Κοινότητα Αναγνωστών Βιβλίων - readers.gr

Tom Stone's "Patmos" describes all the island's highpoints, from the medieval Monastery of St. John, justly famous for its library and beautiful view, and the medieval Monastery of the Apocalypse, containing the grotto where St. John received his revelations, to the multi-colored stones of Lambi in the north and the fine sand of Psiliamo in the south, extends his description to the small nearby islands of Lipsoi and Arkoi, and even tells the reader how to go on to Ephesus, in Turkey.

"Doorway to Greece", by Mary Winterer-Papatassos, is a gentle introduction for foreigners to living in Greece, in three parts. Insights into Greek Ways contrasts traditional and contemporary practices, describes philotimo, the ingroup and the outgroup, shopping, and education. The Church Today describes the major role the Greek Church plays in modern Greek life. Greek History in Brief provides a brief, convenient description, from the Stone Age to PASOK.

The "Ανάπτυξις" is a text not only needed but also deserved a critical edition. To produce such an edition has been my main concern in this book, but I have also tried to bring some order and some accurace in what pertains to Nicholas' life and works. Chapter one of the introduction is a narrative of his life and of the events of his times which are echoed in his writings. The crucial Greek passages are grouped together in the appendix at the end of the introduction. Arabic numerals refer to footnotes and latin letters to the appendix. The reader is advised to read a whole...

Errikos Sevillias was born in Athens in 1901 into a Sephardic family. He learned how to work in leather as a child and opened his own leather workshop when he was 16. From 1919 until 1923 he served in the Greek army, for three years fighting in Asia Minor. After the war he reopened his workshop, married, and had a daughter. Life, as he writes, "went along well" until he experienced "an inexplicable and unexpected great adventure," meaning Auschwitz. Errikos Sevillias was killed in Athens by a motorcycle in 1974, when he was 73 years old. The manuscript of this book was...

[...] Εμείς οι Έλληνες, τελευταία, περιορίσαμε τη συνήθεια να διακοσμούμε το γύρω χώρο μας με κεντήματα και κεντάμε με περισσότερο στολίδια του τραπεζιού: τραπεζομάντηλα, αυτά που λέμε σεμέν και καρέ, του ανατολίτικους τσεβρέδες κ.ά. Διερωτώμαι για την πρακτικότητα τους, χωρίς να αρνούμαι την ομορφιά τους, αλλά τη δέχομαι μόνο όταν έχουν βγει από άριστα χέρια. Αυτά τα χέρια δεν τα έχει ο καθένας. Αυτός λοιπόν, που δεν κρίνει τα δάκτυλά του τόσο προικισμένα, ας μη σαστίσει. Ένα σπίτι χρειάζεται κεντημένα καθίσματα, μαξιλάρια, σκαμνιά, παραβάν, πλάκες κρεβατιών, διακοσμητικά...

Ο Βρετανός περιηγητής Bernard Randolph (γεν. 1643) προσφέρει μία γενική περιγραφή της γεωγραφίας, της δημογραφίας (πληθυσμού, οικισμών, κάστρων), της (αγροτικής) οικονομίας, της κοινοτικής διοίκησης και της πολιτικής κατάστασης των νησιών του Αιγαίου Πελάγους στο τελευταίο τέταρτο του 17ου αιώνα. Η περιήγηση και η περιγραφή ξεκινάει (ελάχιστα έτη πριν το 1683) από την Εύβοια, συνεχίζεται με τις Κυκλάδες ('Ανδρο, Τήνο, Μύκονο, Νάξο, Μήλο, Πάρο, Αμοργό κτλ.), τα Δωδεκάνησα (Κω, Ρόδο, Λέρο, Σύμη, Κάρπαθο, Κάσο, Αστυπάλαια κτλ.), την Ικαρία, τη Σάμο, τη Λήμνο, την Τένεδο, τη Μυ...