The Macmillan Children S Encyclopedia Of The Olympic Games

Author : Ron Thomas,Thomas & Herran,Joe Herran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 0732946816

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The Macmillan Children's Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games by Ron Thomas,Thomas & Herran,Joe Herran Pdf

Commemorative book to celebrate the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, detailing the Sydney Olympic bid, the city and Homebush Bay, venues and facilities, the torch relay, the official mascots, new Olympic sports for 2000, Australia's Olympic hopefuls and the Olympic arts festivals.

Author : Garry Chapman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 0732988918

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The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Olympic Sports by Garry Chapman Pdf

The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Olympic Sports presents information on the 31 sports in the Olympic Games with a special focus on the events. The six volumes in the set feature photos and information such as history of the sport, rules and scoring for events, venues for each event, equipment used and much more. Ages 10-14.

Author : Chrös McDougall
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781098218744

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The Olympics Encyclopedia by Chrös McDougall Pdf

This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Ron Thomas
Publisher : Grolier
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 0717276163

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The Grolier Student Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games by Ron Thomas Pdf

Includes index. Text and illustrations describe each of the modern Olympics including their setting, notable performances, and related events.

Author : Daniel Bell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786464142

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Encyclopedia of International Games by Daniel Bell Pdf

The Olympic Games, revived in 1896, are the most well known international multisport gathering--but since 1896, hundreds of other competitions based on the Olympic Games model have been established whose histories have not been well documented. The Encyclopedia of International Games captures (in one alphabetical sequence) the histories of these games, many of them for the first time. The work includes major regional events such as the African, Asian, Arab, South Pacific, and Pan American Games; competitions such as the Indian Ocean Island Games, Arctic Winter Games, Island Games, and Games of the Small Countries of Europe; specific populations or professions such as the North American Indigenous Games, Maccabiah Games, World Military Games, World Police and Fire Games, and World Medical and Health Games; and Special Olympics, the Paralympics, games for the blind, and other regional games. Eight appendices, notes, bibliography, index.

Author : Erich Kamper
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015046838531

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Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games by Erich Kamper Pdf

Author : Cynthia Holzschuher
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781576902004

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The Olympic Dream by Cynthia Holzschuher Pdf

In 1951 the University of San Francisco football team (The Dons) went undefeated and untied. Yet, despite being among the best college football teams of all time, the squad was not invited to play in a post season bowl game because two of its players were African-American. The team was offered the chance to compete without the players, but they unanimously refused on principle.They were the 'magnificent eleven' that no one had ever heard of. The team exhibited a roster of players and personnel that read like a 'who's who' of gridiron heroes. This '51 team produced nine future NFL players; five made it to the Pro Bowl and three of those five were inducted into the Hall of Fame; the most ever from a single college team. Undefeated, Untied, and Uninvited goes behind the scenes to explore the successes and challenges as well as the unpredictable events that faced the Dons. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Gary L Albrecht,Sharon L. Snyder,Jerome Bickenbach,David T. Mitchell,Walton O. Schalick, III
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 2937 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780761925651

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Encyclopedia of Disability by Gary L Albrecht,Sharon L. Snyder,Jerome Bickenbach,David T. Mitchell,Walton O. Schalick, III Pdf

Collects over one thousand entries that provide insight into international views, experiences, and expertise on the topic of disability.

Author : Heather L. Dichter,Sarah Teetzel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781003831297

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The Olympic Winter Games at 100 by Heather L. Dichter,Sarah Teetzel Pdf

2024 marks the 100-year anniversary of the winter sports week festival celebrated in Chamonix in 1924, which is now recognized as the first Olympic Winter Games. As a globally watched quadrennial mega-event, the Winter Olympics is unique from both summer sport festivals and other winter festivals, such as the Winter X Games. This book explores the impacts, issues, and legacies of the past century of the Olympic Winter Games. Grounded in sport history, the chapters in this volume draw on the disciplines of cultural history, diplomatic history, global history, environmental history, and media history to analyze the continued allure of the Winter Olympics, a century after its origin, and in light of the sustained and significant problems facing the Olympic movement. Host cities’ efforts to create positive and lasting legacies are analyzed to highlight the challenges and complexities that have plagued the Olympic movement throughout the last century. The Olympic Winter Games at 100 is essential reading for any researcher, advanced student or scholar with an interest in Olympic Studies, sports development, sport policy and history. The chapters in this book were published as two special issues in The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : John F. Wukovits
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531118851

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The Encyclopedia of the Winter Olympics by John F. Wukovits Pdf

Discusses the origins and history of the winter Olympics, describes the development and rules of each sport, profiles stars from earlier games, and offers statistics and lists of winners.

Author : John Jenkins,John Pigram
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134528400

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Encyclopedia of Leisure and Outdoor Recreation by John Jenkins,John Pigram Pdf

Edited by leading authorities, this key reference reflects the multidisciplinary nature of its subject. It is an essential resource for teaching, an invaluable companion to independent study, and a solid starting point for wider subject exploration.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996-05
Category : Australia
ISBN : UCBK:C081538273

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Australian National Bibliography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacqueline Kennelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317337010

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Olympic Exclusions by Jacqueline Kennelly Pdf

Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor. Yet little is known about the realities of marginalized young people living in host cities. Do they benefit from social housing and employment opportunities? Or do they fall victim to increased policing and evaporating social assistance? This book answers these questions through an original ethnographic study of young people living in the shadow of Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. Setting qualitative research alongside critical analysis of policy documents, bidding reports and media accounts, this study explores the tension between promises made and lived reality. Its eight chapters offer a rich and complex account of marginalized young people’s experiences as they navigate the possibilities and contradictions of living in an Olympic host city. Their stories illustrate the limits to the promises made by Olympic bidding and organizing committees and raise important questions about the ethics of public funding for such mega‐events. This book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Olympics, sport and social exclusion, and sport and politics, as well as for those working in the fields of youth studies, social policy and urban studies.

Author : Marcie Muir,Kerry White
Publisher : Miegunyah Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : PSU:000054225091

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Australian Children's Books: 1989-2000 by Marcie Muir,Kerry White Pdf

All Australian children's books published from 1989 to 2000 are listed in this essential reference for those who appreciate the richness of Australian writing for children. Following the same format as volumes 1 and 2 in this series chronicling books published as early as 1774, entries include publishing details, the number of illustrations, and the awards received for each book. This third volume follows the continuing careers of authors such as Mem Fox, Bob Graham, Robin Klein, and Paul Jennings, and traces changes in the popularity of Australian themes and settings to identify publishing trends. Varied cultural aspects of modern-day life are shown, from globalization, commercialism, and the rise of the middle class in Asia to desktop publishing, outcome-based school curricula, and the modern obsession with celebrities all of which are reflected in the type and quantity of books produced by Australian writers and publishers. The wealth of included material will extend researchers' understanding of the range of Australian children's books. "

Author : Boria Majumdar,Sandra Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317996811

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Olympism: The Global Vision by Boria Majumdar,Sandra Collins Pdf

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 that the two are inseparable. Sport is not only political; it is politics. It is also culture and art. This collaboration is a first in global publishing, a mine of information for scholars, students and analysts. It demonstrates that Olympism and the Olympic movement in the modern context has been, and continues to be, socially relevant and politically important. Studies focus on national encounters with Olympism and the Olympic movement, with equal attention paid to document the growing nexus between sports and the media; sports reportage; as well as women and sports. Olympism asserts that the Olympic movement was, and is, of central importance to twentieth and twenty-first century societies. Finally, the collection demonstrates that the essence of Olympism and the Olympic movement is important only in so far as it affects societies surrounding it. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.