The Games
by Carole Wilkinson (Author)
'The Games' explores the exciting and sometimes funny highs and lows of the modern Olympics. Find out the inside story of the modern Olympics in the Olympic year. From athletes who succeed against all odds, to drug cheats who will do anything to win.
From a runner hitching a lift in the 1904 marathon, to the spectacle we have today. The Games is the true story, the real story. It will make you laugh and make you cry.
Note: An updated edition of this book was published in 2012.
From a runner hitching a lift in the 1904 marathon, to the spectacle we have today. The Games is the true story, the real story. It will make you laugh and make you cry.
Note: An updated edition of this book was published in 2012.
Drum Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: DrumReading level: 12+
Books in series: 16
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: historical non fiction culture action sport
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. The Black Snake (2002)2. Alexander the Great (2004)
3. Scarecrow Army (2005)
4. Joan of Arc (2006)
5. Red Haze (2006)
6. Mary Bryant (2007)
7. The Kokoda Track (2007)
8. Fly a Rebel Flag (2007)
9. The Games (2008)
10. The Long Patrol (2008)
11. Shakespeare: The Most Famous Man in London (2009)
12. The Death: The Horror of the Black Plague (2009)
13. Creforce: The Anzacs and the Battle of Crete (2010)
14. Closets Are For Clothes (2010)
15. Fromelles (2011)
16. Atmospheric: The Burning Story of Climate Change (2015)