Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America's heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the n…
With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen, G…
The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary "The Boys of '36'." For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about…
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit" and "Unbroken," the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics""Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington'…
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 19…
The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal rac…
The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the forthcoming PBS documentary "Boys of '36" For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story…
"en njutbart lättsam och läsvärd berättelse som med sitt snapshot av 16 dagar lyckas ge en komplex helhetsbild."SvD"Oliver Hilmes är en utmärkt ciceron med god berättartalang. Han ger liv åt ett myller av människor från alla delar av samhället i den…
After years of rumors and speculation, Matt Hart sets out to peel back the layers of secrecy that protected the most powerful coach in running. What he finds will leave you indignant--and wondering whether anything in the high-stakes world of Olympi…
Maailman nopein ihminen pyörätuolilla Tarina 2000-luvun alun menestyneimmästä suomalaisurheilijasta, jonka merkitys on saavutuksiaankin suurempi. ”Hänestä taitaa tulla jalkapalloilija”, totesi lääkäri tutkiessaan kovasti potkivaa vauvaa…
Jag är uppväxt med fotbollsskor i handen och har spenderat timmar på planen med träningar och matcher. Det var på fotbollsplanen jag fann goda vänner, lärde mig om samarbete, delaktighet, omtänksamhet och respekt. Jag älskar fotboll, att följa utvec…
With its winning mix of gripping narrative and easy-to-implement performance-raising tips, this book has become a best-selling classic. It's garnered 5-star reviews and wide-ranging endorsements - from Sebastian Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes to Lord Dig…
100 Days of Technique is a straightforward guide to improving Olympic weightlifting at any level. This book includes many ways to improve your set-up, first pull, second pull, third pull, squats and multiple variations of lifts. Through simple but c…
Four-time Olympic marathoner Meb Keflezighi shares his lessons on life, family, faith, and running through a reflection on each of the 26 marathons he's run in his storied career. When four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi ran his final marathon in New…
Fresh from his triumphant and extraordinary achievement at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps--up from working-class, born-in-the-USA roots--shows us the secrets to his remarkable success--from training to execution. For years the world ha…
Composed in a series of scenes, Aisthesis - Ranciere's definitive statement on the aesthetic - takes its reader from Dresden in 1764 to New York in 1941. Along the way, we view the Belvedere Torso with Winckelmann, accompany Hegel to the museum and…
Till now, the results of the 1920 Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, have been far from complete. The Antwerp organizing committee published an official report (actually just a typed copy) of the results almost as an afterthought because it was so f…
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team. As a writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for…
The Olympics have not always been the commercialised juggernaut we know today, but as Jules Boykoff makes clear in this story-filled and devastating history, the Games have since their inception had a thoroughly checkered political history. Pierre d…
On the fortieth anniversary of the historic Miracle on Ice, Mike Eruzione--the captain of the 1980 U.S Men's Olympic Hockey Team, who scored the winning goal--recounts his amazing career on ice, the legendary upset against the Soviets, and winning t…
Want to make healthy living a habit - something you do without even thinking? Tom's Daily Goals can show you how. It's easier than you think.'Tom can do no wrong.' The Irish IndependentWorld Number 1 diver, Tom Daley, has trained for major sporting…
The first ever memoir from the greatest female ski racer of all time, revealing never before told stories of her life in the fast lane - and the bold decisions that helped her break down barriers for athletes around the world.On February 10, 2019, a…
Early in their lives, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando chose ice hockey to be the sport they wanted to pursue. They didn't let the absence of girls hockey teams get in their way-they just played on boys teams. Nor did they l…
"For as long as I can remember, life has been measured in seconds. The fewer, the better."Most people equate success with having more, but Sanya's quest was always for less. She started running track as a little girl in Jamaica and began competing w…
The collection starts from the premise that Olympism and the Olympic Games make sense only when they are placed within the broader national, colonial and post colonial contexts and argues that sport not only influences politics and vice-versa, but t…
"Wild "meets "The Boys in the Boat," " "a memoir about the quest for Olympic gold and the triumph of love over fear Forty years ago, when a young Ginny Gilder stood on the edge of Boston s Charles River and first saw a rowing shell in motion, it was…
Clare Balding meets athletes who competed in 1948, including cyclist Tommy Godwin, who won two bronze medals, and Dorothy Manley, who won silver in the athletics. The programme also includes fascinating voices from the archives, including Dutch spri…
The Olympic Games is the world's biggest sporting extravaganza with athletes from more than 200 countries either attempting to qualify for, or actually compete in, more than two dozen sports over three weeks. There are hundreds of stories from the G…
Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement's promotion of Olympic ideals internationally. The idea for Olympic Aspirations emerged at the world-renowned annual Beijing Academic Forum just months…
First published in 1948. "Olympic Cavalcade" contains a fascinating history of the modern Olympic games from the ancient games up to the 1936 games in Berlin. Contents include: "The Ancient Olympic Games", "Between the Ancient and the Modern Olympic…
The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly the most infamous in the history of athletics, and m…
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, and Financial Times A lively account of the 1936 Olympics told through the voices and stories of those who witnessed it, from an award-winning historian and biographer Berlin…
The Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games form the greatest sporting extravaganza in the world. Athletes from more than 200 countries, competing in more than two dozen sports and disciplines, battle each other for the glory of the podium. "The 100…
It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient games has come to exemplify the highest political, rel…
The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing the importance of culture in the battle for hearts and minds, the United States, like the Soviet Union, attempted to win the favor o…
Reg Harris, whose statue overlooks the Manchester Velodrome, is the legend who all track cyclists want to emulate. He was a poor, working-class boy born in the Depression who escaped the Lancashire mills to utterly dominate his sport. He triumphed a…
The Science of Sport: Sprinting examines the scientific principles that underpin the preparation and performance of athletics at all levels, from grassroots to Olympic competition. Drawing on the expertise of some of the world's leading coaches and…
Going far beyond being just a mega sport event, the Olympic Games are, and have been in the past, important settings for tourism and cultural change. Hosting the Olympic Games presents a unique opportunity for countries to promote, regenerate, and d…
This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, analzying the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of Olympism across the period from the 1890s to the present day. The book also analyzes discourses of Olympism concerned wi…
Wild Flower Meadows ja ArcelorMittal Orbit kuvina- Olympialaisten Perinto, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London, Olympic Games, London 2012, 5 Elokuussa; Kokoelma varivalokuvia Wild Flower Meadows ja ArcelorMittal Orbit otettuQueen Elizabeth Ol…
Sport is often at the centre of battles for rights to inclusion linked to class, race and gender, and this book explores struggles centred on disability in different cultural settings in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It challenges…
