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COUNTRY WALKERS
Greece: The Southern Coast
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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Bradt Guide Peloponnese
• Andrew Bostock
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
This comprehensive guide to the cradle of Greece, which includes Olympia and the mountains of Arcadia, also includes information about its history and culture.
(GRE434, $23.99) |
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Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History
• Marina Belozerskaya
• Kenneth Lapatin
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
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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Mani, Travels in Southern Peloponnese
• Patrick Leigh Fermor
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
An inspired travelogue and history of the region, first published in 1958 by the incomprable Paddy Fermor, who has lived for many years in Greece. In this masterpiece, he interweaves anecdotes, magnificent descriptions, plenty of classical references, history and commentary into an absorbing portrait of place. No writer wears his learning as lightly as Fermor.
(GRE27, $15.95) |
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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, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Athens Map
• World Mapping Project
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A water- and tearproof foldup map of Athens and surroundings, at an excellent scale.
(GRE160, $8.99)
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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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Eyewitness Guide Greece, Athens and the Mainland
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions.
(GRE38, $25.00)
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Eyewitness Top Ten Athens
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions, events, restaurants, shops and excursions in Athens.
(GRE219, $14.00)
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
• Robert Morkot
• REFERENCE
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This pictorial survey of Greek history, culture and expansion features dozens of full color maps.
(GRE125, $18.00)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration.
(WLK04, $9.99)
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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 sketches 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 Peloponnesian War
• Donald Kagan
• HISTORY
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A magnificent account of the 30-year struggle between Athens and Sparta in 5th-century B.C. Includes excellent maps.
(GRE183, $18.00)
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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 marvel.
(GRE195, $14.95)
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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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The Colossus of Maroussi
• Henry Miller
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Miller captures the spirit and warmth of the resilient Greek people in this inspired tale of a wartime journey from Athens to Crete, Corfu and Delphi with his friend Lawrence Durrell.
(GRE05, $12.95)
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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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Greece, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Artemis Leontis
• ANTHOLOGY
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In this terrific anthology, 24 modern Greek writers introduce Greek culture, people and landscapes.
(GRE190, $14.95)
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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 Songs of the Kings
• Barry Unsworth
• LITERATURE
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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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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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