Summary: Recounts the triumph and travails of the eighteen African American athletes representing the United States in the 1936 Olympics, who endured racism in Hitler's Berlin as well as back home in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OLYKelly, Madeleine
Summary: "Come along to learn all about the Olympics and Olympic athletes! This fun question and answer book has everything from engaging facts to hilarious illustrations to help you learn about the history of the Games, how athletes become Olympians, famous Olympians and their accomplishments, and so much more."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flowerpot Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.48 KELMcCarthy, Meghan.
Summary: "The exciting and bizarre true story of the 1904 Olympic marathon, which took place at the St. Louis World's Fair."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCFuchs, Jeremy
Summary: "Faster! Higher! Stronger! Stranger! A glorious tapestry of legendary characters, forgotten records, crazy accomplishments, unbelievable feats, wacky contests, and controversial moments, Total Olympics is pure pleasure for anyone who loves the world's greatest sporting event. Discover how the modern Games began, in an out-of-the-way Victorian English town named Much Wenlock. Long-discontinued...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing Co. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4809 FUCGoldblatt, David
Summary: "The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games—by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time,"--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 GOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.4809 GOLWallechinsky, David
Summary: Includes the final results for every Olympic event since 1896, featuring information on records, medals, and individual athletic performance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aurum Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.48 WALPlatt, Richard.
Summary: A chronological tour of the historical and social events that shaped the Olympics dedicates spreads to specific locations and how the beliefs of participating cultures impacted various competitions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.48 PLAMiller, David.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mainstream 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 796.4809 MILMeans, Howard B.
Summary: "Swimming is a long thread that connects the Olympic heroes of today with the real and mythic ones of the past across more than ten millennia--a recorded history that begins in a cave in the Egyptian desert and sweeps across athletes and poets, statesmenand emperors, humans and gods; across the whole human experience, the entire human story. Splash! weaves a 10,000-year-old tale that begins in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020