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Winter Olympics, Vancouver Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Legends, the Lore, and the Games
by Ron C Judd
Published 2009 by Mountaineers Books
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781594850639
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A guide to the Winter Olympics that traces the games' history, highlights memorable moments, profiles past winners, explains the intricacies of the sports, and provides fun facts about the events.
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Freeze Frame: A Photographic History of the Winter Olympics
by Sue Macy
Published 2006 by National Geographic Society
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780792278870
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This companion volume to the highly acclaimed "Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics" follows the stunning visual format of the first book to capture the heroics of the Winter Olympics. From the unlikely Jamaican bobsled team to the unforgettable U.S.S.R. vs. U.S.A. hockey clash at Lake Placid, all the legends of great winter sports are recalled, including stars of skiing, bobsledding, ice skating and even snowboarding.
The book recounts the triumph and tragedy that has enthralled the world since the Winter Olympics were launched in Chamonix in 1924: from Eric Heiden's 1980 five gold medal haul to the horror of the 1961 plane crash that claimed 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team.
"Freeze Frame" features spectacular photo galleries in addition to a superb map of Winter Olympic sites, an insight into the coverage of new extreme Olympic sports, and a complete Winter Olympic Almanac, which includes quick reference information on each Olympiad.
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Frozen in Time: The Greatest Moments at the Winter Olympics
by Bud Greenspan
Published 1997 by Stoddart
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781575440279
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To mark the upcoming 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, Peabody Award-winning Olympic fimmaker, author, and sports historian Bud Greenspan pays tribute to the atheletes who have personified this honored Olympic philosophy, presenting an unforgettable collection of hte Winter Games' most fascinating and inspiring stories. Greenspan transforms the Winter Olympics from a determination of who can ski, skate, or sled the fastest into compelling individual dramas in which personal triumphs and defeats unfold.
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Olympic Ice Skating
by C Farbs
Published 2007 by Rosen Central
Library Binding, English. ISBN: 9781404209695
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The origins of ice skating -- The early stars of figure skating -- Three unforgettable women -- Surprises and upsets -- Overcoming the odds.
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Modern Olympic Games (Revised)
by Haydn Middleton
Published 2007 by Heinemann Educational Books
Library Binding, English. ISBN: 9781432902650
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Which Winter Games were held on imported snow? Which golfer walked to the medal ceremony on his hands? Will BMX biking ever be an Olympic sport? Find the answers to these questions and more as you read about the Games as we know them today, including the Paralympics and the difficult process of choosing host cities. All the latest information is found in The Olympics series. This new series delves into the history, organization, politics, people, and records while offering up-to-date information about the forthcoming Sydney Games. Features include numerous fact boxes, short biographies, and charts of records and notable events.
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