by Samantha Totman, Circulation Assistant
We’re at the halfway point of Olympics season–the Olympics have just ended, and the Paralympics are about to begin. Have you discovered a new sport to passionately follow and analyze for the next 3 years? Are you eagerly awaiting the start of the Paralympics on August 24? Keep the torch burning by diving deep into these reads by and about the athletes and the Olympic & Paralympic games.
Olympics
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt
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Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles with Michelle Burford
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: the Untold Story of 18 African Americans who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, and Travis Thrasher
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Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever by Jack McCallum
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For the Glory: Eric Liddell’s Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr by Duncan Hamilton
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What is a Girl Worth? My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics by Rachael Denhollander
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman
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Foxcatcher: the True Story of My Brother’s Murder, John du Pont’s Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Mark Schultz with David Thomas
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Paralympics
Unsinkable: from Russian Orphan to Paralympic Swimming World Champion by Jessica Long with Hannah Long
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Athlete First: a History of the Paralympic Movement by Steve Bailey
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Locked In: the Will to Survive and the Resolve to Live by Victoria Arlen
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Just Don’t Fall: a Hilariously True Story of Childhood, Cancer, Amputation, Romantic Yearning, Truth, and Olympic Greatness by Josh Sundquist
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Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation by David Davis
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