The essential resource for the Tokyo Winter Games, this book includes complete, detailed listings of the athletes for 1998 and rules for every event, plus stats, scores and the most dramatic stories from Olympic history. 35 photos.
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David Wallechinsky is a compulsive listmaker. He first turned his eye to the Olympics in 1984, and has been updating his efforts ever since. This edition of The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics is a perfect companion to watching the games. Packed with results of every event ever contested, it adds just enough history, observation, and insight to assure another gold-medal performance. The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics 1998 is a bravura exercise in both the trivial and the pursuit of excellence.
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If you plan to watch or attend the games in Salt Lake City ...this book would be a good investment. -- The Arizona Republic
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Make sure this is the type of book you're looking for.,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics (Complete Book of the Olympics) (Mass Market Paperback)
I only gave this book three stars, because it wasn't what I was expecting. If you are looking for facts about each event, lists of past winners and history of the winter Olympics in general, this is the book for you. Wallechinsky has a near encyclopedic knowledge of the games. However, if you are looking for a book that is more of a guide/tour book to Salt Lake City and the 2002 winter Olympics, keep searching. I was looking for something that might have collated information on what Salt Lake had done to prepare and hints on how to get around, what events were going on in addition to the actual games, etc. His book is informative. It just isn't what I was looking for.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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very good, in-depth,
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This review is from: Complete Book of the Winter Olympics 1998 (Complete Book of the Olympics) (Paperback)
Could contain more pictures, but a good book overall. Subject matter somewhat bland, however, the structure was great. A recommended selection!!!!
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The first ice hockey club, the McGill University Hockey Club, was formed in Canada in 1880 and the first league-in Kingston, Ontario-began play in 1885. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The first ice hockey club, the McGill University Hockey Club, was formed in Canada in 1880 and the first league-in Kingston, Ontario-began play in 1885. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Cup, United States, Lake Placid, Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley, East German, Sonja Henie, Nancy Kerrigan, Bonnie Blair, Tonya Harding, Gunda Niemann, Lydia Skoblikova, Yang Yang, Raisa Smetanina, Eric Heiden, Soviet Union, Alberto Tomba, Great Britain, Ingemar Stenmark, Johann Koss, Katja Seizinger, Larissa Lazutina, New York, Sixten Jernberg, Juha Mieto New!
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