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ISBN: 9780415499392 - Terrorism and the Olympics Terrorism and the Olympics
Silke, Andrew; Richards, Anthony; Fussey, Peter

ISBN10: 9780203835227  ISBN13: 9780203835227
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The book aims to outline the progress, problems and challenges of delivering a safe and secure Olympics in the context of the contemporary serious and enduring terrorist threat. More

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ISBN: 9780415431675 - International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System International Olympic Committee and the Olympic System
Chappelet, Jean-Loup

ISBN10: 9780203893173  ISBN13: 9780203893173
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
When the athletes enter the stadium and the Olympic flame is lit, the whole world watches. Billions will continue to follow the events and to share in the athletes' joys and sorrows for the next sixteen days. Readers of this book, however... More

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ISBN: 9780750942935 - Hitler's Olympics Hitler's Olympics
Hilton, Christopher

ISBN10: 9780752475387  ISBN13: 9780752475387
Publisher: The History Press
Format: Electronic Book
The Berlin Olympic Games, more than 70 years on, remain the most controversial ever held. This book creates a vivid account of the disputes, the personalities, and the events which made these Games so memorable. Ironically, the choice of Germany... More

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ISBN: 9781405111294 - Brief History of the Olympic Games Brief History of the Olympic Games
Young, David C

ISBN10: 9780470777756  ISBN13: 9780470777756
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Electronic Book
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... More

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ISBN: 9780749929404 - First London Olympics: 1908 First London Olympics: 1908
Jenkins, Rebecca

ISBN10: 9780748131389  ISBN13: 9780748131389
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Hachette Digital
Format: Electronic Book
In the summer that saw the first successful flight of the Zeppelin, a 140 acre site of scrubland in West London was transformed into the White City, which housed the 1908 Franco British Exhibition - and a state-of-the-art stadium built to house... More

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ISBN: 9781846684760 - How to Watch the Olympics How to Watch the Olympics
Acton, Johnny; Goldblatt, David

ISBN10: 9781847657589  ISBN13: 9781847657589
Publisher: Profile Profile Books
Format: Electronic Book
The Olympics is the world's biggest sporting event - and it moves centre stage for London 2012. Yet the sports the world is familiar with - football, cricket, rugby, baseball, motor sports - are either missing or have a token presence. More

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ISBN: 9781844547852 - Marathon Makers Marathon Makers
Bryant, John

ISBN10: 9781843582281  ISBN13: 9781843582281
Publisher: John Blake Publishing John Blake
Format: Electronic Book
In the space of 24 hours in July 1908, dramatic events came to a climax at the first London Olympic Games. The marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards set at that time has since been accepted worldwide and this thrilling account of heroism... More

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ISBN: 9780060874131 - Berlin Games Berlin Games
Walters, Guy

ISBN10: 9781848547490  ISBN13: 9781848547490
Publisher: John Murray
Format: Electronic Book
The 1936 Berlin Olympics brought together athletes, politicians, socialites, journalists, soldiers and artists from all over the world. But behind the scenes, they were a dress rehearsal for the horrors of the forthcoming conflict. Hitler had... More

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ISBN: 9781848765757 - Britain and the Olympic Games Britain and the Olympic Games
Rogan, Martin; Rogan, Matt

ISBN10: 9781848769489  ISBN13: 9781848769489
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd Matador
Format: Electronic Book
Britain and the Olympic Games traces the history of Britain's love affair with the Olympic Games and shows exactly why the Olympic movement was re-born here. It looks at how London 1948 re-kindled the Olympic flame and demonstrated that the Games... More

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ISBN: 9781899807611 - 1908 Olympics 1908 Olympics
Baker, Keith

ISBN10: 9781907524288  ISBN13: 9781907524288
Publisher: SportsBooks
Format: Electronic Book
The 1908 London Olympics can claim to be the first modern sporting event which pitted nation against nation. There were rows between the British and Americans; a one-man walkover in the 400 metres when the US runners boycotted the event... More