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Old Bones, The Wonder Horse
by Mildred Mastin PaceThis is the story of the great horse, Exterminator, affectionately known as Old Bones. An unknown in 1918, he won the Kentucky Derby. He went on to become America's top winner of cup races and, many claim, the greatest thoroughbred ever developed in this country. He retired in 1924 at the age of nine, when he pulled up lame in his 100th race. Exterminator lived to the age of thirty, in the company of his pony companion Peanuts II on the Kilmer farm near Binghamton, New York.
Old Hoss
by James W. Bennett Donald RaycraftCharles Radbourn won fifty-nine games in 1884, the stuff of legends. In eleven years he racked up over three hundred wins and forty-five hundred innings--mind-blowing numbers. And yet the facts of this Hall of Famer's play are more credible than the stories of his life of alcohol, womanizing, wild brawling, and, later, the ravages of syphilis. Radbourn's plaque at Cooperstown presents an image that is almost caricature: cap set forward, mouth open, mustache pricked up at the ends and thick as his nose is long, nearly. Not Charles, but Ol' Hoss. It is now May 1941, and the invented Chicago Tribune journalist John Trapp is on a train for Bloomington, Illinois, to cover ceremonies honoring the late Radbourn. Trapp meets (the real) baseballer Clark Griffith, who begins to tell him tales of the great pitcher. Our authors then have Trapp craft the first biography of the man, anchoring the details of his life in fact.
Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late: My Story
by Oliver Holt Kieron DyerKieron Dyer's memoir, Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late, is the first intimate and unsparing portrait of the failures and excesses of the generation of English footballers made rich beyond their wildest dreams by the post-1990 World Cup boom in the game and the explosion of the Premier League. It shares the same brutal honesty and self-awareness of the bestselling No Nonsense by Joey Barton and GoodFella by Craig Bellamy.In the public mind, Kieron Dyer came to symbolise so much of what was self-destructive about a group of football players known collectively as the 'Baby Bentley generation'. Nicknamed 'The King of Bling' by the tabloid press, Dyer was caught up in many of the scandals that characterised the history of a talented crop of players who promised so much and delivered so little, a generation whose wages and lavish lifestyles began to alienate them from the fans who once worshipped them.The brash young man is gone now, and in his place is the quiet, caring, wise man who was such a favourite on I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here! in 2015. Dyer narrates, in uncompromising detail, how a generation of talented English footballers, taken out of working class childhoods and presented with a world of glitz, glamour, wealth and temptation, failed to cope with the riches that were presented to them and often fell apart.Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late is about a moment in time, a social and historical record of English football at the start of its gold rush. For Dyer, the end of the book brings a measure of personal redemption and peace but for the English game, there is only a lingering sense of waste and regret for an opportunity lost.
Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late: My Story
by Oliver Holt Kieron Dyer'Searingly honest' - Paul Hayward, Daily Telegraph'illuminating' - Martin Samuel, Daily Mail'warts-and-all ... unsparing, honest' GQ magazineKieron Dyer's memoir, Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late, is the first intimate and unsparing portrait of the failures and excesses of the generation of English footballers made rich beyond their wildest dreams by the post-1990 World Cup boom in the game and the explosion of the Premier League. It shares the same brutal honesty and self-awareness of the bestselling No Nonsense by Joey Barton and GoodFella by Craig Bellamy.In the public mind, Kieron Dyer came to symbolise so much of what was self-destructive about a group of football players known collectively as the 'Baby Bentley generation'. Nicknamed 'The King of Bling' by the tabloid press, Dyer was caught up in many of the scandals that characterised the history of a talented crop of players who promised so much and delivered so little, a generation whose wages and lavish lifestyles began to alienate them from the fans who once worshipped them.The brash young man is gone now, and in his place is the quiet, caring, wise man who was such a favourite on I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here! in 2015. Dyer narrates, in uncompromising detail, how a generation of talented English footballers, taken out of working class childhoods and presented with a world of glitz, glamour, wealth and temptation, failed to cope with the riches that were presented to them and often fell apart.Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late is about a moment in time, a social and historical record of English football at the start of its gold rush. For Dyer, the end of the book brings a measure of personal redemption and peace but for the English game, there is only a lingering sense of waste and regret for an opportunity lost.
Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late: My Story
by Oliver Holt Kieron DyerKieron Dyer's memoir, Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late, is the first intimate and unsparing portrait of the failures and excesses of the generation of English footballers made rich beyond their wildest dreams by the post-1990 World Cup boom in the game and the explosion of the Premier League. It shares the same brutal honesty and self-awareness of the bestselling No Nonsense by Joey Barton and GoodFella by Craig Bellamy.In the public mind, Kieron Dyer came to symbolise so much of what was self-destructive about a group of football players known collectively as the 'Baby Bentley generation'. Nicknamed 'The King of Bling' by the tabloid press, Dyer was caught up in many of the scandals that characterised the history of a talented crop of players who promised so much and delivered so little, a generation whose wages and lavish lifestyles began to alienate them from the fans who once worshipped them.The brash young man is gone now, and in his place is the quiet, caring, wise man who was such a favourite on I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here! in 2015. Dyer narrates, in uncompromising detail, how a generation of talented English footballers, taken out of working class childhoods and presented with a world of glitz, glamour, wealth and temptation, failed to cope with the riches that were presented to them and often fell apart.Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late is about a moment in time, a social and historical record of English football at the start of its gold rush. For Dyer, the end of the book brings a measure of personal redemption and peace but for the English game, there is only a lingering sense of waste and regret for an opportunity lost.(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure: Issues, Policy, and Practice
by Ted TedrickIf you work with older adults who are developmentally disabled and are seeking ways to incorporate exercise, arts activities, and other activities into your program, this is the book for you! Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure will help you improve your ability to instruct exercise and other fitness activities and, at the same time, increase your knowledge about aging and mental retardation and developmental disabilities. This combination of skills and knowledge is important to your understanding of your clients and their needs. You will assist them in leading a more active, structured life that will result in a higher sense of satisfaction in their daily living and health benefits that will speak for themselves.Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure gives you specific guidelines for establishing fitness programs as well as ideas for offering clients goals and incentives that will evoke and maintain their enthusiasm to participate. Using a proven model, the Arts/Fitness Quality of Life Activities Program, the authors show how careful planning and sequencing can produce successful results, such as peer interaction, flexible thinking, self-expression, and improved mental health. As you learn about the key factors for programming for this group of clients, you will also learn about: the demographics of this population leisure education training and cross-training with aging specialists and mental retardation staff community integration and for whom it is appropriate inactivity in later life and the complications it causes life satisfaction and leisure participation differences in physical and cognitive functioning among this population consumer satisfaction among older adults with developmental disabilitiesIt is never too late to introduce leisure activities into the lives of those with developmental disabilities. With encouragement and careful guidance, you can lead your elders/clients into a more active and healthy life. Use Older Adults With Developmental Disabilities and Leisure as a guide to find activities and exercise programs that are appropriate, fun, and worthwhile!
Older, Faster, Stronger: What Women Runners Can Teach Us All About Living Younger, Longer
by Margaret WebbOne part personal quest to discover running greatness after age 50, one part investigation into what the women's running boom can teach athletes about becoming fitter, stronger, and faster as we age, Older, Faster, Stronger is an engrossing narrative sure to inspire women of all ages. A former overweight smoker turned marathoner, Margaret Webb runs with elite older women, follows a high-performance training plan devised by experts, and examines research that shows how endurance training can stall aging. She then tests herself against the world's best older runners at the world masters games in Torino, Italy. Millions of women have taken up running in recent decades—the first generation of women to train in great numbers. Women are qualifying for the Olympic marathon in their 50s, running 100-mile ultra marathons in their 60s, completing Ironmans in their 80s, competing for world masters records in their 90s. What are the secrets of these ageless wonders? How do they get stronger and faster long after their "athletic prime"? Is there an evolutionary reason women can maintain endurance into advanced years? Webb immerses herself in these questions as she as she trains to see just how fast she can get after 50.
Older, Wiser . . . Pregnant
by Marilyn PappanoOLDER...He'd taken her virginity. She'd taken his love. But although everyone believed wild Laurel Cameron had cared for bad boy Beau Walker, she'd unexpectedly left town with another man. And time had taken its toll on both their hearts.WISER...Now, after five long years, Laurel was home. She'd come back to reconnect with her family, to face her tarnished reputation and to beg Beau's forgiveness. For Laurel desperately wanted a new life for her unborn child.PREGNANTBut how could Laurel ask the very man she'd left to accept her apology...and her baby? Especially when that innocent life was the child of Beau's enemy?
Olga Korbut
by Wayne CoffeyA biography of the Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals in the 1972 Olympics and returned to win another in 1976.
Oliver's Game (Tavares Baseball)
by Matt TavaresAuthor-illustrator Matt Tavares hits the ball out of the park with a luminously illustrated tale about the joy of baseball, generational bonds, and the immutable power of dreams. Oliver Hall loves baseball. He loves the ritual of helping out in his grandfather's store, Hall's Nostalgia, and he loves listening to Grandpa Hall's innumerable baseball stories. But one day, Oliver makes a startling discovery. It seems his grandfather has kept one very special story a secret: his own. With stunning black-and-white and sepia-tone illustrations and a heartwarming narrative, Matt Tavares portrays one man's lifelong love of the game, and the enduring legacy he passes on to his grandchild.
Olivia surfea por primera vez (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Level M #64)
by Samantha Asri Patricia CiuffetelliCuando Olivia y su familia se mudan a un pequeño pueblo cerca de la playa, Olivia pronto se hace amiga de Sara. El tema favorito de Sara y lo que más le gusta hacer es el surf, e incluso participa en competencias de ese deporte. A Olivia le gusta hablar de surf y disfruta alentando a Sara desde su silla de ruedas. Pero ¿y si de algún modo Olivia también pudiera surfear? NIMAC-sourced textbook
Olivia's First Surf (Into Reading, Level N #64)
by Samantha Asri Patricia CiuffetelliNIMAC-sourced textbook <p><p> When Olivia's family moves to a small town near the beach, Olivia quickly makes friends with Sarah. Sarah's favorite thing to do and to talk about is surfing, and she even competes in surf contests. Olivia likes talking about surfing, and she enjoys cheering for Sarah from her wheelchair on the beach. But what if there was a way for Olivia to surf, too?
Ollie and Harry's Marvelous Adventures
by Harry Ferguson Ollie FergusonOutdoor adventure and makerspace tech combine in this inspiring how-to from the brothers behind the popular Facebook page "The Days Are Just Packed." Ollie and Harry Ferguson have sailed a toy pirate ship across the Atlantic, engineered a giant catapult, and launched toy astronauts into space—and they haven’t stopped there. They’ve created a list of 500 adventures to help them live life to its fullest, from setting up a wildlife reserve to building an igloo. Ollie and Harry’s Marvelous Adventures features the best of the boys’ escapades, captured in vivid photographs and accompanied by step-by-step guidance on how to replicate them. The brothers’ days are just packed—and with the help of this inspiring guide, yours can be too.
Olvina Swims
by Grace LinOlvina the plucky chicken swims about as well as she flies. Which is to say, not at all (unless she is flying in an airplane!). Olvina's reluctance to swim hasn't been a problem until she is on vacation in Hawaii with her friend Hailey. Will Olvina let her fear of the water spoil her fun? Not with Hailey on the job. Children as well as chickens may find learning to swim a new and somewhat daunting challenge. This reassuring picture book shows that with a little courage, lots of practice, and the help of a good friend, you can accomplish just about anything.
Olympia y la fábrica de gimnastas (Olympia y las Guardianas de la Rítmica #2)
by Almudena CidMagia, fantasía, amistad y aventura en esta segunda novela de la nueva serie de Almudena Cid «Olympia y las Guardianas de la Rítmica». Corren malos tiempos para la gimnasia rítmica. En muchas competiciones huele a gato encerrado, las ritmiqueras empiezan a perder la ilusión y los valores deportivos parecen amenazados. Por suerte, aún hay tiempo de cambiarlo y todo es un poco más fácil cuando tienes poderes gimnásticos... En su segunda aventura, Olympia y las Guardianas se dirigen a Japón para investigar una fábrica de robots deportistas creados para dinamitar los fundamentos del deporte y el esfuerzo personal. Ayudadas por nuevos amigos y descubriendo todavía el alcance de sus poderes, ¿serán capaces de detener a los enemigos de la justicia y la deportividad? ¡Únete a las Guardianas y descubre tu poder oculto!
Olympia y las auténticas deportistas (Olympia y las Guardianas de la Rítmica #3)
by Almudena Cid¡La gimnasia rítmica está en apuros! No te pierdas la tercera entrega de «Olympia y las Guardianas de la Rítmica», la nueva serie de Almudena Cid repleta de magia, fantasía, amistad y aventura. La manipulación de campeonatos, las malas artes del Club Nix y los robots de Torniyaki están acabando con los valores deportivos... Y las Guardianas de la Rítmica no están dispuestas a permitirlo. Ahora mismo las seis chicas están desperdigadas por el mundo y en peligro. ¿Cómo rescatar a Hula y a Mazy y a la vez detener el plan del Relojero y Doc Hades? El tiempo corre. Las Guardianas tendrán que trabajar en equipo, dejar atrás los miedos y dar lo mejor de sí mismas. Pero nada es imposible con la ayuda de nuevos amigos y los poderes de la auténtica rítmica.
Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised (Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives)
by J.A. Mangan and Mark DyresonOlympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement’s promotion of Olympic ideals internationally. The idea for Olympic Aspirations emerged at the world-renowned annual Beijing Academic Forum just months after the city hosted the impressive 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. One section of the Forum was devoted to the impact of the Olympic Movement on China and on China’s image in the world. The tone at times was too self-congratulatory for some present. The critical discussion that continued into late 2010 inspired this book.Olympic Aspirations is a companion volume to the well-received Olympic Legacies: Intended and Unintended and draws on expertise from academics in all parts of the world. Both volumes have a similar purpose: to record Olympic ideals achieved but more importantly, to stimulate reflection on those as yet unachieved. Both are constructive in approach, positive in tone and optimistic in attitude. Olympic Aspirations offers original and insightful arguments that address the actions the Olympic Movement has taken to improve the Games. It argues that these actions are as yet incomplete. In concert with Olympic Legacies, it presents two sides of the same coin minted to advance the purity of the Olympic 'coinage'.This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character: From London 2012 to Rio 2016
by Rodanthi TzanelliThis book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadoros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.
Olympic Champions (The Olympics #4)
by Nick HunterFrom Usain Bolt and Jessica Ennis to Michael Phelps and Tom Daley, this book looks at potential champions.
Olympic Collision: The Story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd
by Kyle KeiderlingIt remains one of the most memorable moments in modern Olympic history. At the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles, a raucous crowd of ninety thousand saw their favorite in the women’s 3,000-meter race, Mary Decker, go down. An audience of two billion around the world witnessed the mishap and listened to the instantaneous accusations against the suspected culprit, Zola Budd. Just seventeen, the South African Budd had already been the target of a vicious and vocal campaign by the antiapartheid lobby after she transferred to the British team in order to compete at the games. Decker, at twenty-six, was America’s golden girl, ready to overcome years of bad luck and injuries to rightfully take the Olympic gold for which she had waited so long. With three laps to go, Decker and Budd’s feet became tangled. Decker went down and didn’t get up, wailing in primal agony as her gold medal hopes vanished. Decker’s stumbles continued in the race’s aftermath when she refused Budd’s apology and race officials found her, not Budd, at fault for the collision. Although both women found success after the Olympics, neither could escape the long shadow of the infamous event that forever changed both of their lives and defines them in popular culture to this day.Olympic Collision follows Decker and Budd through their lives and careers, telling the story behind the controversy; the account that emerges is certain to revise the view Americans, in particular, have held since that fateful day in Los Angeles more than thirty years ago. Olympic Collision relives one of the most famous incidents in Olympic history, its legacy, and what has happened to both athletes since.
Olympic Dream
by Matthew F Christopher Karen MeyerAnticipating a boring summer before meeting energetic cycling enthusiast Red Roberts, Dough Cannon helps out with the construction of a new bike path and overcomes his personal demons in order to become a young athlete.
Olympic Dreams (High Hurdles #1)
by Lauraine SnellingHIGH HURDLES 1 Thirteen-year-old DJ Randall wants nothing more than to compete as a show jumper in the Olympics. After years of riding and working with horses, she's ready to start contending. Only one obstacle stands in her way--she doesn't have a horse! Together with her best friend, Amy Yamamoto, DJ puts her plan for earning horse money into action. But just when it seems as if buying a horse is a real possibility, everything goes wrong. DJ's grandmother, who has always lived with DJ and her fast-track mother, announces she is moving out. Horrified at the prospect of living alone with a mother who doesn't understand her dreams, DJ fights to prevent the move. Without Gran's support, DJ may never realize her Olympic ambitions! All DJ needs is a chance . . .
Olympic Education: An international review
by Roland Naul Deanna Binder Antonin Rychtecky Ian CulpanA fundamental component of the Olympic ideal is the concept of Olympic education. This is the notion that sport can help children and young people develop essential life skills. Olympic Education: An international review is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of the diffusion and implementation of Olympic education programmes around the world. The book includes 28 chapters with 21 national case studies of countries on every major continent, including Australia, Brasil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Spain, the UK, the US and Zambia. Each chapter examines the cultural, pedagogical, political and societal challenges of teaching Olympic education, as well as the national, individual and institutional programmes that have emerged. It explores key practical and conceptual issues, such as the incorporation of Olympic values in PE curricula, sport coaching and coach education programmes, while also taking into account the collaborative efforts of the governmental bodies, sport federations and Olympic institutions responsible for policy and implementation. This is important reading for all students, researchers and professionals with an interest in the Olympics, sport education, sports coaching, sport policy or physical education.
Olympic Event Organization
by Eleni TheodorakiOlympic Event Organization is the first text to address a number of important questions in contemporary mega-event management: Which organizations are involved in the Olympic Movement and in what capacity? What are the interorganizational flows of authority and finance between them? How is work grouped, in what unit sizes, how specialized and formalized are work processes? How complex, dynamic, diversified, or friendly is their environment? What are the power issues and how do the technological processes affect these organizations? How do the OCOGs evolve in their life cycle, what pressures shape their structures and management processes and how is work co-ordinated? The examination of the Olympic Games event organization in the 10-year period, from bidding to post-games closing down, draws material from host cities to explore the types of interorganizational flows that take place at various stages for the Olympic Games to be delivered. Knowledge transfer from one host city to the next and an established organizational field also means that management practises sometimes follow some externally imposed organizing logics. The challenges faced by organizers are discussed and the tensions that a strong management template from the IOC creates are also examined. Finally, the issue of sustainability of the Olympic Games is identified along with an analysis of the ways in which the concepts of impact are appropriated by the various stakeholders involved with the Olympic Games as they attempt to influence public opinion.Written in an accessible and insightful manner Olympic Event Organization is essential reading for both academics and practitioners alike.
Olympic Exclusions: Youth, Poverty and Social Legacies (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport)
by Jacqueline KennellyOlympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor. Yet little is known about the realities of marginalized young people living in host cities. Do they benefit from social housing and employment opportunities? Or do they fall victim to increased policing and evaporating social assistance? This book answers these questions through an original ethnographic study of young people living in the shadow of Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. Setting qualitative research alongside critical analysis of policy documents, bidding reports and media accounts, this study explores the tension between promises made and lived reality. Its eight chapters offer a rich and complex account of marginalized young people’s experiences as they navigate the possibilities and contradictions of living in an Olympic host city. Their stories illustrate the limits to the promises made by Olympic bidding and organizing committees and raise important questions about the ethics of public funding for such mega‐events. This book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Olympics, sport and social exclusion, and sport and politics, as well as for those working in the fields of youth studies, social policy and urban studies.