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Love Had a Compass: Journals and Poetry (Grove Press Poetry Series) by Robert Lax, James J. Uebbing (Editor) (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: Lax is hard to figure out but he loved Greece. |
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Modern Greek Lessons by James D. Faubion (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: One of the most elegant books ever written, Deals with the "Poetics" of Athens. |
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The Magus by John Fowles (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: A psychological thriller based on a Greek island...excellent. |
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Reflections on a Marine Venus by Lawrence Durrell (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: Lawrence Durrell (beautifully) recalls his adventures on the island of Rhodes. |
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Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corcyra by Lawrence Durrell (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: Durrell's exquisite memoir of Corfu. |
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Eleni by NICHOLAS GAGE (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: A well-written account of sad events in Epirus...jolting in parts. |
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This Way to Paradise--Dancing on the Tables by Willard Manus, Manus Willard (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: A delightful story about living half one's life on Rhodes, by an American. |
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Priest Fainted by Catherine Davidson
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Aleko's comments: Why can't I find anything else by Davidson? She is a great writer. |
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Dinner with Persephone : Travels in Greece by PATRICIA STORACE (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: Storace is justly famous, this is an excellent book. |
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My Family and Other Animals (Penguin Nature Classics) by Gerald Durrell (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: This book is by now a classic...and very, very funny. |
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Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: As far as I can make out, this is Miller's best. |
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A Lone Red Apple by Aurelia (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: A pleasant book with some helpful but undeveloped insights. |
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Eurydice Street by Sofka Zinovieff (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: A charming book by a Brit lady living in Athens. |
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The Bellstone: The Greek Sponge Divers of the Aegean : One American's Journey Home by Michael N. Kalafatas (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: An American professor searches out his Aegean roots. |
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It's All Greek to Me! : A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina-and Real Greeks by John Mole (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: A wonderfully funny tale of house-building on a Greek island. |
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Fodor's Athens: The Collected Traveler (Collected Traveler) by BARRIE KERPER (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: Kerper does a good job of compilng short pieces, some by famous writers. |
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Hellas : Portrait of Greece by NICHOLAS GAGE
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Aleko's comments: Gage gives a lot of info about prominent Greek families you wouldn't expect to find in a book. |
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Greece: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companion , No 5) by Artemis Leontis (Editor) (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: This is a good compilation of literary texts. |
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Little Infamies: Stories by Panos Karnezis (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: Karnezis is Greek but writes in English. The best fiction I've read in several years. |
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A Place of Healing for the Soul: Patmos by Peter France (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: The author's main concern is the inner life ... religion and culture ... nicely done. |
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One Mykonos: Being Ancient, Being Islands, Being Giants, Being Gay by James Davidson (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: This is an unapologetically "gay" book with lots of erudition by a firtst-rate scholar. |
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The Greeks by James Pettifer (Paperback)
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Aleko's comments: An insightful, informative book by a knowledgeable writer. |
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The Way of the Dreamcatcher: Spirit Lessons with Robert Lax: Poet, Peacemaker, Sage by Steve T. Georgiou (Paperback - April 2002)
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Aleko's comments: Mostly about Robert Lax but contains some of the "flavor" of Patmos Island. |
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The Summer of My Greek Taverna : A Memoir by Tom Stone (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: This is a fun read ... quick and easy ... but probably not important. |
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North of Ithaka : A Journey Home through a Family's Extraordinary Past by Eleni N. Gage (Hardcover)
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Aleko's comments: Had to order it from the UK, not yet released in U.S. Excellent recounting of a year in Epirus rebuilding ancestral home. |