NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2007
"An excellent contribution to sports--and political--history."
The Olympics are supposed to transcend politics, but this fine study reminds us that the Berlin Games were nothing but political.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2008
"Revealing portrait of urban change, and the consequences of China's unquenchable thirst for modernization."
An American lives side by side with the fear-stricken denizens of an ancient neighborhood that will not survive China's Olympic Games.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 1, 2008
"Evocative, entertaining and often suspenseful--sports history at a very high standard."
Timely, illuminating account of the 17th Olympiad, with its many firsts, including the first doping scandal in Olympic history.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 4, 2011
"A witty, light-handed chronicle, though after three years, the Beijing Olympics has already lost its luster."
NONFICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"A cultural history of sports that says as much about all of us as it does about athletes."
NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"Basketball and Olympics fans will welcome this nostalgic trip through the recent past."
