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The Olympic Games Explained
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Vassil Girginov
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks
The Origins of the Olympic Games
Language: en
Pages: 156
Authors: Andras Patay-Horvath
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-31 - Publisher: Archaeolingua

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Even in antiquity it was debated when and why the Olympic Games had been established and by whom. Modern scholarship has also advanced a great number of hypothe
The Ancient Olympics
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Nigel Spivey
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-14 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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The word 'athletics' is derived from the Greek verb 'to struggle for a prize'. After reading this book, no one will see the Olympics as a graceful display of Gr
The Paralympic Games Explained
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Ian Brittain
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-11 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport,
The Paralympic Games Explained
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: Ian Brittain
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport,
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