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No Limits: The Will to Succeed by Michael Phelps Publisher Comments "When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there." Michael Phelps is one of the greatest competitors the world has... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010: Officially Licensed by Hockey Canada and Hockey Hall of Fame by Andrew Podnieks Synopsis Hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 games in Antwerp. Canadas lopsided victories on their way to the gold medal 15-0 over Czechoslovakia, a 12-1 shellacking of Sweden set the stage for what was to become a decades-long dominance. This book... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Winter Olympics, Vancouver Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Legends, the Lore, and the Games by Ron C Judd Book News Annotation This illustrated guide to the history of the Winter Olympics, updated for the 2010 Olympiad in Vancouver, features anecdotes, news articles, athlete profiles, key competitors and judging criteria so that fans will gain a greater understanding and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.70 New - Trade Paper
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Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by Richard Hoffer Publisher Comments IN SOMETHING IN THE AIR, Richard Hoffer has written a gripping sports narrative that brilliantly tells the individual stories of the unforgettable athletes who gathered in Mexico City in 1968, a year of dramatic upheaval around the world. Those Olympics... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Ancient Greek Athletics by Stephen G Miller Publisher Comments A comprehensive survey of sports in ancient Greece, available just in time for the Summer Olympics in Athens. The earliest Olympic games began more than twenty-five-hundred years ago. What were they like, how were they organized, who participated? Were... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.37 Sale - Hardcover
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Schaap Publisher Comments At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African-American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals and single-handedly demonstrated that Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy was a lie... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Inside the Olympics: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Politics, the Scandals, and the Glory of the Games by Dick Pound Publisher Comments A behind-the-scenes look at the politics, the scandals, and the Glory of the Games.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World by David Maraniss Publisher Comments From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author David Maraniss, a groundbreaking book that weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Rome Olympics, eighteen days of theater, suspense, victory, and defeat David Maraniss... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics (Complete Book of the Winter Olympics) by David Wallechinsky Publisher Comments From speed skating to snowboarding, bobsleigh to ice hockey, this encyclopedia book gives the medals tables, timings, distances, and scores of every event, and provides vital information on rules and scoring systems. But much more than a statistical... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games (99 Edition) by Alfred Erich Senn Publisher Comments Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive history of the Olympic movement on the market. It is not a record book full of sterile results and statistics. Rather, it is an insightful and accessible exploration of... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bluffer's Guide to the Olympics (Bluffer's Guides) by Keith Gregson Publisher Comments Olympic achievementIt is also worth noting that the original games were Pan-Hellenic (all Greek to you, and anyone who will listen) although some potential competitors were considered unwelcome while others simply refused to take part. This has become an... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Complete Book of the Olympics by David Wallechinsky Publisher Comments With a complete statistical record since the 1896 founding of the modern Games—including medals won and times, distances, or scores recorded by the top eight competitors in all events (from staples such as the marathon to... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Hitler's Olympics: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games by Christopher Hilton Publisher Comments The Berlin Olympic Games, more than 70 years on, remain the most controversial ever held. This book creates a vivid account of the disputes, the personalities, and the events which made these Games so memorable. Ironically, the choice of Germany as... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The 1940 Tokyo Games: The Missing Olympics: Japan, the Asian Olympics and the Olympic Movement by Sandra Collins Synopsis Exploring the relationship between modern Asia and the Olympic Games, this original work focuses on the forgotten history of the 1940 Tokyo Olympics to reveal the complex and fascinating encounter between Japan and the world in the 1930s.... (read more) Your price: $45.75 New - Trade Paper
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American Men of Olympic Track and Field: Interviews with Athletes and Coaches by Don Holst Publisher Comments This book of interviews with Olympic track and field athletes highlights those whose lives have revealed courage, persistence and decency, both on and off the field. After their great careers ended, they went on to become authors, teachers, coaches... (read more) Your price: $50.25 New - Trade Paper
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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: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Nazi Olympics: New Perspectives (Sport and Society) by Arnd (edt) Kruger Publisher Comments The 1936 Olympic Games played a key role in the development of both Hitler's Third Reich and international sporting competition. This volume gathers original essays by modern scholars from the Games' most prominent participating countries and lays out... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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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 Synopsis For this anthology, Lucas has selected a score of essays written since 1953 about sports and the Olympics.... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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