Rappoport: 25 books
by Pavel A. Rappoport
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This work is the first systematic study of how monumental buildings were constructed in medieval Russia. It deals specifically with ecclesiastical architecture, but also discusses such secular architecture, palaces or towers. In scope the book covers the territory of the Kievan state and the principalities...
Gridiron Glory
The Story of the Army-Navy Football Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
Consistently ranked among the top ten college football rivalries by fans and pundits alike-and often ranked among the top five-the annual Army-Navy game is the one rivalry that, as one commentator has noted, "stops the most powerful men and women in the world in their tracks for one day a year." It...
They Changed the Game
Sports Pioneers of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Throughout the twentieth century, athletic heroes have altered their respective sports with spectacular achievements, renewing their fans' confidence and surpassing their expectations with pioneering fearlessness, powerful expertise and unforgettable performances. In They Changed the Game, authors Ken...
Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest UNC Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Ken Rappoport’s Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room is a compilation of the best notes, quotes, and anecdotes from North Carolina lore. Meet a coach nicknamed Bloody Neck,” a player called The Blind Bomber,” and a team known as the White Phantoms.” And, of course, there...
by Barry Wilner, Ken Rappoport
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Immerse yourself in the greatest moments in football history. Barry Wilner and Ken Rappoport charge through every Super Bowl, covering the most intense moments in sports history. Revisit some of America’s classic and current football heroes, including: Bart Starr, Dave Robinson, Max McGee, Chuck...
The Cell
Discovering the Microscopic World that Determines Our Health, Our Consciousness, and Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Your body has trillions of cells, and each one has the complexity and dynamism of a city. Your life, your thoughts, your diseases, and your health are all the function of cells.
But what do you really know about what goes on inside you?
The last time most people thought about cells in...
by Leon Rappoport
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Rappoport treats the dinner table like a Freudian couch, asking us to lie back and spill our guts. Tracing our culinary customs from the Stone Age to the stovetop range, he illuminates our complex and often contradictory eating habits, and suggests that perhaps we are what we eat.
On the Clock
The Story of the NFL Draft
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The NFL draft features no action on the field. No passing, running, tackling, or kicking. Hey, there isn't even a field. Yet the draft has become more popular than many other sporting events, including the NBA and NHL playoff games, against which it goes head-to-head for viewers. In fact, the draft...
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
...and Other Great Comebacks from the Annals of Sports
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
When Harvard came back from a 16-point deficit with less than a minute to go to tie Yale in their now-famous 1968 gridiron tilt, the headline in the Harvard Crimson the following Monda proudly boasted, "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29." This and nineteen other improbable comebacks are the subjects of Wilner...
by Angelo Solomon Rappoport
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Continuation of Maspero's History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria. Volume 12 of that series. Also volume 3 of 3 of History of Egypt from 330 BC to the Present Time. The thirteen-book series includes over 1200 illustrations. This volume covers: Crusaders in Egypt, French in Egypt,...
by Angelo Solomon Rappoport
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Continuation of Maspero's History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria. Volume 11 of that series. Also volume 2 of 3 of History of Egypt from 330 BC to the Present Time. The thirteen-book series includes over 1200 illustrations. This volume covers: Egypt Under the Roman Empire, The Christian...
Crazyball
Sports Scandals, Superstitions, and Sick Plays
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Crazyball is a look at the wild, unusual, unimaginable, funny, and downright strange occurrences in sports. Barry Wilner and Ken Rappoport take us from the worst teams in history to sports’ craziest superstitions, wackiest pranks, and ultimate blown calls. This book is filled with moments that will...
Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room
A Collection of the Greatest UNC Basketball Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Ken Rappoport’s Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room is a compilation of the best notes, quotes, and anecdotes from North Carolina lore. Meet a coach nicknamed “Bloody Neck,” a player called “The Blind Bomber,” and a team known as the “White Phantoms.” And, of course,...
Giving Women
Alliance and Exchange in Victorian Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Altruism and self-assertiveness went hand in hand for Victorian women. During a period when most lacked property rights and professional opportunities, gift transactions allowed them to enter into economic negotiations of power as volatile and potentially profitable as those within the market systems...
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