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The Amateurs : The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
David Halberstam
Paperback - $21.95
"Astonishing . . . Moving . . . One of the best books ever written about a sport."
*Walter Clemons
Newsweek
"A PENETRATING, FASCINATING AND REMARKABLY SUSPENSEFUL NARRATIVE."
*David Guy
Chicago Tribune
In The Amateurs, David Ha ...
American Men of Olympic Track and Field : Interviews with Athletes and Coaches
Don Holst
Paperback - $86.95
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, ...
The Vancouver Games : A Spectacular Choice
Jdp Econ
Paperback - $29.95
When the International Olympic Committee members selected the western Canadian city of Vancouver and its mountain top sister Whistler as the sites of the 2010 Winter Olympics on July 2, 2003, it did so for many reasons. Geopolitical. A great bid plan ...
Winter Olympics : An Insider's Guide to the Legends, Lore, and Events
Ron C. Judd
Paperback - $30.95
Striking Back : The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
Aaron J. Klein
Paperback - $24.95
"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 to Mr ...
Games for the Gods : The Greek Athlete and the Olympic Spirits
Christine Kondoleon
Hardcover - $73.95
The original traditions of Greek athletics, via ancient objects and modern photographs.
Olympic Industry Resistance : Challenging Olympic Power and Propaganda
Helen Lenskyj
Paperback - $30.95
Inside the Olympic Industry
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Paperback - $46.95
In a startling expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from r ...
The Best Olympics Ever? : Social Impacts of Sydney 2000
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Paperback - $49.95
Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach's proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the "best ever, " the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the ...