My Uncle Nikos

My Uncle Nikos

Author: Julie Delton

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Helena has a special relationship with her Uncle Nikos, who lives in a village in the mountains of Greece, in a small house with a large garden.


Those You Trust

Those You Trust

Author: Bernie Steadman

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2020-11-25

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1504071883

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The inheritance of her late grandmother’s house in Crete leads a Chesire woman to divorce her husband and discover a new life in Greece. Anna, the only daughter of Greek immigrants, knows nothing about her father’s family until she inherits her grandmother’s house in Crete, and uncovers a bitter dispute that has lasted for years. After escaping a lonely marriage, she decides to visit the island and to try to reunite her family. But is her aim achievable and will she ever be able to forgive the people who lied to her? While on the island she meets Leo and begins to unravel her family history. But when she learns a devastating secret her world comes crumbling down. Anna has survived tragedy before, but will she cope with what she discovers this time, and will she ever learn to trust again? Those You Trust explores the emotional themes of trust, family, honour and betrayal and is perfect for fans of Barbara Davis and Amanda Prowse.


A Hidden Child in Greece

A Hidden Child in Greece

Author: Yolanda Avram Willis

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1524601780

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“Your story deserves to be widely heard.” —Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize–winning author and Holocaust survivor ---------------------------------------------------------------- Six-year-old Yolanda Avram is rescued by righteous strangers during the Holocaust in Greece. This is her story of courage and survival in the context of dozens of other rescues and shows Jews saving themselves and others in audacious and often heroic ways. Her story is uplifting and focuses on those flickers of light in the vast darkness of evil, known in Greece as the Persecution. This little-known saga of the common folk outwitting the Third Reich is a powerful and important story, told simply and movingly in cinematic episodes. The book is incandescent with empathy and gratitude. “What a powerful and moving story it is.” —Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and author of eighty-eight historical books “A Hidden Child in Greece is a monumental story that documents her family’s miraculous survival in a unique and moving way. It gives life to the principle of human dignity and courage as a universal precept . . . this book is a true light unto the nations.” —Yaffa Eliach, author and creator of the first university-level Holocaust curriculum and the Tower of Life, a 1,500-photograph permanent display at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC “Willis is Anne Frank, if Anne Frank had lived.” —Diana Hume George, author and educator “For me, the heart of this book is the family story—the real power lays in the intimate story you are able to describe very simply and movingly.” —Mark Mazower, director, modern European history, Columbia University


THE LAZARIDIS MARRIAGE

THE LAZARIDIS MARRIAGE

Author: Rebecca Winters

Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative

Published: 2017-07-29

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 4596397031

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Tracey has been a wild party girl for the past several years?nobody would guess that she has been living in fear of her grandfather’s abuse. When her grandfather dies, she becomes his successor. She wants the board members of his company to take her seriously, so she goes to see her old friend Nikos, a successful businessman, to ask for advice. But when they reunite, he acts coldly toward Tracey. He still believes her to be an unserious and shallow woman who enjoys the company of too many men, just like the gossip magazines say.


Harbour of Secrets

Harbour of Secrets

Author: Kate Lance

Publisher: Seabooks Press

Published: 2022-04-11

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 0648985164

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The war is over. The reckoning is not. It's the hip 1950s on Sydney's shimmering harbour, but how do you reconcile a past that gave — and stole — so much? Tina runs Tempo jazz club at shady Kings Cross, keeping secrets with, and from, her beguiling boss Jimmy. And from her lonely husband. Harry yearns to forget his days in a Singapore prison camp, yet his friends won't let him. Nor will his conscience. Ex-pilot Billie now works at the flying-boat base. When her old lover Pete turns up with a new wife there's a lot she prefers to conceal. Even from herself. Yvonne rebuilds a life by the harbour with her beloved Klara. But secrets emerge when she publishes Harry's war memoir, and then no one can postpone the reckoning.


The Messenger of Athens

The Messenger of Athens

Author: Anne Zouroudi

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-06-20

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1408821257

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When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. His methods are unorthodox, and he brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him, on whose authority is he acting, and how does he know of dramas played out decades ago?


Those Who Are Loved

Those Who Are Loved

Author: Victoria Hislop

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2019-05-30

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 147222325X

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'She brings Greek history to compelling life' The Sunday Times 'Hislop has done her research and handles the great sweep of complex Greek history with skill and confidence' Daily Mail Athens, 1941. Nazi forces occupy Greece ... and a nation falls apart. Victoria Hislop's NEW Sunday Times Number One bestseller takes you into the darker days of Greek history and, through the eyes of its extraordinary heroine, illuminates the courage it takes to live in peace. After decades of political uncertainty, Greece is polarised between Right- and Left-wing views when the Germans invade. Fifteen-year-old Themis comes from a family divided by these political differences. The Nazi occupation deepens the fault-lines between those she loves just as it reduces Greece to destitution. She watches friends die in the ensuing famine and is moved to commit acts of resistance. In the civil war that follows the end of the occupation, Themis joins the Communist army, where she experiences the extremes of love and hatred and the paradoxes presented by a war in which Greek fights Greek. Eventually imprisoned on the infamous islands of exile, Makronisos and then Trikeri, Themis encounters another prisoner whose life will entwine with her own in ways neither can foresee. And finds she must weigh her principles against her desire to escape and live. As she looks back on her life, Themis realises how tightly the personal and political can become entangled. While some wounds heal, others deepen. This gripping new novel from bestselling author Victoria Hislop sheds light on the complexity and trauma of Greece's past and weaves it into the epic tale of an ordinary woman compelled to live an extraordinary life. Victoria Hislop. Discover for yourself why 10 million readers worldwide love her books... Here's what the critics said about Those Who Are Loved: 'A searing and powerful story full of passion, showing how one woman's ideals and beliefs shape everything that she becomes. It's both a beautifully woven love story and a spellbinding, heart-breaking depiction of a country torn apart by hatred' Daily Express 'A glorious Greek setting and rich historical detail form the backdrop of this captivating and poignant story' Woman & Home 'An eye-opening and moving read' Mirror 'Anyone who reads Victoria Hislop's novels falls in love with Greece ... A moving read that sweeps you through time' S Magazine 'A wonderfully researched and beautifully written piece of historical fiction' CultureFly


Spiros and Jenny

Spiros and Jenny

Author: L. J. Diva

Publisher: Royal Star Publishing

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0648486427

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This series is dedicated to… Jackie Collins is the biggest inspiration in my life when it comes to writing, if not the only inspiration. She had the passion; the brains, the ballsy rollicking attitude, and the kind of life that made me want to be her. And to the three Stefanovic brothers, Carlos, Pedro, and Tomas, without whom I would not have had names for my porn stars. In the tradition of the bonkbustingly good Jackie Collins comes L.J. Diva’s Porn Star Brothers series. Spiros & Jenny is the origin story, taking you back to where it all began. How they met and fell in love, when they married and had their children, and the heartbreaking dramas that unfolded on the road to creating the family dynasty they have today, Stephanopoulos Incorporated. So join them as they recount to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren the trials and tribulations that make up the story of Spiros & Jenny… Spiros and Jenny is the sixth novel in the Porn Star Brothers contemporary romance series, taking you back to the beginning of the Stephanopoulos dynasty. If you like family sagas, dirty little secrets, money and power, then you’ll love L.J. Diva’s page-turning series. Continue your love affair with The Porn Star Brothers Series today! ***In order of reading - Carlos, Pedro, Tomas, Retribution (or the Porn Star Brothers box set or collector’s edition paperback novel), Forever, Love Never Dies, Stefan: The New Generation, DeLuca, Spiros & Jenny, And Always***


The Golden Boy

The Golden Boy

Author: Robert Hatch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1317765168

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This is the first autobiography to be published by The Haworth Press. This is the first autobiography to be published by Harrington Park Press. The place is New York City. The time is the decade before the plague of AIDS. Thousands of gay men were living a free-wheeling lifestyle of club hopping, “score” hunting, sex without fear, and upward mobility. To none did The Big Apple offer greater rewards than to those young men who had the envied “male model” look. Author James Melson belonged to this exclusive clique: he was tall, blond, muscular, and very “straight looking.” He was a model at 19, and by 25, was a highly successful Wall Street banker. His good looks offered him immediate entry into exclusive clubs and onto the sexual fast track with actors, male models, and other members of the “Clique.” The author brings you behind the scenes into the lifestyle of the handsome “Clique”--providing details of the vigorous and entertaining excitement of the times. He exposes--for one of the few times in print--the lesser-known attitudes of the “Clique” and their disdain for “ugly faggots,” their obsession with strictly the chic and glamorous, and the fast lane life of partying and sex. For 200 pages, the reader is brought back to the era that for many older readers is just a memory, and for younger readers a time they never knew--when to be a “Golden Boy” was to be a prince, and sex was only fun and games. The Golden Boy autobiography ends when the author is diagnosed with AIDS, abandoned by a lover and friends, and left to look back on his life with a growing perspective. The role of “good looks” and people with AIDS is rarely talked about, particularly by gay survivors whose lesser appeal was once perhaps a curse but then ultimately their saving grace. This is not just another AIDS autobiography but a document dealing indirectly with this fact of life. The autobiography is introduced by Larry Mass, MD, an internationally recognized social historian/physician who examines the “Culture of Narcissism” in that era. Arnie Kantrowitz then presents an astonishingly frank and perhaps shocking Epilogue which will have many readers wanting to re-read the book.