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Selection proposed by the IOC Olympic Studies Centre – your source of reference for Olympic knowledge. For further information, resources and book loans, visit www.olympic.org/studies or contact us at studies.centre@olympic.orgFirst published in 1995, this dictionary quickly established itself as an essential reference resource for the Olympic Movement. Now in its fifth edition, it begins with a chronology of Olympic history, from ancient times through to the present day, and continues with a series of short essays summarising every Olympic Summer and Winter Games staged since 1896. Though brief, these articles provide essential information on the selection of each host city and the number of participants and also focus on the highlights from each edition of the Games. The body of the work is taken up with the “dictionary” section, which now contains more than 1,000 entries. There are also profiles of all the IOC-recognised organisations that form part of the Olympic Movement, among them the National Olympic Committees and the International Federations of all the sports that have featured at one time or other on the Olympic programme, as well as pen portraits of Olympic champions and other key figures in the history of Olympism. Less well-known details such as the origin of the Olympic Anthem and Olympic oath are also revealed. This section concludes with a host of useful information on political and topical issues such as doping and gender testing, while a number of annexes can be found in this essential resource for anyone interested in the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement. HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT JOHN GRASSO, BILL MALLON AND JEROEN HEIJMANS. PUBLISHED BY ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 2015. ISBN: 9781442248595, 795 PAGES, IN ENGLISH.The Future of Sports Mega-Events is an innovative bilingual English/Portuguese e-book that seeks to promote scientific and technological innovation in the field of sport on the basis of the recommendations made by Olympic Agenda 2020. The book comprises a selection of texts written by around 50 university lecturers, most of them Brazilian. It can be accessed online at http://migre.me/qmzMi and is also available at the Olympic Studies Centre’s online multimedia library.The Olympic Games are an international sporting event whose foundations are built on law: the laws of the IOC and its Olympic Charter, which is constitutional in nature; the laws of the International Federations governing the various sports on the Olympic programme; the laws of the host nation; the laws of Switzerland, where the IOC is based; international soft law, which recalls the ancient Olympic Truce; and UNESCO’s International Convention Against Doping in Sport, an essential complement to the World Anti-Doping Code. Olympism and “rights”, and law and Olympism are just some of the issues analysed by leading authorities on sports law and academics. Divided into two sections (“The Olympic Movement” and “The Olympic Games”) and offering an engaging and supremely well-researched analysis, the book looks at key items such as the IOC’s legal status, globalisation and the fight against doping.THE FUTURE OF SPORTS MEGA-EVENTS Edited by Andrea Deslandes, Lamartine DaCosta and Ana Miragaya. Published by Engenho Arte e Cultura, 2015. ISBN: 9788569153009, 496 pages, in English and Portuguese.DROIT ET OLYMPISME: CONTRIBUTION À L’ÉTUDE JURIDIQUE D’UN PHÉNOMÈNE TRANSNATIONALEdited by Mathieu Maisonneuve. Published by PUAM, 2015. ISBN: 9782731409727, 206 pages, in French.LONDON 2012: THE OLYMPIC GAMES THROUGH THE LENS OF JOHN HUET AND DAVID BURNETT John Huet and David Burnett. Published by Giles, in association with the Olympic Museum, 2015. ISBN: 9781907804694, 80 pages, in French and English.SOCHI 2014: THE OLYMPIC GAMES THROUGH THE LENS OF JOHN HUET AND DAVID BURNETT John Huet and David Burnett. Published by Giles, in association with the Olympic Museum, 2015. ISBN: 9781907804687, 72 pages, in French and English.American photographers John Huet and David Burnett have been covering the Olympic Games for many years now, and were given a roving brief when commissioned by the IOC to cover the last two Games at London 2012 and Sochi 2014 in their own inimitable style.Published in English and French, these two bilingual books offer a superb selection of the duo’s most remarkable photographs. Huet and Burnett have brought all their experience and talent to bear in capturing the Olympic spirit. The two photographers were on hand to capture the virtuosity, beauty and glory that are part and parcel of the Olympic experience as well as the disappointment and dejection it can entail; moments that are preserved for posterity and which reveal all the emotion of the Games. A personal commentary from the authors reveals the story behind each picture.80 OLYMPIC REVIEW