Winter Games

Winter Games
Author: Kyell Gold
Publisher: Kyell Gold
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0985777834

Sierra Snowpaw is just at the Lonnegan Ski Resort looking for a good time. You can trust him. If he doesn't talk a lot about his past, well, a lot of guys have done things they'd rather forget. A lot of guys have been through things they'd rather forget, too. He's so nice that it isn’t that weird when he asks about some of the other guests. Not like a cop, though, or a Fed—well, okay. Maybe a little like that one guy from that movie. Maybe he's off-duty, settling a score on his own time. Or maybe he's the guy on the run. Come to think of it, he looks around corners like someone's after him, too. But you know, some guys are chased by nothing more than the ghosts of their past...

Winter Games

Winter Games
Author: John Feinstein
Publisher: Little Brown
Total Pages: 277
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780316277211

The author of A Season on the Brink creates a story of intrigue and murder set in cutthroat world of college basketball, where recruiters will do what is necessary to sign a potential Michael Jordan.

Tacky and the Winter Games

Tacky and the Winter Games
Author: Helen Lester
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2007-10-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547346719

"A-huff-and-a-puff-and-a-huff-and-a-puff-and-a-huff-and-a-puff" "WHAT'S HAPPENING?" Tacky the penguin wants to know. The Winter Games, that's what's happening. And Tacky and his fellow penguins Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect have to work hard to get in shape so they can represent Team Nice Icy Land in the athletic competitions. After rigorous training, they're ready - but are the games ready for Tacky? Will his antics keep Team Nice Icy Land from winning a medal? From bobsledless racing and ski jumping to speed skating, Tacky lends his unique, exuberant style to each competition. In laugh-out-loud scenes of Tacky and his fellow penguins' athletic debacles, Tacky reminds readers of the underlying joy and enthusiasm that propells athletes to greatness. So get ready to cheer for Team Nice Icy Land and let the games begin!

Individual Sports of the Winter Games

Individual Sports of the Winter Games
Author: Aaron Derr
Publisher: Gold Medal Games
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1634407210

"An overview of the modern Olympic Games featuring Winter sports played by individual athletes competing against each other ... These athletes compete in more than 100 events. The games showcase the strength and skills, stamina and endurance of amazing individual athletes from around the world."--

Parker Penguin and the Winter Games

Parker Penguin and the Winter Games
Author: Jon Chardiet
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre:
ISBN: 9780613119634

Even though his team is the worst in the school, Parker Penguin cares only about winning the Winter Games until his father shows him that winning isn't everything.

Team Sports of the Winter Games

Team Sports of the Winter Games
Author: Aaron Derr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1634407237

"An overview of the modern Olympic Games featuring Winter sports played by teams of athletes competing against each other ... These athletes compete in more than 100 team events. The games showcase the strength and skills, stamina and endurance of amazing athletic teams from around the world in a show of sportsmanship"--

The Olympic Winter Games at 100

The Olympic Winter Games at 100
Author: Heather L. Dichter
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 100383129X

2024 marks the 100-year anniversary of the winter sports week festival celebrated in Chamonix in 1924, which is now recognized as the first Olympic Winter Games. As a globally watched quadrennial mega-event, the Winter Olympics is unique from both summer sport festivals and other winter festivals, such as the Winter X Games. This book explores the impacts, issues, and legacies of the past century of the Olympic Winter Games. Grounded in sport history, the chapters in this volume draw on the disciplines of cultural history, diplomatic history, global history, environmental history, and media history to analyze the continued allure of the Winter Olympics, a century after its origin, and in light of the sustained and significant problems facing the Olympic movement. Host cities’ efforts to create positive and lasting legacies are analyzed to highlight the challenges and complexities that have plagued the Olympic movement throughout the last century. The Olympic Winter Games at 100 is essential reading for any researcher, advanced student or scholar with an interest in Olympic Studies, sports development, sport policy and history. The chapters in this book were published as two special issues in The International Journal of the History of Sport.

The Fire Within

The Fire Within
Author: Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002
Publisher: Sloc
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2002
Genre: Athletes
ISBN: 9780971796102

Captures the magic and beauty of the Olympic Games.

The Treasures of the Winter Olympics Games

The Treasures of the Winter Olympics Games
Author: Martha McIntosh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Winter Olympics
ISBN: 9781847322951

Published in association with the official Olympic Museum and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), The Treasures of the Winter Olympics Gamesbrings the glorious history of this global sporting event to life through more than 200 photographs and 20 removable artifacts. This officially endorsed volume--and the first interactive book on the Olympics produced in cooperation with the Olympic Museum--contains facsimiles of important memorabilia from its exclusive archive: founding historical documents, tickets and programs, collector cards, full-size posters, and even a personal letter from a U.S. president. With these rare treasures, fans will get closer than ever to this celebrated spectacle.