The Games 2024

Discover books to get you into the spirit of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games (26 July to 11 August) & Paralympic Games (28 August to 8 September).

Updated July 29, 2024
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Finish first : winning changes everything
Hamilton, Scott
Paper Book
Go for the win! Achieve excellence and be better than you've ever been! In his years as a professional ice-skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to "beat" the competition. But it seems competition has gotten a bad rap...
Godspeed : a memoir
Legler, Casey
Paper Book
Longlisted for the 2019 PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award "Raw and poetic...lean and ferocious." --The New York Times "I swim for every chance to get wasted--after every meet, every weekend, every travel trip. This is what I look forward to and...
The hard parts : a story of courage and triumph
Masters, Oksana
Paper Book
A 2024 Christopher Award Winner "A gut-wrenching, wildly inspiring story about overcoming the most daunting obstacles through steely tenacity, sheer will, and a great big dose of motherly love." --Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author of<...
Swim fast : 100 workouts to improve your swim technique
Lucero, Blythe
Paper Book
In this book you will find 100 workouts that focus on improving general swimming efficiency. The workouts are specific to each of the competitive swimming strokes - freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly - blending swimming drills and conditioning sets that total up to 2,000 yards. Each...
Unfair Play: The Battle For Women's Sport
Davies, Sharron.
Paper Book
On the face of it, women's sport is on the rise, garnering more attention and grassroots involvement than ever before. However, the truth is that in many respects progress is stalling, or even falling back. Sharron Davies is no stranger to battling the routine sexism the...

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