Download or read book The Olympics Encyclopedia written by Chrös McDougall and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement written by John E. Findling and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book provides information on the events surrounding the Olympics, such as political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement written by John E. Findling and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised & updated, this new edition offers a comprehensive account of the modern Olympic movement, including the political side of the tournament. Coverage of planning for the 2008 Summer Olympics is included.
Download or read book The Olympics written by Allen Guttmann and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics written by David Fischer and published by . This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history and traditions of the Olympics and the various events included in the competitions held every four years.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games written by Erich Kamper and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1972 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics written by David Fischer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history and traditions of the Olympics and the various events included in the competitions held every four years.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of International Games written by Daniel Bell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympic Games, revived in 1896, are the most well known international multisport gathering—but since 1896, hundreds of other competitions based on the Olympic Games model have been established whose histories have not been well documented. The Encyclopedia of International Games captures (in one alphabetical sequence) the histories of these games, many of them for the first time. The work includes major regional events such as the African, Asian, Arab, South Pacific, and Pan American Games; competitions such as the Indian Ocean Island Games, Arctic Winter Games, Island Games, and Games of the Small Countries of Europe; specific populations or professions such as the North American Indigenous Games, Maccabiah Games, World Military Games, World Police and Fire Games, and World Medical and Health Games; and Special Olympics, the Paralympics, games for the blind, and other regional games. Eight appendices, notes, bibliography, index.
Download or read book A Brief History of the Olympic Games written by David C. Young and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Winter Olympics written by John F. Wukovits and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the origins and history of the winter Olympics, describes the development and rules of each sport, profiles stars from earlier games, and offers statistics and lists of winners.
Download or read book The Complete Book of the Olympics written by David Wallechinsky and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Wallechinsky's compendious book has long been the preeminent point of reference for sports enthusiasts and journalists alike Every sports writer assigned to cover the Games ensures they have their early copy of this prodigious work of reference, packed with absorbing anecdotes and essential statistics. A treasure trove of 116 years of Olympic history, it is also an amazingly readable book, for in the course of recording every single Olympic final since 1896, it concentrates on the strange, the memorable, and the unbelievable. Who knew (until reading this book) that croquet was once an Olympic sport, or tug of war, or that a 72-year-old once won a silver medal for target shooting? This new edition also has every finals result, recorded by the top eight competitors in every event at the Beijing Olympics, and full descriptions of rules and scoring for every event included for 2012. It is the one truly essential Olympics book.
Download or read book Macm Encyc Olympic Sport Set written by Garry Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2004-04-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Book of the Olympics written by David Wallechinsky and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains everything about the Modern Olympic Games, which take place, for the01st time, at the Sydney Olympiad.
Download or read book The Games A Global History of the Olympics written by David Goldblatt and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
Download or read book The Ancient Olympics written by Nigel Spivey and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Greek beauty again, but as war by other means. Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were - fierce contests between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. Victory was almost worth dying for, and a number of athletes did just that. Many more resorted to cheating and bribery. Contested always bitterly and often bloodily, the ancient Olympics were not an idealistic celebration of unity, but a clash of military powers in an arena not far removed from the battlefield.
Download or read book The Macmillan Children s Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games written by Ron Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemorative book to celebrate the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, detailing the Sydney Olympic bid, the city and Homebush Bay, venues and facilities, the torch relay, the official mascots, new Olympic sports for 2000, Australia's Olympic hopefuls and the Olympic arts festivals.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Olympic Winter Games written by Erich Kamper and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
