The Olympics' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of the Olympics' Gold Medal Gaffes, Improbable Triumphs, and Other Oddities   Floyd Conner

"Athens to Athens" is a full account of the history of the Olympic Games, its administration and the myriad triumphs, disappointments and scandals that have befallen the event since its inception in 1894. It is the illustrated, chronological story of the re-creation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin, of the often tempestuous and controversial fortunes of the governing body (including three successive boycotts and the Salt Lake City scandal of 1998), together with the highs and lows of the Games themselves.

Whitaker's Olympic Almanack is the most authoritative and entertaining collection of Olympic facts, records, anecdotes and statistics from the ancient Games right up to the present - making essential reading for Olympics enthusiasts everywhere. Whitaker's Olympic Almanack includes profiles of every summer and winter olympic games; summaries of Olympic history, sports, events, people and performances and medal tables by sport and year.

Olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable. The Olympics' Most Wanted chronicles 700 of the most outlandish competitors in the history of the winter and summer Olympics. Its seventy lists describe in humorous detail the Olympics' most inept athletes, strangest events, most embarrassing performances, poorest losers, most outrageous cheaters, unlikeliest heroes, most notorious disqualifications, and more.

The definitive account of the 1972 Munich Olympics, when 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists - or inept German snipers. It covers the seige and massacre, the ensuing recriminations, and the launch of one of the most clinical revenge operations of the century.

This book contains everything anyone could ever need or want to know about the Modern Olympic Games, which take place, for the 101st time, at the Sydney Olympiad in summer 2000. It provides a complete statistical record of every event since the foundation of the Modern Games in 1896.

Part of a series that explores the Olympic Games, ancient and modern, enabling children to link the origins of the games to their modern equivalent. Each book features in-depth profiles of a particular role or job at the Games, factboxes and message boards detailing announcements, lists and quotes. The books link together history, geography, sport and citizenship and tie in with the Olympic Games to be held in Greece in 2004.