Maggie's Book Bites

Olympians & Athletes


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Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Cherie are in conversation about books featuring Olympians & Athletes. Highlighted in this episode are:

9 Lives By 35: An Olympic Gymnast’s Inspiring Story of Reinvention by Mary Sanders

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

Boys of Winter-US hockey team defeats Russians in 1980 Olympics by Wayne Robby and Mike Eruzion

Chariots of Fire. This a movie about track athletes, one Jewish and one a devout Christian, in the 1924 Olympics

Hard Pivot: Embrace Change. Find Purpose. Show UP Fully. By Apolo Ohno

Just Don’t Fall: A Hilariously True Story of Childhood Cancer and Olympic Greatness by Josh Sundquist

Olympic Portraits by Annie Leibovitz
The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State by Aime Alley Card

Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitlers Olympics 1936 by Jeremy Schapp

We Are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History by Stephen Guinan

Women in Sports: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played To Win by Rachel Ignotofsky


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