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VOYAGE TO THE LANDS OF GODS AND HEROES
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Ancient Turkey, A Traveller's History
• Seton Lloyd
HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
Written by the former head of the British Archaeological Institute in Ankara, this book is an indispensable guide to Turkey's ancient civilizations and monuments. It's a lively tale of cultures and conquest, from the Hittites to St. Paul, that illuminates the living past of Turkey's archaeological treasures. With maps, drawings, site plans and a section of color photographs.
(TKY43, $28.95) |
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Crete
• Barry Unsworth
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
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) |
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Culture and Customs of Greece
• Artemis Leontis
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 266 PAGES
A concise overview of the culture and traditions of Greece geared for travelers and students. With information on the people, history, religion, society, food, language and literature, music and dance, cinema, art and architecture.
(GRE417, $49.95) |
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Eyewitness Top 10 Naples & Amalfi Coast
• Jeffrey Kennedy
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions. With a pull-out map.
(ITA178, $14.00) |
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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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Minoan and Mycenaean Art
• Reynold Higgins
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 216 PAGES
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) |
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
• Robert Morkot
REFERENCE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
This pictorial survey of Greek history, culture and expansion features dozens of full color-maps.
(GRE125, $18.00) |
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Reflections on a Marine Venus
• Lawrence Durrell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2009 •
PAPER
• 198 PAGES
Originally published in 1953, this is Durrell's contribution to the mythology of postwar Greece, an ode to the island of Rhodes: warm, beautiful and sedate. He was intoxicated by the place.
(GRE29, $12.00) |
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The Songs of the Kings
• Barry Unsworth
LITERATURE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 342 PAGES
Unsworth's sly, subversive novel, set in 1260 B.C. as scheming Odysseus prepares to plunder Troy (and, of course, avenge Helen). The story may be familiar but the mix of classic cadence and contemporary language, ripe humor and pulled-from-the-headlines satire is all Unsworth. The atmosphere of ancient Greece too is a palpable pleasure.
(GRE185, $13.95) |
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