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 KELJamieson, 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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Barnas, 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 BAROsborne, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Billioud, Jean-Michel
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 BILGoldblatt, 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 GOLMorey, Allan.
Summary: "Presents information about gymnastics in the Olympics, including different kinds of gymnastic events, well-known gymnasts such as Gabrielle Douglas, and how gymnastics in the Olympics works today"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus High Interest, Amicus Ink 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.4 MORVanVoorst, Jenny Fretland.
Summary: Readers will discover the STEM concepts behind gymnastics, while learning about the motion and movements of the sport and the technology of athletes' clothing and gear.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pogo Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.44 VANPatterson, 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
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATSummary: 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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Place a hold to request this item.LeBoutillier, Nate.
Summary: "A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Romanian Nadia Comaneci--of the Olympic sport of gymnastics, which has been part of the modern Summer Games since 1896"--Provided by Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Patterson, 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
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC PATDillon, Alena
Summary: "For Sera Wheeler, the Olympics is the reason for everything. It's why she trains thirty hours a week, starves herself to under 100 pounds, and pops Advil like Tic Tacs. For her mother, Charlene, hungry for glory she never had, it's why she rises before dawn to drive Sera to practice in a different state, and why the family scrimps, saves, and fractures. They're why when Sera's best friends...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Dillon 2021Sabino, David
Summary: "Books in the GAME DAY series give readers a behind the scenes peek at their favorite sports, told from the point of view of a professional insider. This book is all about Olympic swimming/diving"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SABVanVoorst, Jenny Fretland.
Summary: Readers will discover the STEM concepts behind water sports, while learning about motion and movements of the sports and the technology of athletes clothing and gear.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pogo Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 797 VANLouganis, Greg
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.24 LOUHalberstam, David.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1985