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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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 Triathlete Guide to Sprint and Olympic Triathlon Racing

    by Chris Foster ...
    The Triathlete Guide to Sprint and Olympic Triathlon Racing will help you discover the speed, thrill, and challenge of triathlon’s most popular race distances.Not everyone has time to train for long-course triathlons. By pursuing triathlon’s shorter distances, you can enjoy all the total body fitness benefits of the swim-bike-run sport and discover the unique challenges of short-course racing—all ... Read more

    18,75 €

  • Top British Olympians of All Time 1-100

    by alex trostanetskiy ...
    Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 of the, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating 100 of the etc. did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and foundation before the book was even started. This book was ... Read more

    3,00 €

  • The Rudderless Pair

    An Olympic Journey

    by Lyle D. Gatley, MA, Kevin Gatley, John Ulinder ...
    In 1967, Lyle Gatley was challenged by a friend: if he could survive two months’ rigorous training, he bet, Gatley could become an Olympic contender in the sport of rowing. At six foot five, he perhaps had the right stature, but was nonetheless a complete novice when it came to the sport.Nevertheless, he accepted his friend’s dare and joined the University of British Columbia’s rowing program ... Read more

    11,65 €

  • The Olympic's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of the Olympics' Gold Medal Gaffes, Improbable Triumphs, and Other Oddities

    by Floyd Conner ...
    Olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable. The Olympic's Most Wanted™ chronicles 700 of the most outlandish competitors in the history of the winter and summer Olympics. Its seventy lists describe in humorous detail the Olympics’ most inept athletes, strangest events, most embarrassing performances, poorest losers, most outrageous cheaters, unlikeliest heroes, ... Read more

    13,35 €

  • Life in the Fast Lane

    The Chris Stoddart Story

    by Chris Stoddart ...
    In the late 1960s, a new sport emerged in Canada that would change the lives of many people: wheelchair sports.In Life in the Fast Lane, Chris Stoddart recounts the rise of wheelchair racing, with him as one of its pioneers. Born with spina bifida—a condition that affects the development of the spine—Stoddart witnessed the extraordinary transformation of the wheelchair from a heavy and unwieldy ... Read more

    11,65 €

  • Entre deux batailles

    ( Edition intégrale )

    by Pierre de Coubertin ...
    Series series Oeuvres de Pierre de Coubertin
    De l’Olympisme à l’Université ouvrièreMes amis semblent surpris qu’ayant eu la chance de gagner la bataille olympique bien plus complètement qu’ils ne l’avaient en général auguré, je ne me contente pas de travailler désormais à en consolider sur place les résultats et que je sois pressé d’entamer une autre bataille sur un terrain douteux, avec des troupes mal dénombrées, à la clarté inquiétante d ... Read more

    0,99 €

  • How to Support a Champion

    The art of applying science to the elite athlete

    by Steve Ingham ...
    If you are contemplating working with a champion, a potential champion, or anyone with untapped talent - be prepared, be very prepared. In 1998 Sir Steve Redgrave stared at Ingham and demanded to know, “Are you going to make me go faster?” Ingham had been trained and developed as a scientist, but in that single instance he questioned everything he thought he knew. Applied science in elite sport ... Read more

    4,76 €

  • Caster Semenya

    Road to Glory

    by Jeremy Daniel ...
    Series series Road to Glory
    In the fifth book of the Road to Glory series, Jeremy Daniel shows us how Caster Semenya developed into a world-class athlete. Growing up in poverty in Limpopo, Caster’s early experiences at school are marked by many ups and downs: while her friends and family accept her for who she is, she is constantly bullied for her appearance. But she discovers soccer and immerses herself in the game – even ... Read more

    4,23 €

  • The Newcomer's Guide to Competition Fencing

    Modern Olympic Fencing tournaments for Beginners

    by Robin Catling ...
    Series series Modern Olympic Fencing
    In the highly technical sport of Modern Olympic Fencing, stepping up from club level to competition can seem a daunting, baffling prospect – but no longer.This newcomer’s guide explains in plain language the requirements, formats, rules, etiquette and the all-important technical language in competitions.All you need to take your first steps into competition without looking like a wide-eyed novice, ... Read more

    3,49 €

  • Consiga su entrenamiento

    El calentamiento y la recuperación después del esfuerzo en la realización deportiva

    by Rebiere Cristina, Cristina Botezatu ...
    Series Book 1 - SportPRO
    El calentamiento y la recuperación después del esfuerzo en la realización deportivaEl rendimiento es una búsqueda diaria cuando se desea obtener los resultados de un deporte de alto rendimiento. La preparación física debe forzar óptimamente los límites del cuerpo para permitir la mejora del rendimiento, pero al mismo tiempo sin causar accidentes. Por esta razón, es muy importante que la ... Read more

    9,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern Olympic Fencing: Questions and Answers

    by Robin Catling ...
    Series series Modern Olympic Fencing
    Give any child - or even most adults - a toy sword and something fires their imagination. Yet fencing is still not considered a mainstream sport, despite appearing in every Olympic Games of the modern era. Myths persist about the difficulty, exclusivity and cost of a sport that is open, welcoming and supportive at all levels. Among the safest of sports, fencing retains its sense of danger and fun ... Read more

    0,99 €

  • The Fastest Men on Earth

    The Inside Stories of the Olympic Men's 100m Champions

    by Neil Duncanson ...
    With an exclusive foreword by Usain Bolt, The Fastest Men on Earth tells the fascinating inside stories of the Olympic Men's 100m Champions.It takes just under ten seconds to run, but the results of the Olympic men's 100 metres are etched forever into history. In The Fastest Men on Earth, journalist Neil Duncanson tells the stories of the 25 athletes who've been crowned champions in the event, and ... Read more

    4,55 €

  • Unofficial Olympic Guidebook - Ice Dancing

    by Kyle Richardson ...
    Nothing quite matches the excitement of the Winter Olympics! This book will be your guide to ice dancing. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver before the Sochi Games begin. Find out how the format is changing in 2014 and who will likely be the athletes on the podium when the Games are done! Enjoy this book to better understand ice dancing, how it ... Read more

    2,86 €

  • XVIII Olympiad

    Tokyo 1964, Grenoble 1968

    by Carl Posey ...
    Series Book 16 - The Olympic Century
    XVIII Olympiad, the sixteenth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins in Japan, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the first Games ever held in Asia. The Tokyo Games were also the first ever broadcast globally by satellite.The book tells the story of Tokyo heroes like Osamu Watanabe of Japan, who won gold in freestyle wrestling without surrendering a point, and Soviet gymnast Larisa ... Read more

    7,25 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • XIV Olympiad

    London 1948, Oslo 1952

    by George Daniels ...
    Series Book 12 - The Olympic Century
    In the terrible years leading up to and encompassing World War II, the Olympic movement endured a forced hiatus that lasted 12 long years. The London Games of 1948 marked the end of that dark period, and signaled the beginning of a whole new Olympic era.The XIV Olympiad, the twelfth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins with what were known as the Austerity Games due to post-war rationing. ... Read more

    7,25 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boy in Two Minds

    Time travel to Ancient Olympia

    by J M Newsome ...
    Series Book 1 - The Connection Trilogy
    In 432 BCE they think Themistokles is dead. Suzanne is drawn through thousands of years to help him live. Will his destiny be death or glory at Olympia? Will she regain control of her life in the present, or will her mind be occupied forever by the past?Themistokles, Themis to his friends, is recovering from a head injury and has lost his memory. Everything is bewildering - who is he? Why is his ... Read more

    6,35 €

  • Den olympiske bombe

    by Lars Werge ...
    De Olympiske Lege er en veltilrettelagt milliardforretning, der altid er planlagt ned i mindste detalje. Bag verdens største idrætsbegivenhed står Den Internationale Olympiske Komité, der skal navigere i interessekonflikten mellem de nationale hensyn og store internationale idrætsforbund som FIFA og UIC. Lederne af disse organisationer har kendt hinanden i årevis, og aftaler med enorm økonomisk ... Read more

    10,06 €

  • Make your sports training a real success

    Warming-up and recovering after

    by Cristina Botezatu, Cristina Rebiere ...
    Series Book 2 - SportPRO
    The importance of warm-up and recovery after exercise in sports performancePerformance is a daily quest when you want to achieve the results of high performance sports. Physical preparation must optimally force the limits of the body to allow the improvement of the performance but at the same time without causing accidents.That is why it is very important for the training to be well planned so ... Read more

    9,00 €

  • Jim Thorpe

    World’s Greatest Athlete

    by 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, ... Read more

    14,72 €

  • Olympic Collision

    The Story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd

    by Kyle Keiderling ...
    It remains one of the most memorable moments in modern Olympic history. At the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles, a raucous crowd of ninety thousand saw their favorite in the women’s 3,000-meter race, Mary Decker, go down. An audience of two billion around the world witnessed the mishap and listened to the instantaneous accusations against the suspected culprit, Zola Budd.Just seventeen, the South ... Read more

    32,43 €

  • Indiana University Olympians

    From Leroy Samse to Lilly King

    by David Woods ...
    From track and field to swimming and diving, and of course basketball and soccer, Indiana University Olympians celebrates over a century of Indiana University Olympic competitors. Beginning in 1904, at the 3rd summer games in St. Louis, IU's first Olympic medal went to pole vaulter LeRoy Samse who earned a silver medal. In 2016, swimmer Lilly King rocketed onto the world stage with two gold medals ... Read more

    12,07 €