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Music: A Subversive History
$22.99 Add to cart“A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched” (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.
Histories of music overwhelmingly su- Author: Gioia, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1541644379
- Language: English
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Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece
$23.99 Add to cart“We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life.” So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians decla… [more below]
- Author: Waterfield, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: March 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0190095768
- Language: English
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Haute Bohemians: Greece: Historic and Contemporary Interiors of Greece
$75.00 Read moreA glorious, intimate homage to the magical country of Greece, from bestselling photographer and writer Miguel Flores-Vianna.
A land immortalized by poets for its otherworldly beauty, Greece is the b- Author: Flores-Vianna, Miguel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0865654069
- Language: English
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Peináo: A Greek Feast for All: Recipes to Feed Hungry Guests
$35.00 Add to cartModern Greek feasts to feed those you love.
Pein?o is a contemporary celebration of traditional tried-and-tested Greek food, delivered feast style: cooking for roommates, brunch with your besties, or- Author: Moursellas, Helena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1922754595
- Language: English
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Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization
$35.00 Read moreWithout the Byzantine Empire, there never would have been Western civilization.
Western civilization is generally regarded as the child of Athens, Jerusalem, and Rome. That is, in the West, our philos- Author: Spencer, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1637587422
- Language: English
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These Were the Greeks
$27.95 Read moreThe authors are sensitive to the current impatience with traditional historical content, yet they convey much historical fact without losing either the reader’s attention or the shape of the long time… [more below]
- Author: Amos, Hugh D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 31 1982
- ISBN10: 0802312756
- Language: English
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Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 418-413 B.C.
$34.99 Add to cartThe great expedition to Sicily described in the sixth and seventh books of Thucydides’ history can be depicted in a variety of ways. By some, it has been thoughtfully treated as an example of overreac… [more below]
- Author: Rahe, Paul A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1641773375
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo
$14.00 Add to cart‘Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just’
Plato’s account of Socrates’ trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and th- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0140455493
- Language: English
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The Histories
$14.00 Add to cartTranslated by Aubrey de S?incourt with an introduction and Notes by John M. Marincola.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Herodotus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449086
- Language: English
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The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
$30.00 Add to cartHow rhetoric–the art of persuasion–can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimony
The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for ov- Author: Reames, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 1541603974
- Language: English
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The Greeks: A Global History
$22.99 Add to cartA “monumental, sweeping” (Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads) history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today
More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sp- Author: Beaton, Roderick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1541603648
- Language: English
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Greece: The Cookbook
$54.95 Add to cartGreece: The Cookbook is the definitive work on the rich and fascinating cooking of modern Greece.
Greece: The Cookbook is the first truly comprehensive bible of Greek food in English. Rapidly increasin
- Author: Alexiadou, Vefa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 20 2017
- ISBN10: 0714873802
- Language: English
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The Pocket Stoic
$15.00 Add to cartTo counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very diff… [more below]
- Author: Sellars, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 022668296X
- Language: English
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Zorba the Greek
$19.99 Add to cartA stunning new translation of the classic book–and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film–brings the clarity and beauty of Kazantzakis’s language and story alive.
First published in 1946, Zorba th- Author: Kazantzakis, Nikos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 23, 2014
- ISBN10: 1476782814
- Language: English
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The Passenger: Greece
$22.00 Read moreA new series from Europa Editions, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.
IN THIS VOLUME: Once Upon A Time: The Greek Taverna by Petros Mar
- Series: Passenger #2
- Author: Aa VV
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 11, 2020
- ISBN10: 1787702189
- Language: English
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What Strange Paradise
$18.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – From the widely acclaimed, bestselling author of American War–a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that looks at the … [more below]
- Author: El Akkad, Omar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1984899244
- Language: English
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
$32.00 Add to cartThucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possession for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition… [more below]
- Author: Strassler, Robert B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: September 10, 1998
- ISBN10: 0684827905
- Language: English
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DK Eyewitness Greece, Athens and the Mainland
$24.99 Add to cartWhether you plan to watch the sun sink behind the marble columns of the Parthenon in Athens, visit iconic archaeological sites such as Delphi and Olympia, or simply soak up the sun on the sandy beache… [more below]
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 26, 2024
- ISBN10: 0241664284
- Language: English
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Antiquity
$26.00 Read moreElegant, slippery, and provocative, Antiquity is a queer Lolita story by prize-winning Swedish author Hanna Johansson–a story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo
On a Greek island ric- Author: Johansson, Hanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1646221710
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Greek Phrasebook & Dictionary
$11.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s Greek Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Greek phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Ask abo
- Series: Phrasebook
- Author: Planet, Lonely
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1788688309
- Language: English
