Olympics 2

The inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike Left partially paralysed below the rib cage by polio, Anne Wafula Strike was forced to flee her native Kenyan vil……続きを見る

Nothing quite matches the excitement of the Winter Olympics! This book will be your guide to freestyle skiing. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver be……続きを見る

What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games? With the summer Olympics’ return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed aut……続きを見る

The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other ……続きを見る

1968 was a year of protest in civil society (Prague, Paris, Chicago) and a year of protest in sport. After a world-wide campaign, the anti-apartheid movement succeeded in barring South Africa from t……続きを見る

The young performer's guide to gymnastics gymnastics,boys gymnastics, girls gymnastics, gymnastics equipment, benefits of gymnastics and much more. 続きを見る

Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Examining the political and economic transformati……続きを見る

With this top-rated guide learn about beijing olympics, beijing olympic games, beijing summer olympics, beijing olympic medals, beijing olympic stadium, beijing olympics open ceremony. 続きを見る

With a thorough exploration of the political climate of the time and the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, this book describes the repercussions of Jimmy Carter's American boycott of the 1980 ……続きを見る

This is your complete guide to Track Cycling at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about track cycling, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect in the fight for the podium. T……続きを見る

Sport has been practised in the Greco-Roman world at least since the second millennium BC. It was socially integrated and was practised in the context of ceremonial performances, physical education ……続きを見る

This is your complete guide to Soccer at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about soccer, who is on the American Olympic team and which teams to expect in the fight for the podium. This guide is your……続きを見る

Passed from hand to hand, the Olympic flame has become one of the great symbols of sport. The relay from the ruins at Olympia in Greece forges a powerful bond with the Ancient Olympic Games. Using o……続きを見る

On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. His death hours later led to r……続きを見る

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. ta……続きを見る

The drama, the variety, the spectacle - Shannon can't get enough of it. She is an American student who has always been fascinated by the Olympic Games; her father has a lifelong love affair wi……続きを見る

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 n……続きを見る

This is your complete guide to Women's Artistic Gymnastics at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about artistic gymnastics, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect on the pod……続きを見る

Basketball is a game that is famous worldwide. There is no one around the world who does not know about basketball or even heard about the game. And nowadays, there are different leagues and governi……続きを見る

Governance has become a hugely important issue within sport. Issues of corruption and ‘bad governance’ have become synonymous with some aspects of sport and closer scrutiny than ever before is being……続きを見る

Jennie Finch fell in love with baseball as a four-year-old when her mother took her to Dodger games. A year later, her parents signed her up for softball lessons and the young girl was instantly smi……続きを見る

This is your complete guide to Swimming at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about swimming, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect on the podium. This guide is your comple……続きを見る

Sex and the Olympics a match literally made in heaven. Arising from ancient Greek mythology, the Olympics were always destined to be a sordid and sexual affair. Nothing has changed. This lovingly i……続きを見る

**“Like swordplay itself, By the Sword is elegant, accurate, romantic, and full of brioーthe definitive study, hugely readable, of man’s most deadly art.”ーSimon Winchester With a new Preface by the……続きを見る

**Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germanyーfrom the author of Facing the Mountain.** F……続きを見る

A glorious, fully illustrated celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, with expert analysis and comment from The Times’ cast of sporting experts and brought to life with sumptuous, award-winnin……続きを見る

It is difficult to fully understand the role that sport plays in contemporary global society without understanding how and why governments, NGOs and other organizations formulate and implement polic……続きを見る

This is your complete guide to Rowing at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about rowing, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect on the podium. This guide is your complete i……続きを見る

This is your complete guide to Men's Artistic Gymnastics at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about artistic gymnastics, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect on the podiu……続きを見る

Sex & the Olympics: Condomania explores the importance of the condom and uncovers its controversial journey en route to becoming an Olympic tradition. It looks at just how many condoms are distribut……続きを見る