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Greeks Bearing Gifts
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 46.00Examines the political role of personal relationships in classical Greece. more...
Meaning and Identity in a Greek Landscape
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 43.00An interdisciplinary study exploring how Greek villagers understood and reacted to their landscapes. more...
The Greek-Turkish Conflict in the Aegean
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 100.00This study of the Greek-Turkish Aegean dispute book shows that the dispute is resolvable and that the crux of the problem is not the incompatibility of interests but the mutual fears and suspicions, which are deeply rooted in historical memories, real or imagined. more...
Sparta
J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2003; US$ 33.01Hauptbeschreibung Der Mythos um Sparta ist nach wie vor lebendig, doch worauf gründet er sich, und wie ist er entstanden? Dieses Studienbuch, das die Geschichte Spartas von den Anfängen bis zur Aufnahme ins römische Reich darstellt, erörtert diese Fragen und überwindet tradierte Vorstellungen. Exemplarisch wird anhand Spartas geklärt, wie eine griechische... more...
Dividing the Spoils
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.99Alexander the Great conquered an enormous empire--stretching from Greece to the Indian subcontinent--and his death triggered forty bloody years of world-changing warfare. These were years filled with high adventure, intrigue, passion, assassinations, dynastic marriages, treachery, shifting alliances, and mass slaughter on battlefield after battlefield.... more...
Frommer's Athens Day by Day
Wiley 2011; US$ 13.99Map your own adventure. Athens Day by Day is the perfect answer for travelers who want to know the best places to visit and the best way to see the city. Packed with color photos, this bestselling guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of Athens in a short time--with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight... more...
The Rough Guide to Crete
Rough Guides 2010; US$ 19.99The Rough Guide to Crete is the essential travel companion to the largest and most diverse of the Greek islands with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. From the bustling modern city of Iráklion to the laid-back beaches of Paleohóra, discover Crete?s highlights inspired by dozens of photos. Rely on practical advice on travelling around... more...
Cult and Koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly
BRILL 2011; US$ 127.00This book explores the territorial expansion of the Thessalian League ca. 196-27 BCE, the development of the state religion of the League, and the tension between regional political identity and local cult tradition. more...
Warfare in Late Byzantium, 1204-1453
BRILL 2011; US$ 144.00This book examines Byzantine attitudes towards warfare at a time of crisis when the empire ceased to be a first rate power in the Mediterranean. It investigates the correspondence between official rhetoric and propaganda, on the one hand, and military realities, on the other. It explores the military ethos of the late Byzantine aristocracy and examines... more...
Edinburgh
A&C Black 2009; US$ 9.10Found in our archives, the Blacks Sketchbooks are a series of books produced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists. Each book contains pen sketches of iconic English and Scottish cities and counties. There are also some books on famous Continental cities such as Paris and Venice. The result is a charming series of books that present... more...









