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How to Watch the Olympics: The Essential Guide to the Rules, Statistics, Heroes, and Zeroes of Every Sport by David Goldblatt Publisher Comments The must-have guide to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games Next summer, millions of Americans will tune into the Olympic Games, the largest and most popular sporting event in the world. Yet while it's easy to be fascinated by agile gymnasts, poised... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper 
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A Lifetime of Training for Just Ten Seconds: Olympians in Their Own Words by Richard Witt Publisher Comments I hope the Romanian doesn't get through, because I can't pronounce her bloody name.' Allegedly from David Coleman, British radio and TV commentator, at one of his many Olympic coverages, when he thought he was off air. A Lifetime of Training for Just 10... (read more) Your price: $15.99 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games by David Large Publisher Comments Munich 1972 tells the compelling story of the most controversial of all modern Olympiads within the turbulent context of simmering global tensions: the ongoing Cold War, political posturing between the two Germanys, seemingly endless warfare in Indochina,... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response by Aaron J. Klein Publisher Comments “This is a thriller, a page-turner, a probing look into the inner workings of the assassination squads that Israel mobilized after the Munich massacre.” -David K. Shipler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Arab and Jew “Gratitude is due... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Treasures of the Olympic Games: An Interactive History of the Olympic Games by Neil Wilson Publisher Comments Can't wait for the London Olympics? The Treasures of the Olympic Games, published in association with the official Olympic Museum in Lausanne, captures the glorious history of the summer Olympic Games. In addition to more than 200 photographs, the book... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Post-Olympism?: Questioning Sport in the Twenty-First Century by John Bale Publisher Comments The Olympic Games symbolize global cooperation, international understanding and the bonding of individuals through sports. However, throughout the history of the modern games, the Olympic ideal has often been confronted by a different reality. Crises... (read more) Your price: $119.50 New - Hardcover
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The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water by Daniel J Boyne Publisher Comments A heroic story of women rowers who fought the tide of sexual prejudice to gain international... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games by Stephen R. Wenn Publisher Comments The Olympic Games have had two lives-the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $44.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Ancient Olympic Games by Judith Swaddling Publisher Comments In this revised and enlarged edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony, and the celebrations that were an essential part of the... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games by Christopher A Shaw Publisher Comments This is a cleverly written and timely book. New Society Publishers have managed to put a well-designed paperback on the market just in time to wage a war of words, on the tail end of a province-wide gag law. Indeed, the cloak of silence surrounding all... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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History of the Olympic Games: Ancient and Modern by Hugh Harlan Publisher Comments Together With Official Olympic And World Records And Proposed Program Of Tenth Olympiad.... (read more) Your price: $20.95 New - Trade Paper
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Drug Games: The International Olympic Committee and the Politics of Doping, 1960-2008 by Thomas M. Hunt Publisher Comments Based on research in both American and foreign archives, this first book-length study of doping in the Olympics connects the use and regulation of performance-enhancing drugs to developments in the larger global environment.... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Sex and the Olympics: Condomania by James Buckley Publisher Comments 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 distributed and reveals which Games suffered a critical shortage... (read more) Your price: $3.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Selling the Five Rings: The Ioc and the Rise of the Olympic Commercialism by Robert K Barney Publisher Comments The original scheme for the modern Olympic Games was hatched at an international sports conference at the Sorbonne in June 1894. At the time, few provisions were made for the financial underwriting of the project—providence and the beneficence of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Olympics : Struggle for Revival (03 Edition) by David C. Young Publisher Comments According to most accounts, the man solely responsible for reviving the modern Olympic Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Now, in The Modern Olympics, David C. Young challenges this view, revealing that Coubertin was only the last and most successful... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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America's First Olympics (05 Edition) by Matthews Publisher Comments America in 1904 was a nation bristling with energy and confidence. Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, the nation’s young, spirited, and athletic president, a sports mania rampaged across the country. Eager to celebrate its history, and to... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Olympic Games Explained: A Student Guide to the Evolution of the Modern Olympic Games by Jim Parry Publisher Comments The Olympic Games Explained represents a comprehensive introduction to the central themes and background of the modern games. This includes a consideration of ancient games, the modern revival at the end of the 19th century and the progressive... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price: $50.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Olympics: The Basics (Basics) by Andy Miah Publisher Comments The Olympics: The Basics is an accessible, contemporary introduction to the Olympic movement and Games. Chapters explain how the Olympics transcend sports, engaging us with a range of contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters... (read more) Your price: $21.25 New - Trade Paper
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John Apostal Lucas: Teacher, Sport Historian, and One Who Lived His Life Earnestly. a Collection of Articles and Essays with an Autobiogra by John Apostal Lucas Publisher Comments John Lucas has dedicated his nearly half-century of academic life at Penn State University to researching and writing about his first love of sport, track and field, and the Olympics. He has attended every Summer Olympics since the 1960 Rome Games and... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Michael Phelps: The Untold Story of a Champion by Bob Schaller Publisher Comments Michael Phelps is an American sports hero, perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete the world has ever known. His unprecedented eight gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics have made him a superstar. But his journey to Olympic immortality is every bit as... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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