[OFF TOPIC] Βooks Thread

[rafalgorka 1,369]

Reading „Igniting The Games” by David Miller now.

 

a good book imo but looks like an author loves Mr. Bach a bit too much

[rafalgorka 1,369]

I read Wallechinsky olympic books again and again and i am so sad that there were no new editions after 2012.

 

If i were a young, aspiring journalists i would contact people who were responsible for those books and offered them my contribution to do the 2012-2022 olympics update... if you reach some agreement on this, it's a good way to start to make your name known.

 

But i'm not a journalist

Edited October 15, 2023 by rafalgorka

[rafalgorka 1,369]

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Olympics-2012/dp/1845136950

[rafalgorka 1,369]

https://www.amazon.pl/Complete-Book-Winter-Olympics-2014/dp/1937530701

[Dragon 1,691]

5 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

https://www.amazon.pl/Complete-Book-Winter-Olympics-2014/dp/1937530701

The writing of the 2014 book was up to the same standard as before but the publishers were incompetent and made a horrible mess of formatting the book.

 

Also in 2016 "David Wallechinsky has confirmed that, for the first time since 1984, he will not be publishing a new version of The Complete Book of the Olympics on the eve of the Summer Games - and added that writing what has become established as one of sport’s set texts is “no longer cost-effective.”

Edited October 15, 2023 by Dragon

[rafalgorka 1,369]

Anyone read it? Is it a good one?

 

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (2022) by David Maraniss

 

https://www.amazon.de/s?k=Path+Lit+by+Lightning%3A+The+Life+of+Jim+Thorpe+(2022)&__mk_pl_PL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=1BT3VQEU0KTPA&sprefix=path+lit+by+lightning+the+life+of+jim+thorpe+2022+%2Caps%2C117&ref=nb_sb_noss

[Dragon 1,691]

9 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

Anyone read it? Is it a good one?

 

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (2022) by David Maraniss

 

https://www.amazon.de/s?k=Path+Lit+by+Lightning%3A+The+Life+of+Jim+Thorpe+(2022)&__mk_pl_PL=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=1BT3VQEU0KTPA&sprefix=path+lit+by+lightning+the+life+of+jim+thorpe+2022+%2Caps%2C117&ref=nb_sb_noss

I haven't read it yet but David Maraniss is a brilliant writer. His book on the Rome Olympics was superb

Edited November 5, 2023 by Dragon

[Olympian1010 7,470]

Might be a good time to read Boys in the Boat for those who haven’t. The film adaptation will be coming out soon.

[Dragon 1,691]

21 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Might be a good time to read Boys in the Boat for those who haven’t. The film adaptation will be coming out soon.

Next month.

I wrote something about Olympic films many years ago.

https://olympstats.com/2014/11/13/lights-camera-olympic-games/