Olympic Fever

We're all cheering on Team USA as they compete in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics! Here are some titles for a deeper dive into some of the sports and athletes, past and present.

Updated August 1, 2024
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Just add water : my swimming life
Ledecky, Katie
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female...
The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Brown, Daniel James
Paper Book
Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the...
Chariots of fire
Hudson, Hugh.
Who is Michael Phelps?
Hecht, Micah
Paper Book
Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time in this inspiring addition to the#1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series! Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Phelps began swimming at age seven at the urging...

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