First Olympics

Eager to celebrate its history, and display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the nation’s first Olympic games in 1904 St. Louis. But within a few years, the publication of Coubertin’s memoirs turned the praised Olympics into the failed Olympics. America’s First Olympics corrects common misconceptions that began with Coubertin’s memoirs, and presents a fresh view of the 1904 games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals.

CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti’s searing firsthand account of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the failures that fueled the catastrophe, and the high-stakes battle over how the city will rebuild ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games. In Torched, Vigliotti brings readers inside the inferno...

Greetings, dear readers! Here is the complete collection of my newest series, “The Naughty Gymnastics Coach” – all neatly bundled and deeply discounted for your reading pleasure! These stories feature Dennis Collymore, arguably the world’s most dirty-minded Olympic gymnastics coach…along with five of the sweetest, sexiest, prettiest, and most toned young ladies ever to grace a balance beam. To his credit, Coach “Gymnasty” is one of the most renowned, successful, and sought-after gymnastics coaches in the country. He has a twenty-year reputation for churning out champions who ...

Jack, Emma, and the gang from the Lonely Heart Attack Club (Isle of Man branch) are back.... For their next challenge, how will they surpass a World Record attempt? Get their members to compete in an Olympic Games for the elderly, of course! The Wrinkly Olympics is a feel-good, heart-warming story that’s sublimely funny.

This "moving, deeply human" memoir tells the inspiring story of the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title, following the obstacles she overcame to achieve her Olympic dreams (The Cut). CeCé Telfer is a warrior. She has contended with transphobia on and off the track since childhood...

*"Rivaling the nonfiction works of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat....Even readers who don't appreciate sports will find this story a page-turner." --School Library Connection (starred review) "An insightful, gripping account of basketball and bias." --Kirkus...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the inspirational true story of the birth of women’s Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women’s basketball on the map. Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown. A...

Who are the game changers in sports? Who are the warriors who laid the pathways for social, cultural and political advancement? Liberate these caged, unheralded and underappreciated icons in sports history. Unshackle their glory! Discover their uncomfortable truths! “Caged Champions” is a snap-shot reference guide for serious fans. The first 11 chapters cover major sports along with cross references by individual pioneers. Chapter 12 is a catch-all for minor sports and lesser known caged champions other than No. 42, who, along with Larry Doby, et al, dismantled apartheid in America’s ...

Physical culture can be regarded as a philosophy, regimen or lifestyle aiming to achieve maximum physical development by exercise, diet and athletic competition. The ancient Greeks were the first to cultivate their bodies to achieve the ideal physique and use physical culture as a form of preventative medicine. This fascinating book highlights how physical culture through exercise and athletics was a fundamental aspect of ancient Greece. This book revisits some of the commonly known aspects of ancient Greece, the Olympic Games and exercise techniques comparing with modern training ...

Prove you are the smartest person in the room with 500 true trivia facts about sports. These facts are so absurd some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t! Explore the slam dunks and the Olympic Golds in this fun addition to the True Facts series that shares all things sports. Give the...

Chapter book readers' favorite kitten mermaids are shell-ebrating the Olympics with a school field day. The Purrmaids series is known for having readers paw-sitively hooked from page one! It's time for the summer Olympics and Kittentail Cove is ready to celebrate! A hometown Olympic hero will be...

Canada's first Olympic gold medallist couldn't walk until he was ten, and became the greatest runner of his generation. Who was the first Canadian to Win an Olympic Gold Medal? When Mark Hebscher was asked this simple trivia question, he had no idea that it would lead him on a two year odyssey, researching a man he had never heard of. Paralyzed as a child and told he would never walk again, George Washington Orton persevered, eventually becoming the greatest distance runner of his generation, a world-class hockey player, and a brilliant scholar.

Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she'd never ride again. Lis tried anyway. But how do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with limited mobility? With hard work—and an unlikely horse named Jubilee!

The girls call him “Coach Gymnasty.” And yet, that moniker doesn’t even begin to describe just how dirty-minded the legendary Dennis Collymore truly is. To his credit, he is one of the most renowned, successful, and sought-after gymnastics coaches in the country. He has a stellar reputation for churning out medal-winning champions. Alas, he also has a rather dubious reputation for being a coach who takes “hands-on training” to the most lecherous levels imaginable! In this tale of humiliation and celebration, Coach Collymore has done it! He and his five cute little gymnasts have ...

As a little girl, Cathy Freeman had only had one dream - to win a gold medal at the Olympics. At twenty-seven years old, that dream came true. At the Sydney 2000 Games, she crossed the finish line, won a gold medal for Australia and became a national hero. How did she go from being a little girl...

Zac is about to embark on his five-year residency to become an orthopedic surgeon. Before it starts, he decides to borrows an old RV from a friend and head west with no definite direction. Fate puts him in Sapphire Falls during festival week. Forced to quit playing soccer due to injury, Tacy is left to figure out “what now?” She decides a relaxing trip to Sapphire Falls might be just the ticket. However, the easy pace she was looking for evaporates once she lays eyes on Zac. One minute Tacy and Zac are playfully arguing over who gets the last caramel apple, the next they’re doing the ...

Mie is a lonely Chinese Ping-Pong player, who had just won silver in the Olympics. However, winning silver hasn’t compensated for the loneliness and emptiness that torment her. While on a casual stroll, she meets Jordan, who is a heavyweight boxer. The attraction is instant, but Mie is slightly wary despite willing to go all the way with him. Things get intense between them, but more questions are raised in Mie’s mind. What happens when Jordan shows immense interest in her right away? Would their instant attraction lead to gloom or compensate for the emptiness within Mie’s fragile heart?