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2008 Summer Olympics
August 8 - 24, 2008
Web Sites on the Olympics
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The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
This site from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad includes information about Beijing for the tourist. -
Official Website of the Olympic Movement
Includes information on past summer and winter Olympic Games as well as news on the current games in Beijing. - The United States Olympic Committee
Representing all of the US Olympic teams -
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
The Official Website of the games for athletes with disabilities taking place September 6-17, 2008. -
NBC Olympics
NBC is the official network for the Beijing Olympics - Other News Coverage
DVDs
Films for the Summer Olympics
The library offers feature films and documentaries about the Olympics and Olympic athletes. And if you want to train for the Olympics, we also have instructional videos!
The library offers feature films and documentaries about the Olympics and Olympic athletes. And if you want to train for the Olympics, we also have instructional videos!
Selected Books
For additional material on the Olympic Games, browse the library catalog under the subject: Olympics.
Macy, Sue
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: a photographic history of the Summer Olympics
qj GV721.5.M25 2008x
A detailed look at the history of the Olympic Games, from their origins in Ancient Greece, through their rebirth in nineteenth century France, to the present, highlighting the contributions of individuals to the Games' success and popularity.
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: a photographic history of the Summer Olympics
qj GV721.5.M25 2008x
A detailed look at the history of the Olympic Games, from their origins in Ancient Greece, through their rebirth in nineteenth century France, to the present, highlighting the contributions of individuals to the Games' success and popularity.
Maraniss, David
Rome 1960: the Olympics that changed the world
GV722 1960.M37 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss talks about the athletes and competitions in their political and social context (this was the middle of the Cold War and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement). This is also available as an audiobook on CD.
Rome 1960: the Olympics that changed the world
GV722 1960.M37 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss talks about the athletes and competitions in their political and social context (this was the middle of the Cold War and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement). This is also available as an audiobook on CD.
The Olympic Games: Athens 1896 - Athens 2004
q GV721.5.C474 2004x
This oversized Dorling Kindersley publication covers the history of the Olympic Games from 1896.
q GV721.5.C474 2004x
This oversized Dorling Kindersley publication covers the history of the Olympic Games from 1896.
Schaap, Jeremy
Triumph: the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
GV697.O9 S33 2007
"In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four Olympic gold medals and single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy."
Triumph: the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
GV697.O9 S33 2007
"In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four Olympic gold medals and single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy."
Smith, Tommie
Silent Gesture: the Autobiography of Tommie Smith
GV697.S65 A3 2007
Tommie Smith, first in the 200 meter dash in the 1968 Olympics, raised a black-gloved fist as he received his medal.
Silent Gesture: the Autobiography of Tommie Smith
GV697.S65 A3 2007
Tommie Smith, first in the 200 meter dash in the 1968 Olympics, raised a black-gloved fist as he received his medal.
Toohey, Kristine
The Olympic Games: a social science perspective
GV721.5.T64 2007
"The book is broad-ranging and independent in its coverage, and includes the use of drugs, sex testing, accusations of power abuse among members of the IOC, the Games as a stage for political protest, media-related controversies, economic costs and benefits of the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities." -- Publisher
The Olympic Games: a social science perspective
GV721.5.T64 2007
"The book is broad-ranging and independent in its coverage, and includes the use of drugs, sex testing, accusations of power abuse among members of the IOC, the Games as a stage for political protest, media-related controversies, economic costs and benefits of the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities." -- Publisher
Return to the topInformation about Beijing & China
Web Sites
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Welcome to Beijing
Travel resources for Olympics spectators from the Beijing Olympics web site. -
People's Republic of China
This is the official website of the central government. It includes information on travel and visas. -
People's Daily Online
Beijing's news website -
China View
News about China from the Xinhua News Agency. -
Lonely Planet Destination Guides: Beijing
