In anticipation and celebration of the forthcoming 2012 London Olympic Games, we’d like to share with you this collection of free journal and book content on the Games and Sporting Events.  This features over 100 journal articles and 20 book chapters from over 75 publications, spanning subjects across the social sciences and humanities to help with your research:

Content Themes

Special Virtual Issues

From The British Journal of Sociology Read the Special Issue: Olympic and world sport: making transnational society?	From the Journals of the British Psychological Society Read the Virtual Issue: Sport Psychology	From the Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies Read the Olympics Special Issue
And watch the accompanying videocast interview between Richard Wright, editor-in-chief of The BJS, and Susan Brownell, one of the editors of the Special Issue.	And watch the Video Abstract by Professor David Lavallee

Commemorative Books

We will publish nine official titles that capture the heritage, history and legacy of London 2012.  The highlight of the portfolio will be London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – The Official Commemorative Book, set to become the ultimate keepsake of London 2012.

Capture the Moment – A practical guide to sports photography – London 2012 and beyond
by Andy Hooper

London 2012: Sustainable Design: Delivering a Games Legacy
by Hattie Harman

The Olympic Torch Relay – Follow the Flame of London 2012
by Sarah Edworthy

Heat of the Moment – 25 extraordinary stories from Olympic and Paralympic history
by Andrew Longmore (Editor)

Power and Movement – Portraits of Britain’s Paralympic Athletes
by Richard Booth (Photographer)

Making History at London 2012 – 25 iconic moments of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
by Brendan Gallagher

The Games – Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic Journey to London 2012
by Brendan Gallagher

The Architecture of London 2012: Vision, Design and Legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games – An Official London 2012 Games Publication
by Tom Dyckhoff, Claire Barrett, Edmund Sumner (Photographer)

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – The Official Commemorative Book
by Tom Knight, Sybil Ruscoe

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