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  • The Boys in the Boat

    Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

    av Daniel James Brown ...
    **Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George ClooneyThe #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany—from the author of Facing the Mountain.**For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine ... Läs mer

    93,27 kr

  • The Times Quiz Book

    4000 challenging general knowledge questions

    av The Times Mind Games, Olav Bjortomt ...
    4000 questions in more than 200 challenging quizzes from the MindGames section of The Times to really test your general knowledge. Set the pace as quiz master for your friends, colleagues and family, or pit yourself against 4-times world-champion Olav in a battle of wits. Includes a picture question in each round.Olav won the inaugural Quiz Olympiad held in Athens, November 2016, by The ... Läs mer

    134,19 kr

  • Let the Games Begin

    An escapist summer sports romance set during the Olympic Games

    av Rufaro Faith Mazarura ...
    Set against a sizzling-hot Greek summer, Let the Games Begin is a page-turning sports rom-com about two strangers at the top of their game.MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF JULY 2024: NPR, Kirkus, Elle, Amazon, Bustle, and more"A debut deserving of a gold medal." ? Kirkus (starred review)"A radiant, joyful debut novel with a particularly fun setting." ?ELLE"Sweet and inspiring a... ... Läs mer

    101,54 kr

  • Limitless

    The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance

    av Mallory Weggemann ...
    An inspiring true story of an athlete overcoming obstacles and unimaginable setbacks with resilience, faith, and the power of refusing to accept limits.Meet Mallory Weggemann: a Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator whose extraordinary story will give you the encouragement you need to rise up to meet any challenge you face in life.On January 21, ... Läs mer

    169,27 kr

  • My Sergei

    A Love Story

    av Ekaterina Gordeeva, E. M. Swift ...
    The Olympic gold medalist offers a poignant, loving account of her life with her long-time partner and beloved husband, Sergei Grinkov, from their first introduction and successive world pairs skating championships, to their storybook romance and marriage, to the fatal heart attack that took Sergei's life. ... Läs mer

    96,98 kr

  • By the Sword

    A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions

    av Richard Cohen ...
    **“Like swordplay itself, By the Sword is elegant, accurate, romantic, and full of brio—the definitive study, hugely readable, of man’s most deadly art.”—Simon WinchesterWith a new Preface by the author**Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who as a schoolboy would practice fencing with Bess—his future wife— when the two of them returned home from ... Läs mer

    50,04 kr

  • Gold

    An ‘immensely enjoyable’ (FT) story of Olympic ambition and friendship by international bestselling author Chris Cleave

    av Chris Cleave ...
    FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OTHER HAND'An inspirational and moving novel in so many ways, and everyone should read it' The Times 'Strikingly well written' Observer 'I****mmensely enjoyable' Financial TimesKate and Zoe are friends but also ardent rivals - athletes a... ... Läs mer

    98,46 kr

  • Berlin 1936

    Sixteen Days in August

    av Oliver Hilmes ...
    Översatt av 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... ... Läs mer

    146,69 kr

  • Gold Rush

    av Michael Johnson ...
    'Elite athletes aren't born. They're made.'Michael JohnsonFrom a living icon of the Olympic Games – as both an athlete and now as a BBC broadcaster – Gold Rush is a compelling analysis of the fascinating combination of psychological and personal qualities, as well as internal and external factors, that go to create an Olympic champion.This exciting new book is based on Michael Johnson's own ... Läs mer

    113,41 kr

  • Private Games

    (Private 3)

    av James Patterson ...
    Serie Bok 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, ... Läs mer

    112,77 kr

  • Today We Die a Little

    Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero

    av 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 ... Läs mer

    146,69 kr

  • Tres minuts, quaranta segons

    av Ona Carbonell Ballestero ...
    Serie serie No Ficció
    TOT O RES. EL SACRIFICI DE TOTA UNA VIDA ES POSA A PROVA EN TRES MINUTS, QUARANTA SEGONS.Tres minuts, quaranta segons. Aquest és el temps que va durar l'exercici amb que Ona Carbonell i Andrea Fuentes van guanyar la medalla de plata de natació sincronitzada als Jocs Olímpics de Londres 2012. En aquest curtíssim espai de temps es concentraven totes les il·lusions d'anys d'entrega i sacrifi cis. Tot ... Läs mer

    59,00 kr

  • Black Mercuries

    African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games

    av Kevin B. Witherspoon, Mark Dyreson, David K. Wiggins ...
    “An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.”-Booklist, Starred Review, and a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of 2023The first book to fully chronicle the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic summer games.In the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the present, African American athletes have sought to honor themselves, their race, and ... Läs mer

    332,33 kr

  • The Love of Goalkeeping

    av Tomaz Lasic ...
    What is common to goalkeepers in all sports?This is not a coaching manual full of exercises in a particular sport nor a biography made of stories and goalkeeping anecdotes. Unlike most books about goalkeeping, it is an exploration of many unique physical, mental and developmental demands and characteristics of goalkeeping that seem to consistently match across sports with a goalkeeper.The book ... Läs mer

    56,45 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Le Jeu de la vie

    Dieu T’Aime, #9

    av Zacharias Tanee Fomum ...
    Serie Bok 9 - Dieu T’Aime
    Jeux d'été 2024 ! Et si c'était aussi l'occasion de considérer cet autre jeu dans lequel chacun de nous est un athlète, celui de la vie ?C'est ce à quoi nous invite le Professeur Fomum, fidèle à la vision du développement complet de l'individu par laquelle étaient mus ces anciens Grecs à qui nous devons les Jeux Olympiques.Il aborde le sujet dans une perspective spirituelle et, avec un style ... Läs mer

    Gratis

  • Leveraging Mega-Event Legacies

    Redigerad av Jonathan Grix ...
    This is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular. The volume is not specifically about mega-events or their management, but rather how such events act as a lens through which a number of important and critical questions about the decisions to host, the host nation, its society and the politics of ... Läs mer

    630,21 kr

  • The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges

    Redigerad av David Hassan, Shakya Mitra ...
    Serie serie Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    As the World’s greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games has always commanded intrigue, analysis and comment in equal measure. This book looks to celebrate the significance of the Olympics, their historical impact, controversies that presently surround them and their possible future direction. It begins with a detailed, if controversial, analysis of the scale of the modern Summer Olympics and ... Läs mer

    578,76 kr

  • Bearing Light: Flame Relays and the Struggle for the Olympic Movement

    Redigerad av John J. Macaloon ...
    Serie serie Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
    In recent decades, five to ten times as many persons have turned out for the Olympic flame relay as have watched Olympic sports contests live. Flame Relays and the Struggle for the Olympic Movement: Bearing Light, the first anthropological analysis of the contemporary torch relay, exposes and interprets the transformation of the ritual across a 25-year period, from Los Angeles 1984 through the IOC ... Läs mer

    578,76 kr

  • The First London Olympics: 1908

    av Rebecca Jenkins ...
    In the summer that saw the first successful flight of the Zeppelin, a 140 acre site of scrubland in West London was transformed into the White City, which housed the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition - and a state-of-the-art stadium built to house the first London Olympics. The Olympics were organised by volunteers in just 18 months and at a fraction of the cost of the modern Olympics and yet, just ... Läs mer

    113,94 kr

  • Sport and the Emancipation of European Women

    The Struggle for Self-fulfilment

    Redigerad av Gigliola Gori, J.A. Mangan ...
    Serie serie Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    Sport and the Emancipation of European Women: the Struggle for Self-fulfilment explores the contributions of European women to the emancipation of women worldwide. It expands understanding of the need for their attitudes and actions and celebrates their achievements in freeing the female body from unwarranted political**,** cultural and social restraint in the courageous pursuit of the ... Läs mer

    462,98 kr

  • Sport and Protest in the Black Atlantic

    Redigerad av Michael J. Gennaro, Brian M. McGowan ...
    Serie serie Routledge Research in Sports History
    *Winner of the North American Society for Sport History 2024 Anthology Book Award*This is the first book to focus on race, sport, protest, and the Black Atlantic. It brings together innovative scholarship on African, African-American, Afro-European, Afro-Brazilian, and Afro-Caribbean sports in a manner that speaks effectively to the diversity of the African diaspora, its history, and culture.The ... Läs mer

    540,17 kr

  • The Balkan Games and Balkan Politics in the Interwar Years 1929 – 1939

    Politicians in Pursuit of Peace

    av Penelope Kissoudi ...
    Serie serie Sport in the Global Society
    The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in peace and concord. The Games were initiated in Athens in 1929 and increasingly became an integral part of the political, cultural and social ... Läs mer

    630,21 kr

  • Jim Thorpe

    World’s Greatest Athlete

    av Robert W. Wheeler ...
    Born in 1888 in what would soon be Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation. After attending the Sac and Fox agency school and Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, he transferred to Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. At Carlisle he led the football team to victories over some of the nation’s best college teams—Army, Navy, Pittsburgh, ... Läs mer

    154,22 kr

  • Walker: Beijing 2008

    av James London ...
    Serie Bok 2 - Walker
    It's the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and Walker makes a comeback after his three-and-a half years as a recluse following his marathon victory in Athens, 2004. With some incredible track and field performances, he proves that dedication, diet and extreme physical fitness can beat the cheats who resort to performance-enhancing drugs. But will the timely release of Walker's book, which contains his ... Läs mer

    28,18 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus