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Greece : a Traveler's Literary Companion (97 Edition)
Greece : a Traveler's Literary Companion (97 Edition)
by Artemis (ed.) Leontis
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Discover Greece--a country that has inspired centuries of travel--through the best modern writers. Against a superb landscape of mountains, beaches, villages, cities, and ruins, all bathed in the rich light of the Mediterranean, these 24 stories draw... (read more)

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The Greek War of Independence: The Struggle for Freedom from Ottoman Oppression and the Birth of the Modern Greek Nation
The Greek War of Independence: The Struggle for Freedom from Ottoman Oppression and the Birth of the Modern Greek Nation
by David Brewer
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The Greek War of Independence is a masterful work--the first comprehensive study in thirty years--of one of the most heroic and bloody struggles for independence any people has ever waged. David Brewer has captured this period of world history... (read more)

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Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution #01: The Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus: The Impasse of Ethnonationalism
Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution #01: The Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus: The Impasse of Ethnonationalism
by Harry Anastasiou
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At the heart of the protracted conflict on Cyprus, argues Anastasiou (international peace and conflict studies, Portland State U.)--who has personal experience with the conflict as a child--is the ethnic nationalism of Greek and Turkish Cypriots and... (read more)

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Panigyri
Panigyri
by Alison Cadbury
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On one dark blue midnight in the late summer of 1971, I climbed down the ladder of the Evangelistria, a rusty old tub of a ship, and set foot on the soil of Paros, a medium-size island in the Aegean Sea. I had been drawn to the island by pictures of many-... (read more)

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Ill Met by Moonlight
Ill Met by Moonlight
by W Stanley Moss
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In 1944 British commando W. Stanley Moss hatches his most daring adventure of all: to kidnap the Nazi General Kriepe, commander of the Sevastopol Division in Crete, and spirit him back to British-occupied Egypt. This is his story. From the split-second... (read more)

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Greece, the Hidden Centuries: Turkish Rule from the Fall of Constantinople to Greek Independence
Greece, the Hidden Centuries: Turkish Rule from the Fall of Constantinople to Greek Independence
by David Brewer
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For almost 400 years, between the fall of Constantinople and the Greek War of Independence, the history of Greece is shrouded in mystery, distorted by Greek writers and begging the question: What was life really like for the Greeks under Ottoman rule... (read more)

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Athens: A Portrait of the City in Its Gold Age
Athens: A Portrait of the City in Its Gold Age
by Christian Meier
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A lively and accessible history of Athens's rise to greatness, from one of the foremost classical historians. The definitive account of Athens in the age of Pericles, Christian Meier's gripping study begins with the Greek triumph over Persia at the... (read more)

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The Cyprus Problem: What Everyone Needs to Know
The Cyprus Problem: What Everyone Needs to Know
by James Ker Lindsay
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For nearly 60 years--from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s, to the bloody civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the 1970s, and the United Nation's ongoing 30-year effort to reunite the... (read more)

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Crete (National Geographic Directions)
Crete (National Geographic Directions)
by Barry Unsworth
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The Booker Prize-winning novelist recounts his journeys through Crete, capturing the rich history of the island, the complex influences that have shaped Cretan culture, the island's rugged landscape, and the people of Crete.... (read more)

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The Broken Olive Branch: Vol. II: Nationalism Versus Europeanization
The Broken Olive Branch: Vol. II: Nationalism Versus Europeanization
by Harry Anastasiou
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In his previous The Broken Olive Branch: The Impasse of Ethnonationalism, Anastasiou (international peace and conflict studies, Portland State U.) explored the role of the ethnonationalism of Greek and Turkish Cypriots (and their outside sponsors) in... (read more)

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Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990
Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990
by Anastas Karakasidou
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Deftly combining archival sources with evocative life histories, Anastasia Karakasidou brings welcome clarity to the contentious debate over ethnic identities and nationalist ideologies in Greek Macedonia. Her vivid and detailed account demonstrates that... (read more)

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Most Excellent and Famous History of the Most Renowned Knight Amadis of Greece, Surnamed the Knight
Most Excellent and Famous History of the Most Renowned Knight Amadis of Greece, Surnamed the Knight
by Amadis Of Greece
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This work presents the history of Amadis of Greece, son to Lisvart of Greece and the fair Onoloria of Trebisond, representing his education in the court of King Magadan, his conquering of the defended mountain, his combat with his grandfather the Emperor... (read more)

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Athens, a History: From Ancient City to Modern Ideal
Athens, a History: From Ancient City to Modern Ideal
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As Waterfield shows, the memory of Athens' glorious past-even if that memory is a myth-has inspired generations, and offers vital lessons for the current era.... (read more)

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Inventing Paradise
Inventing Paradise
by Edmund Keeley
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The radiant light of Greece-its landscape and poetry-as witnessed in the dark years when it was almost extinguished. In the looming shadow of an oppressive dictatorship and imminent world war, George Seferis, George Katsimbalis, and other poets and... (read more)

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Eleni
Eleni
by Nicholas Gage
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In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist "camps" inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange... (read more)

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The Greek File
The Greek File
by William Abranowicz
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A stunning collection by William Abranowicz, The Greek File captures the essence of Greece-an alluring country where life itself is stripped down to its most essential components and the ordinary becomes extraordinary. From a single white cloud floating... (read more)

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Captain Corelli's Island: Cephallonia
Captain Corelli's Island: Cephallonia
by Andy Harris
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A photographic celebration of the island featured in Louis de Bernieres' phenomenal bestselling novel, "Captain Corelli's Mandolin".... (read more)

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Athens
Athens
by Klaus H Carl
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An ancient city that is among the best-known and most-visited in our own time, the capital of Greece contains much that is fascinating, including many archaeological treasures. Myth has it that King Cecrops was casting round for a name to call his new... (read more)

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Aegean Light
Aegean Light
by Nick Melidonis
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The Greece that emerges from the images in these pages is a celebration of the light and of a people who truly represent the spirit of the ancient games. From one of Australia's foremost travel and landscape photographers is this beautiful exploration of... (read more)

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