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Imprint: Goteborg/ Gothenburg, P. Astrom, 1980 The author was Swedish archaeologist and classical scholar. He was a professor at the University of Gothenburg and director of the Swedish institutes in Athens and Rome. He is mostly known for his achievements in the prehistoric archaeology of Cyprus.This is a brief account of some of his observations from Swedish archaeological work in those areas. Text in Swedish with brief summaries in English.119p.+ plates, illus.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 042359. ISBN: 9185058939
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Imprint: Moscow, Gosudarstvennyi Istoricheskii Muzei/State Historical Museum, 1996 Catalogue of an exhibition in Moscow illustrating the routes and connections through Kiev and Rus between Scandinavia and Byzantium. "The present catalogue was financed by the Greek and Sweden Embassies" Texr in Russian, a one page summary in English, artifacts described in Russian and English,104p. Illus.[some col] Bibliography. Map in Russian. Large format [33 x 24 x 1]. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 37765. ISBN: 5719609164
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Imprint: New York, Washington Square Press, 1975 Short story on pages 45-58 by a Greek American writer in this collection of "stories that explore the diverse ethnic heritages alive in America" edited by Katharine D. Newman. 254p. Tight copy, but usual library marks.. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Pbk Stock number: 041243.
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Imprint: Toronto, Ekdosies Geko, 2007 Poetry by Greek Canadian writer. 44p. [Not found in WorldCat]. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 038022.
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Imprint: Toronto, Ekdosies Geko, 2010 Poetry by Greek Canadian writer. 44p.Poetry by Greek Canadian writer. 44p. [Not found in WorldCat]. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 038023.
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Imprint: Toronto, Vasilis Athanasiou, 1997 Greek Canadian poet From Elassia. Greece. before emigrating to Toronto.43p, index [NO copies in WorldCat]. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 34077.
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Imprint: New York, Orion Press, 1968 "In telling this curious,evocative and deeply movong tale, Nikos Athanassiades brilliantly captures the drama of the sea and the drama of Greece : it is a work of striking originality." English translation by Stephanos Zotos. 217 p. Text neat and complete ,usual library marks]. Illustr.: Trans. Stephanos Zotos. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good, Price Clipped Stock number: 32588.
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Imprint: Sag Harbor, NY, Second Chance Press, 1991 Struggling under the effects of the depression each member of the Bishop family attempts to make his own life better. 442p... Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 041253. ISBN: 0933256736
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Imprint: New York, Lippincott, 1962 New and unexpected experiences for a Greek-American girl transplanted to a primitive Greek village and discovering the origins of her family. Gold sticker with endorsement note by Mary Renault on DJ." "I don't know when I have met with a more individual, immediate and joyous perception of essential Greece, the enduring grass-roots of the people and the land." 284p.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 35849.
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Imprint: Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1962 New and unexpected experiences for a Greek-American girl transplanted to a primitive Greek village and discovering the origins of her family. Gold sticker with endorsement note by Mary Renault on DJ." "I don't know when I have met with a more individual, immediate and joyous perception of essential Greece, the enduring grass-roots of the people and the land." 284p. Neat and complete copy.ffep missing, usual library marks. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 040425.
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Imprint: Athens, OEOA Athena 2004 / Organotikes Epitropes Olympiakon Agonon\, 2003 A copy of the bulletin "To Episemo Periodiko Tis OEOA 2004 # 05 Ioulios 2003" issued by OEOA [Organotikes Epitropes Olympiakon Agonon] featuring the ongoing plans for the 2004 Olympiad in Athens, and also profiles of some of the Greek athletes hoping to become medal winners.160p. illus.[NOT found in WorldCat]. Magazine. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 045823.
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Imprint: Penguin Books, 2000 Lori Shepherd can hardly wait to celebrate Christmas this year with her husband, Bill, and their twin sons in the beautiful cottage willed to her by Aunt Dimity. But then Lori makes a disturbing discovery beneath the cottage's snow-covered lilac bushes -- the body of a mysterious stranger, barely alive. Lori puts her plans on hold to team up with Julian Bright -- a devilishly attractive Roman Catholic priest -- and seek out the tramp's identity. Their adventure takes Lori and Julian from abandoned World War II airfields to homeless shelters -- places where the Christmas star shines dimly, if at all. With Aunt Dimity's ghostly guidance, Lori unveils the tragic secret that led the stranger to her door, and must confront painful truths about herself and the true meaning of a perfect family Christmas.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 045102. ISBN: 0140296301
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Imprint: New York, Horace Liveright, 1928 Fictional biography of Alcibiades (this novel is a kind of sequel to her previous book "Immortal Marriage" which dealt with Pericles and Aspasia of Miletus ) 452p. Neat, tight unmarked copy. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine - Price Clipped Stock number: 041003.
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Imprint: London, Methuen, 1952 "The first volume starts with an introduction to the general character and functions of ancient literary criticism, and then discusses the contributions made by Greek writers, from Aristophanes to Aristarchus." 199p. index. Neat, tight copy, with copious (but interesting) handwritten notes in a tiny neat script .. Book. Book Condition: Good>Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 039281.
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Imprint: London, Faber & Faber, 1963 A picture of the city of Winchester in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I based on Charters, Books of Ordinances, Account Rolls, Pipe Rolls, Subsidy Rolls & Court Rolls. Includes description of the Burgh-mote local government, administration including finance and taxation, the work of the city courts, business life, craftsmen, & religious affairs..268p. illus ( B & W) Clean crisp unmarked copy,. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 30374.
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Imprint: Warsaw, Weltbild / L wiat KsiÄ Lzki, 2011 Christmas celebrations, cooking, crafts and decorations. Translated from English by Marek Czekanski.124p. Diagrams illus. index. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 039229. ISBN: 9788377992333
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Imprint: London, H.M.S.O., 1959 Crisp vintage copy of an introduction to the most famous Stone Age ancient monuments in England. Reconstruction drawings by Alan Sorrell ; maps and plans by Reitz. 64p.illus. maps, Vintage flyer from local hotell laid in. Illustr.: Allen Sorrell. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 33003.
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Imprint: New York., Pantheon, 2017 The day a stained brown envelope arrives from Taduno's homeland, he knows that the time has come to return from exile. Arriving full of hope, the musician discovers that his community no longer recognises him and no one recalls his voice. His girlfriend Lela has disappeared, taken away by government agents. He wanders through his house in search of clues but any trace of his old life has been erased. As he realises that all there is left of the house and of himself is an empty shell, Taduno finds a new purpose: to unravel the mystery of his lost life and to find his lost love. Through this search, he comes to face a difficult decision: to sing for love or to sing for his people. Taduno's Song is a moving tale of sacrifice, love and courage.. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 043004. ISBN: 1101871458
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Imprint: New York, Rizzoli International Publications, 1992 A beautifully illustrated volume which surveys buildings in North Africa,Spain, Italy Greece and the islands. includes [1] [Pt. 1]: The white villages. Southern Spain and Ibiza ; Morocco ; Tunisia ; Italy ; Greece [2] Elements of the Mediterranean vernacular. Siting ; Contours ; Changing levels and steps ; Narrow streets ; Enclosed streets ; Enclosed streets ; Decoration ; Light [2] The influence of the vernacular by Neil Parkyn. The vernacular defined ; The architect and the vernacular ; Influences : the living tradition ; A future for the vernacular.192p. illus bibliography. index.. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 040578. ISBN: 084781386X
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Imprint: Valletta, Malta, PEG, 1994 A fantastic narrative of Maltese occult interwoven with the island's glorious history.Complete with theories and arguments ... it is s strange and eerie story. 19p. illus.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Pbk Stock number: 038970. ISBN: 9990900302
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Imprint: Boston, Little Brown & Co, 1987 "Five and a half million years ago, the waters of the Atlantic flooded across an isthmus joining Morocco and Spain and into a vast trench in the earth's crust. The resulting cataract plunged for a century or so over a cliff many miles long and fifty times higher than Niagara, until the basin was filled and the Mediterranean Sea had been born." 240p. illus (col) bibliography .index. maps on end papers. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine - Slight Chips Stock number: 042095. ISBN: 9780316057509
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Imprint: New York, Doubleday, 1996 A novel that takes the reader back in time and into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 19th century, Grace Marks. Irish emigrant Grace has been convicted of the murder of her employer and his housekeeper/mistress and is serving a life sentence in a Canadian prison but claims she has no memory of the murders. Enter Dr. Simon Jordan, an expert in the new field of mental illness in its relation to crimes. As he delves deeper into her mind and memories, will he find that she is a victim of circumstances or a blood-thirsty femme fatale. Basis for the riviting 2017 TV mini-series starring Sarah Gadon in a brilliant and chilling performance as Grace.Neat crisp copy ( slight stain on bottom of dj). Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 042654. ISBN: 0385475713
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Imprint: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1983 In this acclaimed collection of twelve stories, Margaret Atwood probes the territory of childhood memories and the casual cruelty men and women inflict upon each other and themselves. She looks behind the familiar world of family summers at remote lakes, ordinary lives, and unexpected loves, and she unearths profound truths. A melancholy, teenage love is swept away by a Canadian hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds; a potter tries to come to terms with the group of poets who so smother her that she is driven into the arms of her accountant; and, in the title story, the Bluebeard legend is retold as an ironic tale of marital deception. Stark and scathing at times, humorous and compassionate at others, Bluebeard's Egg confirms once again Atwood's reputation as the pre-eminent chronicler of our times.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 042655. ISBN: 0771008082
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Imprint: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1997 Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 041126. ISBN: 9780771034633
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Imprint: Athens, Ekdoseis Psychogios, 2010 In the not too distant future, ecological destruction and misery of human existence is a fact. Adam-One, the gentle leader Gardeners of God-Sect a sect that has been devoted to reconciling science and religion, and the preservation of plant and animal species had predicted long been a natural disaster that would change the shape of the Earth. And sadly true. Only two women appear to have survived:by Ren, a young dancer who had found refuge in striptease bar, and Toby, a member of the Gardeners of God sect, which has been isolated in a luxurious spa. I wonder if there are other survivors? The best friend of Ren? The beloved Jimmy?As Adam-One and his followers are trying to cope in a mutant world, Ren and Toby would have to invent them and new meaning in their lives. Dark, tender, violent and sometimes hilarious, THE YEARS OF THE FLOOD is the most brilliant example of intelligent writing and award-winning Margaret Atwood. Author signature on half title.. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: French Wraps Stock number: 042875. ISBN: 9789604538553
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Imprint: New York, Simon & Schuster, 1976 "Joan Foster is the bored wife of a myopic ban-the-bomber. She takes off overnight as Canada's new superpoet, pens lurid gothics on the sly, attracts a blackmailing reporter, skids cheerfully in and out of menacing plots, hair-raising traps, and passionate trysts, and lands in Terremoto, Italy. In this remarkable, poetic, and magical novel, Margaret Atwood proves yet again why she is considered to be one of the most important and accomplished writers of our time." Neat tight copy but ffep is msising. Book. Book Condition: Good>Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good, Slight Chips Stock number: 042657.
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Imprint: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2006 ".a series of interrelated stories that trace the course of a life, and also the lives intertwined with it - those of parents, siblings, children, friends, enemies, teachers, and even animals. As in a photograph album, time is measured in sharp, clearly ovserved moments - the birth of a baby, divorce and remarriage, old age and death. The settings are equally varied: large cities, suburbs, farms, northern forests. The book opens in the present, as a couple no longer young regard themselves in a larger world no longer safe. The narrative then leads us back in time to the 1940s and progresses chronologically toward the present.' Author inscription om title page. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 042652. ISBN: 0771008708
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Imprint: Athens, Ekdoseis Psychogios, 2014 Book. Book Condition: New Book from Greece. Binding: French Wraps Stock number: 042874. ISBN: 9786180105186
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Imprint: House of Anansi Pr, 2008 CBC 2008 Massey Lectures Originally broadcast November2008 Author and poet Atwood looks at debt, which she describes as air - something we take for granted until things go wrong, and then, while gasping for breath, become very interested in. While not a book about practical debt management or high finance, although it does touch upon these subjects, it is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies.232p. index. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 042793. ISBN: 9780887848100
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Imprint: Bratislava, Slovart, 2001 Bratislava, Vydavatelastvo Slovart. 2005, 1st Slovak. (ISBN: 8080850453) Hardcover. The" Pelenopiad" translated into Slovak by Jana Juranova. Román Penelopiáda kanadskej autorky Margret Atwoodovej vychádza z jedného z najvýznamnejsích starogréckych mýtov. Homérovo rozprávanie je vsak pre nu uz len jednou z verzií, a tak tento notoricky známy príbeh rozpráva po novom, z perspektívy Penelopy. Atwoodová nachádza v Homérovom rozprávaní dost nezrovnalostí na to, aby mala dôvod pozriet sa na celý "prípad" z novej strany. Postupuje ako archeologicka textu, pod starými nánosmi sa objavujú nové, neznáme vrstvy, ktoré logicky zapadajú práve tam, kde Homérov príbeh vytvára hiáty a nezrovnalosti. Atwoodová s nadhladom spochybnuje kanonizovanú verziu príbehu a s jemným vtipom komentuje nielen pseudohrdinstvo Odysea, ale aj naucené feminínne správanie sa Penelopy. 166p .[Only 1 copy in WorldCat]. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 045938. ISBN: 8080850453
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Imprint: McClelland & Stewart, 2014 In this extraordinary collection, Margaret Atwood gives us nine unforgettable tales that reveal the grotesque, delightfully wicked facets of humanity. "Alphinland," the first of three loosely linked tales, introduces us to a fantasy writer who is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. In "Lusus Naturae," a young woman, monstrously transformed by a genetic defect, is mistaken for a vampire. And in the title story, a woman who has killed four husbands discovers an opportunity to exact vengeance on the first man who ever wronged her. By turns thrilling, funny, and thought-provoking, "Stone Mattress" affirms Atwood as our greatest creator of worlds -- and as an incisive chronicler of our darkest impulses.288P.. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 043746. ISBN: 9780771006807
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Imprint: Toronto, Anansi, 1972 "The most startling book ever written about Canadian literature.It is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: "What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?" Her answer is "survival and victims." Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty, and impassioned chapters; from Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives.287p. Neat,tight unmarked, copy, paper slightly age toned.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good +. Binding: Trade Paperback Stock number: 043668. ISBN: 0887846130
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Imprint: Toronto, Anansi, 1972 "The most startling book ever written about Canadian literature.It is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: "What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?" Her answer is "survival and victims." Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty, and impassioned chapters; from Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives.287p. Crisp copy looks unread.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine - Slight Chips Stock number: 043677. ISBN: 0887847137
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Imprint: Toronto, Anansi, 2012 When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: "What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?" Her answer is "survival and victims." Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty, and impassioned chapters; from Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives. This new edition features a foreword by the author.288p, bibliography index.. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 043704. ISBN: 9781770892521
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Imprint: Rio di Janiero, Rocco, 2006 Short stories including some in verse.Translation of " The Tent " by . Le?a Viveiros de CastroS into Brazilian Portuguese. 165p.[Only ONE copy found in WorldCat]. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: French Wraps Stock number: 044535. ISBN: 8532521134
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Imprint: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2000 Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.? These words are spoken by Iris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two. Iris recalls her far from exemplary life, and the events leading up to her sister?s death, gradually revealing the carefully guarded Chase family secrets. Among these is ?The Blind Assassin,? a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, it was a pulp fantasy improvised by two unnamed lovers who meet secretly in rented rooms and seedy cafés. As this novel-within-a-novel twists and turns through love and jealousy, self-sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real narrative, as both move closer to war and catastrophe. Margaret Atwood?s Booker Prize-winning sensation combines elements of gothic drama, romantic suspense, and science fiction fantasy in a spellbinding tale. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 038716. ISBN: 0771008635
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Imprint: Toronto, Seal Books, 1978 The Edible Woman is a 1969 novel that helped to establish Margaret Atwood as a prose writer of major significance. It is the story of a young woman whose sane, structured, consumer-oriented world starts to slip out of focus. Following her engagement, Marian feels her body and her self are becoming separated. neart tight copy, a few marks,. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Pbk Stock number: 043703. ISBN: 0770423019
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Imprint: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1993 "This is the wise, unsettling, drastic story of three women whose lives share a common wound: Zenia, a woman they first met as university students in the sixties. Zenia is smart and beautiful, by turns manipulative, vulnerable - and irresistible. She has entered into their separate lives to ensnare their sympathy, betray their trust, and exploit their weaknesses. Now Zenia, thought dead, has suddenly reappeared. In this richly layered narrative, Atwood skilfully evokes the decades of the past as she retraces three women's lives, until we are back in the present - where it's yet to be discovered whether Zenia's "pure, free-wheeling malevolence" can still wreak havoc " Winner of the Trillium Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. 546 p.. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 042653. ISBN: 077100821X
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Imprint: Athens, Ekdoseis Psychogios, 2014 Book. Book Condition: New Book from Greece. Binding: French Wraps Stock number: 042877. ISBN: 9786180105179
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Imprint: Athens, Ekdoseis Psychogios, 2011 Book. Book Condition: New Book from Greece. Binding: French Wraps Stock number: 042876. ISBN: 9789604960637
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Imprint: Athens, Taxideftis, 2004 Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: French Wraps Stock number: 038685. ISBN: 9608365171
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Imprint: Montreal, Vallum Society for Arts and Letters /, 2006 Contains poem "Mikhael"[p.43] review of Seamus Heany book by Greek Canadian poet Helen Zisimatos [pp 80-82] Poems in Bengali by prize winning Rajlakshmi Devi Bhattacharya translated into English by Carolyne Wright, Mithi Mukherjee and Swapna Mitra-Bannerjee.[ISSN 1496 5178] 96p. illus (some col). Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 21528.
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Imprint: Penang, Phoenix Press, 1987 "'A treasury of facts about this beautiful island - a precise compilation of tourist information, personal experience and views behind the scenes" 64o. illus maps. Donor inscription and author signature in title page , else as new. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: French Wraps Stock number: 043354. ISBN: 9971849526
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Imprint: London, Penguin, 1961 Original vintage Penguin edition # L114 "The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today. The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today. In his introduction R. S. Pine-Coffin discusses Saint Augustine?s intentions in writing his Confessions and issues of translation. This edition also includes a list of dates of events recorded in the Confessions. In his introduction R. S. Pine-Coffin discusses Saint Augustine?s intentions in writing his Confessions and issues of translation. This edition also includes a list of dates of events recorded in the Confessions.. Illustr.: Trans R. S. Pine-Coffin. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Pbk Stock number: 31188.
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Imprint: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 "The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers" 285p.. Illustr.: Trans E.M.Blcklock. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Pbk Stock number: 039906. ISBN: 034032466X
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Imprint: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, 1994 In "French Odysseys", Olga Augustinos offers a comprehensive treatment of French travel literature about Greece - from the mid-16th-century arrival of the first French travellers to the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821. The result not only provides a composite portrait of Greece over two and a half centuries but also offers a revealing look at the evolving values and perceptual framework of the travellers themselves. Augustinos begins by exploring the dramatic differences between French travel writing of the early modern era and previous accounts of medieval religious pilgrimages. In place of otherworldly invocations of the grace of divine providence came emphasis on visual perception and precise observation as a means of understanding the physical universe. After 1750, in keeping with developments in European literature, travelogues became infused with sentimental musings, picturesque portrayals of natural sites and monuments, and lyrical effusions that injected a personal, subjective note into what had previously been factual narratives. Yet European travel literature on Greece, Augustinos explains, also has a unique dimension.The legacy of the classical past - real or imagined - made the country seem closer to the West, while its state of subjugation placed it in the penumbra between East and West. Confronted with the discrepancy between classical ideal and contemporary reality, travellers increasingly attempted to impose their preconceptions of what "Greece" ought to be, a process that culminated in the emergence of philhellenism in the late-18th century. 345 p.plates bibliography.index. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 040465. ISBN: 0801846161
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Imprint: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1985 [Generations: A History of Canada's Peoples. A series commissioned by the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada.] A well researched volume on the Estonian Community in Canada | The first section explains the settlement story of the Estonians in their native environment on the south shore of the Baltic Sea across from Finland, their singularly unhappy modern history as unwilling victims of the major powers of the Baltic region, and the reasons for Estonian immigration to Canada (almost all of which took place between 1948 and 1953). The second section details the organizations and activities of the Estonian community in Canada (of which Tartu College is perhaps best known to Torontonians). The third section deals with the problems experienced by the new arrivals in adapting to their new homeland and the future prospects of the Estonian community in Canada. Sixteen pages of black-and-white photographs accompany the text, and there is a highly useful appendix of 14 separate tables of statistics, which clearly delineate the Estonian place in the overall Canadian demographic picture" viii, 193p.+18 unnumbered pages of plates. illus. tables.bibliography,index, Text tight,neat complete but library marks, cover slightly scuffed.. Ex-Library. Book Condition: Good > Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 045719. ISBN: 0771001746
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Imprint: New York, Harmony Books, 1981 Introduction by Geraldine Killalea. Contains : The Three Sisters; Love and Friendship; Leslay Castle; The History of England; A Collection of Letters. 118p.. Illustr.: Suzanne Perkins. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 038229. ISBN: 0517543729
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Imprint: New York, Clarkson Potter, 1991 "This new selection from the letters is separated into six periods of the writer's life, starting in 1796, when she was twenty, and ending in 1817, the year of her death." Selected and introduced by Penelope Hughes-Hallett. 160p. illus bibliography.index. Donor inscription on ffep, else fine.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine - Price Clipped Stock number: 31743. ISBN: 0517583127
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Imprint: London, Collector's Library / CRW Publications, 2004 A delightful gift item for Jane Austen lovers. A pretty volume in nice red cloth covers, ribbon bookmark, gilt page edges.Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, afterword by David Pinching. 301p. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Stock number: 35924. ISBN: 1904633307
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