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The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the world’s greatest sporting and cultural event. It tells the complete story of ……続きを見る

Olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable. The Olympic's Most Wanted™ chronicles 700 of the most outlandish competitors in the history of the winter and summer Ol……続きを見る

Running for My Life is not a story about Africa or track and field athletics. It is about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. It is the A……続きを見る

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

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

The Olympics and politics have never been far apart from one another. At the very first edition of the modern games, held in Athens in 1896, there was a protest at the exclusion of women from compet……続きを見る

This is your complete guide to Marathon and Race Walk at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about the marathon, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect in the fight for the p……続きを見る

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

Sporting greatness is defined by more than just a haul of gold medals or championship titles. They help of course, especially if, like Usain Bolt, an athlete redefines what is possible in terms of w……続きを見る

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

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

This is your complete guide to Canoe/Kayak Slalom at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about canoe/ayak slalom, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect in the fight for the ……続きを見る

In 1999, the International Olympic Committee approved far-reaching reforms to the appointment and terms of its members, the selection of host cities for the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games, the eve……続きを見る

When a city wins the right to hold the Olympics, one of the oft cited advantages to the region is the catalytic effect upon the urban and transport projects of the host cities. However, with unparal……続きを見る

Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences. The apotheosis of this cultural form is the Olympic Games. This……続きを見る

The Olympic Games in Pictures London 2012 Olympic Park, East London 5 August [Part 2] [The Olympic Park was later re-named "The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park" to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Qu……続きを見る

Wild Flower Meadows and The ArcelorMittal Orbit in Pictures, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London, Olympic Games, London 2012, 5 August. [Part 2] A collection of colour photographs [Parts 1 and……続きを見る

Wild Flower Meadows and The ArcelorMittal Orbit in Pictures, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London, Olympic Games, London 2012, 5 August. [Part 1] A collection of colour photographs [Parts 1 and……続きを見る

Sport Policy in Canada provides the first and most comprehensive analysis of the new Canadian Sport Policy adopted in 2012. In light of this new policy, the authors, top scholars in the field, provi……続きを見る

Weight Training for Hockey is the most comprehensive and up-to-date hockey-specific training guide in the world today. Based on hundreds of on-ice tests performed on professional hockey players from……続きを見る

By representing their experience of modernity as different from the West in their respective Olympic Games, Asian nations reveal much about the ambitions and anxieties of being an Asian host in the ……続きを見る

At 18 years old, Victoria Nolan found out she was going blind. As her vision became more restricted, so did her independence. Her childhood dream had been to become a teacher, but she had to fight c……続きを見る

For the record-breaking third time London will be hosting the Olympic Games in 2012. From the inception of Baron Pierre de Courbetin’s crusade to revive the Games of the ancient Greeks, in the 1890s……続きを見る

From the multi-million selling author of The Book of Lists and The Complete Book of the Olympics comes an entirely new take on the Games. Wallechinsky has a uniquely vast knowledge of the Olympics a……続きを見る

The 1960 Olympic Winter Games were a long-shot effort that succeeded beyond the wildest expectations. Working in a sparsely populated valley in the Sierra Nevada with only rudimentary facilities, or……続きを見る

Ronda Rousey ー Most dangerous unarmed woman on the planet. She's also an Olympic bronze medalist, UFC champion, and world’s largest female pay-per-view draw... But it wasn’t always that way. Once a……続きを見る

The bestselling biography of Muhammad Ali--with an Introduction by Salman Rushdie On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was ……続きを見る

Want to complete your first ever half marathon, or even a full marathon? You need proper guidance and technique to do it! First of all, your planning must be right. Get a schedule out. Plan the day……続きを見る

Women are, and have been for many years, actively involved as players, supporters and co-ordinators in a range of sports and yet they are often missing from, or sidelined in, accounts of the history……続きを見る

The first summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) were held in Singapore in 2010 and the first winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 2012. The IOC hopes that the YOG will encourage young people to be ……続きを見る