Greece category: 2003 books
by Leonard Cottrell
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2016
Between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago, in a few favored areas of the world, humankind mastered the formulas that released it from the Stone Age. For the first time in history, people became civilized. This globe- and time-trotting book vividly describes how a number of major civilizations - the Mayans, the...
The Landmark Thucydides
A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 1998
Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possssion for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than...
by Carlos García Gual
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 12, 2016
"Contra el olvido, los nombres de los héroes perduran en la red imaginaria de la mitología, y en la literatura que se alimenta de sus historias y recuenta sus hazañas con nuevos acentos". En la mitología griega, la vida de los héroes (Ulises, Jasón, Teseo, Hércules…) es casi siempre...
The Corfu Trilogy
My Family and Other Animals; Birds, Beasts and Relatives; and The Garden of the Gods
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The complete trilogy that inspired Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu in one volume.
The tales of a naturalist and his family, who left England for the Greek island of Corfu—where they interacted with fascinating locals of both human and animal varieties—these memoirs have become...
by Gerald Durrell
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu, a Masterpiece production on public television: A naturalist’s account of his childhood on the exotic Greek island.
When the Durrells could no longer endure the gray English climate, they did what any sensible family would do: sold their house and relocated...
Travels with Epicurus
A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Advice on achieving a fulfilling old age from one of the bestselling authors of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .
After being advised by his dentist to get tooth implants, Daniel Klein decides to stick with his dentures and instead use the money to make a trip to the Greek island Hydra...
by Gerald Durrell
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The follow-up to My Family and Other Animals and the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu: A naturalist’s memoir of his family’s time on a Greek island.
In the years before World War II, Gerald Durrell’s family left the gloomy shores of England for the sun-drenched island of Corfu. Against...
Prospero's Cell
A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corfu
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
From a member of the real-life family portrayed in The Durrells in Corfu, this memoir of the idyllic Greek island is “among the best books ever written” (The New York Times).
Before Lawrence Durrell became a renowned novelist, poet, and travel writer, he spent four youthful years on Corfu,...
Meet Me in Atlantis
My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
**The New York Times Bestselling Travel Memoir!
The author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu travels the globe in search of the world’s most famous lost city.
“Adventurous, inquisitive and mirthful, Mark Adams gamely sifts through the eons of rumor, science, and lore to find a place...
Let's Go Istanbul, Athens & the Greek Islands
The Student Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
One straddles two millennia, the other, two continents: Athens and Istanbul number among the world’s oldest and most culturally rich cities. The cradle of democracy and the crucible of empires are inextricably linked to the past-Let’s Go Athens & Istanbul shows you how to embrace them in the present....
by Aristote
Language: French
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Extrait : De la nature de la morale. Elle fait partie de la politique. — Il faut étudier la vertu surtout à un point de vue pratique, afin de la connaître et de l’acquérir. — Travaux antérieurs : Pythagore, Socrate, Platon ; défauts de leurs...
by Platon, Maurice Croiset
Language: French
Release Date: July 19, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: July 19, 2015
Eudicos. — Mais toi, Socrate, pourquoi restes-tu ainsi muet, après qu’Hippias a si amplement discouru ? D’où vient que tu ne joins pas tes éloges aux nôtres ? Ou, si tu as quelque chose à reprendre, que ne le critiques-tu ? D’autant plus que nous voici entre nous, c’est-à-dire entre...
Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem
Et de Jérusalem à Paris
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Extrait : "Les personnages du drame qui depuis trente ans se joue sous nos yeux se retirent. Les acteurs populaires ont descendu les premiers dans les tombeaux qu'ils avaient placés sur la scène : ils sont emporté avec eux quelques têtes couronnées ; d'autres potentats, en plus grand nombre, les...
Eureka!
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks But Were Afraid to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical, and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy, and comedy; and debated everything from the good life and the role...