Author: Petros Markaris
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A renowned Athens, Greece, TV journalist is killed just as she is about to go on the air with some sensational news. Junta-trained homicide squad chief Costas Haritos's investigation sucks him deep into the nasty world of the Greek media.
Deadline in Athens
Author: Petros Markaris
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A renowned Athens, Greece, TV journalist is killed just as she is about to go on the air with some sensational news. Junta-trained homicide squad chief Costas Haritos's investigation sucks him deep into the nasty world of the Greek media.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A renowned Athens, Greece, TV journalist is killed just as she is about to go on the air with some sensational news. Junta-trained homicide squad chief Costas Haritos's investigation sucks him deep into the nasty world of the Greek media.
The Late-night News
Author: Petros Markaris
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099464624
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The first of three novels featuring Inspector Haritos, The Late-night News exposes the corruption that has pervaded both private and public life in Greece since the fall of the military dictatorship and the advent of a democratic government, and the explosive growth of private entrepreneurship, Costas Haritos is a homicide inspector in central Athens. He is married (but close to the end of his tether), has one daughter and relaxes by reading dictionaries. Aggressive and pessimistic, he is not an altogether likeable person; the manner in which he treats people is certainly not to be commended. One evening he is called to the scene of a murder: the celebrated TV journalist Janna has been killed in a broadcasting studio just as she was about to go on air with a sensational story. The killer knew obviously of her investigations. The cynical Haritos had not been one of Janna's fans. Young, successful and tough, she had frequently got on his nerves. Once he starts his investigations, though, he finds himself sucked ever deeper into the grubby world of the Greek media. When Janna's successor also is murdered, Haritos recognises that he has to step up his investigation. of important people uncomfortable. The killer he unmasks in the end comes as a complete surprise.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099464624
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The first of three novels featuring Inspector Haritos, The Late-night News exposes the corruption that has pervaded both private and public life in Greece since the fall of the military dictatorship and the advent of a democratic government, and the explosive growth of private entrepreneurship, Costas Haritos is a homicide inspector in central Athens. He is married (but close to the end of his tether), has one daughter and relaxes by reading dictionaries. Aggressive and pessimistic, he is not an altogether likeable person; the manner in which he treats people is certainly not to be commended. One evening he is called to the scene of a murder: the celebrated TV journalist Janna has been killed in a broadcasting studio just as she was about to go on air with a sensational story. The killer knew obviously of her investigations. The cynical Haritos had not been one of Janna's fans. Young, successful and tough, she had frequently got on his nerves. Once he starts his investigations, though, he finds himself sucked ever deeper into the grubby world of the Greek media. When Janna's successor also is murdered, Haritos recognises that he has to step up his investigation. of important people uncomfortable. The killer he unmasks in the end comes as a complete surprise.
Zone Defence
Author: Petros Markaris
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099466740
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Chief Inspector Costas Haritos of the Athens CID has finally made time for a break from work. When a minor earthquake causes his holiday beach to spit up a corpse, he finds there is no such thing as being off duty.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099466740
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Chief Inspector Costas Haritos of the Athens CID has finally made time for a break from work. When a minor earthquake causes his holiday beach to spit up a corpse, he finds there is no such thing as being off duty.
The Two Faces of January
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802192424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The award-winning “classic psychological thriller” by the author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley (USA Today). In a grubby Athens hotel, Rydal Keener is bored and killing time with petty scams. But when he runs into another American, Chester MacFarland, dragging a man’s body down the hotel hall, Rydal impulsively agrees to help, perhaps because Chester looks like his father. Then Rydal meets Collete, Chester’s younger wife, and captivated, becomes entangled in their sordid lives, as the drama marches to a shocking climax at the ruins of the labyrinth at Knossos. A winner of a Crime Writers of America award, The Two Faces of January was the basis of a film starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac. “An offbeat, provocative and absorbing suspense novel.” —The New York Times “Patricia Highsmith is one of the few suspense writers whose work transcends genre.” —The Austin American-Statesman
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802192424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The award-winning “classic psychological thriller” by the author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley (USA Today). In a grubby Athens hotel, Rydal Keener is bored and killing time with petty scams. But when he runs into another American, Chester MacFarland, dragging a man’s body down the hotel hall, Rydal impulsively agrees to help, perhaps because Chester looks like his father. Then Rydal meets Collete, Chester’s younger wife, and captivated, becomes entangled in their sordid lives, as the drama marches to a shocking climax at the ruins of the labyrinth at Knossos. A winner of a Crime Writers of America award, The Two Faces of January was the basis of a film starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac. “An offbeat, provocative and absorbing suspense novel.” —The New York Times “Patricia Highsmith is one of the few suspense writers whose work transcends genre.” —The Austin American-Statesman
The Wages of Appeasement
Author: Bruce S. Thornton
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1594035199
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Wages of Appeasement explores the reasons why a powerful state gives in to aggressors. It tells the story of three historical examples of appeasement: the greek city-states of the fourth century b.c., which lost their freedom to Philip II of Macedon; England in the twenties and thirties, and the failure to stop Germany's aggression that led to World War II; and America's current war against Islamic jihad and the 30-year failure to counter Iran's attacks on the U.S. The inherent weaknesses of democracies and their bad habit of pursuing short-term interests at the expense of long-term security play a role in appeasement. But more important are the bad ideas people indulge, from idealized views of human nature to utopian notions like pacifism or disarmament. But especially important is the notion that diplomatic engagement and international institutions like the u.n. can resolve conflict and deter an aggressor––the delusion currently driving the Obama foreign policy in the middle east. Wages of Appeasement combines narrative history and cultural analysis to show how ideas can have dangerous and deadly consequences.
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1594035199
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Wages of Appeasement explores the reasons why a powerful state gives in to aggressors. It tells the story of three historical examples of appeasement: the greek city-states of the fourth century b.c., which lost their freedom to Philip II of Macedon; England in the twenties and thirties, and the failure to stop Germany's aggression that led to World War II; and America's current war against Islamic jihad and the 30-year failure to counter Iran's attacks on the U.S. The inherent weaknesses of democracies and their bad habit of pursuing short-term interests at the expense of long-term security play a role in appeasement. But more important are the bad ideas people indulge, from idealized views of human nature to utopian notions like pacifism or disarmament. But especially important is the notion that diplomatic engagement and international institutions like the u.n. can resolve conflict and deter an aggressor––the delusion currently driving the Obama foreign policy in the middle east. Wages of Appeasement combines narrative history and cultural analysis to show how ideas can have dangerous and deadly consequences.
TOP Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
Author: Mary Norris
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324001283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
“One of the most satisfying accounts of a great passion that I have ever read.” —Vivian Gornick, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris, The New Yorker’s Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris’s memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine—and more than a few Greek men.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324001283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
“One of the most satisfying accounts of a great passion that I have ever read.” —Vivian Gornick, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris, The New Yorker’s Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris’s memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine—and more than a few Greek men.
Growing Up in Athens
Author: Jan Hodson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939710710
Category : Athens (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"The true essence of a community is its people, the ordinary folks and families who comprise a town's fabric, its heart, and its soul. The spirit of any town is reflected in the lives, the stories, and the lore of people who live or have lived there - the young and the old, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the prominent and the common. Together they become an amalgam that we call our hometown. In the voices of people who grew up here, Growing Up in Athens brings you the essence of this one small town nestled in the hills of Southeastern Ohio. Through memories, they recount hijinks that will make you laugh aloud and events that will bring a few tears. Most assuredly, there are stories that will spark your own hometown memories."--Page 2 of cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939710710
Category : Athens (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"The true essence of a community is its people, the ordinary folks and families who comprise a town's fabric, its heart, and its soul. The spirit of any town is reflected in the lives, the stories, and the lore of people who live or have lived there - the young and the old, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the prominent and the common. Together they become an amalgam that we call our hometown. In the voices of people who grew up here, Growing Up in Athens brings you the essence of this one small town nestled in the hills of Southeastern Ohio. Through memories, they recount hijinks that will make you laugh aloud and events that will bring a few tears. Most assuredly, there are stories that will spark your own hometown memories."--Page 2 of cover.
International Commerce
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages :
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Foreign Commerce Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consular reports
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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