Author: David Beck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736184004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Greek Prince of Afghanistan
Author: David Beck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736184004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736184004
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone
Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064461378
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
"Until the Rosetta Stone was finally translated and the decoding of hieroglyphic writing made possible, much of Egyptian history was lost. The author has done a masterful job of distilling information, citing the highlights, and fitting it all together in an interesting and enlightening look at a puzzling subject." —H. "The social and intellectual history here are fascinating. A handsome, inspiring book." —K. Notable Children's Books of 1991 (ALA) Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Children's Books of 1990 (Library of Congress) 100 Books for Reading and Sharing (NY Public Library) Parenting Honorable Mention, Reading Magic Award
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064461378
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
"Until the Rosetta Stone was finally translated and the decoding of hieroglyphic writing made possible, much of Egyptian history was lost. The author has done a masterful job of distilling information, citing the highlights, and fitting it all together in an interesting and enlightening look at a puzzling subject." —H. "The social and intellectual history here are fascinating. A handsome, inspiring book." —K. Notable Children's Books of 1991 (ALA) Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Children's Books of 1990 (Library of Congress) 100 Books for Reading and Sharing (NY Public Library) Parenting Honorable Mention, Reading Magic Award
The Immortal Fire
Author: Anne Ursu
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141690591X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
As Philonecron plots to destroy the gods, transform the Underworld, destroy humanity, and remodel Olympus, Mr. Metos takes thirteen-year-old cousins Charlotte and Zee to join the Prometheans, who have an age-old weapon that may help protect them.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141690591X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
As Philonecron plots to destroy the gods, transform the Underworld, destroy humanity, and remodel Olympus, Mr. Metos takes thirteen-year-old cousins Charlotte and Zee to join the Prometheans, who have an age-old weapon that may help protect them.
Something Will Happen, You'll See
Author: Christos Ikonomou
Publisher: Archipelago
ISBN: 0914671367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Raymond Carver meets William Faulkner in this “pitch-perfect” short story collection that captures the hopes and fears of working-class Greeks during the country’s economic crisis (Los Angeles Review of Books) Ikonomou’s stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis—laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes. Everyone is dreaming of escape: to the mountains, to an island or a palatial estate, into a Hans Christian Andersen story world. What are they fleeing? The old woes—gossip, watchful neighbors, the oppression and indifference of the rich—now made infinitely worse. In Ikonomou’s concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians’ slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Yet even at the edge of destitution, his men and women act for themselves, trying to preserve what little solidarity remains in a deeply atomized society, and in one way or another finding their own voice. There is faith here, deep faith—though little or none in those who habitually ask for it.
Publisher: Archipelago
ISBN: 0914671367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Raymond Carver meets William Faulkner in this “pitch-perfect” short story collection that captures the hopes and fears of working-class Greeks during the country’s economic crisis (Los Angeles Review of Books) Ikonomou’s stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis—laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes. Everyone is dreaming of escape: to the mountains, to an island or a palatial estate, into a Hans Christian Andersen story world. What are they fleeing? The old woes—gossip, watchful neighbors, the oppression and indifference of the rich—now made infinitely worse. In Ikonomou’s concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians’ slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Yet even at the edge of destitution, his men and women act for themselves, trying to preserve what little solidarity remains in a deeply atomized society, and in one way or another finding their own voice. There is faith here, deep faith—though little or none in those who habitually ask for it.
The Lindian Chronicle and the Greek Creation of Their Past
Author: Carolyn Higbie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199241910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Carolyn Higbie uses an inscription of the first century BC from Lindos to study the ancient Greeks and their past. The inscription contains two inventories. The first catalogues some forty objects given to Athena Lindia by figures from the mythological past (including Heracles, Helen, andMenelaus) and the historical past (including Alexander the Great and Hellenistic figures). The second catalogues three epiphanies of Athena Lindia to the townspeople when they were in need of her assistance. By drawing on anthropological approaches as well as archaeological and literary evidence,this book explores what was important to the Greeks about their past, how they reconstructed it, and how they made use of it in their present.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199241910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Carolyn Higbie uses an inscription of the first century BC from Lindos to study the ancient Greeks and their past. The inscription contains two inventories. The first catalogues some forty objects given to Athena Lindia by figures from the mythological past (including Heracles, Helen, andMenelaus) and the historical past (including Alexander the Great and Hellenistic figures). The second catalogues three epiphanies of Athena Lindia to the townspeople when they were in need of her assistance. By drawing on anthropological approaches as well as archaeological and literary evidence,this book explores what was important to the Greeks about their past, how they reconstructed it, and how they made use of it in their present.
The Shadow Thieves
Author: Anne Ursu
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141690588X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141690588X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil.
The Greek Chronicles
Author: Leslie C. Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Sifnos Chronicles
Author: Sharon Blomfield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994933300
Category : Siphnos Island (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994933300
Category : Siphnos Island (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Protogenesis
Author: Alysia Helming
Publisher: Cool Planet Publishing
ISBN: 9780998481104
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
An American girl in Greece, a loss, a quest, a love triangle, a prophecy, her destiny... Ancient gods and science fiction unite. One fateful day, life for California teenager Helene Crawford comes to a grinding halt. There was a fire. Her mother is "gone." The police say she's dead. But something's not right...a maze of clues lead her to believe that her mom is still alive. The Greek Mafia may be involved. She has a crazy godfather in Athens she never knew she had. Vivid dreams of ancient gods consume her sleep. Helene must go to Greece. The answers to her quest to find her mom lie there. Suddenly uprooted to move across the world, Helene must survive a new school and navigate the highs and lows of new love. All of this in Greece, a country embroiled in economic crisis where the kids literally speak "Greek." Through this daring journey, Helene will pass through the gates of her past to another world where the roots of modern civilization and the gods of her favorite ancient myths converge - in order to find her mom, find herself, find true love, become empowered and transform to fulfill her destiny. Who knows? Maybe the gods and goddesses are on her side... or maybe not. After all, nothing is as it seems. Original Song created for Protogenesis and performed by Greek Music Artist, Kostas Martakis, in collaboration with Panik Entertainment Group.
Publisher: Cool Planet Publishing
ISBN: 9780998481104
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
An American girl in Greece, a loss, a quest, a love triangle, a prophecy, her destiny... Ancient gods and science fiction unite. One fateful day, life for California teenager Helene Crawford comes to a grinding halt. There was a fire. Her mother is "gone." The police say she's dead. But something's not right...a maze of clues lead her to believe that her mom is still alive. The Greek Mafia may be involved. She has a crazy godfather in Athens she never knew she had. Vivid dreams of ancient gods consume her sleep. Helene must go to Greece. The answers to her quest to find her mom lie there. Suddenly uprooted to move across the world, Helene must survive a new school and navigate the highs and lows of new love. All of this in Greece, a country embroiled in economic crisis where the kids literally speak "Greek." Through this daring journey, Helene will pass through the gates of her past to another world where the roots of modern civilization and the gods of her favorite ancient myths converge - in order to find her mom, find herself, find true love, become empowered and transform to fulfill her destiny. Who knows? Maybe the gods and goddesses are on her side... or maybe not. After all, nothing is as it seems. Original Song created for Protogenesis and performed by Greek Music Artist, Kostas Martakis, in collaboration with Panik Entertainment Group.
Ancient Greek Lists
Author: Athena Kirk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108744959
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ancient Greek Lists brings together catalogic texts from a variety of genres, arguing that the list form was the ancient mode of expressing value through text. Ranging from Homer's Catalogue of Ships through Attic comedy and Hellenistic poetry to temple inventories, the book draws connections among texts seldom juxtaposed, examining the ways in which lists can stand in for objects, create value, act as methods of control, and even approximate the infinite. Athena Kirk analyzes how lists come to stand as a genre in their own right, shedding light on both under-studied and well-known sources to engage scholars and students of Classical literature, ancient history, and ancient languages.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108744959
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ancient Greek Lists brings together catalogic texts from a variety of genres, arguing that the list form was the ancient mode of expressing value through text. Ranging from Homer's Catalogue of Ships through Attic comedy and Hellenistic poetry to temple inventories, the book draws connections among texts seldom juxtaposed, examining the ways in which lists can stand in for objects, create value, act as methods of control, and even approximate the infinite. Athena Kirk analyzes how lists come to stand as a genre in their own right, shedding light on both under-studied and well-known sources to engage scholars and students of Classical literature, ancient history, and ancient languages.