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 OLYMaraniss, Andrew
Summary: "The true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 796.48 MARJamieson, Victoria
Summary: Pursued by Mr. Hamstring, a reporter who is sure he will fail, Boomer becomes the first pig ever to compete in the Animal Olympics and demonstrates that attitude can be more important than winning.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JAMBarnas, Jo-Ann.
Summary: This title will give you the story behind records held by such Olympic stars as Michael Phelps, Nadia Comaneci, Greg Louganis, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Publishing Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796 BARHunter, Nick.
Summary: Describes how the Winter Olympics started, how they are organized, star performers, and what can be expected at the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.48 HUNOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: No girls allowed at the Olympic Games! That's the rule when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece. But when Annie tells Jack to go to the games without her, he knows she's up to something. Will Annie find a way to see the games? Or will she get herself--and Jack--into Olympic-size trouble?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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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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Summary: "Records smashed ... incredible athletic feats ... Medals won ... The top 40 Olympic athletes of all time are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series, learn how these athletic stars became the best in the world."--Amazon
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.092 BILSummary: A look at the creation of the American team for the Olympics in 1896, and of their journey to get to Athens, where the games were being held.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIRMaraniss, David.
Summary: The author examines how the world's political and social climate affected the 1960 Olympics presenting tales of espionage and propaganda and portraits of its personalities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 796.48 MARBonneville, Hugh
Summary: Citizens of London prepare for the upcoming 2012 summer Olympics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TWEMaraniss, David.
Summary: Maranisss offers an account of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, revealing the competition's unexpected influence on the modern world, in a narrative synopsis that evaluates the roles of Cold War propaganda, civil rights, and politics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 796.48 MARFuchs, 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 FUCMaraniss, David.
Summary: Author Maraniss weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Olympics. Along with the unforgettable characters and dramatic contests, there was a deeper meaning to those days at the dawn of the sixties. Change was everywhere. Old-boy notions of Olympic amateurism were crumbling. Rome saw the first doping scandal, the first commercially televised Summer Games, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.48 MARMcDougall, Chros
Summary: 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Reference, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.3 MCDSummary: The Pteranodon family is super excited to be traveling to the 'Classic in the Jurassic,' an Olympics type competition in which different dinosaur teams representing the three Mesozoic time periods will compete in various contests.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DINSummary: The film features the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PREFranke, Greg
Summary: "There have been many thrilling and memorable sports rivalries. But none has ever combined such drama and excitement over such an extended period of time and against such a gripping background as the Cold War hockey rivalry between Canada and Russia"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Page Publishing, Inc. 2018
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Summary: "Celebrate the Winter Games with this high-interest introduction to curling, the team sport known for its rocks and brooms. Also included is a biographical story about curler Anna Hasselborg"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.964 GISMeadows, Daisy.
Summary: While everyone in Fairyland is getting ready for the Fairy Olympics, Jack Frost's goblins steal the Sports Fairies' magic objects, and without Stacey the soccer fairy's magic ball, Rachel's favorite soccer team will never reach their goal.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MEAOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lectorum Publications 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 468 OsbOxlade, Chris.
Summary: Surveys the history and traditions of the Olympics, highlighting memorable events from ancient Greece to the present day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2005
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.48 OXLPatterson, James
Summary: Two years after averting disaster while overseeing security for the World Cup, Jack Morgan, the head of international investigation firm Private, returns to Rio to secure the Olympics, only to confront a Brazilian saboteur who is hatching a lethal plot.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Patterson 2016Patterson, James
Summary: Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Company 2022