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1) The fury
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"This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that's not quite true. At its heart, it's a love story, isn't it? Lana Farrar is one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to her private Greek island. You may think you know this story. It had all the necessary ingredients for a press sensation: a celebrity, a private island, and a murder. We found ourselves trapped there overnight. What followed was a game of cat and...
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"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
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"A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home in this new novel from Ella Berman. . . . Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline's death. But that didn't stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures. While the girls were never convicted, Joni, ever the opportunist, capitalized...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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""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,...
5) Greece
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Pub. Date
2020.
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32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"Engaging images accompany information about Greece. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
6) Greece
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[2023]
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32 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 21 x 24 cm.
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English
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"Welcome to Greece--home of the historic Parthenon and birthplace of the Olympic Games! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversize scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about Greece's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline with photos, and a facts page that includes major statistics complement the text."--
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2024.
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259 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of times and migrations past are intimately linked to our exclusion and demonization of migrants in the present. When and how did migration become a crime? Why did "Greek ideals" become foundational to the West's idea of itself? How have our personal migration myths -and our nostalgia for a lost world of clear borders and values - shaped our troubling new realities? In 2020, Lauren...
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Harlequin presents volume 4134
Pub. Date
[2023]
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219 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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One passionate, off-limits encounter will unravel the nanny and her tempting billionaire in this workplace romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Kim Lawrence! She wants one forbidden night with her Greek boss! Professional nanny Rose is taken by surprise when CEO Zac Adamos personally proposes a job in Greece, helping to look after his godson! She needs the outrageous paycheck he's offering, but she doesn't foresee a sizzling attraction making things...
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Harlequin presents volume 4116
Pub. Date
[2023]
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215 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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"Food photographer Savannah O'Neal must save her family from financial ruin. Yet her salvation depends on multimillionaire chef Dimitris Kyriakou, who once stole her heart...then ruthlessly broke it! Years ago, Dimitris wasn't considered good enough for heiress Savannah. With her future on the line, he was forced to cut contact. Now he'll make things right by offering her a job in Greece. Their chemistry is combustible! But when Dimitris knows how...
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The emissaries volume 1
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2023.
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345 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Three Philippians whose lives were changed by Paul--a jailer, a formerly demon-possessed enslaved girl, and the woman referred to as Lydia--find their fates intertwined. In the face of great sacrifice, will they find the strength to do all that justice demands of them?"--
Widowed Euodia, known to her neighbors as "the Lydian woman," seeks to make a fresh start by moving to the city of Philippi. She finds new purpose after meeting Paulos, apostle...
11) The island villa
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"Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasn't been quite so successful. Three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained, but that's about to be rectified. Engaged yet again, Catherine is counting on this wedding to be what finally brings them together as a family, and she'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. Adeline doesn't know what's...
12) Lion's legacy
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Tennessee Russo volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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298 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a few choices: 1. Stay, mope, regret it forever. 2. Go,...
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[2023]
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191 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A #1 kids and family podcast with many millions of downloads, National Geographic Kids Greeking Out retells classic Greek myths in a fresh and exciting way. The Greeking Out book brings you the same tongue-in-cheek tone and showcases some favorite tales from the podcast."--
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Tricked into marrying a stranger and running a ramshackle hotel with him, Amelia agrees to stay for the summer so not to cause the economic downfall of this Greek island's quirky but well-meaning residents, but when the hotel is threatened by a developer, she finally finds something worth fighting for.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Danni is twelve years old and struggling to get over the loss of her dog, Pirate, when a new teacher and an old school book reveal to her the world of Greek mythology. Danni stumbles across an illustration that looks familiar enough for her to leave the house in the dead of night and seek out what she thinks could be the gate to Hades, the Greek Underworld, and perhaps a way to bring her dog back to the land of the living. What she didn't expect...
16) Diva
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. 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....
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Songs of Penelope volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
vii, 420 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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"On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace--a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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275 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact. It's a piece of history that definitely shouldn't exist. And for the head archaeologist in charge, a relic himself, it means something's gone horribly wrong. Elise, Kara, Z, and Patty all find themselves digging here together, but they couldn't be farther apart. Kara's a polished conservator calling off her wedding. Patty and...
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Harlequin presents volume 4104
Pub. Date
[2023]
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219 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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To avenge his parents' murder, Greek billionaire Lysias hires renowned spy Al to pose as a long-lost royal and his fiancée. So when an unruly spark flares between them, Lysias knows there's one way to master it--by indulging in it... Al is transported from her hardscrabble days on the streets to a luxurious kingdom, experiencing breathtaking pleasure in Lysias's arms. She knows this isn't real. Still, she can't shake the feeling that somehow she...
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