DescriptionJack and Annie are off on another adventure! This time they are sent to ancient Greece, where a very important event is taking place. Join them as they race against time and witness the very first Olympic Games!
DescriptionWhile the athletes trained, competed, and qualified, this former baseball commissioner faced the challenge of planning the XXIII Olympiad. This is a detailed, behind-the-scenes look at the financial, political, and logistical problems he encountered on the road to the 1984 games.
DescriptionMark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from a game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. Still asleep when the pickup started and drove off, he was…
DescriptionAtlanta, Georgia, July 1996. The Summer Olympic Games, a 17-day celebration of international peace, harmony, and athletic competition. Behind all the flags and fanfare, however, lies the most elaborate and sophisticated security operation ever mounted. More than 55 law enforcement agencies have joined forces to prevent the unthinkable: another terrorist attack like the massacre at the 1972 Munich Games. Several threats have been made - but the greatest challenge comes when the U.S. government learns that a stash of weapons-grade nuclear material has been stolen from a secret Russian atomic city. And its radioactive trail leads to the Olympic Village in downtown Atlanta.
DescriptionAustralian swimmer Petria Thomas won the hearts of millions around the world with her triple gold-medal-winning triumph at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. Having overcome the pain and anguish of three shoulder reconstructions and two ankle reconstructions over the length of her glittering 12-year career, Petria is admired and respected for her grit, determination, and steely will to win. But there's more to the Queen of Butterfly than meets the eye, and here for the first time is the full and authorised story of Australian swimming's golden girl: her battle against severe depression, her cries for help that almost ended her life, and the extraordinary determination that overcame these physical and emotional pressures to reach the pinnacle of her career.
DescriptionRandall Drew is prevented from carrying on his career in steeplechasing by poor eyesight. Restless and unsure of his future but pursuing an ardent love affair, he does not welcome an invitation to go to Moscow on a delicate investigation, but almost irresistible pressure is brought to bear. A mysterious entity, "Alyosha", is threatening a royally-connected candidate for the Moscow Olympic Games; the candidate may be vulnerable to scandal which could set off intolerable diplomatic conflicts. The brief is vague, the opposition invisible. And the stakes appallingly high.
