July 28, 2012 | SuzyQ
The 2012 Summer Olympics are being held in London beginning July 27 and concluding on August 12. Officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, the games will comprise 32 sports and 302 events. Locally, you can catch all of the exciting coverage on NBC. In the mean time, however, you can catch up on the stories of past Summer Olympians at the Library:
Rome 1960: the Olympics that changed the world by David Maraniss
Something in the air: American passion and defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by Richard Hoffer
Berlin Games: how the Nazis stole the Olympic dream by Guy Walters
Dream team: how Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the greatest team of all time conquered the world and changed the game of basketball forever by Jack McCallum
Triumph: the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Schaap
Jesse Owens [videodisc] by a Firelight Films production for American Experience in association with WDR; produced and directed by Laurens Grant; written and produced by Stanley Nelson
Michael Phelps: beneath the surface by Michael Phleps; with Brian Cazeneuve
Michael Phelps [videodisc]: inside story of the Beijing games by executive producer, Dick Ebersol
The man who could fly: the Bob Beamon story by Bob Beamon and Milana Walter Beamon
Pre: the story of America's greatest running legend, Steve Prefontaine by Tom Jordan
Wonder girl: the magnificent sporting life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Don Van Natta Jr
This life I've led: my autobiography by Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1911-1956
Age is just a number: achieve your dreams at any stage in your life by Dara Torres with Elizabeth Weil
Silent gesture: the autobiography of Tommie Smith by Tommie Smith; with David Steele
The John Carlos story: the sports moment that changed the world by John Carlos with Dave Zirin; [foreword by Cornel West]
Mark Spitz: the extraordinary life of an Olympic champion by Richard J. Foster; foreword by Mark Spitz; introduction by Keith Jackson
A kind of grace: the autobiography of the world's greatest female athlete by Jackie Joyner-Kersee with Sonja Steptoe
Native American son: the life and sporting legend of Jim Thorpe by Kate Buford
All American: the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe by Bill Crawford
America's girl: the incredible story of how swimmer Gertrude Ederle changed the nation by Tim Dahlberg; with Mary Ederle Ward and Brenda Greene
Landing on my feet: a diary of dreams by Kerri Strug with John Lopez
Muhammad Ali: the making of an icon by Michael Ezra
God's joyful runner by Russell W. Ramsey