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In this compelling new book, relying on original reporting from the most dangerous corners of Rio to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Dave Zirin examines how sports and politics are colliding in remarkable fashion in Brazil, opening up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports.

In My Greek Drama, Gianna Angelopoulos - known in her home country simply as "Gianna" - has written a memoir that is as much about Greece's journey as her own. From her childhood in Crete, to law school in Thessaloniki, to Athens, where she overcame male-dominated legal and political cultures to help redefine public service in Greece, Gianna worked her way into becoming one of the most respected women in Greek public life.

Three people living in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem embark on distinct journeys that converge at "the file"; their efforts to admit Palestine to the Olympics in the early 20th century. Their pivotal roles in history have been purposely omitted from official record, kept secret, or forgotten. Why? Because of the "Nazi Olympics" in 1936 in Berlin. And because of the death in 1972 of eleven Israeli Olympic athletes in the Munich Massacre. This book narrates the previously untold history of a Palestine Olympic Committee recognized before the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.  

１９６４年の東京オリンピックをきっかけに「はじめて」世に出た絵文字、大量調理システム、民間警備などを作った人々の熱いドラマをわかりやすく描きます。２０２０東京オリンピックがもっと楽しくなる

・「あのとき」の記憶 　ＩＯＣのジャック・ロゲ名誉会長が開催地の記されたカードを反転させて、そこにJAPANという文字が見えたとき、日本中が上を下への大騒ぎとなった。オリンピック東京招致が決まったのである。 　いや、日本中というのは大げさで、日本国民の三分の一ぐらいは複雑な気持ちでこのニュースを聞いたはずだ。ただ、興奮状態にある空気が複雑派、疑問派、反対派の声をかき消した。そのうちの多くは、つまりもろ手を挙げて大騒ぎできなかった人々の多くは、一九六四年の東京五輪を実際に見てきた団塊の世代あたりの人々ではなかったかと思う。私もその一人である。 　その理由を書きたいと思う。(本文より)内田樹&平川克美の「大人の条件」はこちらから→https://yakan-hiko.com/uchida.html