Rafer Johnson
Rafer Johnson won the gold medal for the decathlon in the 1960 Olympic Games, posting a new Olympic record in the event. After the Olympics, he devoted his time to his family, his career, and helping others. To this ... [... more]
Random House |
Hour of the Olympics
 Take An Hour And Read This Book The book you are going to read about is called Hour of the Olympics. Mary Pope Osborne wrote it and she is a great writer. This story is about the first Olympic game. The two main characters are named Jack and Annie. This ... [... more]
CDN$5.50
Amazon CA |
An Olympic Death
An unorthodox mystery "An Olympic Death" is an unorthodox mystery novel set in Barcelona on the eve of the '92 Olympics. As a portrait of Barcelona, the novel reveals it for what it is -- at once one of the most exciting cities in Europe and a ... [... more]
CDN$15.85
Amazon CA |
Fault Line: Knowing Too Much Can Be Deadlier Than An ...
THe kind of book that makes you want to read the sequel I'm going to have to buy the next book in the series because I'm dying to find out what happens next to detective geologist Em Hansen, particularly her love life, and I'm not normally a fan of ... [... more]
CDN$8.99
Amazon CA |
Skeleton Coast_-LP
Heart-Pounding, Non-Stop Action Complemented by High-Tech Hardware and Guts What do you want in an adventure story? If you're like me, you want lots of exciting action that's unexpected. You also want to be dazzled by advanced weapons and defenses. In ... [... more]
CDN$33.08
Amazon CA |
Brought to You in Living Color: 75 Years of Great ...
NBC Lite If you're looking for a big, happy coffee table book about what a terrific network NBC is, "Brought to You in Living Color" will meet your needs. If, however, you're expecting actual information (ratings? dates? a comprehensive list of ... [... more]
CDN$77.50
Amazon CA |
Dk Revealed Ancient Greece
Great for younger readers Although brief at only 38 pages, this is a very well designed and written book on the Greeks intended for school-age children and younger readers. Using cutting-edge graphics in their usual effective way, the author and DK ... [... more]
CDN$19.99
Amazon CA |
The Coast of Good Intentions: Stories
Michael Byers grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and the stories in The Coast of Good Intentions evoke that region's cloudy and caffeinated landscape with impressive ease. He gives each location the particularity of a fingerprint: "The alders were in ... [... more]
CDN$13.95
Amazon CA |
The Economics of Staging the Olympics: A Comparison of ...
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CDN$48.77
Amazon CA |
The Economics of Staging the Olympics: A Comparison of ...
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CDN$143.30
Amazon CA |
Kingdom Come
As comic books gained in respectability, the superhero comic has remained a much-maligned medium. Oh sure, Batman was given new levels of sophistication by the likes of Frank Miller and Alan Moore, and Watchmen added a dose of reality to the concept of ... [... more]
CDN$8.50
Amazon CA |
Noche de Tlatelolco, La
The voices speak for themselves This book is incredibly moving. Because it's a compilation of quotations from various participants and observers it takes on the quality of a film or poetry. The reader is not scarred by the writer's bias. The book puts ... [... more]
CDN$23.04
Amazon CA |
