All-around Men

All-around Men
Author: Frank Zarnowski
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780810854239

"This detailed book includes twenty-five photos and a wealth of statistical data. It will hold great appeal for sports historians as well as the fans, athletes, and coaches of modern-day track and field events."--Jacket.

United States Olympic Book

United States Olympic Book
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1920
Genre: Olympics
ISBN:

Vols. for 19 include reports of the Olympic winter games; 19 include reports of the Pan American games.

Athletic Training for Men and Boys - A Comprehensive System of Training Tables for All Events

Athletic Training for Men and Boys - A Comprehensive System of Training Tables for All Events
Author: F. A. M. Webster
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1528768744

“Athletic Training for Men and Boys” is a vintage illustrated guide to athletics by F. A. M. Webster. It contains a complete system of athletics training to be followed by coaches or students, and will be of considerable utility to athletes new and old. Frederick Annesley Michael Webster (1886 – 1949) was a British athletics coach and author, and soldier active during World War One. He wrote profusely on the subject of athletics, with his best known book being “Athletics in Action” (1931). Contents include: Value of Training and Use of Training”, “Tables of Effort Explained”, “The Sprints”, “440 Yards”, “Short Middle Distances and Three-quarter-mile Steeplechase”, “Distance Races and Two-mile Steeplechase”, “Yards High Hurdles”, “Yards Low Hurdles”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on athletics.

Boys' Life

Boys' Life
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1952-10
Genre:
ISBN:

Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

Olympic Affair

Olympic Affair
Author: Terry Frei
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1589796985

Glenn Morris, Colorado farm boy turned "world's greatest athlete" confessed on his deathbed that he should have stayed with Leni. The Leni--Leni Riefenstahl--legendary filmmaker and darling of Hitler's Third Reich. They met at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where Leni filmed Olympia, and began a steamy love affair that was the subject of speculation and

Making Better Choices

Making Better Choices
Author: Charles E. Phelps
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2021-04-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0190871164

Systems engineering offers a set of capabilities and competencies to design and manage complex systems as they evolve. Drawing from social choice research and systems engineering practice, Making Better Choices examines how we make decisions together and the tools we use to arrive at those decisions. It takes a critical look at the rules and methods we apply to important decisions--from how we run meetings to how we elect presidents--with an interest in how we can improve these mechanisms. By reviewing different voting systems, their original intents, and their deficits, the authors outline a systems engineering approach to making collective choices in society. Written by an economist and an engineer, this groundbreaking work draws from insights in sociology, linguistics, law, political science, philosophy, psychology, economics, and systems design. In an era of relentless rating, this book offers a fresh vision for engineering better democracies by enabling diverse and inclusive choices

The Telegraph Book of the Olympics

The Telegraph Book of the Olympics
Author: Martin Smith
Publisher: Aurum
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 178131036X

For the record-breaking third time London will be hosting the Olympic Games in 2012. From the inception of Baron Pierre de Courbetin’s crusade to revive the Games of the ancient Greeks, in the 1890s, through the triumphs and disasters of twenty-nine Olympiads, The Daily Telegraph has been there to provide eye-witness accounts of the greatest sporting moments in history with characteristic authority. This comprehensive and colourful review of the summer Olympics takes you back to 1908, the first time London held the Games, with Dorando Pietri’s infamous disqualification in the marathon. Then to Fanny Blankers-Koen and Emil Zatopek lifeting the War-scarred capital in the Austerity Games of 1948. With more recent record-breaking moments from the Olympics of Sydney, Athens and Beijing, this is the perfect scene-setter for the Games’ return to London. From Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett to Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Kelly Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Ian Thorpe and Daley Thompson, the tears and the glory of all the heroes and villains from 116 years of Olympic history are collected here in this wonderful anthology of the greatest show on earth.