Get Ready for the Paris Olympics!

Get Ready for the Paris Olympics! These books will give you a history of the Olympic games, individual and team achievement, and the history of Paris, France.

Updated May 23, 2024
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The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Brown, Daniel
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...

797.123 Brown 2013

How Paris became Paris : the invention of the modern city
DeJean, Joan E.
Ebook
"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--New YorkerAt the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other...
944.361 D368 2014
Path lit by lightning : the life of Jim Thorpe
Maraniss, David
Paper Book
A riveting new biography of America's greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon...
796.092 Thorpe Maraniss 2022
Dream team : how Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the greatest team of all time conquered the world and changed the game of basketball forever
McCallum, Jack
Paper Book
They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers.   In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the...
796.323 M124d 2012
Victory. Stand! : raising my fist for justice
Smith, Tommie
Paper Book
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon...
796.42 Smith Smith 2022 Teen nonfiction

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