Olympic & Paralympic Games

This catalogue sheds new light on the Paris Olympics of 1924, often considered the first international games. From their origins in ancient Greece ...

Nile Wilson is one of Great Britain's most successful gymnasts of all time. He won Britain's first ever Olympic medal on the High Bar with a bronze...

In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European womens sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same t...

Thane Baker grew up in the Kansas Dust Bowl. An Olympic medal winner from his small town gave seven-year-old Thane hopes for his own Olympic glory....

La Vie Jamais Racontée is the story of sporting suffragette Alice Milliat, and a captivating exploration of a forgotten pioneer of women's sport. I...

Ive had the unique privilege of witnessing some of the most incredible moments in Olympic history. This book beautifully captures thes...

In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European womens sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same t...

Record Breakers at the Olympic Games celebrates the best records, achievements and stories in the history of the modern summer Olympic Games.Compre...

Since Nadia Comaneci captured the hearts of the world with her amazing performance at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, one that would change the...

Donald Osborne Finlay, a sporting name familiar to households in the 1930s, was Britains greatest athlete of the time; a hurdler whose triumphant e...

Can sports and politics mix? They can and do, according to the author of this study of the Olympic Games. Richard Espy's objective is to show how t...

Fatima Whitbread had the worst possible start in life. Abandoned as a baby, she spent much of her childhood in and out of children's homes. A brief...

Early in their lives, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando chose ice hockey to be the sport they wanted to pursue. They didnt ...

From track and field to swimming and diving, and of course basketball and soccer, Indiana University Olympians celebrates over a century of Indiana...

A look back at how powerful politicians, business leaders, and a diverse cast of activists used a thwarted Olympics to shape the state of Colorado ...

How does a small provincial city in southern Japan become the site of a world-famous wheelchair marathon that has been attracting the best internat...

During the Cold War, political tensions associated with the division of Germany came to influence the world of competitive sport. In the 1950s, Wes...

During the Cold War, political tensions associated with the division of Germany came to influence the world of competitive sport. In the 1950s, Wes...