books by Helen Rappaport

books by Helen Rappaport

books:

Helen Rappaport

Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
Helen Rappaport, Marian Wright Edelman

ABC-CLIO, 2003

The road to equality and social justice is paved with the efforts of legions of tenacious women who made major sacrifices for their causes. Now the accomplishments of hundreds of women are recognized and illuminated in a first-of-its-kind reference work that ranges over the entire world, from the eighteenth century to the present. Special ...

Dark Hearts of Chicago

William Horwood, Helen Rappaport

Hutchinson, 2007

good mystery, well told, historical era interesting, simple beautiful language - a gem
I bought this book because of William Horwood. Books like the Stonor Eagles, or the Skallagrigg, are utterly special experiences and I will look for him regularly to see whether he will lead me into new places, either of emotion or of adventure, with a new tale. ...

Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion

Helen Rappaport, 2003

Impressively comprehensive
Expertly compiled by writer, researcher, Russian translator, 19th Century historical expert and consultant Helen Rappaport, Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion is an impressively comprehensive 463-page biographical compendium offering a wide selection of ...

Ekaterinburg

Helen Rappaport

Hutchinson, 2008

Worth the postage
I took a risk with this book -- rather than wait months for the American edition, I pre-ordered it sight unseen and coughed up an extra 30% in shipping to the USA. Short version: thumbs up. Had it read in an afternoon. Long version: Rappaport's even-handed ...

The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
Helen Rappaport

St. Martin's Press, 2009

On the sweltering summer night of July 16, 1918, in the Siberian city of Ekaterinburg, a group of assassins led an unsuspecting Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra, the desperately ill Tsarevich, and their four beautiful daughters, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, into a basement room where they were shot and then ...

No Place for Ladies: The Untold Story of Women in the Crimean War
Helen Rappaport

Aurum Press, 2007

All children learn at school the story of Florence Nightingale - the Lady with the Lamp - who heroically tended the sick during the Crimean War. But she was not the only woman in the Crimea. It is usually assumed that women did not become involved in international conflict until the First World War. But in "No Place For Ladies", respected ...