A Scorpion In The Lemon Tree

Author : Marjory McGinn
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781534782303
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Scorpion in the Lemon Tree written by Marjory McGinn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 of the Peloponnese series Following on from the first two acclaimed books (Things Can Only Get Feta and Homer's Where The Heart Is), Marjory, Jim and their crazy dog Wallace are on a second odyssey in the southern Peloponnese but this time they end up in a peninsula they didn't choose, and a house they never thought they'd live in. How did this happen? Easy, this is Greece and nothing ever goes to plan. The couple's latest adventure in Koroni, on the Messinian peninsula, takes them on another perilous and funny journey, with house rental dramas, scorpion threats, the challenge of Greek language classes, and an unexpected publishing battle. But when they finally fall for the charm of unspoilt Koroni, make new friends and connect with some of the memorable characters from their Mani days, they discover once more just how Greek is their love. And there's not even a sting in the tale. Well ... almost! REVIEWS: "This book is rare within the travel writing genre. It cleverly combines a travel narrative with enlightened observations about Greece, while retaining a light and entertaining touch throughout." - Peter Kerr, best-selling author of Snowball Oranges

Author : Marjory McGinn
Publisher : Bene Factum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909657093
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Things Can Only Get Feta written by Marjory McGinn and published by Bene Factum Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two journalists embarking on a year's adventure in Greece just as the country faces economic collapse seems foolhardy—but it's their decision to bring their crazy Jack Russell to a crisis-weary country with zero dog tolerance that tips the plan into actual madnessAfter an Arctic winter, a recession, and a downturn in the newspaper industry, two journalists and their dog embark on an adventure in the wild and beautiful southern Peloponnese. A perfect plan, except for one thing—Greece is deep in economic crisis. And if fiscal failure can't overturn the couple's escapade in rural Greece, perhaps macabre local customs, a scorpion invasion, zero dog-tolerance, health scares, and touchy expats will. This is a humorous and insightful journey through one of the last unspoiled regions of Greece. It is full of encounters with warm-hearted, often eccentric, Greeks who show that this troubled country still has heroes, if not euros. In a hillside village in the Mani, the locals share their lives, their laughter, and their stories, and help chart the couple's own passage back to happiness. They even find a place in their hearts for their Greek nemesis—the local pungent goat cheese. Things really can only get feta.

Author : Don Mann
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316209619
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Scorpion written by Don Mann and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Crocker and SEAL Team Six are back for another adrenaline packed adventure from former SEAL commando Don Mann. When a nuclear device goes missing, and surfaces in the clutches of known terrorists, the United States calls on its most prized anti-terrorism force: Navy SEAL Team Six . Thomas Crocker and his squad from HUNT THE WOLF are called into action, protecting the world from terrorist threats. With the same real life insight and pulse pounding action he brought to INSIDE SEAL TEAM SIX and HUNT THE WOLF, Don Mann takes readers inside the most elite combat unit on the planet and on an action-packed ride that is sure to appeal to fans of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor.

Author : T. Styppas
Publisher : Petra Books
ISBN 13 : 1927032725
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Occupation Child written by T. Styppas and published by Petra Books. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told through the eyes of an observant and resilient boy, the book begins with the German seizure of Athens in 1941. Grim events of war, displacement, and exile never extinguish the curiosity – even the joys – of his childhood. Compelling writing mixes reality and fantasy to concoct a memorable tribute to the human spirit, from Asia Minor to Greece to Canada. — Douglas Babington, the Bivouac Prayers. “The ugliest phases of the Civil War were just beginning. It would pit household against household, village against village, and sometimes, brother against brother. The blood-letting would go on and on. The adults seemed to sense that all of this was going to happen and they only spoke in muted tones.” — Tasouli With curiosity and humor Tasouli tells us about his life, including stories about his cat the Resistance hero, the intricate relationships between a young Jewish physician, German offi cers, and Greek partisan communists and their British captives. A strange character appears in his dreams, sometimes supportive, sometimes terrifying, and they develop a strong bond. Occupation Child is ultimately about how a child views hunger, language, politics and love.

Author : Liza Picard
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466863463
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth's London written by Liza Picard and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liza Picard immerses her readers in the spectacular details of daily life in the London of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). Beginning with the River Thames, she examines the city on the north bank, still largely confined within the old Roman walls. The wealthy lived in mansions upriver, and the royal palaces were even farther up at Westminster. On the south bank, theaters and spectacles drew the crowds, and Southwark and Bermondsey were bustling with trade. Picard examines the Elizabethan streets and the traffic in them; she surveys building methods and shows us the decor of the rich and the not-so-rich. Her account overflows with particulars of domestic life, right down to what was likely to be growing in London gardens. Picard then turns her eye to the Londoners themselves, many of whom were afflicted by the plague, smallpox, and other diseases. The diagnosis was frequently bizarre and the treatment could do more harm than good. But there was comfort to be had in simple, homely pleasures, and cares could be forgotten in a playhouse or the bull-baiting and bear-baiting rings, or watching a good cockfight. The more sober-minded might go to hear a lecture at Gresham College or the latest preacher at Paul's Cross. Immigrants posed problems for Londoners who, though proud of England's religious tolerance, were concerned about the damage these skilled migrants might do to their own livelihoods, despite the dominance of livery companies and their apprentice system. Henry VIII's destruction of the monasteries had caused a crisis in poverty management that was still acute, resulting in begging (with begging licenses!) and a "parochial poor rate" paid by the better-off. Liza Picard's wonderfully vivid prose enables us to share the satisfaction and delights, as well as the vexations and horrors, of the everyday lives of the denizens of sixteenth-century London.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, Greenhouse and Stove Plants, Herbaceous Plants, and Fruit-Trees; with all sorts of seeds for the kitchen-garden, flower-garden, and for improving of lands; arranged by their English, and with their Latin Linnæan names. Also a large collection of bulbous roots ... sold by Luker and Smith, Nurserymen and Seedsmen, in the City-Road, etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adèle Toussaint-Samson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442210052
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Parisian in Brazil written by Adèle Toussaint-Samson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This virtually unknown, insightful account by a highly intelligent, observant and forthright Frenchwoman of her decade-long stay in Brazil during the 1850s provides a remarkable firsthand view of a slaveocrat society. In an effort to improve their family's fortune, enterprising and highspirited young Parisian Ad_le Toussaint-Samson traveled with her husband from France to Brazil in the mid 1800s. While there, she wrote of her experiences, painting a vivid and detailed portrait of the reality of slavery, gender relations. and daily life in mid-nineteenth century Brazil. Translated into English by her daughter Emma in 1891, Toussaint's book is one of few first person accounts by a female sojourner in Latin America during this period. This 124-page eminently readable primary document provides a firsthand view of a slaveholding society, describing both men and women, slave and free, rich and poor. The introduction to a carefully annotated re-edition of this tale not only puts the book into the context of Brazilian history, including questions of gender relations and of slavery, but also confronts such problems as who the author really was and precisely where and when many events occurred, illuminating the nature of historical research. Well written and lively, A Parisian in Brazil is an excellent resource for courses on Latin America, women in Latin America, and Brazilian history.

Author : Adèle Samson Toussaint
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Parisian in Brazil written by Adèle Samson Toussaint and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patricia Duncker
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062026356
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monsieur Shoushana's Lemon Trees written by Patricia Duncker and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories united by the themes of pleasure, passion, jealousy and revenge.

Author : Tracey Warr
Publisher : Meanda Books
ISBN 13 : 1739270029
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Viking Hostage written by Tracey Warr and published by Meanda Books. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viking Raids at the End of Time. 972. Tallinn. Sigrid, a Norwegian girl, is sold in the slave market and separated from her brothers. As a slave in the French Limousin, she stubbornly clings to her pagan identity. Audebert is imprisoned in a grim dungeon for his brother’s crime. If Audebert is ever released, he has a life to lead, a great destiny to fulfil. Guy will soon be viscount of Limoges but fears exposure of his near-blindness and challenge to his authority. Adalmode and Aina are great heiresses attempting to resist the unwelcome pressures of the marriage market. Their stories tangle with questions of nobility, freedom, friendship and courage in the highly stratified and often brutal society of early medieval Europe. Amid Viking raids, fears of The End of Time and turbulent power struggles, The Viking Hostage tells these interweaving stories in late 10th century France and Wales. ‘Three instantly likeable women fight the system from within.’ The Book Bag