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02505aam a2200433 i 4500 001 26898A54D31F11EBBEBA4D2145ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210622010013 008 200204s2020 enka e 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1787394042 020 $a 9781787394049 035 $a (OCoLC)1197599886 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d SO$ $d OI6 $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 796.48 $2 23 245 04 $a The history of the Olympic Games : $b faster, higher, stronger. 246 30 $a Olympic Games : $b faster, higher, stronger 264 1 $a London : $b Welbeck, $c 2020. 300 $a 160 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 29 cm. 500 $a Published in association with the International Olympic Committee. 500 $a "An official publication of the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage." 500 $a Originally published: 2008. 500 $a Published in association with the International Olympic Committee, The History of the Olympic Games: Faster, Higher, Stronger brings to life, through more than 225 photographs, the glorious history of the Olympic Summer Games. Illustrating the values that unite the world through sport every four years, beginning in 776 BC in ancient Greece, through to its revival in 1896 and the subsequent editions, this exceptional volume, revised, updated and in an exciting new format, charts the event's absorbing and exemplary history and a wealth of world sporting achievement. A book of dreams, the International Olympic Committee has graciously allowed items of rare historical documents from their exclusive archive to be photographed, allowing readers to get closer to the world's greatest sporting spectacle than ever before. Written with the full co-operation of the International Olympic Committee. 504 $a Includes index. 650 0 $a Olympics $x History. 650 0 $a Olympics $x History $v Pictorial works. 655 7 $a Illustrated works. $2 lcgft 710 2 $a International Olympic Committee, $e contributor. 941 $a 9 952 $l GYPE631 $d 20240626012727.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023126.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310012115.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022809.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20221028011518.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220927011303.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20220308010953.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20210930010158.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210622010914.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=26898A54D31F11EBBEBA4D2145ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search