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The Magus The Magus John Fowles A startlingly original novel about a young English graduate who takes a position as a teacher at a private school on a small Greek island. Bored and lonely he spends his free hours wandering alone un… OL15028W
The Power of the Legendary Greek The Power of the Legendary Greek Catherine George Isobel James, the last single girl (or so it seems!), can't believe she's come to Greece on her own, but she had to escape the wedding fever that's gripped her best friends.When reclusive tycoon Luka… OL15187220W
The Sabbides Secret Baby The Sabbides Secret Baby Jacqueline Baird Synopsis - *Discarded for breaking his rules...* Naive Phoebe Brown fell for Mediterranean magnate Jed Sabbides after he wined, dined and bedded her with a fervour that made her feel cherished. … OL15367111W
The hidden The hidden Tobias Hill In southern Greece in 2004, a close-knit group of archaeologists searches for the buried traces of a formidable ancient power ... but there are things that should always remain hidden. OL15457733W
The Greek's Bridal Purchase The Greek's Bridal Purchase Susan Stephens Bought -- for marriage! Miranda Weston is recovering from the injuries that have ended her career, so she's stunned when Greek billionaire Theo Savakis pursues her. What can one of the world's mo… OL15715439W
The plot to save Socrates The plot to save Socrates Paul Levinson (Publishers Description) Paul Levinson's astonishing new Sf novel is a surprise and a delight: In the year 2042, Sierra, a young graduate student in Classics is shown a new dialog of Socrates, recent… OL15856417W
Kennedys hjärna Kennedys hjärna Henning Mankell A fast paced international thriller - sure to delight fans starved of WallanderWhen archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues th… OL158659W
The pig who saved the world The pig who saved the world Paul Shipton Continues the epic tale of Gyllus, a talking pig, as he and his friends, ex-priestess Sibyl and poet Homer, set off on the high seas in search of Circe, who can return Gryllus to his human state, but… OL16026614W
The sand-reckoner The sand-reckoner Gillian Bradshaw Young Archimedes is recalled home from his studies to Syracuse, where his father lies ill and the city is at war with the Romans, in a fictional portrait of the Greek mathematician and one of the wor… OL16069787W
Marathon Marathon Boaz Yakin In graphic novel form, tells the story of Eucles, the Athenian messenger who, in 490 B.C., ran twenty-seven miles from Sparta to Athens, preventing the fall of Greece to the Persian Empire. OL16175915W
Spies of the Balkans Spies of the Balkans Alan Furst Greece, 1940. Not sunny vacation Greece: northern Greece, Macedonian Greece, Balkan Greece—the city of Salonika. In that ancient port, with its wharves and warehouses, dark lanes and Turkish mansions… OL16511797W
The Sabbides secret baby The Sabbides secret baby Jacqueline Baird Naive Phoebe Brown fell for Mediterranean magnate Jed Sabbides after he wined, dined and bedded her with a fervor that made her feel cherished. But when Phoebe happily announced she was pregnant, Jed… OL16701775W
A dead man in Athens A dead man in Athens Michael Pearce Pearce continues to chronicle the unlikely adventures of Sandor Seymour. Seymour, the multilingual Scotland Yard detective introduced in A Dead Man in Trieste (2004) and further established in A Dead… OL17035057W
Swell Swell Io anna Karystiane The moment of reckoning has arrived. After 12 years at sea, it is time for Captain Mitsos Avgoustis to return to the island of his birth: home to his wife Flora, his children, a granddaughter he has … OL17729646W
Wish you were here Wish you were here Mike Gayle "Charlie's nursing a broken heart. Andy's about to get hitched. And Tom really needs a break from the kids." "They could all do with a holiday. But maybe not this one ..." "Malia, party-capital of th… OL18009181W
Greek for beginners Greek for beginners Jackie Braun "Alpha, beta, gamma, delta-- That's just about the extent of Darcie Hayes's Greek before she touches down in Athens, ready to put her troubles behind her and indulge in a little sun, sea, sightseeing… OL18162436W
Apollo and the battle of the birds Apollo and the battle of the birds Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams,Craig Phillips Seeking a special shield called an aegis, the Olympians trek through a forest that holds many unpleasant surprises, including a flock of vicious birds. When a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and … OL19710075W
The doctor of Thessaly The doctor of Thessaly Anne Zouroudi A jilted bride weeps on an empty beach. A local doctor is attacked in an isolated churchyard. Trouble arrives at a bad time to the backwater village of Morfi, just as the community is making headline… OL19960442W
Death ex machina Death ex machina Gary Corby "It's the time of the Great Dionysia, the largest arts festival of the ancient world, held each year in honor of Dionysos, the god of wine. But there's a problem: A ghost is haunting Athens's grand t… OL20003022W
Murder in Megara Murder in Megara Mary Reed "John, former Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, has been exiled from Constantinople to a rustic estate John has long-owned in Greece, not far from where he grew up. But exile proves no escape fr… OL20021327W
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