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Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the history and culture of Greece; features a region-by-region exploration of the mainland, including the city of Athens; presents information on hotels and restaurants; and offers practical travel advice on issues such as transportation and currency.
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Our recently updated guide brings Greece to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights and advice, detailed information on all the must-see sights, inspiring photography and our and our hand-drawn illustrations which place you inside the county's iconic buildings and neighborhoods." -- From Amazon.com summary.
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Discover ancient worlds in a spectacular landscape. Whether you want to explore the awe inspiring Acropolis, relax on the unspoiled beaches of the Mani archipelago or simply indulge in deliciously fresh Greek food, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Greece has to offer.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"During the classical age of Greece, Herodotus wrote the first great prose epic and became known through the ages as "the father of history." But he was much more than that. He was also the world's first travel writer, a pioneering geographer, anthropologist, explorer, moralist, investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, and enlightened multiculturalist. He was at once a learned professor and a tabloid journalist, a man of great wit and wisdom...
9) Tides of War
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
As commander on land & sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, protégé of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant & charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted...
10) Pericles
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the statesman who served as leader of Athens during its fight to become the most powerful city state in Greece in the fifth century B.C.
11) Hard-core murder
Author
Publisher
Acolyte Press
Pub. Date
[1985], ©1985
Language
English
Description
"Spiros - 23 and looking younger, ex-hustler, gay and glad of it - and now starting his career as a private eye. Ursula - sexy transvestite from Sweden. Big Billy Paris - 500 pound Athenian producer of films legitimate and otherwise. Vangelis - Billy's kept boy, as quick on his bike as he is with a knife.
"A brutal murder is committed on the slopes of the Acropolis and Spiros is hired to find the killer.
"Australian writer Bob Henderson writes a...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"A riveting story of tomb robbers and antiquities smugglers, high-stakes auctioneers and the princely chiefs of the worlds most prestigious museums....A terrific read, from start to finish."-James L. Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt An Oxford-trained archaeologist and award-winning journalist based in Rome, Vernon Silver brings us The Lost Chalice, the electrifying true story of the race to secure a priceless, 2,500-year-old cup...
14) The Acropolis
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of the Acropolis, a large fortified hill in the center of Athens, and the uses to which it and the structures built upon it have been put throughout the ages.
15) Active learning strategies in higher education: teaching for leadership, innovation, and creativity
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the era of the 21st century knowledge society, higher education can play an important role as a driver for innovation, leadership and creativity, as it helps develop not only well informed and knowledgeable citizens but also responsible and creative individuals. The challenges of globalization, tightly linked with rapid developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the need to address issues of quality and inclusiveness for...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In his highly acclaimed style, historian Johnson masterfully disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of a homely but charismatic middle-class man living in Athens in the Fifth Century B.C., and how what this man thought still shapes the way people decide how to act, and how the notion of body and soul is understood. 240 pp. 40,000 print.
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A historical murder mystery adventure that stretches from Classical Athens to Egypt in the footsteps of the first historian, Herodotus! Nicolaos, the only private investigator in ancient Athens, discovers that helping an author with his book research can be very dangerous. The would-be author Herodotus has hired Nico and his priestess wife, Diotima, to accompany him to Egypt to research that ancient country's history. Unfortunately, Egypt happens...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Timon is a wealthy and generous Athenian gentleman. He gives a large banquet, attended by nearly all the main characters. Timon gives away money wastefully, and everyone wants to please him to get more, except for Apemantus, whose cynicism Timon cannot yet appreciate.
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