Top 10 American Women's Olympic Gold Medalists (Sports Top 10)
by Christin Ditchfield
Michael Phelps (Michael Phelps) (Spanish Version) (Biografias De Deportistas Olimpicos)
by Grace Hansen
Legends of Women's Figure Skating (9781634942799) (9781634942973)
by Martha London
Legends of Women's Soccer (9781634942799) (9781634942973)
by Martha London
Jesse Owens gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American black athlete Owens on the podium being photographed by Hitler s personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. In addition, Owens would figure prominently in the groundbreaking film Olympia by Hitler s favorite director Leni Riefenstahl. Photo and film cap...
Record Breakers at the Olympic Games celebrates the best records, achievements and stories in the history of the modern summer Olympic Games. Comprehensive in scope, the book features record performances in every sport and discipline since Athens 1896, and highlights the jawdropping efforts and dramatic moments that make up the Games' tapestry of tales. Additonally, the book charts new sporting additions, such as skateboarding and rock-climbing, which have attracted a new legion of young fans....
Serena Williams has been ranked number one in the world for tennis singles, won twenty-two Grand Slam singles titles, and won four Olympic gold medals. She is a powerful player and a fierce competitor. Learn more about the record-breaking athlete in this comprehensive and action-packed biography, complete with stats and photographs.
Champion for Health (Lorimer Recordbooks)
by Richard Brignall
Unicorn and Friend Collection Color by Number for Kids
by Rocket Publishing
Combat (Ziggy's Pocket Olympics Books) (Zeke's Olympic Pocket Guides)
by Jason Page
Combat Sports (Olympic Sports (Amicus)) (Olympic Sports (Saunders))
by MR Clive Gifford
"An introduction to a variety of combat sports of the summer Olympics, including boxing, judo, wrestling, tae kwon do, and fencing. Also explains rules, records, and famous Olympic athletes in each sport"--Provided by publisher.
Core concepts made simple – to inspire all your pupils. Teaching history can be a real challenge – especially if pupils are really struggling with reading or are finding it difficult to get their heads around curriculum concepts. Fusion is a high interest, non-fiction range that has been carefully designed to help overcome these problems. Lively text with a low reading level ensure that concepts are clear and accessible to everyone
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the bestselling story about a rowing team's quest for Olympic gold in Nazi Germany. Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the hea...
