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Author
Series
Bernie Gunther novel volume 13
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Munich, 1956. Bernie Gunther has a new name, a chip on his shoulder, and a dead-end career when an old friend arrives to repay a debt and encourages "Christoph Ganz" to take a job as a claims adjuster in a major German insurance company with a client in Athens, Greece. Under the cover of his new identity, Bernie begins to investigate a claim by Siegfried Witzel, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war. Witzel's claimed...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Guided by the handsome Apollo, Daphne journeys across ancient Greece to recover nine mysterious items stolen from Mount Olympus before the gods lose their powers and throw the mortal world into chaos in this reinterpretation of the Greek myth." -- Provided by publisher.
24) Wicked beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
388 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Achilles Kallis vowed that he'd do whatever it took to claw his way into Olympus's inner circle. Now that the former Ares is gone and the coveted role has opened to anyone with the strength to claim it, he and his partner, Patroclus Fotos, plan to both compete and double their odds of winning. Neither expect the infamous beauty Helen Kasios to be part of the prize...or for the sparks that fly when the three of them meet. Zeus may have decided Helen...
25) Diva
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world. But her fame was hard won: raised in Nazi-occupied Greece by a mother who mercilessly exploited her golden voice, she learned early in life to protect herself from those who would use her...
26) Odd gods
Author
Series
Odd gods volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Oddonis may be the son of Zeus, but he's a little bit odd for a god. He's so odd, in fact, he's not sure if he has any powers at all. And if that isn't enough, his twin brother Adonis is the most popular, most athletic, and most otherworldly handsome god of them all. Oddonis's future at Mount Olympus Middle isn't looking bright, especially when he makes the last-minute decision to run against Adonis to be class president. With the help of his friends...
27) Love & olives
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
506 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her long-estranged father invites sixteen-year-old Liv Varanakis to help him film a documentary about his theories on Atlantis, she looks forward to reconnecting but discovers he may have invited her to Greece for a very different reason.
28) Daughter of Rome
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A woman with a devastating secret. A man bent on proving his worth. A chance encounter that catapults them into the heart of history. When the daughter of a prominent Roman general meets a disinherited Jewish immigrant, neither one can dream of God's plan to transform them into the most influential couple of the early church. Nor can they anticipate the mountains that will threaten to bury them. Their courtship unwittingly shadowed by murder and...
29) Legacy of kings
Author
Series
Blood of gods and royals volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Language
English
Description
Katerina, on a mission to kill the queen, falls in love with Alexander, Prince of Macedonia. Jacob will go to unthinkable lengths to win Katerina, even if it means having to compete with Hephaestion, a murderer sheltered by the prince. And far across the sea, Zofia, a Persian princess and Alexander's unmet betrothed, wants to alter her destiny by seeking the famed and deadly Spirit Eaters.
30) Lysistrata
Author
Language
English
Description
A modern translation of Aristophanes's 411 B.C. drama "Lysistrata," in which an Athenian woman leads her fellow Greek wives in a sex strike until their husbands stop warring with each other; includes an introduction, notes, and a glossary.
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First e-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
When the body of a boy from one of Greece's most prominent families turns up in a dumpster in one of Athens' worst neighborhoods, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis of the Greek Police's Special Crimes Division is certain there's a message in the murder. But who sent it and why? Andreas' search for answers takes him deep into the sordid, criminal side of Athens nightlife and then to the glittering world of Athens society where age-old frictions between...
32) Prey on Patmos
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First e-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : maps.
Language
English
Description
Saint John wrote the apocalyptic Book of Revelation over 1900 years ago in a cave on Greece's eastern Aegean island of Patmos. When a revered monk from that holy island's thousand-year-old monastery is murdered in Patmos' town square during Easter Week, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis of Greece's Twenty-First Century Special Crimes Division is called upon to find the killer before all hell breaks loose…in a manner of speaking. Andreas' impolitic...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"'That place has been my whole life. Everything I thought I knew about myself was constructed in those few months I spent within touching distance of the sea. Everything I am is because Alistair loved me.' Rachel has been in love with Alistair for fifteen years. Even though she's now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is twenty years older than her. Rachel and Alistair's summer love affair on a remote,...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Sing-along edition ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 114 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join the celebration, sing and dance, and discover how it all began! Ten years after Mamma Mia! The Movie premiered, you're invited back to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi in an all-new musical sequel based on the songs of ABBA. Sophie is now pregnant, and like her mother Donna, she'll need to take risks. The film's original cast returns, with new additions including Lily James as a young Donna, Andy Garcia and Oscar winner Cher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Las Pistas Detective Agency heads to Greece to solve a mystery at an archaeological dig"--
Carlos and Eliza may be going on separate paths, but their end goal is the samekeep the booby traps from taking their detective agency out! But with tricky puzzles and dozens of impossible choices, they need your help! Can you help Carlos and his friend find the lost treasure . . . and can you protect it from the culprit trying to steal it? Can you help...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First e-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : maps.
Language
English
Description
Mykonos holds tight to its past even as it transforms from an obscure, impoverished Aegean island into a tourist mecca and summertime playground for the world's rich, a process making the Mykonian people some of the wealthiest in Greece. Yes, the old guard is still a force to be reckoned with despite the new money. One of them, a legendary nightclub owner, has been found savagely bludgeoned in his home. All evidence points to obvious thugs. Yet the...
37) Amber & Clay
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
532 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, 'ringed by a restless sea,' live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto...
38) Swallow's dance
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Pajama Press edition.
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
274 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Leira is starting her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home in pieces. And the goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption and tsunami throw the entire world into darkness. In the resulting chaos, Leira finds her noble-born privilege reduced to nothing; alone with her injured mother and...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides,...
40) Stormchaser
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jonah Cutter is a master ship salvager, searching for lost treasure under the ocean. Marine archaeologist Calista West has pursued him to Greece, seeking revenge for a past wrong. However, she soon finds herself drawn to him. When Callie discovers what Jonah is really after--the lost city of Atlantis--she must choose whether to leave him or to follow her heart.