Swifter, higher, stronger
Subtitle: a photographic history of the Summer Olympics
By: by Sue Macy ; foreword by Bob Costas.
Edition: [Updated ed.].
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781426303029; 9781426302909
Subjects: Olympics -- History -- Juvenile literature; Olympics -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature; Olympics -- History
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Pictorial works
Other titles: Photographic history of the Summer Olympics
Description: 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.
Notes: "Updated for the 2008 summer Olympics"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.
Table of contents: title: Photo gallery: Competing; title: The games reborn; title: Women dig in their heels; title: Breakthrough athletes; title: Photo gallery: Excelling; title: Controversies cast a shadow; title: Unlikely heroes; title: Photo gallery: Celebrating; title: Olympic almanac.