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| Title: A Prisoner of War's Story |
| By (author): Stratis Doukas |
| ISBN10-13: 6185369664 : 9786185369668 |
| Smyrna, September 1922: A young Anatolian Greek is taken prisoner at the end of the Greek-Turkish war and marched off into the interior. He recounts his escape and heart-stopping journey through the familiar landscape of his lost homeland, where his ability to pass as a Muslim Turk reveals the common culture shared by the different communities of the crumbling Ottoman empire. A classic tale of survival in a time of nationalist conflict, A Prisoner of War's Story is a beautifully crafted and pithy narrative. Affirming the common humanity of peoples, it earns its place among Europe's finest anti-war literature of the post-world war I period. |
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| Foreword, Map: Narrator’s Journey, A Prisoner of War’s Story, Background Note by the Author, Afterword
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"An arresting snapshot of the moment when the iron grid of nation states clanged down on one part of the Balkans. The translation is clean, accurate and a pleasure to read." -- Maria Margonis, Times Literary Supplement
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"A Prisoner of War’s Story is a book of subtle and effective artistry, a history that captures the reader with ease and stays long within the memory." -- Kevin McGrath, Harvard review
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"‘Doukas’ s powerful tale taps into the modernist tradition: spare, hard-nosed, and devoid of heroic passions in describing a man’s determination to survive." -- Tony Maniaty, The Australian
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Pages: 112
Size: 205x135xmm
Illustrations: 1 map of East Aegean and Asia Minor coastline with major cities, showing the narrator's journey
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| Published: Aiora Press - October 2022 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: European history : Military history : Greece : Turkey |
| List Price: 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 1 of: 35 |
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| Title: All Aboard the Paper Boat |
| Sub-title: The History of Paper |
| By (author): Sophia Zarampouka Illustrated by: Sophia Zarampouka Translated by: Maureen McManus |
| ISBN10-13: 6185048884 : 9786185048884 |
| This illustrated history of paper invites children to jump aboard a paper boat that travels from China to Samarkand, Mexico to Paris, and many stops in between to see how paper was created. Famous Greek children's author Sofia Zarampouka chronicles the unfolding story of papermaking, taking us to meet the people who discovered, invented and designed each new step along the way. With a mix of history and geography, she entertains and informs young readers about the thousand-year journey of paper, from ancient pulp and plant fibre to the book you hold in your hands today. Hop aboard and discover how this ancient invention transformed the world and continues to make our lives more creative and beautiful. Sofia Zarampouka is a beloved author and illustrator of over sixty children's books. Her work has won many national and international awards, and has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. |
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Pages: 56
Size: 210x170xmm
Illustrations: 24 colour illustrations; 1 map
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| Published: Aiora Press - April 2018 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction : History & the past:general interest (Children's/Te |
| List Price: 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 14 |
| Title: 2 of: 35 |
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| Title: Ballad for the Unsung Poets of the Ages |
| Sub-title: Selected Poems and Prose |
| By (author): Kostas Karyotakis Translated by: Simon Darragh |
| ISBN10-13: 618536980X : 9786185369804 |
| "That one came alone, from some place else. He came slowly, following his own path. A white angel with jet-black wings!"Kostas Karyotakis is the poet most emblematic of the turbulent interwar period in Greece. Though traditional in form, usually with end-rhyme and regular metres, Karyotakis' poetry is modern in content, often pessimistic and bitingly satirical. His writing combines reverie with sarcasm, a stifling sense of everyday reality with poignant irony. This is verse that is both piercing and resonant. |
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Pages: 112
Size: 205x130xmm
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| Published: Aiora Press - January 2024 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets : Greece |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 10 |
| Title: 3 of: 35 |
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| Title: Cafes and Comets After Midnight and Other Poems |
| By (author): Nikos Engonopoulos Translated by: David Connolly |
| ISBN10-13: 6185369141 : 9786185369149 |
| Derided and maligned more than any other Greek artist for his innovative and, at the time, often incomprehensible modernist experiments, Engonopoulos is today justifiably regarded as one of the most original artists of his generation and as a unique figure in Greek letters. Though he considered himself first a painter and only afterwards a poet, his poetry is widely read and admired, with many critical studies of his work appearing in recent years and with a growing recognition of its value and of its creative use of the Greek tradition and language. He enriched post-war Greek poetry with a host of poetic expressions, figures and images that have come to constitute part of the Greek poetic consciousness. In both his painting and poetry, he created a peculiarly Greek surrealism, a blending of the Dionysian and Apollonian, though always in keeping with basic surrealist tenets and, as such, his work is an important and original contribution not only to Modern Greek art and poetry but also to modern art and poetry worldwide. |
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| Introduction; Poems From: DO NOT DISTRACT THE DRIVER: Polyxeni; Amazons; Perhaps; The airport’s wooden effigies; From: THE CLAVICEMBALOS OF SILENCE: A flute in the hecatomb yard; Parapluies; On the mountains of Myoupolis I- II- III; Consequence; Morning song; From: THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS: A soldier’s song; Love’s snare; Love’s seventh song; The last appearance of Judas Iscariot; “Souvenir of Constantinople”; Stateless forcibly deported; From: ELEUSIS: Cafés and comets after midnight; From: IN THE FLOURISHING GREEK TONGUE: Lady Celeste; Orpheus Xenophobe; From: IN THE VALE OF ROSERIES: Poem-imitation of numerous hymns suitable for an all-male choir to ecclesiastical music by Johann Sebastian Bach; The icon; On the holy Jews; The cricket; Concerning hamadryads; The poem of Esther Bessalel; The surprise; Chronology; Book-length English Translation; Index of Greek Titles
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Pages: 148
Size: 205x130xmm
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| Published: Aiora Press - April 2020 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Title: 4 of: 35 |
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| Title: Fey Folk |
| Sub-title: A Tale from Skiathos |
| By (author): Alexandros Papadiamandis Translated by: David Connolly |
| ISBN10-13: 618504806X : 9786185048068 |
| Fey Folk is characteristic of Papadiamandis's work. Its characters are quaint, simple-hearted folk living their humble lives in accordance with centuries-old traditions and customs, delightfully described by Papadiamandis with both reverence and humour. The setting is the hinterland of his native island of Skiathos with its intoxicating vegetation, its hillsides, springs and ravines, where the belief in spirits and the supernatural is deeply rooted in the consciousness of the otherwise God-fearing and devout inhabitants. ?Generally recognized as one of the foremost Greek prose writers of the modern period, Alexandros Papadiamandis holds a special place in the history of modern Greek letters, but also in the heart of the ordinary Greek reader. |
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| Introduction; Fey Folk; Biographical note; Selected works in English translation
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”The ‘saint’ of modern Greek letters... Papadiamandis wrote with graphic realism and unequalled passion.” — Times Literary Supplement; “The greatest Modern Greek prose writer.” — Milan Kundera
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Pages: 88
Size: 205x130xmm
Illustrations: 3 b/w photos
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| Published: Aiora Press - July 2013 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Short stories : Fiction in translation |
| List Price: 8.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 15 |
| Title: 5 of: 35 |
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| Title: God Is My Witness |
| By (author): Makis Tsitas |
| ISBN10-13: 6185048965 : 9786185048969 |
| It is the eve of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and Chrysovalantis -- a chronically unsuccessful but enthusiastic employee of the publishing industry -- has been put out of work yet again. He begins a vitriolic monologue, taking aim at his many persecutors, from cruel bosses to opportunistic women to embarrassing, crippling illnesses. An aging relic of a bygone era, hounded by the challenges of a fast-changing city, he nonetheless sees the irony of his plight. Vice-ridden yet God-fearing, family-loving yet swindled even by his own sisters, this repentant anti-hero will set his record straight once and for all. And God is his witness. |
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"EU PRIZE
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2014, ”Tsitas manages to create one of the most interesting characters in Greek literature of recent years.”
— Despina Trivoli
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Destined to be a classic.”
— Nikos Vatopoulos
Kathimerin"
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Pages: 256
Size: 205x130xmm
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| Published: Aiora Press - February 2019 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 8 |
| Title: 6 of: 35 |
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| Title: Golden Verses |
| Translated by: Joshua Barley Foreword by: A E Stallings |
| ISBN10-13: 6185048698 : 9786185048693 |
| Pythagoras (ca 585 BC - 495 BC), a a philosopher, mathematician and musical theoretician wrote nothing down during the course of his life, not even the Theorem attributed to him. And yet his knowledge and wisdom changed the world, and have survived through the ages to benefit us today. The essence of Pythagoras' teachings is contained in The Golden Verses, seventy-one verses constituting guidelines on how to live. Functioning as admonitions, they link the human with the divine element and determine the point at which both converge to reveal how we might ourselves attain this supreme virtue in our everyday lives. |
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| Pythagoras: Between Myth and History; The Golden Verses |
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Pages: 98
Size: 165x120xmm
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| Published: Aiora Press - May 2017 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Philosophy : Ancient (Classical) Greek |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 7 of: 35 |
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| Title: Greek Folk Songs |
| Sub-title: An Anthology |
| Foreword by: A.E. Stallings Translated by: Joshua Barley |
| ISBN10-13: 6185369621 : 9786185369620 |
| The Greek folk songs "Dimotika Tragoudia in Greek" are songs of the Greek countryside, from island towns to mountain villages. They have been passed down from generation to generation in a centuries-long oral tradition, lasting until the present. They are songs of every aspect of old Greek life: from love songs and ballads, to laments for the dead, to songs of travel and brigands. Written down at the start of the nineteenth century, they are the first works of modern Greek poetry, playing a crucial role in forming the country's modern language and literature. Still known and sung today, they are the Homer of modern Greece. This new translation brings the songs to an English readership for the first time in over a century, capturing the lyricism of the Greek in modern English verse. Foreword by A.E. Stallings, American poet and translator. |
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"I was visited by a friend of the modern Greeks, who had with him some folk songs of that people, the most beautiful of all known to us from the point of view of lyric, dramatic and epic poetry. Yet these are folk songs!" -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, [letter to his son, 1815]
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Pages: 192
Size: 205x150xmm
Illustrations: 7 b/w drawings
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| Published: Aiora Press - October 2022 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Folk & traditional music : Greece |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 24 |
| Title: 8 of: 35 |
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| Title: Greek Folk Tales |
| Translated by: Alexander Zaphiriou Illustrated by: Panagiotis Stavropoulos |
| ISBN10-13: 6185369745 : 9786185369743 |
| Greek folk tales descend from Aesop and Greek antiquity, as well as medieval storytelling in the pivotal south-east Mediterranean world that linked Christianity, Islam and Byzantium. These tales, told by folk narrators throughout Greek-speaking regions up to our times, are wondrous, whimsical stories about doughty youths and frightful monsters, resourceful maidens and animals gifted with human speech. The tales weave substantive motifs, characters, and forms into a rich tapestry capturing the temperament and ethos of the Greek folk psyche. ?The folk tales included in this volume were collected in the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. They were found in Greek-speaking lands, including Asia Minor and Cyprus. A few have been borrowed from traditions beyond Greece, while some have come down to us from antiquity, including Aesop-like fables with speaking animal characters. |
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Pages: 200
Size: 210x170xmm
Illustrations: 25 black and white sketches by Panagiotis Stavropoulos
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| Published: Aiora Press - August 2023 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Folk & traditional music : Greece |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 16 |
| Title: 9 of: 35 |
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| Title: In Pursuit of Pleasure |
| By (author): Epicurus |
| ISBN10-13: 6185369575 : 9786185369576 |
| Greek philosopher Epicurus defined philosophy as 'a daily business of speech and thought to secure happiness'. He believed happiness to be the goal of human life and thought it could be achieved by pursuing pleasure. However, the Epicurean philosophy was then and still is now often erroneously interpreted as promoting hedonism. Rather, Epicurus considered pleasure to be connected to virtue not excess or sensual self-indulgence. This volume contains Cyril Baileys masterly, classic translations of the most important surviving writing of Epicurus -- the Letter to Menoeceus, the Principal Doctrines and the Vatican Sayings -- and offers the contemporary reader a comprehensive overview of Epicurean ethics, his philosophy on what matters in life and how we should live. |
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Pages: 112
Size: 165x120xmm
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| Published: Aiora Press - July 2022 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Philosophy |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 12 |
| Title: 10 of: 35 |
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