The story of The Olympics

This first and only official children's book on the Olympics--created in association with the Olympic Museum in Lausanne--introduces kids to the gl...

DescriptionDreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depressi...

Laugh out loud with this wonderfully funny and charming picture book story about frogs coming together from around the world to particpate in and c...

Published in the year that The Olympics returns to Athens, this is the illuminating story of the making of the modern games, the multinational grou...

Reducere. Do your kids like playing team sports?Do they ever feel left out?Wally Raccoon loves to play team sports - especially in the Farmyard Olympics. Fol...

As this year’s Olympics draw near in Rio de Janeiro, athletes from around the world are training hard to overcome the competition, just as Alice Co...

Follow Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong's amazing life from a small town in Ghana to the slopes of the 2010 Winter Olympics, via the Snowdome in Milton Key...

Reducere. Follow Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong's amazing life from a small town in Ghana to the slopes of the 2010 Winter Olympics, via the Snowdome in Milton Key...

Reducere. Katie Ledecky: Swimming's Golden Girl narrates the extraordinary story of the young US swimmer who stunned the world by capturing gold at the 2012 ...

Reducere. Award NameMildred L. Batchelder AwardAward categoryChildren'sDescriptionA 2019 Batchelder Honor Book Yu'er and her grandpa live in a small neighbor...

What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games? With the summer Olympics' return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and ...

Reducere. The book describes the dogs who are contestants in a surfing competition. A funny dog story about surfing dogs at the Coronado Dog Surfing Olympics...

A brilliant introduction to the history of The Olympics, from the traditional games of Ancient Greece, to their revival by Pierre de Coubertin and ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: ChristophAsk most Olympians how their story begins and they will answer, "When I was young, I always dreamed of going to th...

Reducere. A sumptuous recreation of London's story: publishing to coincide with the 2012 Olympics

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christine DzidrumsPhotographer: Joseph DzidrumsPhotographer: Anthony L. SolisMeet the five gymnasts who will represent the ...

Reducere. DescriptionLEBRON JAMESThis book covers the story of LeBron and his incredible journey to the NBA. You will soon discover how LeBron was able to ri...

Reducere. This is a new edition of Greg Louganis's 1995 #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography and Literary Guild Selection. It is the unflinchingly hon...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael SilverAuthor: Natalie CoghlinThe story of Natalie Coughlin's remarkable battle back from injury and burnout to be-c...

Reducere. Now in paperback, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, here is the blockbuster story of the 1960 S...

A surreal, devastating story of a homeless ghost who haunts one of Tokyo's busiest train stations. Kazu is dead. Born in Fukushima in 1933, the sam...

Baby Dragon is excited about the Animal Olympics, but while his friends already have parts to play in the event, he has nothing to do. Will he find...

Tells the amazing story of sports from the first Greek Olympics in 776 BC to London 2012 - includes 2-metre fold out timeline

The untold story of four extraordinary gentlemen adventurers who came together to win bobsled gold for America in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and of ...

Reducere. The"New York Times"bestselling author of"Roller Girl"has written an Olympics-themed picture book that brings home the bacon just in time for the 20...

Tells the remarkable story of Adharanand Finn's personal quest to discover the secrets of some of the world's greatest runners, inspired by years o...

The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary "The Boys of...

A story of real modern Africa, a schools focus for 2014, inspired by the 2012 Olympics and seeing the Ethiopian team training in Richmond Park. Fro...

Reducere. Will a snowman cheat at the Winter Olympics? Snowman Paul wants to win a gold medal at the Winter Games. But how far will he go in pursuit of his O...

Reducere. "I was ready to go away, to fall asleep, and to never wake up again. Paul Rosen was ready to do what he had told everyone else NOT to do for so lon...

Reducere. The U. S. hockey team's victory at the 1980 Olympics was a ``Miracle on Ice``--a miracle largely brought about by Herb Brooks, the legendary coach ...

In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabrielle Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the All-Around Gold Medal winner, as well as acting as a cr...

Reducere. Athletically gifted, Louis Zamperini propelled himself from the tough streets of Southern California to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and to an NCAA mi...

Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist, NBA Champion, MVP, and All-Star could all be used to describe the illustrious career of Spencer Haywood on th...

Reducere. As this year's Olympics draw near in Rio de Janeiro, athletes from around the world are training hard to overcome the competition, just as Alice Co...

Reducere. An inspiring picture book biography of the first woman to win a gold medal in track and field. Young readers intrigued by the Summer 2021 Olympics ...

Reducere. Hmong American gymnast Suni Lee became the breakout star of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the women's all-around event, the inspiring teenager soared...

DescriptionRob Crosley is irritated when three people set up their chairs and umbrellas on what he considers his private beach. His irritation turn...

Reducere. Shaul Ladany, in his time, has been a concentration camp prisoner, record-breaking athlete, patriot, professor and chairman of the Ben Gurion Unive...

Reducere. Michael Phelps is an American sports hero, perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete the world has ever known. His unprecedented eight gold medals in th...

Reducere. The passionate, poignant, and triumphant story of two-time Olympic gold medal-winning beach volleyball icon Misty May-Treanor. More than any Olympi...

Reducere. Much more than a record of an extraordinary military career, the life story of Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead details how he spent the greater part of h...

Reducere. On the fortieth anniversary of the historic Miracle on Ice, Mike Eruzione--the captain of the 1980 U.S Men's Olympic Hockey Team, who scored the wi...

The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica, a country surveilled by one "Aunt Nettie, " a Big Brother that is part artificial intellige...

Eric Liddell, the Scottish 400m Olympic Champion from the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was immortalised in the Oscar winning film Chariots of Fire. ...

Reducere. The strong legs, and quick feet, attached to Melvin Pender's five-foot, five-inch frame, have taken him to first-place finishes as a world-class sp...

Reducere. Now updated and expanded with a new introduction, over 100 dazzling new photographs, and three all-new chapters covering the pair's stunning perfor...

What would life look like if you measured your success by improvements instead of victories? Nik Nikic shares the incredible story of his son Chris...

Reducere. A sweeping and absorbing biography of Brazil, from the sixteenth century to the presentFor many Americans, Brazil is a land of contradictions: vast...

Reducere. DescriptionA world-weary English reporter and a maverick American female Olympian find themselves caught in a lethal game between the Gestapo and B...

Reducere. The inspiring all-American story of faith, family, hard work, and perseverance by Olympic fencer, activist, and Time"100 Most Influential People" h...

Reducere. How does a boy from rural Pennsylvania become an all-American original style icon and celebrity TV personality, adored by millions of fans worldwid...

Reducere. Sometimes we are just too little to join the big kids. Wally has friends who invite him to watch the Olympic games, but Wally doesn't want to be a ...

Reducere. In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most f...

Reducere. DescriptionA compeling autobiography of the true life story of Native American Olympian Henry Boucha's Olympic Silver, and NHL Star rise to stardom...

Discover the inspiring story of Jesse Owens, African American track-and-field athlete and Olympic gold medalist, in this fascinating kids' biograph...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the sixth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The S...

Reducere. From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the sixth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection an...

Reducere. Boris Kastel was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1914. A few months later the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated some 300 kilometers away in Sara...

Reducere. Fanciful dreams of gold-medal glory led Jennifer Sey to the local gymnastics club in 1976. A natural aptitude and a willingness to endure punishing...

Reducere. DescriptionThe limited shelf life of Olympic athletes collapsed in 1980 for Rowdy Gaines and about 280 other elite U.S. athletes when President Jim...

Reducere. IN 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. It promised to be not only a magnificent sporting event but also a ...

Reducere. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine - Winner of the Los Ange...

The inspirational and little-known story of a dedicated teacher who coached Hawaiian swimmers all the way to the Olympics, beautifully told in simp...

Reducere. DescriptionThe inspiring, unlikely story of the American, Canadian, South Korean and even North Korean women who joined together to form Korea's fi...

DescriptionMunich, 1972. In the men's 400-metre freestyle race, America's Rick DeMont beats Australia's Brad Cooper by a hundredth of a second. It'...

Vintage Asterx 14 new stories including tales of: The day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fish fight);How Obelix goes back...

Reducere. A book for young readers, Mary Lou Retton: America's Sweetheart tells the inspirational life story of the most celebrated gymnast in United States ...

Reducere. Bike racers were America's media darlings less than a century ago--dashing, eccentric, and very rich daredevils. Until the 1920s bike races drew la...

Reducere. DescriptionThis adorable picture book starring Instagram's @meetmayacat teaches children of all ages to accept those who are different. Written to ...