The Ghosts Of Plaka Beach

Author : Stylianos Perrakis
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0838640907

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The Ghosts of Plaka Beach by Stylianos Perrakis Pdf

Sixty years after the end of World War II Stylianos (Stelios) Perrakis, Greek-born finance professor who has lived most of his life in Canada, went back to Greece to investigate a traumatic event in his family's history that colored his childhood years. The circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder of his maternal uncle by a Communist death squad in May 1944, in the Argolida region of the Greek Peloponnese, were cloaked in mystery, never discussed openly by family members. Using trial transcripts, interviews with survivors and with people involved in his uncle's kidnapping, and such primary materials as unpublished diaries and family correspondence, Perrakis managed to document the full sequence of events that led up to this family tragedy. He then widened his focus to draw out the implications of this particular event, painting an intimate picture of a prosperous middle-class provincial world faced with extraordinary challenges that it was unable to overcome.

Author : Stylianos (Stelios) Perrakis, Stylianos (Stelios)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : History
ISBN : 161147325X

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The Ghosts of Plaka Beach by Stylianos (Stelios) Perrakis, Stylianos (Stelios) Pdf

Sixty years after the end of World War II Stylianos (Stelios) Perrakis, Greek-born finance professor who has lived most of his life in Canada, went back to Greece to investigate a traumatic event in his family's history that colored his childhood years. The circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder of his maternal uncle by a Communist death squad in May 1994, in the Argolida region of the Greek Peloponnese, were cloaked in mystery, never discussed openly by family members. Using trial transcripts, interviews with survivors and with people involved in his uncle's kidnapping, and such primary materials as unpublished diaries and family correspondence, Perrakis managed to document the full sequence of events that led up to this family tragedy. He then widened his focus to draw out the implications of this particular event, painting an intimate picture of a prosperous middle-class provincial world faced with extraordinary challenges that it was unable to overcome. This is a book full of haunting images that far transcend the boundaries of family history. There are resistance fighters who turn into mass murderers, German troops who rescue innocent hostages slated for execution, entire communities who join the fight against the Communist resistance. There are also unexpected outbreaks of generosity and compassion. As distinguished Yale professor Stathis Kalyvas writes in the foreword, 'Don't be fooled by the small scale of the Ghosts of Plaka Beach, its modest ambition, and the author's claim that he has not written a history book. This is as rigorous ad thoroughly researched a history book as they come; it is also much more insightful than most.'

Author : Stylianos Perrakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110778540

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The Improbable Heroine by Stylianos Perrakis Pdf

This is the first biography in English of a World War II heroine of the Greek resistance, who joined the British secret intelligence services (SIS) shortly after the German occupation of Athens and was betrayed, arrested and executed one month before the Germans’ departure. She was a prosperous housewife with seven children, who had no experience in politics or military affairs, and yet she managed to build a formidable escape, espionage and sabotage organization that interacted with the highest levels of SIS agents in Occupied Greece. Book Presentation with Prof. Stylianos Perrakis (Concordia University), Prof. Stathis Kalyvas (University of Oxford), and Prof. Gonda van Steen (King’s College London)

Author : Christopher Witmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351109413

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Old Lands by Christopher Witmore Pdf

Old Lands takes readers on an epic journey through the legion spaces and times of the Eastern Peloponnese, trailing in the footsteps of a Roman periegete, an Ottoman traveler, antiquarians, and anonymous agrarians. Following waters in search of rest through the lens of Lucretian poetics, Christopher Witmore reconstitutes an untimely mode of ambulatory writing, chorography, mindful of the challenges we all face in these precarious times. Turning on pressing concerns that arise out of object-oriented encounters, Old Lands ponders the disappearance of an agrarian world rooted in the Neolithic, the transition to urban-styles of living, and changes in communication, movement, and metabolism, while opening fresh perspectives on long-term inhabitation, changing mobilities, and appropriation through pollution. Carefully composed with those objects encountered along its varied paths, this book offers an original and wonderous account of a region in twenty-seven segments, and fulfills a longstanding ambition within archaeology to generate a polychronic narrative that stands as a complement and alternative to diachronic history. Old Lands will be of interest to historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and scholars of the Eastern Peloponnese. Those interested in the long-term changes in society, technology, and culture in this region will find this book captivating.

Author : André Gerolymatos
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300182309

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An International Civil War by André Gerolymatos Pdf

An authoritative history of the Greek Civil War and its profound influence on American foreign policy and the post–Second World War period In his comprehensive history André Gerolymatos demonstrates how the Greek Civil War played a pivotal role in the shaping of policy and politics in post–Second World War Europe and America and was a key starting point of the Cold War. Based in part on recently declassified documents from Greece, the United States, and the British Intelligence Services, this masterful study sheds new light on the aftershocks that have rocked Greece in the seven decades following the end of the bitter hostilities.

Author : A. Maxwell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137277145

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Patriots Against Fashion by A. Maxwell Pdf

During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case studies from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey the United States, and Wales.

Author : George Kaloudis
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498562287

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Modern Greece and the Diaspora Greeks in the United States by George Kaloudis Pdf

This book examines the history and politics of modern Greece from the early nineteenth century to the present and the presence of diaspora Greeks in the United States during the same approximate period. It considers not only the main periods of modern Greek diaspora, but also surveys the main historical and political events in modern Greek history. Furthermore, this book examines the relationship between Greeks in Greece and Greeks in the United States and how this relationship affected developments in Greece and beyond the confines of Greece.

Author : George Kaloudis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781666938524

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Greece (1941-1974) by George Kaloudis Pdf

From 1941 to 1974, Greece experienced foreign occupation, civil war, dominance of government by the Right, and military dictatorship. Those in control and power for much of this period excluded, tormented, and killed many who resisted them or opposed them ideologically.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015066180400

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American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 039587470X

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Ben's Dream by Chris Van Allsburg Pdf

Lulled to sleep by the rhythm of the rain as he studies for his geography test, Ben dreams that his house is set adrift on a 'round-the-world course, carrying him past the incredible structures that are merely pictures on the pages of his book. "The story idea . . . is illustrated in the artist's meticulous drawings, marvels of symbolism, reality, imagination, and perspective".--"Publishers Weekly".

Author : Janice McDonald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780762762941

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Insiders' Guide® to Atlanta by Janice McDonald Pdf

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to the Georgia's largest city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Atlanta and its surrounding environs.

Author : Anne Rice
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307575890

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The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice Pdf

“With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.”—Los Angeles Times In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead. Praise for The Queen of the Damned “Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.”—USA Today “A tour de force.”—The Boston Globe

Author : Halford Lancaster Hoskins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Communication and traffic
ISBN : UOM:39015015215943

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British Routes to India by Halford Lancaster Hoskins Pdf

Author : Michael Bierut,William Drenttel,Steven Heller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-29
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781581158168

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Looking Closer 5 by Michael Bierut,William Drenttel,Steven Heller Pdf

The final installment in this acclaimed series offers astute and controversial discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005. This collection of essays takes stock of the quality and profundity of graphic design writing published in professional and general interest design magazines, as well as on blogs and Internet journals. Prominent contributors include Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton, Victor Margolin, Mr. Keedy, David Jury, Alice Twemlow, Steven Heller, Jessica Helfand, William Drenttel, Michael Bierut, Michael Dooley, Nick Curry, Emily King, and more. Among the important themes discussed: design as popular culture, design as art, politics, aesthetics, social responsibility, typography, the future of design, and more. Students, graphic designers beginning their careers, and veterans seeking fresh perspective will savor this anthology gathered from some of today’s top graphic design writers and practitioners, as well as commentators from outside the profession. From the series that helped launch the design criticism movement and was the first to anthologize graphic design criticism from key sources, this volume promises to be the most provocative of all! Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Author : Patricia Storace
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780307765338

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Dinner with Persephone by Patricia Storace Pdf

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "Full of insights, marvelously entertaining . . . haunting and beautifully written." --The New York Review of Books "I lived in Athens, at the intersection of a prostitute and a saint." So begins Patricia Storace's astonishing memoir of her year in Greece. Mixing affection with detachment, rapture with clarity, this American poet perfectly evokes a country delicately balanced between East and West. Whether she is interpreting Hellenic dream books, pop songs, and soap operas, describing breathtakingly beautiful beaches and archaic villages, or braving the crush at a saint's tomb, Storace, winner of the Whiting Award, rewards the reader with informed and sensual insights into Greece's soul. She sees how the country's pride in its past coexists with profound doubts about its place in the modern world. She discovers a world in which past and present engage in a passionate dialogue. Stylish, funny, and erudite, Dinner with Persephone is travel writing elevated to a fine art--and the best book of its kind since Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi. "Splendid. Storace's account of a year in Greece combines past and present, legend and fact, in an unusual and delightful whole. " --Atlantic Monthly