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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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The Colossus of Maroussi
• Henry Miller
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 223 PAGES
• FAVORITE
The soul of Greece circa 1939. Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell. Miller at his most inspired.
(GRE05, $12.95) |
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Greece, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Artemis Leontis
ANTHOLOGY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A collection of 24 stories by modern Greek writers, organized geographically -- and a wonderful introduction to Greek people, culture and landscapes. Editor Artemis Leontis is an adjunct professor of modern Greek at the University of Michigan. She includes stories by Odysseus Elytis, George Seferis, Nikos Kazantzakis and Vassilis Vassilikos.
(GRE190, $14.95) |
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Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History
• Marina Belozerskaya
• Kenneth Lapatin
ARCHAEOLOGY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
This lively illustrated guide covers the architecture, painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece from the third millennium to the end of the Hellenistic period. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations.
(GRE194, $19.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Greek Islands
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 408 PAGES
This guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and an island-by-island synopsis of attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this compact book provides an essential overview of the Greek Islands (with a chapter on Athens and a section on practicalities).
(GRE37, $28.00) |
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Greece Map
• Michelin
2011 •
MAP
A colorful shaded map of Greece, the Greek Islands and the western coast of Turkey at a scale of 1:800,000. Two Sides. 49x41 inches.
(GRE24, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Blue Guide Greece, The Aegean Islands
• Nigel McGilchrist
• GUIDEBOOK
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With excellent site plans and the usual Blue Guide attention to arts, architecture and history.
(GRE418, $29.95)
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Culture Smart! Greece
• Constantine Buhayer
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(GRE317, $9.95)
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Greek, A Language Map
• Kristine K. Kershul
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick and convenient reference for travelers.
(GRE241, $7.95)
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Insight Guide Greece
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated survey of the history, culture and attractions of Greece for the traveler with excellent, full color maps. With chapters on Athens, the Cyclades, Ionian Islands and other regions throughout Greece and the Greek Islands.
(GRE104, $22.99)
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
• Robert Morkot
• REFERENCE
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This pictorial survey of Greek antiquity, recording its culture and expansion, features dozens of full-color maps.
(GRE125, $18.00)
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A Traveller's History of Greece
• Timothy Boatswain
• Colin Nicolson
• HISTORY
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A nicely written survey from prehistory through the 1990s: wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed.
(GRE55, $14.95)
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter
• Thomas Cahill
• HISTORY
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Cahill brings to life ancient Greek society and civilization through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist in this eloquent and absorbing tribute.
(GRE182, $16.00)
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The Ancient Mediterranean
• Michael Grant
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization.
(MED10, $20.00)
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The Classical World
• Robin Lane Fox
• HISTORY
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From Homer to Hadrian, Fox conjures tyrants, conquerors and enthralling personalities in this marvelously written history of ancient Greece and Rome.
(GRE293, $19.99)
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Greece
• Mark Ottaway
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Organized geographically, this handsome oversize picture book is an illustrated portrait of Greece with hundreds of color photographs accompanying lively essays.
(GRE273, $26.95)
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The World of Odysseus
• Moses I. Finley
• HISTORY
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A classic portrait of ancient Greek society based in large part on the author's ground-breaking interpretation of the Iliad and Odyssey.
(GRE76, $14.95)
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The World of the Ancient Greeks
• John Camp
• Elizabeth Fisher
• HISTORY
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Featuring hundreds of illustrations and inviting short chapters on topics from The First Greeks to The Heroic Age and Classical Athens. With modern color photographs of great ancient cities from Athens and Delphi to Knossos, Ephesus, Pergamum and Priene.
(GRE365, $24.95)
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Greece, Land of Light
• Nicholas Gage
• Barry Brukoff
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Barry Brukoff's striking color photographs are paired with an eloquent tour of the land, people, history and monuments of Greece by journalist Nicholas Gage (Eleni).
(GRE489, $24.99)
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The Complete Greek Temples
• Tony Spawforth
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A sourcebook, gazetteer and illustrated overview ancient Greek temples throughout the Mediterranean.
(MED97, $40.00)
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The Complete World of Greek Mythology
• Richard Buxton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN MAY
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With hundreds of color illustrations, site plans, genealogies and maps, this handsome, encyclopedic reference illuminates the world of the Greek gods.
(GRE377, $39.95)
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The Parthenon
• Mary Beard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A lively tale of the construction, significance and many uses of the 2,500-year-old architectural marvel.
(GRE195, $14.95)
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The Search for Ancient Greece
• Roland Etienne
• Francoise Etienne
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Lavishly illustrated, this pocket encyclopedia covers the archaeology and meaning of ancient Greece, quite an accomplishment for such a slim book.
(GRE01, $15.95)
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Dinner with Persephone
• Patricia Storace
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The pleasures and complexities of contemporary Greece, marvelously described by an American poet spending a year there. Storace intertwines her own perceptions with the history of the country and the influence of pop culture on the classical landscape.
(GRE28, $15.95)
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Mani, Travels in Southern Peloponnese
• Patrick Leigh Fermor
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Fermor weaves anecdote, magnificent description, classical references, history and commentary into an absorbing portrait of place.
(GRE27, $15.95)
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Reflections on a Marine Venus
• Lawrence Durrell
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The great novelist writes of the warmth of the people and the intoxicating beauty of Rhodes in this classic ode, originally published in 1953. Also out in new editions are Durrell's books on Corfu (GRE48), Cyprus (MED13) and Sicily (ITL08).
(GRE29, $12.00)
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A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece
• Richard Stoneman
• ANTHOLOGY
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Poetry, prose and literature over the ages, arranged geographically with an excellent introduction and commentary. Stoneman artfully weaves together hundreds of short excerpts.
(GRE06, $19.95)
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No Man's Lands, One Man's Odyssey Through the Odyssey
• Scott Huler
• LITERATURE
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Middle-aged everyman and NPR commentator Scott Huler draws lessons from the twists and turns of the life of Odysseus in this hilarious account of a whirlwind, six-month Mediterranean journey from Troy to Ithaca.
(MED127, $14.00)
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The Iliad
• Homer
• Robert Fagles
• LITERATURE
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In the excellent Fagles translation -- here presented in a deluxe paper edition -- Homer's Trojan epic hasn't aged a bit in the last 2,700 years. Take it along to Troy and the Aegean. We also carry Fagles's translation of The Odyssey. (Item no. GRE45, $17.00)
(GRE173, $17.00)
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The King Must Die
• Mary Renault
• LITERATURE
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A novel of Theseus, slayer of the Minotaur and king of Athens, including his Cretan adventures. The first in Renault's trilogy of well-researched page-turners.
(GRE23, $15.00)
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The Odyssey
• Homer
• Robert Fagles
• LITERATURE
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Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness.
(GRE45, $17.00)
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