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Author : Bob Wilcock
Publisher : Young Writers
ISBN 13 : 9780955823602
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (236 download)
Download or read book The 1908 Olympic Games, the Great Stadium and the Marathon written by Bob Wilcock and published by Young Writers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Davis
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312641001
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Showdown at Shepherd's Bush written by David Davis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic clash of an Irish-American, Italian, and Onondaga-Canadian that jump-started the first marathon mania and heralded the modern age in sports The eyes of the world watched as three runners—dirt poor Johnny Hayes, who used to run barefoot through the streets of New York City; candymaker Dorando Pietri; and the famed Tom Longboat—converged for an epic battle at the 1908 London Olympics. The incredible finish was contested the world over when Pietri, who initially ran the wrong way upon entering the stadium at Shepherd's Bush, finished first but was disqualified for receiving aid from officials after collapsing just shy of the finish line, thus giving the title to runner-up Hayes. In the midst of anti-American sentiment, Queen Alexandra awarded a special cup to Pietri, who became an international celebrity and inspired one of Irving Berlin's first songs. In Showdown at Shepherd's Bush, David Davis recalls a time when runners braved injurious roads with slips of leather for shoes and when marathon mania became a worldwide obsession. Standing next to Cait Murphy's Crazy '08 as an invaluable look at a bygone sporting era, Showdown at Shepherd's Bush is a dramatic narrative aimed at the recordsetting number of marathon participants in the United States (more than 500,000 in 2010!) and other running enthusiasts, and timed nicely for the return of the Olympics to London in 2012.
Author : Sandy Nairne
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800182805
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Titan of the Thames written by Sandy Nairne and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Grenfell, Lord Desborough, was, for many, the epitome of the perfect English gentleman: an exceptional sportsman, a dedicated public servant and a devoted husband and father. Grenfell’s astounding sporting achievements, from climbing mountains to swimming the basin of the Niagara Falls twice, from rowing the English Channel and winning the Amateur Punting Championship for three years consecutively, to representing Great Britain in fencing, produced his deep-rooted belief in the importance of sport. It wasn’t surprising therefore that he became the driving force behind the 1908 London Olympic Games, an enormous success despite being staged with only two years’ notice. A surprisingly modern public figure, Grenfell was elected as an MP before going on to hold a prodigious array of local, national and international roles: mayor of Maidenhead, leading the London Chamber of Commerce, promoting aviation, establishing modern policing, and serving as chairman of the Thames Conservancy. Although Grenfell’s public life was successful, his family was struck by tragedy, aged six he lost his father and he and his wife Ettie suffered the loss of two sons in the First World War and their third in a motor accident. Despite this, their home, Taplow Court, was a place for entertaining and had been a focal point for the Souls, including notable politicians such as A. J. Balfour and the young Winston Churchill, as well as writers like H. G. Wells and Henry James. In Titan of the Thames, Nairne and Williams disentangle the myths surrounding this fascinating man who spans the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and have pieced together a compelling biography of a figure whose story should have been told many years ago.
Author : Rebecca Jenkins
Publisher : Piatkus
ISBN 13 : 0748131388
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)
Download or read book The First London Olympics: 1908 written by Rebecca Jenkins and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer that saw the first successful flight of the Zeppelin, a 140 acre site of scrubland in West London was transformed into the White City, which housed the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition - and a state-of-the-art stadium built to house the first London Olympics. The Olympics were organised by volunteers in just 18 months and at a fraction of the cost of the modern Olympics and yet, just as today, the sport was overshadowed by doping scandals and caused international uproar. The ferocious competitiveness of a US team dominated by New York Irish Americans led to a succession of 'scandals' culminating in the historic marathon when Italian confectioner baker Dorando Pietri's heroic efforts at the limits of exhaustion so entranced on-lookers that track officials helped him across the finish line. Coinciding with the 100th Anniversary of the first London Olympics, this delightful social and sporting history - illustrated with over 70 contemporary images - provides a thought-provoking contrast to the forthcoming 2012 Olympic Games.
Author : Bill Mallon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476609527
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The 1908 Olympic Games written by Bill Mallon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1908 Olympic Games were controversial. There was almost constant bickering among the American team and the British officials. Because of the controversies, the 1908 Olympics have been termed “The Battle of Shepherd’s Bush,” referring to the site of the Olympic Stadium. Reports of the 1908 Olympics have been rare and do not for instance contain full results for archery, track and field athletics, football (soccer), gymnastics, motorboating and shooting. A great deal of new information has been discovered by the authors, and this work gives complete results for all events. The information presented is based primarily on 1908 sources. For the first time, definitive word on the sites, dates, events, competitors, and nations as well as the event results are available for all of the 1908 Olympic events, including boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, polo, raquets, swimming, lawn tennis, tug-of-war, weightlifting, wrestling and yachting, among other sports. A series of appendices include rarely seen information about the many controversies surrounding the Games.
Author : Jim Reisler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762786604
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Igniting the Flame written by Jim Reisler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the fourteen men – largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book – who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London.
Author : Jean Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000163202
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Britain’s Olympic Women written by Jean Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain has a long and distinguished history as an Olympic nation. However, most Olympic histories have focused on men’s sport. This is the first book to tell the story of Britain’s Olympic women, how they changed Olympic spectacle and how, in turn, they have reinterpreted the Games. Exploring the key themes of gender and nationalism, and presenting a wealth of new empirical, archival evidence, the book explores the sporting culture produced by British women who aspired to become Olympians, from the early years of the modern Olympic movement. It shines new light on the frameworks imposed on female athletes, individually and as a group, by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the various affiliated sporting international federations. Using oral history and family history sources, the book tells of the social processes through which British Olympic women have become both heroes and anti-heroes in the public consciousness. Exploring the hidden narratives around women such as Charlotte Cooper, Lottie Dod, Audrey Brown and Pat Smythe, and bringing the story into the modern era of London 2012, Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson, the book helps us to better understand the complicated relationship between sport, gender, media and wider society. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport history, Olympic history, women’s history, British history or gender studies.
Author : Luke J. Harris
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137498625
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 written by Luke J. Harris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the Olympics in the national press. This book breaks Britain down into its four nations and presents the debates that were present within their national press.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744022371
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Sports Book written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the ultimate guide to sports and the perfect reference for the upcoming Olympics. – an amazing moment for sport. Discover everything you need to know about more than 200 sports, including all of the Olympic and Paralympic events featured in PyeongChang and Tokyo. Get the authoritative inside scoop from each sport’s leading experts, conferences, leagues, and associations. Discover game-winning insights into the strategies and tactics of the world’s top competitors. And learn all of the facts, stats, and stories behind the Olympic Games – the most spectacular sporting event on the planet. Fully revised with up-to-date information on the rules and results for more than 200 of the world’s greatest sports, The Sports Book also includes the latest facts and statistics and updated world and Olympic records. It is perfect for any sports buffs in need of an ultimate quick-reference guide, or anyone looking to top up their sports knowledge.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Olympika written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Brewer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472939697
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Run Smart written by John Brewer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned marathon expert and leading sports scientist Professor John Brewer reveals why many of the concepts surrounding marathon training and running are wrong - and suggests how the latest sports science research transforms the way marathons should be approached. Run Smart uses the latest scientific research to show how preparing for, and running, marathons can be made easier, and in doing so challenges many of the myths that surround marathon running. The book will draw on the author's experience as one of the UK's leading sports scientists, his extensive research background in marathon running, and his experience as a marathon runner, to provide credible advice to runners to support their preparation for a marathon. The book will challenge many current concepts, myths and ideas, and provide science-based alternatives in areas such as training and nutrition that will optimise and ease a runner's preparation for, and completion of, the 26.2 mile distance. This highly accessible book will use the latest scientific findings to support new runners training for their first marathon and help more experienced athletes improve and train smarter.
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 147290379X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Whitaker's Britain written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whitaker's Britain draws on an extensive archive which dates back to 1868 when Joseph Whitaker first published Whitaker's Almanack. With its combination of facts, figures and commentary on subjects as diverse as politics, finance, royalty and astronomy, Whitaker's Almanack was such an unprecedented success that it had to be reprinted immediately and is still published annually today. Whitaker's archive provides a unique window into a fascinating world. Old editions are extraordinary cultural and social artefacts, offering a real historical insight of all the major historical events from the last century-and-a-half as they were recorded at the time. Whitaker's Britain includes detailed digests of historical events, extensive information on the British Empire and the Royal Family plus annual summaries, written at the time, on subjects as wide-ranging as 'Science and Invention', 'The Weather' and 'The Royal House'. There is also an 8-page colour insert of brand new infographics, using re-formatted data from the original editions to give a comparative history across the decades, and a selection of truly remarkable advertisements, reproduced in their original form.
Author : Marco Valeri
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1837532427
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Sport and Tourism written by Marco Valeri and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In confronting growing concerns around environmental, social and economic issues facing sports and tourism, this collection presents different perspectives to develop new plans for future needs and problems.
Author : Orlando Gene Turner
Publisher : Astro 3D Space Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book 3D Stereoscopics Sports Photography written by Orlando Gene Turner and published by Astro 3D Space Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-23 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having successfully photographed and filmed several top level Sporting Events including the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics events. Having also photographed and filmed the UTF Tae Kwon Do Open Championships, Lee Valley Athletics British Nationals, and Alexandra Palace International Amateur Boxing Championships. By later visiting the Copperbox for the Saracens basketball in August 2013. This E-Book is both a gallery and a How to Guide on 3D Stereoscopic Photography. For Published Photographer Orlando Turner already has one of his Canoe Slalom photography at the City Hall. Orlando’s works can be found on Alamy image library site.
Author : John Horne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000049396
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Understanding the Olympics written by John Horne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the Olympics evolve into a multi-national phenomenon? How can the Olympics help us to understand the relationship between sport and society? What will be the impact and legacy of the Olympics after Tokyo in 2020? Understanding the Olympics answers all these questions by exploring the social, cultural, political, historical, and economic context of the Games. This thoroughly revised and updated edition discusses recent attempts at future proofing by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the face of growing global anti-Olympic activism, the changing geo-political context within which the Olympics take place, and the Olympic histories of the next three cities to host the Games – Tokyo (2020), Paris (2024), and Los Angeles (2028) – as well as the legacy of the London (2012) Olympics. For the first time, this new edition introduces the reader to the emergence of ‘other Games’ associated with the IOC – the Winter Olympics, the Paralympics, and the Youth Olympics. It also features a full Olympic history timeline, many new photographs, refreshed suggestions for further reading, and revised illustrations. The most up-to-date and authoritative textbook available on the Olympic Games, Understanding the Olympics is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the Olympics or the wider relationship between sport and society.
Author : Keith Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781899807611
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The 1908 Olympics written by Keith Baker and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the first London Olympics when the Games were awarded to the UK after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 stopped them going to Rome, as funds for building Olympic facilities were diverted to Naples to help rebuild the city. Author Keith Baker concentrates on the important controversies, especially those with the Americans, notably the 400m, the Tug of War and the Marathon. He also highlights the lives of some of the great competitors and personalities who made the event unique. Will appeal to all serious sports fans as well as British history students.
Author : Joe Muldowney
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257909428
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (579 download)
Download or read book Running Shorts written by Joe Muldowney and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running Shorts is a compilation of stories, advice, and anecdotes as seen through the eyes of a veteran runner. Along the way you'll meet some of the people who have influenced the writer's life, as well as some of the experiences they have shared together on the roads. Whether you are an experienced runner or a beginner, you can relate to the stories in this book and the humorous way many of them are presented. The author has run over 400 road races including 49 marathons, with a personal best marathon time of 2:22:54.
