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Paralympic Legacies
ISBN: 9781863358965 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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232,16 zł |
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Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games
ISBN: 9781554580422 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Olympic Games have had two lives--the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games' history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and... The Olympic Games have had two lives--the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The ... |
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241,34 zł |
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The Pentathlon of the Ancient World
ISBN: 9780786467839 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The pentathlon, comprising competition in the discus, javelin, long jump, sprint, and wrestling, was hailed as the ultimate test of athletic versatility and remained a staple of the ancient Greek Olympic Games, Crown Games and Pan-Hellenic festivals for over 1,200 years. Still, there is little scholarly consensus over many major aspects of the event. This detailed exploration of the ancient pentathlon explores the nature of the spectacle, the method of determining a victor, the five sub-events of which the pentathlon is composed, and the order in which they occurred. It also chronicles the...
The pentathlon, comprising competition in the discus, javelin, long jump, sprint, and wrestling, was hailed as the ultimate test of athletic versatili...
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183,29 zł |
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Drug Games: The International Olympic Committee and the Politics of Doping, 1960-2008
ISBN: 9780292737495 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and fractured his skull. His death hours later led to rumors that performance-enhancing drugs were in his system. Though certainly not the first instance of doping in the Olympic Games, Jensen's death serves as the starting point for Thomas M. Hunt's thoroughly researched, chronological history of the modern relationship of doping to the Olympics. Utilizing concepts derived from international relations theory, diplomatic history, and administrative... On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games, suddenly fell from his bike and ... |
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100,89 zł |
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Securing and Sustaining the Olympic City: Reconfiguring London for 2012 and Beyond
ISBN: 9780754679455 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Often seen as the host nation's largest ever logistical undertaking, accommodating the Olympics and its attendant security infrastructure brings seismic changes to both the physical and social geography of its destination. Since 1976, the defence of the spectacle has become the central feature of its planning, one that has assumed even greater prominence following the bombing of the 1996 Atlanta Games and, most importantly, 9/11. Indeed, the quintupled cost of securing the first post-9/11 summer Games in Athens demonstrates the considerable scale and complexity currently implicated in these...
Often seen as the host nation's largest ever logistical undertaking, accommodating the Olympics and its attendant security infrastructure brings seism...
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757,10 zł |
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How to Watch the Olympics: The Essential Guide to the Rules, Statistics, Heroes, and Zeroes of Every Sport
ISBN: 9780143121879 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The must-have guide to the Summer Olympic Games
This summer, millions of Americans will tune into the Olympic Games, the largest and most popular sporting event in the world. Yet while it's easy to be fascinated by agile gymnasts, poised equestrians, and perfectly synchronized swimmers, few of us know the real width of a balance beam, the intricate regulations of dressage, or the origin of those crowd-pleasing legs-in-the-air swimming formations. Luckily, David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton have created this utterly thorough and always fun guide to the rules, strategy, and history of... The must-have guide to the Summer Olympic Games
This summer, millions of Americans will tune into the Olympic Games, the largest and most pop... |
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101,30 zł |
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Disability in the Global Sport Arena : A Sporting Chance
ISBN: 9780415488518 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sport is often at the centre of battles for rights to inclusion linked to class, race and gender, and this book explores struggles centred on disability in different cultural settings in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It challenges oversights and assumptions about the 'normal' body, and describes how individual and organizational transformations can occur through sport. The abilities of a person are recognised and placed centre stage - instead of the individual being forgotten, excluded, or placed at the margins simply because they have a disability. National, regional and...
Sport is often at the centre of battles for rights to inclusion linked to class, race and gender, and this book explores struggles centred on disabili...
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529,98 zł |
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Olympic Aspirations : Realised and Unrealised
ISBN: 9780415525862 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement's promotion of Olympic ideals internationally. The idea for Olympic Aspirations emerged at the world-renowned annual Beijing Academic Forum just months after the city hosted the impressive 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. One section of the Forum was devoted to the impact of the Olympic Movement on China and on China's image in the world. The tone at times was too self-congratulatory for some present. The critical discussion that continued into late 2010 inspired this book. Olympic Aspirations is a...
Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement's promotion of Olympic ideals internationally. The id...
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782,34 zł |
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Olympic Marketing
ISBN: 9780415587860 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Olympic Games have become the definitive sports event, with an unparalleled global reach and a remarkably diverse constituency of stakeholders, from the IOC and International Federations to athletes, sponsors and fans. It has been estimated, for example, that 3.6 billion people (about half of the world population) watched at least one minute of the Beijing Games in 2008 on television. The driving force behind the rise of the modern Olympics has been the Olympic marketing programme, which has acted as a catalyst for cooperation between stakeholders and driven the promotion, financial...
The Olympic Games have become the definitive sports event, with an unparalleled global reach and a remarkably diverse constituency of stakeholders, fr...
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757,10 zł |
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Leroy goes to the Olympics: A Graphic Novel
ISBN: 9781466220324 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leroy Goes To The Olympics, a children's graphic novel by Sybil Blazej-Yee, Concept by Dr. Michael Sheps, Artwork by Toran Joseph. Leroy Dixon's story is based on interviews with the Olympic athlete and conveys his struggle and the people who cheered him on through years of training. His life is sure to inspire 3rd to 5th grade boys who love to find out more about a real sports figure. The graphics feature refreshing artwork by a young new illustrator.
Leroy Goes To The Olympics, a children's graphic novel by Sybil Blazej-Yee, Concept by Dr. Michael Sheps, Artwork by Toran Joseph. Leroy Dixon's story...
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53,18 zł |
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Summer Olympics Quiz Book
ISBN: 9781466415720 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Containing over 1000 questions on all aspects of the Summer Olympic Games, this book is a comprehensive test of sporting and general knowledge. Varied and challenging, the questions are divided into four chapters: Olympic history, Olympic sports, Olympic numbers, and Olympic mixture. Each chapter brings out some fascinating facts about the biggest show in world sport and builds into an ideal resource for fans of the Olympics and quizzes alike.
Containing over 1000 questions on all aspects of the Summer Olympic Games, this book is a comprehensive test of sporting and general knowledge. Varied...
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53,14 zł |
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Modern Pentathlon: A Centenary History 1912-2012
ISBN: 9781781487563 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On an August evening in 2012, crowds of eager fans will witness the conclusion of the Modern Pentathlon competition in Greenwich Park's Olympic stadium. The sport has been the ultimate test of the best all round sportsman in the Olympic Games for exactly one hundred years. Great Britain is the only country in the world to have been represented at every Olympic competition. In Modern Pentathlon - a Centenary History', Andy Archibald tracks the changes in a sport dreamed up by Olympic founder, Baron de Coubertin, from its military origins to the sport for the superfit it is today.
On an August evening in 2012, crowds of eager fans will witness the conclusion of the Modern Pentathlon competition in Greenwich Park's Olympic stadiu...
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87,45 zł |
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Recordando MIS Programas de Entrenamiento: Carrera Ciclismo Triatlon Natacion
ISBN: 9781463327279 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La gran leccion de vida que recibio "Mauri," al notificarle su medico urologo que tenia cancer de prostata y sobrevivir a una cirugia complicada que lo mantuvo en convalecencia por mas de 2 meses, lo motivo a meditar sobre la necesidad de escribir sus experiencias deportivas como corredor, ciclista y atleta "master," aportandolas mediante los programas de entrenamiento que utilizo, para ganar competencias de ciclismo, triatlones olimpicos, medios Iron Man, un tercer lugar en el Iron Man y destacadas participaciones en innumerables carreras pedestres desde 5km. hasta el maraton. Sin duda...
La gran leccion de vida que recibio "Mauri," al notificarle su medico urologo que tenia cancer de prostata y sobrevivir a una cirugia complicada que l...
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90,16 zł |
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Recordando MIS Programas de Entrenamiento: Carrera Ciclismo Triatlon Natacion
ISBN: 9781463327255 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La gran leccion de vida que recibio "Mauri," al notificarle su medico urologo que tenia cancer de prostata y sobrevivir a una cirugia complicada que lo mantuvo en convalecencia por mas de 2 meses, lo motivo a meditar sobre la necesidad de escribir sus experiencias deportivas como corredor, ciclista y atleta "master," aportandolas mediante los programas de entrenamiento que utilizo, para ganar competencias de ciclismo, triatlones olimpicos, medios Iron Man, un tercer lugar en el Iron Man y destacadas participaciones en innumerables carreras pedestres desde 5km. hasta el maraton. Sin duda...
La gran leccion de vida que recibio "Mauri," al notificarle su medico urologo que tenia cancer de prostata y sobrevivir a una cirugia complicada que l...
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170,53 zł |
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Olympic Legacies: Intended and Unintended: Political, Cultural, Economic and Educational
ISBN: 9780415641142 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers ground-breaking analyses of the power of Olympic legacies, positive and negative, and surveys the subject from Athens in 1896 to Beijing in 2008, and indeed beyond.
This book offers ground-breaking analyses of the power of Olympic legacies, positive and negative, and surveys the subject from Athens in 1896 to Beij...
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272,51 zł |
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International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement: The New Mediators
ISBN: 9780230241060 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic Movement, charting its continuity and change from an historical perspective. Using the recent body of literature on diplomacy it explores the evolution of diplomatic discourse around a number of themes, in particular the increasing range of stakeholders engaged in the Olympic bid, disability advocacy and the mainstreaming of the Paralympic Games and the evolution of the Olympic boycott. The work addresses the increasing engagement of a number of non-state actors, in particular the IOC and the IPC, as indicative...
This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic Movement, charting its continuity and change from an historical persp...
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396,86 zł |
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Discourses of Olympism: From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012
ISBN: 9780230289574 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, analzying the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of Olympism across the period from the 1890s to the present day. The book also analyzes discourses of Olympism concerned with youth, governance, sport for development and international relations.
This book evaluates the moral project of Olympism, analzying the changing value positions adopted in relation to the ideology of Olympism across the p...
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476,24 zł |
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Dispatches from Vancouver: A Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America's View of the XXI Winter Olympiad
ISBN: 9781475014617 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Opening with the tragedy of Nomar Kumaritashvili's death in Whistler and concluding with one final gold for the hockey-mad home country, the fortnight of the Vancouver Olympics brought out the range of human emotion -- from gilded joy to funereal gloom. In this volume, Zach Bigalke utilizes both his daily dispatches from February 2010 and the benefit of hindsight to tell the multifaceted stories of those seventeen days...
Opening with the tragedy of Nomar Kumaritashvili's death in Whistler and concluding with one final gold for the hockey-mad home country, the fortnight...
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57,39 zł |
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India and the Olympics
ISBN: 9780415655118 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. This book is a corrective. Drawing on newly available and hitherto unused archival sources, it demonstrates that India was an important strategic outpost in the Olympic movement that started as a global phenomenon at the turn of the twentieth century. Among the questions the authors answer are: When and how did the Olympic ideology take root in India? Who were the early players and why did they appropriate Olympic sport to further their political ambitions? What explains India's eight consecutive...
In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. This book is a corrective. Drawing on newly availabl...
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242,22 zł |
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Terrorism and the Olympics: Major Event Security and Lessons for the Future
ISBN: 9780415532426 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on contributions from leading academics and practitioners in the field, this book provides a review and analysis of major event security, major sporting event security and Olympic security.
Drawing on contributions from leading academics and practitioners in the field, this book provides a review and analysis of major event security, majo...
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272,51 zł |