Olympic Games History
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The Games
- A Global History of the Olympics
- By: David Goldblatt
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
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Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic". In The Games, Goldblatt delivers a magisterial history of the biggest sporting event of them all: the Olympics. He tells the epic story of the games from their reinvention in Athens in 1896 to the present day, chronicling classic moments of sporting achievement from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Miracle on Ice to Usain Bolt.
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a bit cynical
- By Andrea on 08-21-17
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The Games
- A Global History of the Olympics
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-26-16
- Language: English
- In The Games, Goldblatt delivers a magisterial history of the biggest sporting event of them all: the Olympics. He tells the epic story of the games....
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The Pan-Hellenic Games in Ancient Greece
- The History of the Olympics and the Other Major Greek Competitions
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Stephen Platt
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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The Pan-Hellenic Games is the collective term for the four major sports festivals held in ancient Greece. These include the Olympic Games, held in honor of Zeus at Olympia every four years; the Pythian Games in honor of Apollo, held at Delphi every four years; the Nemean Games, held to celebrate Zeus and Heracles at Nemea near Corinth every two years; and the Isthmian Games, honoring Poseidon at Isthmia every two years. The main events at all of the games were chariot racing, wrestling, boxing, the pankration, the stadion, various other foot races, and the pentathlon.
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The Pan-Hellenic Games in Ancient Greece
- The History of the Olympics and the Other Major Greek Competitions
- Narrated by: Stephen Platt
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 05-01-20
- Language: English
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The Pan-Hellenic Games is the collective term for the four major sports festivals held in ancient Greece. The main events at all of the games were chariot racing, wrestling, boxing, the pankration, the stadion, various other foot races, and the pentathlon....
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Olympia: The Birth of the Games
- By: John A. Martino, Michael P. O'Kane
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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In ancient Greece and across the Mediterranean, kingdoms strive for dominance. The great powers of Carthage and Egypt look on with avarice as the might of the Greeks is spent warring between themselves, oblivious to external dangers. Year in and year out, the people suffer at the hands of their rulers and the famine and pestilence that comes with conflict. The great rulers of the day are themselves helpless to end this cycle of destruction. While life on the battlefield is cheap, the slave trade flourishes through the years of interminable battle and death.
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Olympia: The Birth of the Games
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-10-22
- Language: English
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In ancient Greece and across the Mediterranean, kingdoms strive for dominance. The great powers of Carthage and Egypt look on with avarice as the might of the Greeks is spent warring between themselves, oblivious to external dangers....
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Triumph
- The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
- By: Jeremy Schaap
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable man.
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race headwinds
- By Andy on 04-26-07
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Triumph
- The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 02-21-07
- Language: English
- In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals....
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The Games
- A Global History of the Olympics
- By: David Goldblatt
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
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The Olympic Games have become the single greatest festival of a universal and cosmopolitan humanity. Seventeen days of sporting competition watched and followed on every continent and in every country on the planet. Simply the greatest show on earth. Yet when the modern games were inaugurated in Athens in 1896, the founders thought them a 'display of manly virtue', an athletic celebration of the kind of amateur gentleman who would rule the world. How was such a ritual invented?
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Munich 1972
- Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games
- By: David Clay Large
- Narrated by: Gregory St. John
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
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Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling audiobook provides the first comprehensive history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the abduction of Israeli Olympians by Palestinian terrorists and the hostages' tragic deaths after a botched rescue mission by the German police. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources from the time, eminent historian David Clay Large explores the 1972 festival in all its ramifications.
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Overly long, many errors in pronunciation
- By Michael on 07-30-14
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Munich 1972
- Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games
- Narrated by: Gregory St. John
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-17-14
- Language: English
- With the Olympic movement in constant danger of terrorist disruption, and with the fortieth anniversary of the 1972 tragedy upon us in 2012, the Munich story is more timely than ever....
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Games of Deception
- The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
- By: Andrew Maraniss
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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On a scorching hot day in July 1936, thousands of people cheered as the US Olympic teams boarded the SS Manhattan, bound for Berlin. Among the athletes were the 14 players representing the first-ever US Olympic basketball team. This is the incredible true story of basketball, from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events, and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible.
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Games of Deception
- The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 11-05-19
- Language: English
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This is the incredible true story of basketball, from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events, and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible....
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America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904
- Sports and American Culture, Book 1
- By: George R. Matthews
- Narrated by: Josh Brogadir
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Eager to celebrate its history, and display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the nation’s first Olympic games in 1904 St. Louis. But within a few years, the publication of Coubertin’s memoirs turned the praised Olympics into the failed Olympics. America’s First Olympics corrects common misconceptions that began with Coubertin’s memoirs, and presents a fresh view of the 1904 games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals.
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America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904
- Sports and American Culture, Book 1
- Narrated by: Josh Brogadir
- Series: Sports and American Culture
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-25-22
- Language: English
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Eager to celebrate its history, and display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the nation’s first Olympic games in 1904 St. Louis. But within a few years, the publication of Coubertin’s memoirs turned the praised Olympics into the failed Olympics....
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The Ancient Olympic Games: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Sports Event
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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While they are still well-known, the Olympic Games of Ancient Greece are more relevant today than most people know, and the ways in which athletic sports pervade contemporary culture is comparable only to the spirit of athleticism in Hellenic Greece. Today, a large section of the media industry is devoted exclusively to sports, and in some nations sports even figures as a critical component of their identity.
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The Ancient Olympic Games: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Sports Event
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-22-15
- Language: English
- "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." (Epictetus)....
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Dreamers and Schemers
- How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
- By: Barry Siegel
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city's transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis.
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What a Fascinating Slice of Los Angeles History
- By Toni Bowes on 03-25-20
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Dreamers and Schemers
- How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles from Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-10-19
- Language: English
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Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city's transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis....
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Clara Hughes: The Only Canadian Athlete Who Won Medals at Two Olympic Games
- Canadian History for Kids: True Canadian Heroes
- By: Professor Beaver
- Narrated by: Dr. Michelle Carabache
- Length: 15 mins
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Clara Hughes is famous for being the only Canadian to have won medals at the Olympic Summer and Olympic Winter Games. You can say that Clara was born to be an athlete, but it was her undying dedication to better her skills that made her a champion. If you want an inspiration to do better and to never give up, look up to Clara.
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Clara Hughes: The Only Canadian Athlete Who Won Medals at Two Olympic Games
- Canadian History for Kids: True Canadian Heroes
- Narrated by: Dr. Michelle Carabache
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 03-05-21
- Language: English
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Clara Hughes is famous for being the only Canadian to have won medals at the Olympic Summer and Olympic Winter Games. You can say that Clara was born to be an athlete, but it was her undying dedication to better her skills that made her a champion....
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A Full Interpretation of Olympia
- The Story of the Ancient Olympic Games: How It Compares to the Modern Olympic Games
- By: Bell Young, Xueyou Wang
- Narrated by: Rob Jones
- Length: 26 mins
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WeReadYouListen is devoted to helping you finish a book in just a small fragment of time. By providing the essence and important points of popular books for you, finishing the titles you want will be a breeze! Not only do we summarize the book’s main points, but we pride ourselves in making even popular science books or daunting titles into great stories!
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A Full Interpretation of Olympia
- The Story of the Ancient Olympic Games: How It Compares to the Modern Olympic Games
- Narrated by: Rob Jones
- Length: 26 mins
- Release date: 08-16-21
- Language: English
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WeReadYouListen is devoted to helping you finish a book in just a small fragment of time. By providing the essence and important points of popular books for you, finishing the titles you want will be a breeze....
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