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2008

Format:	Book
Author:	Macy, Sue.
Title:	Swifter, higher, stronger : a photographic history of the Summer Olympics / by Sue Macy ; foreword by Bob Costas.
Edition:	Updated ed.
Publisher, Date:	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2008.
Description:	96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Summary:	A comprehensive portrait of the Summer Olympics fully updated for the 2008 games in Beijing, China. This new edition includes a complete retrospective of the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, and incorporates updates to all charts and records, as well as fun facts and anecdotes from the most recent Olympics and training.
Subjects:	Olympics -- History -- Juvenile literature. Olympics -- History -- Pictorial worksvJuvenile literature.
Genre:	Biographies.
Notes:	"Updated for the 2008 summer Olympics"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Photo gallery: Competing -- The games reborn -- Women dig in their heels -- Breakthrough athletes -- Photo gallery: Excelling -- Controversies cast a shadow -- Unlikely heroes -- Photo gallery: Celebrating -- Olympic almanac.
LCCN:	2009277717
ISBN:	9781426303029 1426303025 9781426302909 1426302908
Other Number:	176951309
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Control Number:	217941
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Call Number:	j 796.48 Macy

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