Olympics category: 421 books

Jack Galloway, Sports Editor of the Telegraph, decides to reveal the prowess of master athlete Walker on the world stage at the Olympic Games in Athens, to combat the increasing plague of the use of perfomance-enhancing substances by world class athletes. Walker's victories in six events, winning an...

Today the Olympic Games is a global spectacle that captures the attention of the entire world and has the power to produce moments of individual courage and triumph that live on forever. But there was a time when reviving the ancient festival of sport was just a dream shared by a handful of dedicated...

Taekwondo deserves some special attention because of its importance as a sport with a unique history and influence. This anthology, as part of our projects to provide stellar articles from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, provides high quality materials about taekwondo you will not find elsewhere. ...

Winner, 2019 NASSH Book Award, Anthology. The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing the importance of culture in the battle for hearts and minds, the United States, like the Soviet Union, attempted to win the favor of...

Il racconto adrenalinico di un percorso sportivo vissuto con il cuore e con l'anima, dedicato a tutti coloro che credono in se stessi e nei loro sogni, a tutti quelli che hanno il coraggio di mettersi in gioco e lavorare sodo per permettersi di agguantare quello che hanno sempre creduto fosse loro. Il...

Sport and war have been closely linked in Australian and New Zealand society since the nineteenth century. Sport has, variously, been advocated as appropriate training for war, lambasted as a distraction from the war effort, and resorted to as an escape from wartime trials and tribulations. War has...

Tony Volpentest was born without hands and feet—a condition so rare it does not have a name. Doctors said he would never be able to walk without prosthetics or special accommodations. Tony proved them all wrong when he started walking at fifteen months old, and went on to do everything any other...

"Uno de los mejores libros sobre baloncesto que se haya escrito nunca." New York Post El reputado periodista deportivo Jack McCallum desvela por primera vez todos los secretos de la historia del equipo más famoso de todos los tiempos: la selección olímpica norteamericana de baloncesto...

Os competidores de regata a vela são regidos por um conjunto de regras às quais se espera que sigam e as façam prevalecer. Um princípio fundamental de esportividade dos competidores é o pronto cumprimento da punição de uma infração à...

Carlene Cole is a naturally talented athlete capable of greatness but she’s intent on living her teenage life to the full rather than trade it, in search of an Olympic gold medal. Her twin brother, Wesley, is a hard-working footballer who would give anything to play for Arsenal in the Premiership...

Dr. Gerald Gems is one of the premier sports historians in the world. In this book, the first video text in sport history, we can see videos of how ancient and modern games have been played. But he goes beyond the sport, looking at the cultural background in which the sports have been played. We see...

Nés dans la discrétion en 1924, les jeux Olympiques d’hiver sont devenus au fil des ans un des événements majeurs du calendrier sportif international. Pour leur donner plus de visibilité encore, le Comité international olympique (C.I.O.) a ainsi brisé la sacro-sainte quadriennalité des Jeux,...

El calentamiento y la recuperación después del esfuerzo en la realización deportiva El rendimiento es una búsqueda diaria cuando se desea obtener los resultados de un deporte de alto rendimiento. La preparación física debe forzar óptimamente los límites del cuerpo para permitir la mejora...

Prefazione di GIOVANNI MALAGÒ Ne manca una sola e poi sarà cifra tonda. Capiterà sicuramente a Rio, nei Giochi in arrivo: bel traguardo, le 200 medaglie d’oro conquistate nella storia delle Olimpiadi estive. Aspettando l’evento, qui si parte già con le celebrazioni. Esercizio utile, istruttivo...