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Fairy Tale Stories of Snow and Ice from the Winter Olympic Games
The author, a famous sports journalist, tells the story of the men and women who are the modern-day heroes of the Winter Olympics. It is an impassion ed and documented narration of its history and the participants' feats written in an engaging style. |
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The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics
In this gold medal performance, Olympic writer Wallechinsky combines comprehensive results, statistics, and records with photographs and the stories behind the events. |
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Freeze Frame:
A Photographic History of the Winter Olympics
This companion volume to the highly acclaimed Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics follows the stunning visual format of the first book to capture the heroics of the Winter Olympics. From the unlikely Jamaican bobsled team to the unforgettable U.S.S.R. vs. U.S.A. hockey clash at Lake Placid, all the legends of great winter sports are recalled, including stars of skiing, bobsledding, ice skating and even snowboarding. The book recounts the triumph and tragedy that has enthralled the world since the Winter Olympics were launched in Chamonix in 1924: from Eric Heiden's 1980 five gold medal haul to the horror of the 1961 plane crash that claimed 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team. Freeze Frame features spectacular photo galleries in addition to a superb map of Winter Olympic sites, an insight into the coverage of new extreme Olympic sports, and a complete Winter Olympic Almanac, which includes quick reference information on each Olympiad. |
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To the Edge and Back: My Story from Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder
Displaying faith, courage, and perseverance, snowboard racer Chris Klug recounts how he battled for years to have his "extreme" sport accepted in the mainstream. He rose through the World Cup ranks and won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics less than two years after undergoing a lifesaving liver transplant. |
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Headfirst: The Olympic Success Story of Skeleton
HEADFIRST is the success story of how a Texas oil and gas executive took the responsibility of spearheading the campaign to reinstate the sport of skeleton into the 2002 Winter Olympics. A spirited tale of risk, leadership, and determination, HEADFIRST will enthrall sports enthusiasts and readers seeking to be inspired by one man's ambition for success. |
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after. It is still unbelievable.
"The Boys of Winter is an evocative account of the improbable American adventure in Lake Placid, New York. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, Wayne Coffey explores the untold stories of the U.S. upstarts, their Soviet opponents, and the forces that brought them together. |
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Figure Skating Champions:
Includes the 2002 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters are jumping higher, skating faster and pushing artistic and technical boundaries like never before. Figure skating is one of the most popular events at the Olympic Games, with millions more watching on television around the world.
Everyone who watches the events and follows the champions will welcome this book, which contains the very best breathtaking photographs taken at ringside at the world's greatest competitions including the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics.
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