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Politics C 98 - 109 98 The complete book of the Olymp/icsDavid Wallechinsky. London: Aurum, 2000. 880p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 1-85410-692-9 BL:YK.2001.a.l731 ^ Previous ed. C69 99 Flaming Olympics: new edition for Sydney 2000 / Michael Coleman; illustrated by AidPanotts. New ed. London: Hippo, 2000. 160p; illus; pbk (The knowledge) ISBN: 0-439-01365-8 BL:YK.2001.a.378 For children. ^ Previous ed. C72 100 History of Olympic tracaknd field athletics/ Mel Watman. Stanmore: Athletics International, 2000. 184p A revised and updated versionof his Olympic Track& Field Athletics Guide. ^ Previous ed. C81 101 The Olympicmarathon: the history and drama of sport's most challenging event / DavEi.d Martin and Roger W. H. Gynn; foreword by BMillallon. Leeds: Human Kinetics, 2000. xvi. Slip; illus, maps; index; pbk ISBN: 0-88011-969-1 This authoritative account of the event describes each race fro1m6>96 to1996, with sketch maps of the courses and full statistical data. 102 The 100 greatest moments at the Olympics / Mark Grassland and Mike Wood; forewordDablyey Thompson. London: Generation, 2000. 112p; illus; pbk ISBN : 1-903009-37-5 103 1000 years of the Olympic Games: treasuresAnocfient Greece / essays by TerencMeeasham, Elissabet Spathari and Paul Donnelly. Aldershot: Lund Humphries, 2000. 144p; illus; pbk ISBN; 1-86317-079-0 Prepared to accompany an exhibition of material lent by the HellenicMinistry ofCulture to the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. 104 What they don't tell youabout the Olympics B/ob Fowke. London: Hodder Children's, 2000. 126p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-340-73611-9 Children's bookof odd and humorous anecdotes. 105 Whitaker's Olympic almanack: an encyclopaeodfiathe Olympic Games / Stan Greenberg. London: Stationery Office, 2000. vi, 27Ip; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-11-702250-0 A collection ofOlympic facts and statisticrse,cords and anecdotes from the ancient games to the present. * Additional References 106 Special Olympics: the competitive aspecat st-udy of Irish participants / C. Morgan. University College Dublin, 1988. MA thesis. Politics 107 The politicsof the Olympic Game/s Richard Espy. London: University of California Press, 1979. xii, 212p; index ISBN: 0-520-03777-4 BL: X.629/12714 The author asserts, 'the main problem for any organization lies in the conflict between its organizational patterns of behavior and its stated purpose for existence, thisa,tin the maintenanceof the organization as opposed to its stated ideal', and cites the caosfeJames Gilkes (Guyanaw),ho applied to compete in 1976 untdheer Olympic banner after his NOC had decided to boycott the Games,along with most African countries. The IOC turned down his request. ^ Subsequent ed. CI09 108 Munich, Montreal and Moscow:polaitical tale ofthree Olympic cities / Ernie Trory. Hove: Crabtree, 1980. 96p; illus; pbk BL: X.809/55156 Comprises articles completed shortly after the conclusion of eachof the Olympic Games heinld1972, 1976 and 1960. 109 The politics of the Olympic Games: with an epilogue 1976-1980 / RicharEdspy. London: University of California Press, 1981. xi, 238p; index; pbk ISBN: 0-520-04395-2 BL: X.629/25133 Espy's epilogueprovides apost-mortem otnhe 19&0 US-led boycott: 'The real impact of the boycott was to show, perhaps better than any other evenctould have, the popularity of the Games and the importance attached by governmenbtsu,siness interestasnd the public to participation in them.' He identifies three [ 7 7 ]