Classic Greek Isles

Classic Greek Isles | READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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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)
The Search for Ancient Greece • Roland Etienne • Francoise Etienne ARCHAEOLOGY • 1992 • PAPER • 175 PAGES This portrait of the history of archaeology features hundreds of color photos and paintings, a chronology and excerpts by the great archaeologists. It's a pocket-size encyclopedia, part of the "New Horizons" series, and a fascinating look at the meaning of ancient Greece to our civilization -- quite an accomplishment for such a slim book. (GRE01, $15.95)
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)
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)
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)

Also Recommended

Blue Guide Greece, The Mainland • Sherry Marker • James Pettifer • GUIDEBOOK • With extensive background on the history, art, architecture and culture of mainland Greece, serious-minded travelers will not want to be without this guide. (GRE40, $32.95)
Eyewitness Top Ten Athens • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions, events, restaurants, shops and excursions in Athens. (GRE219, $14.00)
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece • Robert Morkot • REFERENCE • This pictorial survey of Greek antiquity, recording its culture and expansion, features dozens of full-color maps. (GRE125, $18.00)
The Foods of the Greek Islands, Cooking and Culture at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean • Aglaia Kremezi • FOOD • Kremezi spent eight years collecting the recipes in this cookbook. Filled with lively histories of the islands, cultural asides and stunning photographs, the book is perfect for anyone interested in Greek island life. (GRE120, $40.00)
A Traveller's History of Greece • Timothy Boatswain • Colin Nicolson • HISTORY • A nicely written survey from prehistory through the 1990s: wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. (GRE55, $14.95)
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter • Thomas Cahill • HISTORY • 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)
The Ancient Mediterranean • Michael Grant • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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)
The Classical World • Robin Lane Fox • HISTORY • From Homer to Hadrian, Fox conjures tyrants, conquerors and enthralling personalities in this marvelously written history of ancient Greece and Rome. (GRE293, $19.99)
The World of Odysseus • Moses I. Finley • HISTORY • 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)
The World of the Ancient Greeks • John Camp • Elizabeth Fisher • HISTORY • 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)
Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History • Marina Belozerskaya • Kenneth Lapatin • ARCHAEOLOGY • 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)
Minoan and Mycenaean Art • Reynold Higgins • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A survey of the ancient art of Crete, Mycenae and the Cyclades in its cultural context, revised to include recent archaeology. With maps and 241 illustrations. (GRE61, $19.95)
The Oracle, Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind Its Lost Secrets • William J. Broad • ARCHAEOLOGY • A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi. (GRE329, $16.00)
The Parthenon • Mary Beard • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A lively tale of the construction, significance and many uses of the 2,500-year-old architectural marvel. (GRE195, $14.95)
Crete • Barry Unsworth • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A travel memoir from the Booker prize-winning novelist, richly detailed and seeped in the millennia-old traditions, myths, literature and history of the island. (GRE303, $10.95)
Dinner with Persephone • Patricia Storace • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
Mani, Travels in Southern Peloponnese • Patrick Leigh Fermor • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Fermor weaves anecdote, magnificent description, classical references, history and commentary into an absorbing portrait of place. (GRE27, $15.95)
Reflections on a Marine Venus • Lawrence Durrell • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece • Richard Stoneman • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
Corelli's Mandolin • Louis De Bernieres • LITERATURE • This lyrical novel captures the humanity, quirks and loves of village life in the Greek islands. A satire of war, this charming and richly-colored novel is set on Cephallonia during the Italian occupation in the 1940s. (GRE51, $15.95)
No Man's Lands, One Man's Odyssey Through the Odyssey • Scott Huler • LITERATURE • 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)
Odysseus, A Life • Charles Rowan Beye • LITERATURE • A chronicle of the life of Homer's Odysseus by a classicist with a wry sense of humor. Beye draws on recent scholarship, literature and archaeology in constructing this clever "biography" of the cunning wanderer. (GRE191, $13.95)
The Iliad • Homer • Robert Fagles • LITERATURE • 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)
The King Must Die • Mary Renault • LITERATURE • 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)
The Odyssey • Homer • Robert Fagles • LITERATURE • Translator Robert Fagles captures the poetry and power of The Odyssey in this translation, celebrated for its clarity and expressiveness. (GRE45, $17.00)
The Songs of the Kings • Barry Unsworth • LITERATURE • Unsworth's sly novel, set in 1260 B.C. as scheming Odysseus prepares to plunder Troy. A familiar story enhanced by Unsworth's mix of classic cadence, contemporary language, ripe humor and pulled-from-the-headlines satire. (GRE185, $13.95)

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