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Series
The passenger volume 2
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A vivid portrait of life in Greece, in the series that collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world. Many have impressions and opinions about Greece based on superficial headlines or pop culture stereotypes. This volume of The Passenger offers instead a wide-ranging, thoughtful, and lively picture of the country in all its nuance and diversity -- its people, its problems, its art, its athletes, and much, much...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu , a Masterpiece production on public television: A naturalist's account of his childhood on the exotic Greek island. When the Durrells could no longer endure the gray English climate, they did what any sensible family would do: sold their house and relocated to the sun-soaked island of Corfu. As they settled into their new home, hilarious mishaps ensued as a ten-year-old Gerald Durrell pursued his interest...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Life changes on the Greek island of Cephalonia as Axis forces invade during World War II, and beautiful Pelagia finds that she must choose between Mandras, a fisherman who joins the resistance and Corelli, a captain with the communist Italian troops.
45) Ancient Greece
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Contains fourteen articles that examine significant people, places, events, and topics in the history of ancient Greece, including the city-states, Alexander the Great, religion, art and architecture, and the Olympics, each with illustrations and a case study.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kuperard
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When you enter Greece's mountainous peninsula, with its long coastline and unique archipelago, you are returning to the cradle of Western civilization. And while the ancient Greeks fashioned our political, ethical, aesthetic, and scientific values, their descendants down the ages have continued to set trends and shape world events. The Greek character is a product of the landscape. Surrounded by sea on three sides, the physical features of the land...
47) Ancient Greece
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and text provide information about the land, history, beliefs, achievements, and daily lives of the people of ancient Greece.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Arnaldo Momigliano was one of the foremost classical historiographers of the twentieth century. This collection of twenty-one carefully selected essays is remarkable both in the depth of its scholarship and the breadth of its subjects. Moving with ease across the centuries, Momigliano supplements powerful readings of writers in the Greek, Jewish, and Roman traditions, such as Tacitus and Polybius, with writings that focus on later historians, such...
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. is not only understood as the most decisive event in the struggle between the Greeks and the Persians, but can also be seen as perhaps the most significant moment in our collective history. 10,000 Athenian citizens faced a Persian military force of more than 25,000. Greek victory appeared impossible, but the men of Athens were tenacious and the Persians were defeated. Following the battle, the Athenian hoplite army...
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 10
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twins Ethan and Ella go on an adventure in Greece, where they learn about the mystery-solving Society of Apollo.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
In 1941, on a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Essays examining the influence of gods, oracles, and omens in the wars of the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Ares, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans. Yet the link between war and religion...
55) Skios: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The great master of farce turns to an exclusive island retreat for a comedy of mislaid identities, unruly passions, and demented, delicious disorder.
On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-paying guests of a world-renowned foundation prepare for the annual keynote address, to be given this year by Dr. Norman Wilfred, an eminent authority on the scientific organization of science. He turns out to be surprisingly youthful, handsome, and charming-quite...
Author
Publisher
Holy Trinity Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Aegean Sea laps the shores of the Holy Mountain of Athos, a self-governing monastic republic on a peninsula in Northern Greece. Twenty ruling monasteries comprise the republic, one of those is the monastery of St Panteleimon, where services are conducted in Slavonic. It has become known as the Russian monastery on Mt. Athos.
St Panteleimon, fully restored in recent years, can accommodate up to 5,000 men, reflecting the scale of the settlement...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Includes two programs: Visions of Greece, which covers the most famous cities and sites, and Visions of Greece: Off the beaten path, which features rarely visited locales. Also includes nearly an hour of bonus footage not seen on PBS.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
60) Mamma mia!
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
20 year old Sophie is preparing to marry at her mother's hotel on a Greek island. She has a carefree life, a loving fiancee, and great friends. She is only missing one thing: a father. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers. Sophie secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father. But not all goes according to plan. Now, old loves are re-kindled, new loves...
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