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G is for Gold Medal

Author : Brad Herzog
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781410307965

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From the first games held in ancient Greece to the cultural extravaganzas of recent years, there have been some incredible and amazing events and milestones in the world of Olympic sports. Now in G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet, writer Brad Herzog showcases those athletes and events that not only set sports records but also impacted history and world views. Learn the meaning behind the five interlocking rings featured on the Olympic flag. Cheer on American Jim Thorpe as he won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, only to lose his medals later. Read how the man dubbed as the "world's laziest high jumper" won the gold in 1968 and later had a jump named after him. All these moments and more are brought to life in G is for Gold Medal. Brad Herzog has written travel and sports books for readers young and old. His books with Sleeping Bear include the best-selling H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet. Brad lives on California's Monterey Peninsula. Doug Bowles has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years. His books for Sleeping Bear include One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book and S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet. Doug lives in Leawood, Kansas.

Gold Medal Physics

Author : John Eric Goff
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780801897931

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A physicist explains the science behind some of the greatest feats in sports history—from diving like Greg Louganis to bending it like Beckham. Nothing is quite as thrilling as watching superior athletes do the seemingly impossible. From Doug Flutie's "Hail Mary" pass to Lance Armstrong's record-breaking climb of Alp d'Huez to David Beckham's astounding ability to bend a soccer kick, we marvel and wonder, "How did they do that?" Well, physics professor John Eric Goff has the answers. In this scientific tour of the wide world of sports, John Eric Goff discusses the science behind American football, soccer, cycling, skating, diving, long jumping, and a host of other competitive sports. Using elite athletes as starting points, Goff explains the basic physical properties involved in amazing and everyday athletic endeavors. Accompanied by illustrations and mathematical equations, each chapter builds on knowledge imparted in earlier chapters to provide a firm understanding of the concepts involved. Fun, witty, and imbued throughout with admiration for the simple beauty of physics, Gold Medal Physics is sure to inspire readers to think differently about the next sporting event they watch.

Gold Medal Summer

Author : Donna Freitas
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780545483797

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Gold Medal Summer by Donna Freitas Pdf

A gymnastics novel to flip for! Joey Jordan loves gymnastics: the thrill of performing a backflip on the beam, the cheers of the audience when she sticks a landing. But even with all her talent and style, she's never quite made it to that gold medal stand.Now big changes shake up Joey's life in and out of the gym. Joey wants to break out some daring new beam and floor routines--but she'll have to defy her strict coach to do it. Her best friend, Alex, is thinking about quitting gymnastics for good. And an old friend named Tanner just moved back to town, and he's suddenly gotten very, very cute. Can Joey handle all the challenges coming her way, and make her gold medal summer happen at last? Drawing on her real-life experience as a competitive gymnast, acclaimed novelist Donna Freitas delivers both a terrific gymnastics story and a classic novel about stretching some limits, bending the rules, and finding your balance.

Geronimo and the Gold Medal Mystery

Author : Geronimo Stilton
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545392549

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Geronimo and the Gold Medal Mystery by Geronimo Stilton Pdf

In this funny chapter book from the bestselling middle grade adventure series, a world traveling journalist mouse solves a mystery at the Olympic games. I, Geronimo Stilton, am not a sportsmouse. Running? Sweating? Not for me. I prefer relaxing in an armchair with a nice bowl of chocolate cheesy chews. But with the Olympics coming up, sports were all anyone in New Mouse City could talk about. Rat-munching rattlesnakes! Then I was assigned to travel to Greece to report on the Olympic games and I sniffed a mysterious adventure in the making. And holey cheese, was I right! Praise for Geronimo Stilton’s books: “Lightning pace and full-color design will hook kids in a flash.” —Publishers Weekly

Gold Medal Diary

Author : Hayley Wickenheiser
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781553655800

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Gold Medal Diary by Hayley Wickenheiser Pdf

In Gold Medal Diary, Hayley Wickenheiser, three-time Olympic gold medal winner and captain of the Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team, reveals her day-to-day experiences of the 2010 Games, including the six-month lead-up of intensive training and pre-Olympic tournaments. She shares the life of an Olympian — the behind-the-scenes stories, the highs and lows, physical and emotional challenges, struggles and triumphs of an elite athlete in a hyper-intense environment, including details of the public ceremonies and private moments, friendships and rivalries, community and isolation, media presence and security. For the first time ever, readers travel inside the storied Athletes’ Village and understand what it’s like to live through the most high-pressure, high-profile sporting event in the world.

G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet

Author : Brad Herzog
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781489637390

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G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet by Brad Herzog Pdf

AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the unique book code found on page 2 of this book to unlock an extra dimension to these beloved tales. Hear the story come to life as you read along in your own book.

Olympics!

Author : Barbara G. Hennessy
Publisher : Viking Juvenile
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Olympics
ISBN : PSU:000032319590

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Olympics! by Barbara G. Hennessy Pdf

Provides a simple overview of the history, preparations, training, and actual events that are part of the Olympic Games.

Olympig!

Author : Victoria Jamieson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101644027

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Olympig! by Victoria Jamieson Pdf

Just in time for the Olympics, a spirited, sporty romp about losing gracefully Boomer the Pig has been training hard for the Animal Olympics, so when he loses his first race, he shrugs it off and cheerfully moves on. One event after another, Boomer keeps losing, and the frustration begins to get to him. But even after coming in last in every sport, there's no getting this Olympig down. It's just great practice for the Winter Games! Cool comic book styling combines with classic picture book heart in this encouraging and hilarious story for every kid who's ever been told "you can't win 'em all."

Gold Medal Me

Author : Scholastic
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781407173351

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Gold Medal Me by Scholastic Pdf

GOLD MEDAL ME! is a winning sports day tale, perfect for children everywhere. Toby the tiger can't wait for Sports Day. Best of all, Miss Meadow has lots of gold medals to give out. But when Toby doesn't win any races, how will he get a gold medal?

Olympic Lyon

Author : Michael Cochrane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 177458400X

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Olympic Lyon by Michael Cochrane Pdf

Before Tiger Woods--and before Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan, and even Bobby Jones, there was the great Canadian George S. Lyon. This first account of Canada's little-known golf legend, Olympic Lyon traces his incredible journey from small-town Ontario to the final match of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. At age thirty-seven, the fire insurance salesman and natural athlete from Toronto picked up a golf club for the first time. Just a few years later, he faced the world's best golfers--men half his age--in a grueling week of competition for the ultimate prize: the first Olympic gold medal for golf and a magnificent Championship Trophy. A meticulously researched and wildly entertaining work of historical fiction, Olympic Lyon chronicles Lyon's remarkable career and the sudden rise in popularity of golf in North America. It weaves in such momentous events as the War of 1812, the Louis Riel Rebellion, the St. Louis World's Fair, and the Great Fire of Toronto. Above all else, it restores the memory of Canada's champion and ensures that his name will be forever bound to the great game of golf.

Gold Medal Strategies

Author : Jim Craig,Don Yaeger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118023440

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Gold Medal Strategies by Jim Craig,Don Yaeger Pdf

Business lessons from one of the greatest Olympic teams of all time It's been called the greatest upset of all time, the most memorable Olympic moment ever, the "Miracle on Ice." No matter which superlative is used, no one can deny that the U.S. men's hockey team's defeat of the Soviet Union in the medal round of the Lake Placid Olympic Games was a defining moment for Cold War America. The U.S. team's goalie was a Boston University student named Jim Craig, who is now a leadership expert and keynote speaker to business audiences. Gold Medal Strategies gives you Craig's unique lessons from the "Miracle" team on team dynamics, leadership, motivation, and other important management topics. With his unparalleled perspective, Craig dissects and analyzes the elements of a successful team, how to assemble one, and what philosophies will keep the team's shared goal a reality. This book outlines the necessary skills and details the specific techniques you need to maximize your business readiness, hone competitive cooperation, gather your strategies, and attack your challengers.

Dust Off the Gold Medal

Author : Sara L. Schwebel,Jocelyn Van Tuyl
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781000417616

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Dust Off the Gold Medal by Sara L. Schwebel,Jocelyn Van Tuyl Pdf

The oldest and most prestigious children’s literature award, the Newbery Medal has since 1922 been granted annually by the American Library Association to the children’s book it deems "most distinguished." Medal books enjoy an outsized influence on American children’s literature, figuring perennially on publishers’ lists, on library and bookstore shelves, and in school curricula. As such, they offer a compelling window into the history of US children’s literature and publishing, as well as into changing societal attitudes about which books are "best" for America’s schoolchildren. Yet literary scholars have disproportionately ignored the Medal winners in their research. This volume provides a critically- and historically-grounded scholarly analysis of representative but understudied Newbery Medal books from the 1920s through the 2010s, interrogating the disjunction between the books’ omnipresence and influence, on the one hand, and the critical silence surrounding them, on the other. Dust Off the Gold Medal makes a case for closing these scholarly gaps by revealing neglected texts’ insights into the politics of children’s literature prizing and by demonstrating how neglected titles illuminate critical debates currently central to the field of children’s literature. In particular, the essays shed light on the hidden elements of diversity apparent in the neglected Newbery canon while illustrating how the books respond—sometimes in quite subtle ways—to contemporaneous concerns around race, class, gender, disability, nationalism, and globalism.

G is for Gold Medal

Author : Brad Herzog
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Alphabet books
ISBN : 0545699037

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G is for Gold Medal by Brad Herzog Pdf

The letters of the alphabet introduce facts about the Olympic movement and Olympic sports.

The Boys in the Boat

Author : Daniel James Brown
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781101622742

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The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Pdf

Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany—from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.

The Greatest Athlete (You've Never Heard Of)

Author : Mark Hebscher
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459743373

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The Greatest Athlete (You've Never Heard Of) by Mark Hebscher Pdf

Canada's first Olympic gold medallist couldn't walk until he was ten, and became the greatest runner of his generation. Who was the first Canadian to Win an Olympic Gold Medal? When Mark Hebscher was asked this simple trivia question, he had no idea that it would lead him on a two year odyssey, researching a man he had never heard of. Paralyzed as a child and told he would never walk again, George Washington Orton persevered, eventually becoming the greatest distance runner of his generation, a world-class hockey player, and a brilliant scholar. A sports pioneer, Orton came up with the idea of numbered football jerseys and introduced ice hockey to Philadelphia. Orton's 1900 Paris Olympic medals were credited to the United States for seven decades before the mistake was uncovered and rectified. Yet he is virtually unknown in Canada. Finally, his story is being told.