In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion, Pollack Adam J.
Автор: Rachel Pollack Название: Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom ISBN: 0722535724 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780722535721 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Second revised edition of this guide to the origins, meaning and psychological applications of the Tarot which aims to demystify and to make Tarot symbolism an effective and accessible means of self-enlightenment.
Автор: Pollack, Rachel Название: Rachel pollack`s Tarot wisdom ISBN: 0738713090 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780738713090 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3861.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive guide offering fresh ideas and reverent to the history and tradition of tarot. It explores all seventy-eight cards from fresh angles: tarot history, art, psychology and a wide variety of spiritual/occult traditions. It also presents tarot reading in fresh directions.
Автор: Pollack Pamela D., Belviso Meg Название: Who Is George Lucas? ISBN: 0448479478 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780448479477 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 551.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: As a child his passions were comics and cars, but George Lucas grew up to be one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. He is a producer, screenwriter, director and entrepreneur whose company Lucasfilms pioneered the movie effects that changed the world of animation. He founded Industrial Light and Magic, which transformed special sound and visual effects throughout the Hollywood film industry. He is best known, of course, as the creator of the Star Wars movie, television, gaming, toy and merchandise empire, as well as the archeologist-adventure series Indiana Jones. Discover the man behind the magic in Who Is George Lucas?
Автор: Pollack, Pam Название: Who Was Lewis Carroll? ISBN: 051515931X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780515159318 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1470.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Meet the man who created Alice, the Mad Hatter, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum!Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, a mathematician and church deacon, who taught at Oxford University. He was inspired to write his best known works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by one of the Dean's daughters, Alice Liddell.
The books were hugely successful and brought Carroll wide acclaim, especially for the nonsense poems "Jabberwocky" and The Hunting of the Snark. Children and adults continue to be delighted by the fantasy of the Alice stories, which have been the basis of plays and movies since their publication in Victorian England during the 1860s and 1870s.
Автор: Pollack, Pam Название: Who Was Lewis Carroll? ISBN: 0448488671 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780448488677 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 643.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Charles L. Dodgson was a mathematician and church deacon who taught at Oxford University during the Victorian era. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll, he wrote "Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." Illustrations.
Black Man vs. The World: Jack Johnson's Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs, by Adam J. Pollack, tells the complete story of Jack Johnson, the first black man to fight for and win the world heavyweight championship. In a thorough, detailed, and unique fashion, Johnson's life and fights are recounted based on multiple local next-day primary sources, archival documents, as well as a multitude of rare photographs, cartoons, and advertisements. You will follow his path from a poverty-stricken struggling unknown, to contender battling against the color line, lobbying for a title shot which he had earned but for his race, all the way to the championship, his reign, and the great efforts to find a white fighter capable of dethroning him. Throughout, both black and white-owned newspapers offer their plethora of perspectives and substantial context about race, both inside and outside of the ring, better enabling the reader to understand Johnson's struggles and symbolic significance both to whites and blacks throughout the world. Like never before, boxing fans, sociologists, and historians will obtain knowledge and insight into Jack Johnson's life and world from which he emerged and endured.
The book includes racial incidents, lynchings and riots, analysis of the significant racial impact of Johnson's achievements, religious and racial objections and arguments, and legal battles and obstacles Johnson and the sport of boxing faced, including fight film bans, his criminal trial for violation of the White-Slave Traffic Act (based on the actual trial transcript), and even battle for the right to defend his crown in England. This is a revised and condensed version of In the Ring With Jack Johnson: Parts I and II combined.
Adam J. Pollack is a boxing judge and referee, attorney, and member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
In the Ring With Jack Dempsey - Part I: The Making of a Champion, by Adam J. Pollack is the most thorough and detailed book ever written about former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. This book (the first of two) chronicles Dempsey's life and career from its start up to his winning the world heavyweight championship, fight by fight, as told by those who saw the contests and reported on them at the time, utilizing multiple local next-day newspaper reports. This includes training, predictions, pre-fight hype, and discussions about the opponents.
As with other books in the In the Ring series, this book also discusses the context of the times, the color line and race in boxing and society (offering the perspectives of both white and black-owned newspapers), World War I, Dempsey's personal and managerial choices, and how these topics affected the sport and Dempsey's life and career. Even new facts about the controversial Jim Flynn fight are revealed. Boxing fans will obtain knowledge and insight into Jack Dempsey's life and career like never before.
560 pages, with over 550 rare photos, illustrations, cartoons, and fight advertisements.
Adam J. Pollack's In the Ring With series on the heavyweight champions of the gloved era also includes books on John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, Marvin Hart, Tommy Burns, and Jack Johnson.
Adam J. Pollack is a boxing referee, judge, and member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He also is an attorney practicing law in Iowa City, Iowa.
Автор: Pollack Adam J Название: In the Ring with Jack Johnson - Part I ISBN: 0979982294 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780979982293 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10909.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: At over 700 pages, In the Ring With Jack Johnson - Part I: The Rise is the most detailed and thorough book ever written on Jack Johnson. This book alone (the first of two on Johnson) covers the start of Jack Johnson's career up to his winning the world heavyweight championship. It is chock-full of detailed descriptions of each bout from multiple local next-day primary sources. The book also contains plenty of context and background, details and perspectives about race from both white and black-owned newspapers, as well as approximately 225 rare photographs, cartoons, and advertisements. Boxing fans will obtain knowledge and insight into Jack Johnson's career like never before. This is the seventh book in Adam J. Pollack's series on the heavyweight champions of the gloved era, which include: John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion, In the Ring With James J. Corbett, In the Ring With Bob Fitzsimmons, In the Ring With James J. Jeffries, In the Ring With Marvin Hart, and In the Ring With Tommy Burns. Adam J. Pollack is a boxing judge, referee, and coach, and member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He is also an attorney practicing law in Iowa City, Iowa.
Автор: Pollack Adam J Название: In the Ring With Tommy Burns ISBN: 0979982235 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780979982231 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5511.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The sixth book in Pollack`s heavyweight boxing champion series thoroughly and meticulously describes Tommy Burns` boxing career, using multiple local next-day primary sources to give the book an unparalleled accuracy and authenticity that has been the hallmark of the series.
Автор: Pollack, Adam J Название: In the ring with john l. sullivan ISBN: 0990370364 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780990370369 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8267.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Explores the relationships between the built environment and public health and presents an action plan for a healthier city. The book analyses Nashville, Tennessee, using the "transect", an urban planning model central to the New Urbanist and smart growth movements. By considering the seven "transect zones" the book provides a diagnosis of the health-promoting and health-defeating aspects of each.
Автор: Pollack Adam J. Название: In the Ring with James J. Jeffries ISBN: 0979982219 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780979982217 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8267.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Pollack describes in meticulous detail Jeffries` bouts from the 1890s up to 1905, his opponents, and his training regimen. He discusses the time`s heavyweight scene, including contenders, pre-fight hype and negotiations, political and legal obstacles, and the color line.
