An Athletics Compendium

C 85-97 The ModemOlympic Games<&World Championships 85 Olympic marathon: a centennial history of the Games' most storied race/ Charlie Lovett. London: Praeger, 1997. xiii, 176p; illus; index ISBN: 0-275-95771-3 BL:YK.1997.b.6065 The legend of the marathonis treated in a prologue before each of the twenty-four men'e races - including the intercalatedGames of 1906 — and four women's races inthe Gamoefsthe modern era adrescribed. A brief account is given of the fightto establishthe women's race.A number ofinaccuracies havcerept in — Foster Poweldl id not completea 402-mile round trip at age si(xhtey died in his 59th year), andthe White City Stadiumwas not destroyedby the bombs of the Luftwaffe (54,000 spectators were there on 6 August 194t5o seethe milerace betweenAndersson and Wooderson). 86 Chronicle of the Olympics. New ed. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1998. 330p; illus; index ISBN: 0-7513-0542-1 BL:YK.1998.b.4523 ^ Previous ed. C68 87 Stoke Mandeville roadto the Paralympics: fiftyears of history / Joan Scruton. Brill: Peterhouse, 1998. xiv, 370p; illus ISBN: 0-946312-10-9 BL: YK.1998.b.6102 Largely an accounotf the pioneer ProfessoSrir Ludwig Guttmann (18>99-1960) in promoting sport fotrhe disabled by someone crucially involved in the various organisations established in the field. A number of important competitions and significant performances are mentioned, and a photograph of the earliest outstanding paraplegic javelin thrower, Dick Thompson, is included. 88 Crises at the Olympics/ Haydn Middleton. Oxford: Heinemann Library, 1999. 32p; illus; index (The Olympics) ISBN: 0-431-05921-7 BL:YK.2000.b.3391 For children. 89 Great Olympic moment/s Haydn Middleton. Oxford: Heinemann Library, 1999. 32p; illus (The Olympics) ISBN: 0-431-05920-9 For children. 90 The history otfhe Olympics / NigBelundell & Duncan Mackay. London: Parkgate, 1999. 512p; illus ISBN: 1-902616-61-8 BL: LB.31 .C .11180 91 Minds, bodies and souls: anrchaeology of the Olympic heritage network / DoAnnthony. London: Bridsh Olympic Association, 1999. 127p; illus; pbk The second volume of this trilogy sets out 'an uncovering ofwhat hasbeen buried', with emphasis on the pre-historyof British Olympic history, up to and including the first Games of 16>96. ^ See also: C64, C92 92 Minds, bodies and souls: an thology of the Olympic heritage network / Don Anthony. London: British Olympic Association, 1999. 172p; illus Volume three ofthterilogy addsa selection of articles by other writers intende'tdo give some muscle to the flesh'. It features William Penny Brookes and the National Olympian Association; the Cotswold Olympics; the Liverpool Olympics; the German Gymnastic Society; the National Physical Recreation Society; Lord Desborough; Courcy Laffan; and an overview of the British Olympic Association, 1904- 1996. See also: C64, C91 93 The modern Olympic Gam/es Haydn Middleton. Oxford: Heinemann Library, 1999. 32p; illus (The Olympics) ISBN: 0-431-05919-5 (cased) • 0-431-05924-1 (pbk) For children. 94 Olympic games / Chris Oxlade & DaBvaildlheimer. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1999. 60p; illus; index (Eyewitness guides) Alternative title: Olympics ISBN: 0-7513-6192-5 BL: YK.1999.b.9325 A well-produced, mainly photographic, conspectuosf the subject. 95 The Olympics / John Escott. Oxford: Ginn, 1999. 48p; illus; index; pbk (Impact non-fiction) ISBN: 0-435-21233-8 BL: YK.1999.a.4543 Educational readingbook for children aged11to 14. 96 Athletics, field:pole vault, long jumph, ammer, javelin& lots, lots more J/ason Page. Tonbridge: Ticktock, 2000. 32p; illus (Ziggy's Olympic book) ISBN: 1-86007-151-1 A children's book. 97 Athletics, track: 100 metres, 200 metres, relhauysrd, les & lots, lots more / Jason Page. Tonbridge: Ticktock, 2000. 32p; illus (Ziggy's Olympic book) ISBN: 1-86007-150-3 For children. [ 76 ]