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1964 – the Greatest Year in the History of Japan

How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan’s Miraculous Rise from the Ashes

de Roy Tomizawa ...

Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over 3 million dead, 39 percent of city populations homeless, 40 percent of all urban areas flattened, 80 percent of all ships destroyed, and 33 percent of all industrial machine tools rendered inoperable, the country was devastated and demoralized. And yet, just 19 years later, Japan stood proud—modern, peace-loving ... Leer más

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Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over 3 million dead, 39 percent of city populations homeless, 40 percent of all urban areas flattened, 80 percent of all ships destroyed, and 33 percent of all industrial machine tools rendered inoperable, the country was devastated and demoralized. And yet, just 19 years later, Japan stood proud—modern, peace-loving
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1964 - The Greatest Year in the History of Japan

How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan’s Miraculous Rise from the Ashes

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Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over three million dead, thirty-nine percent of city populations homeless, forty percent of all urban areas flattened, eighty percent of all ships destroyed, and thirty-three percent of all industrial machine tools rendered inoperable, the country was devastated and demoralized.And yet, just nineteen years later, ... Leer más

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Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over three million dead, thirty-nine percent of city populations homeless, forty percent of all urban areas flattened, eighty percent of all ships destroyed, and thirty-three percent of all industrial machine tools rendered inoperable, the country was devastated and demoralized.And yet, just nineteen years later,
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Shoe Dog

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

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In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one ... Leer más

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In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one
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10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything

A Collection of Fascinating Historical, Scientific and Cultural Trivia about People, Places and Things

de Mark Jacob, Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune ...

A compendium of outrageous, hilarious or just plain shocking trivia about everything from history and politics to arts, religion, technology and much more.For years, the Chicago Tribune's "10 Things You Might Not Know" column has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of subjects. This volume collects the best of these columns, offering readers obscure, fascinating facts on ... Leer más

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A compendium of outrageous, hilarious or just plain shocking trivia about everything from history and politics to arts, religion, technology and much more.For years, the Chicago Tribune's "10 Things You Might Not Know" column has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of subjects. This volume collects the best of these columns, offering readers obscure, fascinating facts on
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The Three-Year Swim Club

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The New York Times bestselling inspirational story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world-class swimmers."A brightly told story of the triumph of underdogs ... exuberant, well-researched ... tense, vivid, and inspiring." ―Kirkus ReviewsIn 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the ... Leer más

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The New York Times bestselling inspirational story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world-class swimmers."A brightly told story of the triumph of underdogs ... exuberant, well-researched ... tense, vivid, and inspiring." ―Kirkus ReviewsIn 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the
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Rome 1960

The Olympics That Changed the World

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, 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 ... Leer más

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered, 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
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Tokyo Junkie

60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball

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60 years of observation: an American journalist’s memoir about Tokyo’s modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball.Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world.Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and ... Leer más

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60 years of observation: an American journalist’s memoir about Tokyo’s modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball.Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world.Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and
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What Are the Summer Olympics?

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Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands.The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from ... Leer más

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Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands.The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from
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Everything They Had

Sports Writing from David Halberstam

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A collection of articles spanning sports writer David Halberstam's celebrated career, covering some of the most compelling athletic figures of our era.David Halberstam was a distinguished journalist and historian of American politics. He was also a sports writer. Everything They Had brings together dazzling portraits of some of the most compelling sports figures of our era, the superstars of ... Leer más

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A collection of articles spanning sports writer David Halberstam's celebrated career, covering some of the most compelling athletic figures of our era.David Halberstam was a distinguished journalist and historian of American politics. He was also a sports writer. Everything They Had brings together dazzling portraits of some of the most compelling sports figures of our era, the superstars of
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The Eagles of Heart Mountain

A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America

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“One of Ten Best History Books of 2021.” —Smithsonian Magazine**For fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores, this impeccably researched, deeply moving, never-before-told “**tale that ultimately stands as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit” (Garrett M. Graff, New York Times bestselling author) about a World War II incarceration camp in Wyoming and its extraordinary ... Leer más

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“One of Ten Best History Books of 2021.” —Smithsonian Magazine**For fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores, this impeccably researched, deeply moving, never-before-told “**tale that ultimately stands as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit” (Garrett M. Graff, New York Times bestselling author) about a World War II incarceration camp in Wyoming and its extraordinary
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Shattered Hopes

Canada's Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games

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On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, a distant land unknown to most Canadians. A crucial fall-out was the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, which Canada eventually joined, forcing 212 Canadian athletes to shelve their Olympic dreams, some temporarily, many forever. For the athletes, there was and is sadness at a missed opportunity to excel on the ... Leer más

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On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, a distant land unknown to most Canadians. A crucial fall-out was the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, which Canada eventually joined, forcing 212 Canadian athletes to shelve their Olympic dreams, some temporarily, many forever. For the athletes, there was and is sadness at a missed opportunity to excel on the
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You Gotta Have Wa

When Two Cultures Collide on the Baseball Diamond

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From the author of Tokyo Junkie, "the definitive book on Japanese baseball and one of the best-written sports books ever" ( San Francisco Chronicle).One might expect the sport of baseball in Japan to be a culture clash—a collision of American individualism with the Japanese focus on wa, or harmony. Instead, it has turned into a winning symbiosis. Imported American sluggers—some past their primes ... Leer más

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From the author of Tokyo Junkie, "the definitive book on Japanese baseball and one of the best-written sports books ever" ( San Francisco Chronicle).One might expect the sport of baseball in Japan to be a culture clash—a collision of American individualism with the Japanese focus on wa, or harmony. Instead, it has turned into a winning symbiosis. Imported American sluggers—some past their primes
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