Gymnastics Balancing Acts

by Christina Lessa

Book Overview

Features photographs of thirty gymnastics champions and includes personal reflections on their lives and careers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789301059
• ISBN13: 9780789301055
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Awesome

This is an awesome book!!! I am a gymnast myself and usually find any other books about gymnastics besides Biographies or Autobiographies about gymmnastics seem to have incorrect information in them. But not this book, this book is great and it is cool to see all the people in that book that I have met and see what they really think.

A great addition for anyone who enjoys photography!

It is obvious that Christina Lessa understood that the world of a gymanst goes well beyond public performances. She has done a fabulous job capturing the essence of each gymnast featured, in ways unexpected and fascinating. She has set asside "fact sheets" and scores and has captured what drives them to be great as gymnasts as well as unique and focused individuals. Easy to read and filled with great photos, this book would be a great addition to anyone's coffe table! It has also become one of my favorite books to give as a gift...specially to anyone involved in sports.

Delightful!!

If you like seeing pictures of your favorite gymnasts out of the gym, then this is the book for you! This book features old stars and recent stars(from '96)such as Olga Korbut, Nadia, Bart Conner, Mary Lou, Shannon Miller, Jaycie Phelps, Dominique Dawes, John Macready, and many, many more! The book also showcases the athletes emotions about gymnastics, and it shows each person's unique personality. There are also a few pictures of the athletes in the gym, which makes the book well-balanced.

Great color photos!

If you love gymnastics, then this is the book for you! This book has terrific pictures of your favorite gymnasts that bring out their personalities. The pictures aren't of them doing gymnastics, (only a few are,) but doing other things. For example, there is a picture of Amanda Borden doing a handstand on a go-cart, and a picture of Dominique Dawes singing on a billboard high above Times Square. The book also tells their feeling about gymnastics and how they got started. This book is a definite MUST for gymnastics fans! I would reccomend it to anyone!

The Best Pictoral Biography of The Great Gymnasts

This book has THE most amazing pictures of the BEST Gymnasts of all time. The gymnasts are all pictured in unique ways that best bring out their personalities, and show that there is another side to these talented people. The gymnasts also tell what they love best about the sport, and why it attracted them in the first place.