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The Greek War of Independence: The Struggle for Freedom from Ottoman Oppression and the Birth of the Modern Greek Nation by David Brewer Publisher Comments 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) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Greece (Most Beautiful Villages) by Mark Ottaway Publisher Comments From the terra cotta and ocher of the Ionian Islands to the brilliant blues and whites of the Aegean, the villages of Greece and its islands are incomparable. The variety of village life and buildings springs from a multitude of histories and influences,... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Traveller's History of Cyprus (Traveller's History of Cyprus) by Timothy Boatswain Synopsis A Traveller's History of Cyprus offers a complete and authoritative history of the island's past and also touches on the sensitive present-day issues for both sides of the island. Although Cyprus is a relatively small island, its position in the East... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Greece: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories) by Tom Stone Publisher Comments From the Cenozoic upheavals which formed the Greek archipelago to the political movements in the twentieth century that overturned both a military junta and the monarchy, this informative and entertaining survey covers the political, artistic, and... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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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 by Harry Anastasiou Book News Annotation 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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Concise History of Greece (Cambridge Concise Histories) by Richard Clogg Publisher Comments This book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the history of modern Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. It is designed to provide a basic introduction for general and... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Eleni: A Savage War, a Mother's Love & Son's Revenge - A Personal Story by Nicholas Gage Publisher Comments 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) List Price $4.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Greece (Most Beautiful Villages) by Mark Ottaway Publisher Comments From the terra cotta and ocher of the Ionian Islands to the brilliant blues and whites of the Aegean, the villages of Greece and its islands are incomparable. The variety of village life and buildings springs from a multitude of histories and influences,... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ill Met by Moonlight by W Stanley Moss Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Broken Olive Branch: Vol. II: Nationalism Versus Europeanization by Harry Anastasiou Book News Annotation 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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Alice by Hugo Vickers Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-448) and index.... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Capri by the Sea by Patrick Howlett Martin Publisher Comments A story of Capri told by someone who knows and loves it deeply, Patrick Howlett-Martin has been visiting the island since 1994 and describes it through a mixture of documents, photographs, reproductions of works of art, and curiosities. The text is... (read more) List Price $59.00 Your price: $16.00 Used - Hardcover
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Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990 by Anastas Karakasidou Publisher Comments 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) List Price $32.50 Your price: $18.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Most Excellent and Famous History of the Most Renowned Knight Amadis of Greece, Surnamed the Knight by Amadis Of Greece Publisher Comments 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) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dangerous Citizens: The Greek Left and the Terror of the State by Neni Panourgia Publisher Comments This book simultaneously tells a storyaor rather, storiesaand a history. The stories are those of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in... (read more) List Price $35.75 Your price: $18.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Athens, a History: From Ancient City to Modern Ideal by Robin Waterfield Publisher Comments 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) List Price $27.50 Your price: $3.98 Used - Hardcover
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Inventing Paradise by Edmund Keeley Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.00 Your price: $1.98 Used - Hardcover
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Greece:: Land of Light by Barry Brukoff Publisher Comments Here is a marvelous record of this enchanting land, portraying the essence of Greece, its striking sea & landscape, its peoples, its culture & history & its ancient monuments.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Greek File by William Abranowicz Publisher Comments 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) List Price $50.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Captain Corelli's Island: Cephallonia by Andy Harris Publisher Comments A photographic celebration of the island featured in Louis de Bernieres' phenomenal bestselling novel, "Captain Corelli's Mandolin".... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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