A History of the Olympics, John Goodbody
A History of the Olympics, John Goodbody
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A History of the Olympics

Author: John Goodbody

Narrator: Barry Davies

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 06/02/2008

Synopsis

An unusual release on audiobook format! The 2008 Beijing Olympics take place in August. John Goodbody, for many years chief sports news writer for The Times, has covered every Olympics since 1964. In this entertaining and informative account, he tells the main stories of each of the modern Olympics. Here are some of the heroes and heroines who have made sporting history, as well as the main disasters and scandals that attend the world’s greatest sporting event.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Benjamin

It is a really well documented and thorough description of every one of the editions of the modern olympics up to Beijing 2008, and that is the problem, it is so long, with so many data, athletes and events, that eventually I lost interest, specially when I only recognized the names of some of the m......more

Goodreads review by Dan

I did enjoy some of the stories, but the book felt like a Wikipedia page. It's a minor error, but the author said that Shaquille O'Neal was on the USA 1992 Basketball Dream Team, which he wasn't (he was on the 1996 team) -- and this mistake (which those who have followed USA basketball would catch b......more

Goodreads review by Ray

Published prior to the Beijing Olympics, it highlights the modern Olympics from 1896 through 2004. It provides some of the highlights from each, and brief stories from each. Interesting enough, but at times it made me think of someone reading from the Olympics section of the uiness Book of Records.......more

Goodreads review by Jen

ok learner lots about past Olympics.......more

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