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2000"At the end of the twentieth century people spoke as if the Balkans had plagued Europe forever." "Mark Mazower dispels current Western cliches and replaces stereotypes with an account of how mountains, empires and religions have shaped their inhabitants' lives. As a bridge between Europe and Asia the Balkans has been exposed to a constant incursion of nomadic peoples across the centuries. Mountain ranges made farming hard and political control almost impossible and allowed small communities to live side by side through to the end of the twentieth century. Empires based on religion not ethnicity shaped customs and beliefs in ways that did not entirely vanish with the coming of modernity." A short but well researched introduction to the complex and always compelling history of the Balkans. 160p. bibliography. index Book
1971Contains 7 maps. 280X210 mm. XV+206 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Cover corners and edges slightly wrinkled. Spine yellowing and wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
1992"This new SELECTED POEMS replaces an earlier selection of work by James Merrill entitled From the First Nine (1982), now out of print; it includes 121 poems taken from that work and from Late Settings (1985), but it excludes the long narrative poem The Changing Light at Sandover, which is republished simultaneously in a separate volume. Together the two give solid definition to a body of poetic work that must be accounted among the finest in English of our time. " Includes a number of poems inspired by his experiences in Greece. 340p. Book
1968Light rubbing to spine ends. Else fine. ; Reprint of the 1879 ed. 109pp.; 109 pages
1968Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Reprint of the 1879 ed. 109pp.; 109 pages
1965Edgewear to top of DJ's spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Looks at the Greek cities in Sicily and southern Italy. A comprehensive survey of Sicilian history, an appreciation of its arts and legends, and a look at its landscapes and ancient monuments. Contents: On names, places, sources. 1). The power of Typhoes. 2). Land of epic heroes. 3). When the Greeks came. 4). Rush of arrival. 5). Hera's Italian votive. 6). Two vigilant enemies. 7). The magnificent tyrants. 8). The western defense. 9). View from Euryalus. 10). The path to empire. 11). Figures of later legend. ; Campus outlines; 219 pages
1978"The Prytaneion was a structure central to the civic life of the ancient Greek city-state. In it was housed the hearth of Hestia with its eternal fire symbolizing the well-being of the state. To it were invited distinguished foreign visitors for meals; citizens who had performed some special service to the state were also entertained there. The prytaneion was the 'home' of the state and the architectural manifestation of its life. The obvious ubiquity and importance of the prytaneion in antiquity is not reflected in the pages of modern scholarship, largely because only two structures have been excavated that can be firmly so identified. In this book Mr. Miller seeks to define the functions and the architectural form of the prytaneion by assembling and analyzing historical and epigraphic references to it. His analysis yields explicit references to various architectural parts of the prytaneion as well as a definition of the function of the building from which other architectural elements can be extrapolated. It provides a set of architectural elements essential to any prytaneion and usable as criteria of identification for excavated structures. This book is intended to serve both as a reference work for those interested in ancient civic life and civic architecture and as a guide to investigators of ancient cities still to be excavated."-258p.+ Plates,.illus bibliography index. Book
2000"Shortly before the successful launch of the "Olympias" a reconstructed Greek warship, the first edition of "The Athenian Trireme" was published, providing historical and technical background to the reconstruction of the ship in a Greek shipyard. Since then 5 seasons of experimental trials have been conducted on the ship under oar and sail, and the lessons learned have been supplemented by historical, scientific and physiological research over the last 15 years. for this second edition the text has been recast and a number of substantive changes have been made in the light of the sea trials and new research. In addition there is an entirely new chapter which describes the trials of Olympias in detail, reports the performance figures obtained and outlines the changes which the authors would wish to incorporate in any second reconstruction. There are 19 new illustrations, including 11 photographs of Olympias at sea demonstrating features of the design which could only be represented by drawings in the first edition. 319p. illus.bibliography.index Book
1989Translation of the autobiography of Elizabeth Moutzan - Martinegou (1801-1832) who was the first woman novelist in modern Greece, but who never saw her work published in her lifetime. The "Autobiography" is of a young woman of the bourgeoisie in the Ionian Islands [Zakynthos] not able to take part in the intellectual life of the town but forced to live in seclusion in her father's house What is remarkable is that she taught herself to write in Greek, Italian and French at a time when girls were not given any education except in domestic skills. Book
1993"Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt - a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilization, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture. " 353p. illus bibliography.index Book
1963Covers a bit worn with rubbing, light yellowing and creasing to rear wrap else Very Good, tight and unmarked. ; 20pp, 64pp ofplates. ; Monumenta Graeca Et Romana Volume II 2; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
1967Minor creasing to head of spine, else minor shelfwear. ; 20pp, 64pp of plates. ; Monumenta Graeca Et Romana Volume V 1; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
1974The story of a Greek Minister of Education sent into enforced political exile to the island of Amorgos by the military Junta - and of his eventual escape. 228p.plates.index. Book
2013Fascimile of the classic children's school book originally published in 1934 by Ekdotikos Oikos Demetrakou.243p. illus + 1 pages afterword [Only One copy found in WorldCat] Book
1899Fourth Edition. 200x260mm 716pp. original green hardcover with gilt ornament on front and gilt lettering on spine. cover worn anf on edges slightly bumped. spine on edges slightly damaged. inner spine slightly loose. ex libris. pages with ageing stains and slightly yellowing. upper corner of title page missing. numerous black/white illustrayions. else in fair+ condition.
1982SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION dated 29.5.1984. The dedicatee is Moshe Barasch (1920-2004) - a renowned art historian who founded the Art History department and was Professor Emeritus at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 21x15 cm. 9+502 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly stained. Spine slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
1984"formidably many-sided and densely packed: with insight,tearing spirits, and eye for the incongruous, insatiable curiosity and an unflagging narrative gift turn (this) into one of the most stimulating and rewarding travel books to be seen for a long time." (pp. 137-191 chapters on Greece, including Epirus,Thessaly,Mount Olympus) 448p. Map. bibliography. index. Book
1991Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 437-462 pp., 1 b/w plt. Le siege de Mytilene, (1501).
1954Discusses espionage in the immediate post-war period, including the defection of Igor Gouzenko in Canada and also the story of the "Vavoudes Group"and Nicholas Belogiannes in Greece (pp113-154) as well as espionage in Sweden "An enthralling book, alarming in its implications, but valuable as a revelation of contemporary history and as a cautionary tale for the still incredulous citizens of free countries." 203p.+ 4 pages of plates. Neat tight copy, but for a small pink stain on bottom of pages where colour has beled . DJ neat with slight foxing and a similar pink Book
1997"In search of long-lost attitudes to love, lust, passion and desire." Film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave paintings, Eygptian cosmologies, the teachings of Plato, and the histories of Plutarch.176p. illus (col) bibliography.index Book
1990Edward Church, a painter who had deserted his wife to explore art and love in the Greek isle of Lesbos, leaves, upon his death, an enigmatic legacy and a nephew who must sort out the bewildering implications of Edward's fate.430p. Book
1972533p.bibliography.index Book
1961Description of the encounter in 1941 between the Royal Navy and the Italian Fleet off Cape Matapan, Greece during WW II. "In March 1941 Britain faced the Axis powers alone. Her army was still in disarray after Dunkerque, her fleet was stretched to the uttermost. It was in this context that, 100 miles off Cape Matapan in Greece, there was fought an action in which the Italian fleet was so signally defeated that it never voluntarily offered battle again so long as the war lasted. The engagement, the first major fleet action since Jutland a quarter of a century earlier, was of historical significance for two reasons; it was the first time carrier-borne aircraft had played a vital role, and the first time that the use of radar was of preponderant importance in a large-scale fleet action. Here is an account of Matapan which, illustrated by unfamiliar action photographs, will satisfy the expert no less than it will engross the general reader." 183p. plates.index Book
1967226p. glossary. Book
2012Commemorative publication celebrating "One Hundred Years since the Liberation of Macedonia" 104p. illus maps [NO copies found in WorldCat] Book