Bennett, JaneyMareMagnum
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2007"The author's first novel, set in a Cretan village with "kidnaps and killings, prayers and healings, ethics and ritual, and a darned good tale" CRETE - an archaeologists dream-land, with sedimentary layers of oppressors and resisters. Lefka Ori the fabled white mountains, where people in trouble have fled for centuries. Vraho a village on Lefka Ori divided by water rights and by wounds left over from World War II .Father Dimitrios, following his grandfathers way as Vrahos village priest for reasons he has yet to discover. Into this world comes Douglas Watkins, mindlessly slipping down the path of easy opportunity, no thought of goals or ethics or consequences, and no ones life remains unchanged Author inscription else neww ." Book
1995The bullet which killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 not only triggered the Great War, but grazed the temple of Lionel Robertson patriarch, collector and old rogue and ignites the gunpowder trail of this extraordinary novel. Book
1989While on holiday in Greece Violet Sharpe ends up in hospital, unable to speak the language or to pay the bill. An SOS is sent to her 18-year-old great-nephew Stephen, and this is the story of the relationship that develops between these two unlikely travelling companions. Book
2000Story of the culture shock experienced by a naive Anerican giirl in Miami who falls for a handsome Greek seaman called Nikos. She tries to adapt to the cultural norms of a primitive Greek island far removed from the life she is used to. (Review copy) Due for publication October 2000 Book
1962The setting of this novel is a small Greek island, at the height of the summer. An Englishman travelling alone makes the aquaintance of a girl, Ruth Forbes, and her older travelling companion, Mrs. Keller. It soon strikes him that the relationship between the two women is not merely an uncomfortable one. Book
1963The setting of this novel is a small Greek island, at the height of the summer. An Englishman travelling alone makes the aquaintance of a girl, Ruth Forbes, and her older travelling companion, Mrs. Keller. It soon strikes him that the relationship between the two women is not merely an uncomfortable one.Neat tight copy. Name of owner. else fine. Book
1957The story of four travellers whos Grecian holiday proves a spiritual pilgrimage for each one of them.Held by the splendour and calm beauty of Greece, each comes to happiness.180p.[10 copies found in WorldCat] Book
1963"This is the story of Arkas, a young Cretan totally deafened by a wartime explosion. Bitterness and suspicion pervade his world of silence and have distorted a natural aptitude for archaeology into illicit digging with a gang of toughs who care nothing for the marvels of antiquity." 256Pp. Book
1998".chonicles the lives of the people of Cephallonia as they contend with the Axis invasion and occupation, and the unexpected acts of God and man that shape their lives during the five decades that follow" This reprint issued for the release of the motion picture starring Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz. Cover with still photo from the movie. Book
1960A novel for young people about the Olympic Games in the time of Pericles. The author was a sports writer and a memeber of the Canadian Olympic Committee, 236p. Book
1999In pre-war Greece Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller discovered Greek literature and poetry from their friendship with George Seferis and George Katsimbalis.290p. notes, index. Author inscription on title page Book
1972Mystery & mayhem on a Greek island "James Pibble...former Scotland Yard superintendent and on vacationon the Ionian island of Hyos, is hired to protect Greek tycoon Thanassis Thanatos from the Mob, .... Rumor has it the crooks are eyeing Hyos for their booming drug-smuggling trade. Throw in British intelligence and a clandestine American operation, and you've got an international free-for-all.196P. Book
1972Mystery & mayhem on a Greek island " James Pibble...former Scotland Yard superintendent and on vacationon the Ionian island of Hyos, is hired to protect Greek tycoon Thanassis Thanatos from the Mob, .... Rumor has it the crooks are eyeing Hyos for their booming drug-smuggling trade. Throw in British intelligence and a clandestine American operation, and you've got an international free-for-all. Book
1979" April 1941 - the monastery on the heights of Zervos takes on a crucial new significance as the Germans prepare to invade Greece. A Scots secret agent, a Greek patriot and two English soldiers face tremendous odds as they race against time to dent crack Nazi troops, the use of this vital observation post. The action begins at sea and continues non-stop overland in a murderous mind-killing creep up the ice-bound mountain, culminating in a sensational, breathtaking, nail-biting finish Book
1967Nick Urfe, a young British schoolteacher, travels to the Greek island of Phraxos for a vacation. There he manages to wander into a series of misadventures and confusions that bring the stability of his world into doubt. A careless flirtation with another tourist leads to a messy affair, and a chance introduction brings him under the influence of an enigmatic, elderly recluse who stands at the center of an oddly sinister cult. Book
1962"During the early part of June, 1947, a small party of sightseers found itself trapped in what was then the newly-discovered labyrinth of Cefalu, in the island of Crete." Originally published under the title "Cefalu" London,1947 then in an Ace paperback in 1958 this is therefore the first US trade edition. 266p.Name of owner.Edges of DJ slightly scuffed, now in protective sleeve Book
1984Visiting Greece to reconsider her troubled marriage, forty-two-year-old Connie Nolan has a tempestuous love affair with Alki, a Greek seaman before returning to America. Book
2004In a Greek taverna, high over the small village of Aghia Anna, four people meet for the first time: Fiona, an Irish nurse, Thomas, a Californian academic; Elsa, a German television presenter; and David, a shy English boy. Along with Andreas, the old man who runs the taverna, they become close to each other after witnessing a tragedy when a pleasure steamer catches fire in the harbour.Nights of Rain and Stars is the story of one summer when Fiona, Thomas, Elsa and David all have to face the particular life crisis which first made them leave their homes and end up in Greece. With the help of Vonnie, a middle-aged Irishwoman who lives in the village and is now a near-native, they each find a solution - although not necessarily one they anticipated. Book
1985Submarine coxswain Ben Grant has a medal for his exploits in Norwegian waters earlier in the war, but this does not help him face operations in a far different theatre - the Mediterranean - or endear him to his colleagues.Strained and nerve-racked, he joins the submarine Avon en route to Torbruk in the summer of 1942.But at Malta events come to a head and he is asked to volunteer for Special Submarine Operations,a secret subversive unit.The target is occupied Greece, the mission dangerous - and the only flaw in the plan is his former skipper,Half-Shackle. In this new Ben Grant saga, Eric Collenette gives another story from the war at sea and in his taut, straightforward prose he vividly recreates those tense days of submarine warfare. Book
2001"During the early part of June, 1947, a small party of sightseers found itself trapped in what was then the newly-discovered labyrinth of Cefalu, in the island of Crete."Originally published 1947 under the tile "Cefalu"). Crisp tight copy Book
1986"The estate is worth five million pounds - and someone thinks that's reason enough for a murder . family intrigues accelerate and the intricacies of English law become entangled with the mythology of Ancient Greece ." with a final denoument in Corfu. Book
1979Rousing adventure in 1944 on a Greek island where the occupying Nazis are faced by a motley crew of heroes - novel of the movie (Based on a story by Richard S.Lochte and George P.Cosmatos, screenplay by Edward Anhalt and Richard S.Hocte.) Pbk.252p. Condition : Good. Book
1999".chonicles the lives of the people of Cephallonia as they contend with the Axis invasion and occupation, and the unexpected acts of God and man that shape their lives during the five decades that follow" This reprint issued for the release of the motion picture starring Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz. Cover with still photo from the movie. Book
1982A young woman stands at a crossroad: her father has recently died; she has left her husband; and more, recently, her lover has left her. Traveling east with her young daughter, she stops off to visit old friends and relatives, each of whom reflects a different facet of her own life. Having still to come to terms with past losses, Nikki is not yet prepared to face her future. Her trip is a kind of hiatus, a time during which no irrevocable decisions need be made, a time to consolidate and clarify. Each of the people she meets, each new situation, triggers a memory, reveals the past in a new light, prods a reassessment so that the novel becomes a tapestry of association whose design gains depth and richness as each new color is laid in. Finally, reader and narrator together come to see the pattern complete, to understand its meaning and so to be able to move on. Book
1986Fascinating novel combining archaeology and science fiction, with feisty American heroine pitted against a dictatorial Greek regime. (text clean and neat. but covers scuffed) Book