Olympics category: 421 books
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Cover: Brian Shaw tied the Big Z at the 2010 WSM, but lost on countback, but the message was clear: strongman take note. In 2011, Shaw took first in the Giant's Live-London Qualifying Tour, securing a berth at the 2011 WSM.
People
Adam Nelson: A Worthy Adversary by Thom Van Vleck
Daniel...
Sports Gods: The Playboy Interview
50 Years of the Playboy Interview
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Game on. The greatest athletes to ever play their respective sports are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From His Royal Airness Michael Jordan to the Great One Wayne Gretzky to Homerun King Hank Aaron, these incomparable athletes—the...
Shattered Hopes
Canada's Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
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 joined, forcing 212 Canadian athletes to shelve their Olympic dreams, some temporarily,...
Olympic turnaround
How the Olympic games stepped back from the brink of extinction to become the world's best known brand - and a multi-billion dollar franchise
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
The story of the Olympic Games contains some remarkable business lessons. It is the story of how the nearly-bankrupt Olympic movement edged away from the abyss through visionary, and sometimes hard-headed leadership and the creation of a unique corporate marketing platform. Olympic Turnaround tells for...
Different Class
My Favourite Sporting Memories
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
The Memory Man – a sobriquet earned for his uncanny ability to recall virtually any sporting trivia – not only gives us his entertaining and forensic insight into which sporting moments he believes can be justifiably described as in a Different Class, but sports fans will also be thrilled to finally...
by Tim Marshall, CBE
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
The top wheelchair athletes of today enjoy the same high-profile exposure and admiration as their able-bodied counterparts. This has come about partly through wheelchair participation in mass fun-running events such as the Great North Run. Wheelchairs, Perjury and the London Marathon charts disability...
by John Brookfield
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Now in its second edition, Mastery of Hand Strength is the book on grip and lower-arm training. Chock-full of exercises for building strength from your elbows to your fingertips, this book will motivate you with John's new training ideas and creative approaches to crushing grip, pinch grip, dumbbells, fingers, and wrists. 112 pp.
Berlin 1936
Sixteen Days in August
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Berlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympic Games, describing events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters: Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, writers and socialites, nightclub owners and jazz musicians.
While events...
by Telegraph Media Group
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Exclusive to this ebook-only edition, relive the incredible summer of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games with this inspirational series of articles from the Telegraph, available as a collection for the first time.
King of the World
Muhammed Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
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 widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali...
Determined Runners
Kenyan running and training
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
This first hand book, written by an athlete who has lived in the same training camps with the world's top runners, trained and shared the same experiences with them for over ten years now, may change your perceptions about these world beaters after you learn how much they sacrifice in their training.
by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
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 is a wealth of information about Jessica, her medals, other achievements and much, much more.Join...
Gold Medal Diary
Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
"[Hayley Wickenheiser's] memories are more than just an array of hockey games, shifts good and bad and practices filled with the drudgery of constant drills. Wickenheiser is more than just a hockey player, and that's a good thing, because her complicated life outside the rink is more fascinating."...
Champion for Health
How Clara Hughes fought depression to win Olympic gold
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Clara Hughes has won multiple medals in both summer and winter Olympic Games. As a cyclist and speed skater, Clara pushed through pain to get to the finish line, trying to have her best race every day. Few knew that the same determination and focus were also needed to fight her own personal battles....