The Best Olympics & Paralympics Books 2024

1. Rethinking the Olympics: Cultural Histories of the Modern Games [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Sports is a key cultural practice throughout the world that has evolved over the past century. This book seeks to enhance our understanding of global Olympic sporting cultures through the publication of critically informed, interdisciplinary scholarship in history, sociology, cultural studies, political economy, international relations, and management.

Rethinking the Olympics: Cultural Histories of the Modern Games, Used [Paperback]

2. Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement, Used [Hardcover]

Offers a multitude of hard-to-find facts on the important people, events, and organizations involved in the Olympic movement.

Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement, Used [Hardcover]

3. Olympic Moose Salami and Other Lillehammer Tales [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. In the winter of 1994, the Winter Olympics returned to Norway, birthplace of skiing and the place where you can buy moose salami.? George Hesselberg, who speaks Norwegian, was sent - actually, he begged to be sent - to Lillehammer to cover the games and the games behind the games.? He filed several stories every day (!) on such topics as Tonya Harding, the speedskating controversies, the journalists who wore inappropriate socks, the only black speedskater and the Swede who was hired to remove the "gold" from the top of a mountain.? These were filed daily for the Wisconsin State Journal, many of them are hilarious and all are interesting.? At the time he was in Norway, his wife, Else Karlsen, and two young sons were living in Eidanger, teaching (Else) and going to school, while living with Else's parents.? It was an adventure, and Hesselberg not only captured the Wisconsin contingent, but all of the strange happenings besides.? NOT your usual collection of stories about sports heroes.

Olympic Moose Salami and Other Lillehammer Tales, Used [Paperback]

4. The Olympics Factbook: A Spectator's Guide to the Winter and Summer Games, Used [Paperback]

The Olympics Factbook: A Spectator's Guide to the Winter and Summer Games by Brad Morgan; Martin Connors; Diane L. Dupuis

The Olympics Factbook: A Spectator's Guide to the Winter and Summer Games, Used [Paperback]

5. The Miracle Machine [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Book by Gilbert, Doug

The Miracle Machine, Used [Hardcover]

6. Goofy Presents the Olympics: A Fun and Exciting History of the Olympics from the Ancient Games to Today, Used [Hardcover]

Presents a brief history of the ancient and modern Olympic games.

Goofy Presents the Olympics: A Fun and Exciting History of the Olympics from the Ancient Games to Today, Used [Hardcover]

7. With Glowing Hearts / Des plus brillants exploits: The Official Commemorative Book of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games / ... d'hiver et des Xes Jeux... [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. In 2010, Vancouver and Whistler will host 17 days of Olympic Winter Games competition (February 12-28) and 10 days of Paralympic Winter Games competition (March 12-21). With Glowing Hearts will be the single most powerful visual representation of those 27 days of sport - an exclusive publication capturing the true spirit of the Games, as told through breathtaking photographic images and captions that bring the reader right back to the "field of play" and all the Games action. The book will showcase the raw emotion and pure excitement of the Games - a volume to be treasured by all Games enthusiasts wishing to savour the Vancouver 2010 experience long after the competition ends. The first time an official commemorative book of the Games sanctioned by the Organizing Committee has been widely available to the general public, With Glowing Hearts will truly be a Games keepsake.

With Glowing Hearts : Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, Used [Hardcover]

8. An Approved History of the Olympic Games, Used [Paperback]

An Approved History of the Olympic Games by Bill Henry

An Approved History of the Olympic Games, Used [Paperback]

9. The Olympics Facts, Figures & Fun, Used [Hardcover]

An entertaining and erudite look at the history of the world's most prestigious sporting event - from its Greek origins to the present day. A fascinating mix of history and sporting trivia with information on every one of the main Summer Games, the Paralympics and the Winter Games.

The Olympics : Facts, Figures and Fun, Used [Hardcover]

10. The First Modern Olympics, Used [Hardcover]

The First Modern Olympics by Richard D. Mandell

The First Modern Olympics, Used [Hardcover]