Swifter, Higher, Stronger : : a Photographic History of the Summer Olympics
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"Updated for the 2008 summer Olympics"--Cover.
Photo gallery: Competing -- The games reborn -- Women dig in their heels -- Breakthrough athletes -- Photo gallery: Excelling -- Controversies cast a shadow -- Unlikely heroes -- Photo gallery: Celebrating -- Olympic almanac.
A comprehensive portrait of the Summer Olympics fully updated for the 2008 games in Beijing, China. This new edition includes a complete retrospective of the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, and incorporates updates to all charts and records, as well as fun facts and anecdotes from the most recent Olympics and training.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
learning submitted by Sierra B on August 9, 2012, 1:35pm Good way to learn about the history of the olympics.
PUBLISHED
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 96 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 1200
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781426303029 (lib. bdg.) :
1426303025 (lib. bdg.) :
9781426302909 (hbk.)
1426302908 (hbk.)
SUBJECTS
Olympics -- History -- Pictorial works.