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Author : R. D. Binfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Olympics
ISBN : LCCN:48009172
Author : Allen Guttmann
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0252070461
Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
Author : Minna Lacey
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 0794519342
From a festival in ancient Greece to a worldwide event today, the Olympics have inspired athletes and supporters alike. Find out how the biggest sports event in the world was born and discover the amazing heroes who made Olympic history.
Author : Benson Bobrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
ISBN : 0605794510
A history of the Olympic Games, starting with their inception in Ancient Greece and leading up to the 1936 games in Nazi Berlin.
Author : David C. Young
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470777756
For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.
Author : Minna Lacey,Paddy Mounter
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 0746084390
From a festival in ancient Greece to a worldwide event today, the Olympics have inspired athletes and supporters alike. Find out how the biggest sports event in the world was born and discover the amazing heroes who made Olympic history.
Author : Rachel Bladon
Publisher : MacMillan UK
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 0230422241
The Macmillan Readers series are carefully graded from Starter to Upper Intermediate (A1-B2) to help students choose the right reading material for their ability. Our list of titles includes great stories from both contemporary and classic authors.
Author : Gina D. B. Clemen
Publisher : Black Cat-Cideb
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 885301203X
Author : Richard D. Mandell
Publisher : Berkeley : University of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015002284886
The first modem Olympic Games were held in Athens in April of 1896, and this volume is a description of the sporting and festive events of that occasion, with a large cast of athletes from various countries, including a contingent from Harvard and Princeton who won the hearts of the Athenians as they won most of the first place-medals. But the book is much more than a tale of athletes and organizers. We are given the first real insight into the birth of the modern Olympic movement, and into the personality of a French aristocrat, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, whose vision determined much of the form of international sport today. The author shows that although the modern Olympics have a sentimental bond with the ancient festival, the modern Games are a product of nineteenth century ideals, excesses, and ambitions. Richard Mandell has dispelled some myths, rediscovered forgotten sport heroes, and written a highly readable account of a landmark in modern sport history.
Author : Dave Anderson
Publisher : Beech Tree Paperback Book
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0688129552
Traces the history of the Olympics from its beginning in 776 B.C. to the present and relates stories of particular events such as track and field, gymnastics, and speed skating.
Author : Robin Waterfield
Publisher : Landmark Library
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Olympic games (Ancient)
ISBN : 1786691914
In the northwestern corner of the great peninsula of the Peloponnese, close to the meeting point of the Cladeus and Alpheus rivers, lies a peaceful river valley overlooked by the steep-sided Hill of Cronus. Here, between the eighth century BCE and the fourth century CE, rival athletes competed for glory in the ancient Olympic Games. Every four years, and from every corner of the Mediterranean world - from Samos to Syracuse and from Sparta to Smyrna - they descended on this quiet corner of southern Greece sacred to Zeus, seeking to excel in disciplines as diverse as sprinting, boxing, wrestling, trumpet blowing and chariot and mulecart racing. The victors of these ancient games may have been awarded crowns of olive leaves in recognition of their achievements, but these original Olympics were no idealistic celebration of the classical aesthetic of grace and beauty shared by all of the participating Greek city-states, but often a bitterly contested struggle between political rivals. Robin Waterfield paints a vivid picture of the reality of the ancient Olympic Games; describes the events in which competitors took part; explores their purpose, rituals and politics; and charts the vicissitudes of their remarkable thousand-year history.
Author : Nigel Jonathan Spivey
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192806048
Here Nigel Spivey paints a portrait of the Greek Olympics as they really were--fierce contexts between bitter rivals, in which victors won kudos and rewards, and losers faced scorn and even assault. Bitterly Contested and often bloody, the ancient Olympics were no an idealistic celebration of unity, but a clash of military powers in an arena not far removed from the battlefield. The author explores what the events were, the rules for competitors, training and diet, the pervasiveness of cheating and bribery, the prizes on offer, the exclusion of "barbarians," and protocols on pederasty. He also peels back the mythology surrounding the games today and investigates where our current conception of the Olympics has come from and how the Greek notions of beauty and competitiveness have influenced our modern culture.
Author : Associated Press,Grolier Enterprises
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:49015000934167
Author : International Olympic Committee
Publisher : Welbeck Children's
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1783125519
Created in association with the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, this book brings to life the history of the Games of the Olympiad. Chronologically structured and featuring up to 200 original photographs, the book charts the story of this famous global event, beginning in 776 BC in ancient Greece through to its revival in 1896 and the 27 subsequent games.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0780764951