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  • Private Games

    (Private 3)

    by James Patterson ...
    Series Book 3 - Private
    July 2012: The Games have arrived in London. Preparations have gone flawlessly and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. But one man has a devastating plan. Having waited years for this chance, he is now ready for vengeance.When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee, is found decapitated in his garden, Peter Knight, ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • Today We Die a Little

    Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero

    by Richard Askwith ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARThe definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of running classic Feet in the Clouds.Emil Zátopek won five Olympic medals, set 18 world records, and went undefeated over 10,000 metres for six ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

    The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis

    by Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
    From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book -- a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as "the bible of bodybuilding."Inside, Arnold covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competition, with new sections on diet and nutrition, ... Read more

    34,37 €

  • If Gold Is Our Destiny

    How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory

    by Sean P. Murray ...
    The true story of how a group of talented volleyball players learned to put their egos aside, became a team, and changed the sport of volleyball forever.In the early 1980s, a golden generation of volleyball players joined the U.S. men’s national team. With the Olympics coming to Los Angeles in 1984, the pressure was on to build a winning program around these exceptional athletes. But could a group ... Read more

    16,53 €

  • Berlin 1936

    Sixteen Days in August

    by Oliver Hilmes ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR GENERAL OUTSTANDING SPORTS WRITINGA captivating account of the Nazi Olympics – told through the voices and stories of those who were there.'Compelling, suspenseful and beautifully done' Anna Funder, author of STASILANDFor sixteen days in the summer of 1936, the world’s attention turned to the German capital as it hosted the Olympic Games.Seen thr... ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Front Sight

    by Marco Masetti ...
    FRONT SIGHTby Marco MasettiSynopsisFRONT SIGHT is a collection of my notes as a high level Target Shooting Coach, who managed to achieve training an Athlete who won a Silver medal at the London Olympics.Mainly I speak of the training methodology in the field of Olympic target shooting, explaining in detail a method that was innovative in the period 2009-2012.More generally I speak of technical ... Read more

    9,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Do You Know About the London 2012 Olympic Games?

    by T.K. Parker ...
    Series series What Do You Know About...?
    - How far did each torchbearer carry the Olympic Flame? (Sample from The Fourth Challenge, Question  #23) - Which British runner had to withdraw from the London 2012 Marathon due to an injury?   (Sample from The Second Challenge, Sample from Question #23) - How long did the Big Ben ring on the first day of the Olympics? (Sample from the First Challenge, Question #4)   What do you know ... Read more

    0,90 €

  • Guide de survie en voyage à Paris - Spécial J.O.

    by Virginie Daupeyroux ...
    Plongez au cœur de l'effervescence olympique à Paris avec notre guide spécialement conçu pour la période des Jeux !Préparer son voyage en période olympique peut être intimidant. Grâce à ce compagnon de voyage toujours à portée de main, vous aurez toutes les informations nécessaires pour éviter les embûches et vivre une expérience inoubliable !De l'arrivée à l'aéroport aux déplacements dans la ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • 25 de julio de 1992

    La vuelta al mundo de España

    by Jordi Canal ...
    Nuevo título de una colección única que cuenta nuestro largo siglo XX en siete libros para siete fechas clave.No todos los días son iguales.Solemos abordar la historia a pa... ... Read more

    7,99 €

  • Understanding International Sport Organisations

    Principles, power and possibilities

    by Lincoln Allison, Alan Tomlinson ...
    The governance of international sport is dominated by the SINGOs (sporting international non-governmental organisations). The IOC, FIFA, IAAF and the FIA wield global influence, but how exactly do such complex organisations operate? This important book examines the rise of the SINGOs, their structures, organisational behaviour and their power in the context of modern sport and international ... Read more

    61,05 €

  • Unofficial 2012 Olympic Guides: USA Field Hockey

    by Kyle Richardson ...
    This is your complete guide to Field Hockey at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about field hockey, who is on the American Olympic team and which teams to expect on the podium. This guide is your complete insider look at Field Hockey in the 2012 London Olympics. Includes tips on how to become an Olympian! ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • How to Throw a Javelin

    by Zachary Howard ...
    The javelin toss, a popular track and field sport in the Olympic games, involves hurling a metal-tipped spear as far as possible. It's not that hard to throw a javelin, but it takes know-how and practice to throw a javelin properly. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device. ... Read more

    6,34 €

  • Ken Morrow

    Miracle Gold, Four Stanley Cups, and a Lifetime of Islanders Hockey

    by Ken Morrow ...
    All hockey players dream of hoisting the Stanley Cup and winning a gold medal for their home country. Ken Morrow was the first to accomplish both feats in the same year, playing for the United States in the "Miracle on Ice" in 1980 at Lake Placid, then following that up by claiming the Cup with the New York Islanders at the conclusion of his rookie season. Morrow would go on to win three more ... Read more

    11,23 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Theology, Disability and Sport

    Social Justice Perspectives

    Edited by Nick J. Watson, Kevin Hargaden, Brian Brock ...
    This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship between sport, theology and disability within a social justice framework. In the shadow of two major sport-faith events that fore-fronted the theology of disability sport, the Vatican’s international conference—Sport at the Service of Humanity and the Inaugural Global ... Read more

    54,95 €

  • Store drømme

    by Casper Fauerholdt, Jakob Balthazar Munk ...
    De olympiske lege, verdens største sportsbegivenhed, har gennem tiden budt på sensationer og højdepunkter, når sportsudøverne får opfyldt deres drømme om at nå til tops og vinde guld. Også for Danmark og danskerne. "Store drømme" indeholder 10 beretninger om nogle af de største danske præstationer ved OL. Vi følger de store dramaer minut for minut og bliver præsenteret for De jernhårde ladies, ... Read more

    8,68 €

  • Greater Than the Games

    Greater Than the Games, #1

    by Jay Sorgi ...
    Series Book 1 - Greater Than the Games
    Greater Than the Games Vol. 1: MKE2028 takes the reader deep into the world of Olympic Games host city bids - including a foreword by five-time gold medalist Bonnie Blair Cruikshank - through the lens of Milwaukee and Wisconsin. For four years, journalist Jay Sorgi privately led innovative Milwaukee business and community leaders in developing, discerning and testing a potential bid for a Summer ... Read more

    7,49 €

  • Chris Hoy

    The Autobiography

    by Sir Chris Hoy ...
    Fully updated to include Sir Chris Hoy’s incredible, record-breaking golds at London 2012 (making him his country’s greatest ever Olympian), this is the story of a sporting legend in his own words.This 33-year-old cycling fanatic from Murrayfield in the suburbs of Edinburgh defied the doubters who thought he would struggle when his specialist discipline, the 1km time trial, was dropped from the ... Read more

    9,42 €

  • Golden Glow

    How Kaitlin Sandeno Achieved Gold in the Pool and in Life

    by Dan D'Addona, Kaitlin Sandeno ...
    Kaitlin Sandeno is a world champion swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record holder. Now she uses her platform to help others, as the national spokesperson for the Jessie Rees Foundation, a coach for local youth teams, and general manager of the DC Trident.Kaitlin Sandeno was one of the world’s greatest and most versatile swimmers. Competing at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, she was a ... Read more

    29,78 €

  • Mijaín López Núñez Una leyenda entre olímpicos y mundiales

    by Joel Augusto León Cabrera ...
    La literatura deportiva cubana crece, al incluir en sus fondos bibliográficos un libro que recoge anécdotas y datos sobre Mijaín López Núñez, el único luchador cuatro veces campeón olímpico hasta la cita de 2020, que lo describen como el ser humano que es. Si se requiere pasión y sacrificio para convertirse en un atleta triunfador, también se necesita motivación, empeño y responsabilidad para ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Olympic Lists

    by David Wallechinsky, Jaime Loucky ...
    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 and an unrivalled head forarcane – now the two are combined in this collection of 150 unexpected Olympic lists, including:• The eight slowest Olympic competitors• The twelve strangest sports ever ... Read more

    Was 10,06 € Now 9,00 €

  • Legacy

    Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics

    by Michael Gillard ...
    'Reveals criminal corruption on a scale that the Kray twins would never have dreamt of' John Pearson, Profession of Violence, The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins'Gillard's detailed investigation makes for a stunning and shocking read' Barry Keeffe, The Long Good Friday'Legacy illustrates the sordid links between business, politics and organised crime' Ioan Grillo, El N... ... Read more

    9,64 €

  • Olympic Event Organization

    by Eleni Theodoraki ...
    Olympic Event Organization is the first text to address a number of important questions in contemporary mega-event management:Which organizations are involved in the Olympic Movement and in what capacity?What are the interorganizational flows of authority and finance between them?How is work grouped, in what unit sizes, how specialized and formalized are work processes?How complex, dynamic, ... Read more

    73,27 €

  • Inside Edge

    A Revealing Journey into the Secret World of Figure Skating

    by Christine Brennan ...
    25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION — NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOKFigure skating is the most beautiful and mysterious of all sports. When the skaters are on the ice, every twitch of a muscle and every slip of a skate blade is visible for the world to see.In “Inside Edge,” Christine Brennan chronicles—for the first time—a season on the skating circuit, intimately portraying the lives, on and off the ice, of the ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • The Wizard of Foz

    Dick Fosbury's One-Man High-Jump Revolution

    by Bob Welch ...
    Track and Field Writers of America's 2018 Book of the Year!In 1968, a US Olympic men’s track and field team—America’s best ever—stirred the world in unprecedented ways, among them the victory stand black rights protest by Tommy Smith and John Carlos at the Games in Mexico City. But in competition, no single athlete captured the ’60s more perfectly than Dick Fosbury, a failed Oregon prep high ... Read more

    19,47 €