Rome by David Maraniss
Now in paperback, from the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, here is the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seventeen days that helped define the modern world. Legendary athletes and stirring events are interwoven into a suspenseful narrative of sports and politics at the Rome games, where cold-war propaganda and spies, drugs and sex, money and television, civil rights and the rise of women superstars all converged to forever change the essence of the Olympics. Using the meticulous research and sweeping narrative style that have become his trademark, maraniss reveals the rich palette of character, competition, and meaning that gave rome 1960 its singular essence.-
The Last Lecture
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Nelson's Trafalgar
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Lone Survivor
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Escape from the Deep
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One Minute to Midnight
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Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel
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The Preacher and the Presidents
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Birth
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Bright-Sided
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What a Difference a Dog Makes
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Animals in Translation
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The Clinton Tapes
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Charlie Wilson's War
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Seaworthy
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In a Heartbeat
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Dr Atkin's New Diet Revolution
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Somewhere in Heaven
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The Brothers Bulger
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I Shouldnt Even Be Doing This
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Hallucinations
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The Lions of Iwo Jima
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Where We Stand
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The Liar's Bible
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Blind Eye
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Travels with Epicurus
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
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Comet's Tale
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Peter Jennings
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Failure Is Not an Option
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Apple Pie
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781410408518 |
| ISBN 10 | 1410408515 |
| Title | Rome |
| Author | David Maraniss |
| Series | Thorndike Nonfiction |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thorndike Press |
| Year published | 2008-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 725 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |