Bladon
Publisher:
Published: 2012-01-31
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9783195629577
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: RACHEL. BLADON
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Published: 2019
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ISBN-13: 9781380041036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michelle Meadows
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2020-12-29
Total Pages: 23
ISBN-13: 1250819946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lyrical picture book biography of Simone Biles, gymnastics champion and Olympic superstar. Before she was a record-breaking gymnast competing on the world stage, Simone Biles spent time in foster care as a young child. Nimble and boundlessly energetic, she cherished every playground and each new backyard. When she was six years old, Simone's family took shape in a different way. Her grandparents Ron and Nellie Biles adopted Simone and her sister Adria. Ron and Nellie became their parents. Simone was also introduced to gymnastics that same year, launching a lifelong passion fueled by remarkable talent, sacrifice, and the undying support of her family. From her athletic early childhood to the height of her success as an Olympic champion, Flying High is the story of the world's greatest gymnast from author Michelle Meadows and illustrator Ebony Glenn.
Author: David Goldblatt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-07-26
Total Pages: 755
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: Ron Thomas
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780732927004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David C. Young
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0470777753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.
Author: Allen Guttmann
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780252070464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
