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After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
ISBN: 9781475175745 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Greece has always been regarded as the birthplace of western civilization and a Mediterranean paradise. In The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer uses the magical epithet rosy-fingered dawn to describe the sunrise over a land of myth, fascination, and mystery. But when preconceptions and illusions are swept aside, what is Greece really like? John Walters has lived in Greece for over fifteen years. He has hitchhiked over many of its roads; traveled by camper; journeyed by plane, boat, bus, car, taxi, motorcycle, and on foot. He has lived and worked and raised a family among Greeks. He offers insight...
Greece has always been regarded as the birthplace of western civilization and a Mediterranean paradise. In The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer uses the ma...
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48,38 zł |
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Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c.: During the Years 1812 and 1813
ISBN: 9781108050449 / Angielski / Miękka / 596 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Henry Holland (1788 1873) was a passionate and intrepid traveller from a young age. In addition to a distinguished career as court physician first to Caroline of Brunswick, then to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert he sought to keep two months of each year free to travel. His trip to Greece formed part of a European tour that Holland undertook in 1812 13 after having taken his medical degree at Edinburgh. Holland focuses on the lesser-known islands and parts of Macedonia and Albania, and gives a unique first-hand account of the Albanian vizier Ali Pasha (1740 1822), whom he befriended...
Sir Henry Holland (1788 1873) was a passionate and intrepid traveller from a young age. In addition to a distinguished career as court physician first...
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475,35 zł |
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INTO THE PAGAN PAST (Printed, Color): A Search for Gods, Heroes and a Really Good Greek Salad
ISBN: 9781478231585 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Note: This is the COLLECTOR'S EDITION paperback with full color interior printing. To order the less expensive paperback with black and white interior printing visit:
https: //www.createspace.com/3935135 After decades of being a closeted Hellenophile (lover of Greece), author Jeff Steele fulfills a lifelong dream in Turkey and Greece exploring the modern and ancient history and myths of these two fabled lands. INTO THE PAGAN PAST is part humorous travel narrative, part history book, and part fantasy tale. Lavishly illustrated by the author, this adventure story is sure to please all... Note: This is the COLLECTOR'S EDITION paperback with full color interior printing. To order the less expensive paperback with black and white interior...
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403,47 zł |
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INTO THE PAGAN PAST (Printed; B&W): A Search for Gods, Heroes and a Really Good Greek Salad
ISBN: 9780983791812 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Note: This is the paperback with black and white interior printing. To order the COLLECTOR EDITION'S paperback with full color interior printing visit:
https: //www.createspace.com/3935369 After decades of being a closeted Hellenophile (lover of Greece), author Jeff Steele fulfills a lifelong dream in Turkey and Greece exploring the modern and ancient history and myths of these two fabled lands. INTO THE PAGAN PAST is part humorous travel narrative, part history book, and part fantasy tale. Lavishly illustrated by the author, this adventure story is sure to please all who love to... Note: This is the paperback with black and white interior printing. To order the COLLECTOR EDITION'S paperback with full color interior printing visit...
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104,87 zł |
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From a Year in Greece
ISBN: 9780292754003 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, the reader is privileged to take a leisurely and thoroughly enjoyable trip through the Greece of the mid-twentieth century, led by a poet-narrator who is a comfortable and engaging guide and complemented by the artwork of John Guerin. Frederic Will recounts his odyssey: from Austria through Yugoslavia, across the northern Greek border, from Salonika to Athens and the Aegean Sea, to the site of remnants of Old Greece in Smyrna, Pergamum, and Ephesus, and finally to the monasteries on Mount Athos. The author not only presents vivid descriptions of the towns and... In this book, the reader is privileged to take a leisurely and thoroughly enjoyable trip through the Greece of the mid-twentieth century, led by a ... |
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76,81 zł |
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Hellas, the Country of Miracles: We are delighted to present this poetic and photographic reference to Greece. Our students can learn the language and
ISBN: 9781475212129 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rich photo book, "Hellas, the Country of Miracles," where Hellas is the greek word for Greece, contains highly informative text written in Greek by Maria Pappas, and in English by Katalina Gerasopoulou. Maria Pappas is a Greek educator in the U.S. and Katalina Gerasopoulou is a bright student with exceptional academic drive and performance. The contents of the book are modular and are divided into three sections: 1. "The Glory of Hellas" 2. " Natural beauty of Hellas" and 3. "The magic of the everyday life in Hellas." Through the pictures, you are swayed by the deep blue waters of the...
The rich photo book, "Hellas, the Country of Miracles," where Hellas is the greek word for Greece, contains highly informative text written in Greek b...
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120,66 zł |
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CRETANS Stories of a Beach
ISBN: 9781480223851 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A native son returns to the island of Crete a hundred years after his family emigrates to America and East Africa. The writer builds a villa on a small cove and introduces English tourists to the locals; hilarious incidents and cultural misunderstandings are the order of the day. We meet Telis, the bearded surgeon who has gone native, Lefteris, the mustachioed shepherd who runs the beach taverna where the tourists congregate, Minos, a diminutive reformed pimp who becomes the author's building supervisor. A minister of the Thatcher government falls ill before help comes from an unexpected...
A native son returns to the island of Crete a hundred years after his family emigrates to America and East Africa. The writer builds a villa on a smal...
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48,43 zł |
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An Anthology of Byzantine Prose
ISBN: 9783110018981 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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468,31 zł |
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Castles of Northwest Greece: From the early Byzantine period to the eve of the First World War
ISBN: 9780957584600 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Northwest Greece has always been relatively isolated from the rest of the Greek mainland and, with the exception of small pockets of intense development on the coast, is still little visited by foreign tourists. Modern guidebooks of necessity concentrate on the few important classical and Hellenistic sites with only passing reference to medieval and later fortifications. Yet these monuments bear witness to the complex later history of the region when Norman, Italian, Angevin, Serbian, Venetian, Turkish and Albanian invaders competed for control. This book is intended to redress this imbalance...
Northwest Greece has always been relatively isolated from the rest of the Greek mainland and, with the exception of small pockets of intense developme...
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129,13 zł |
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Athens with Kids (and not only)
ISBN: 9781480145481 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is for anyone wanting up-to-date information on sites, things to do and places to go (indoor/outdoor, winter/summer) in ever-changing Athens and vicinity, including detailed info on what to expect, times, prices, stroller access, and how to get where you want on public transport. Written by a local guide writer, it is geared toward travel with children, and includes where to change/feed a baby and other specifics for youngsters, but the detailed emergency info, advice and tips on the most convenient places to stay, where to find certain foods, supermarkets and kid-friendly,...
This book is for anyone wanting up-to-date information on sites, things to do and places to go (indoor/outdoor, winter/summer) in ever-changing Athens...
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39,10 zł |
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A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey
ISBN: 9780195139181 / Angielski / Miękka / 395 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nearly two-thirds of the New Testament--including all of the letters of Paul, most of the book of Acts, and the book of Revelation--is set outside of Israel, in either Turkey or Greece. Although biblically-oriented tours of the areas that were once ancient Greece and Asia Minor have become increasingly popular, up until now there has been no definitive guidebook for these important sites.
In A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey, two well-known, well-traveled biblical scholars offer a fascinating historical and archaeological guide to these sites. The authors reveal... Nearly two-thirds of the New Testament--including all of the letters of Paul, most of the book of Acts, and the book of Revelation--is set outside of ...
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139,99 zł |
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On the Unhappiness of Being Greek
ISBN: 9781780992952 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a series of 193 mostly brief, often cutting and at times satirical aphorisms about Greece and Greeks.
Offers a series of 193 mostly brief, often cutting and at times satirical aphorisms about Greece and Greeks.
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25,18 zł |
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The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean
ISBN: 9781845111601 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cyclades are the quintessential Greek isles, renowned for the beauty of their seascapes, their historical monuments, and a unique way of life deeply rooted in the remote past of the Aegean. Over the course of more than 7,000 years the Cyclades have seen a succession of civilizations, the earliest of them perpetuated in legends such as that of Atlantis, which has been identified with volcanic Santorini. The islands are arrayed around their sacred centre on Delos, where Leto was said to have given birth to the divine twins Apollo and Artemis, children of Zeus. Dionysus was born on...
The Cyclades are the quintessential Greek isles, renowned for the beauty of their seascapes, their historical monuments, and a unique way of life deep...
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76,81 zł |
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Crete: Discovering the 'Great Island'
ISBN: 9781845116927 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crete is a major travel destination with two million visitors per year. This guide is the product of a long summer the author spent living in a crumbling Venetian tower, explorer every inch of the island for future travelers. Packed with history, myth and travelogue, this should be an indispensable guide for all travelers to Crete. Included inside are maps and detailed itineraries that cover all the must-see cities, palaces, churches and places of historical and cultural significance on the island. Crete is a major travel destination with two million visitors per year. This guide is the product of a long summer the author spent living in a cru... |
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65,33 zł |
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The Ionian Islands: Corfu, Cephalonia, Ithaka and Beyond
ISBN: 9781845116965 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Legend has it that the Ionian Islands were created as Zeus' beautiful lover, Io, raced through the Ionian Sea escaping Hera's wrath. Rising from the waters between Greece and Italy, the Ionians - peaks of an underwater mountain range - are quite unlike any of the other Greek islands and are some of the most culturally, historically and mythologically rich in all Greece. Consisting of Corfu, Paxos, Ithaka, Lefkas, Cephalonia, Zakynthos (Zante) and Kythera, they have been inhabited since Paleolithic times and have a colourful and often turbulent past. Variously invaded and occupied by the...
Legend has it that the Ionian Islands were created as Zeus' beautiful lover, Io, raced through the Ionian Sea escaping Hera's wrath. Rising from the w...
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66,56 zł |
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An Island in Greece : On the Shores of Skopelos
ISBN: 9781845118228 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scattered in a crescent in the sparkling waters of the Aegean, the islands of the Sporades are known to Greek fishermen as *the gates of the wind.* It was to this unspoilt archipelago that Michael Carroll sailed. But his dream of travelling where the wind took him, changed when he landed on Skopelos. There, a chance meeting with the charismatic Vangeli led to him buying a piece of land on a remote cove, once the site of an ancient city and the perfect harbour for Astarte. So unfolds the story of Carroll's growing attachment to Skopelos as he sets down roots and makes it his home.... Scattered in a crescent in the sparkling waters of the Aegean, the islands of the Sporades are known to Greek fishermen as *the gates of the wind.*... |
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65,33 zł |
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Across Crete: From Khania to Herakleion
ISBN: 9781850433873 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After successive waves of rulers throughout history, Crete has served as a crossroads where the Eastern and Western worlds have met and exchanged skills and ideas, materials and artifacts, and acquired layered strata of history unlike any other land. That history is explored in this collection through the writings of various travelers from around the world. This is the first of three illustrated books that will span the great island from east to west.
After successive waves of rulers throughout history, Crete has served as a crossroads where the Eastern and Western worlds have met and exchanged skil...
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122,92 zł |
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Blue Guide Greece The Mainland
ISBN: 9781905131105 / Angielski / Miękka / 738 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blue Guides: Complete Cultural Guides -- This guide amply covers mainland Greece, the cradle of western civilisation. Updated information on developments in archaeology and scholarship make this the essential guide for visitors to Greece who are genuinely interested in its past as a way of enjoying the present. This book aims above all to be a handbook and reference book to the Classical world, making that world visible and comprehensible to new generations of readers. This edition pays more attention to practical information, on the hypothesis that a good lunch and a comfortable bed are all...
Blue Guides: Complete Cultural Guides -- This guide amply covers mainland Greece, the cradle of western civilisation. Updated information on developme...
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142,03 zł |
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Blue Guide Greece the Aegean Islands
ISBN: 9781905131358 / Angielski / Miękka / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meticulously researched and lovingly written, this book contains a wealth of detail on all aspects of these popular destinations: early history and archaeology, Classical and Byzantine art and architecture, Venetian and Ottoman monuments, and present-day concerns such as where to eat, which beaches to visit, and how to get from island to island.
Meticulously researched and lovingly written, this book contains a wealth of detail on all aspects of these popular destinations: early history and ar...
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90,55 zł |
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Walking on Samos: 25 Walks, Updated GPS Data
ISBN: 9783981404739 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guidebook that describes 25 walks on the Greek island of Samos, a paradise for walkers. It describes 25 of the best old walking trails with detailed maps, GPS data and route photos along with lots of interesting facts about the island.
A guidebook that describes 25 walks on the Greek island of Samos, a paradise for walkers. It describes 25 of the best old walking trails with detailed...
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66,80 zł |