Κοινότητα Αναγνωστών Βιβλίων - readers.gr

Ithaca is the second smallest island of the Ionian complex, after Paksoi. However, it is a magical place, with crystal clear turquoise waters, long history and rich cultural tradition and it remains, until today, Ulysses' home island, the ultimate 'final destination' of every traveller. Ithaca is a sleepy, rocky island, where time moves slowly and the regular number of visitors respect its rhythms, its traditions as well as its natural environment, the beaches, the mountains and the remote settlements. The whole of the island has gained Area of Outstanding Natural Bea...

With a history and culture that cover the vast distance from the Neolithic period until today, almost without interruption, with thousands of towns and villages that flourished and were then extinguished over the duration of the millennia, and with the fire of civilisation and creativity constantly burning until today, it is only to be expected that, from coast to coast, Greece is filled with Museums. Each town, each island, even each market town or large village, has its own museums, its own collections, unique fragments of its personal past to showcase and preserve - like...

The world of Greek mythology is a vast and mysterious universe, in which countless gods and heroes, monsters, spirits and demigods rule over the natural laws and lives of the mortals: wars and intrigues, favourites, enmities and alliances compose a background upon which the wondrous activities of ancient Greek history evolves. Greek mythology was formed and spread through oral tradition, the wild imagination of the ancient Greeks transcribing into myths all that the human mind could not conceive. Divine will, sometimes positive and other times vengeful, was responsible for...

The book "Ancient Greece: Temples and Sanctuaries" provides a synoptic but complete analysis and description of the most important Greek archaeological sites. The architecture of the archaic and classical periods are here presented in the most direct possible way: historical details, rich photographic material, analytical plans of the monuments, drawings of reconstructions and their juxtaposition with today's appearance and frequent references to mythological sources and ancient Greek ritual practices. There is also information on the museums that accompany the archaeologic...

"[...] Οι φωτογραφίες που ακολουθούν, παρμένες από ψηλά, απεικονίζουν έναν κόσμο πρωτότυπο και καλλιτεχνικό, γεμάτο μυστήριο και ομορφιά. Αυτό όμως που ζυγιάζει κυρίως σε αυτή την έκδοση είναι κυρίως το μήνυμα και η έκφραση που έχει να μας παρουσιάσει η κάθε φωτογραφία, όπου φωλιάζει το πνεύμα της τέχνης. Η φωτογραφία για την οποία κάνουμε εδώ λόγο εκφράζεται με παραστάσεις, φόρμες και κυρίως χρώματα. Και κάτω από τα στοιχειώδη αυτά μέσα, το έμπειρο ανθρώπινο μάτι αναγνωρίζει αισθήματα, οραματισμούς, ευρύτερη γνώση, ισχυρούς πόθους και ανθρώπινες λαχτάρες [...]". Το φωτο...

[...] Welcome, then, to the charming and wonderful world of wine. Once this book has taken us for a stroll- with a glass of wine in hand- through the geography and history of the vine, it shall introduce us to contemporary reality, analysing, as far as possible, the mysteries of this great pleasure, of this flaming drink. The world of wine is large enough, it has room not only for the aficionado or the uninitiated, professionals or amateurs, but also for the simple inquisitive explorers, friends and admirers of Oenology. It is the inquisitive spirit of these people that...

Ikaria isn't one out of the many Aegean islands; it is a unique place, with many allures beyond its thermal springs, famous from the antiquity. All you have to do is go up the winding road above Ayios Kirykos and survey the landscape from up there, to immediately understand that Ikaria is a special island. You will see before you a pretty little village, nestled in greenery. The roofs of the houses are all made of slate, like the ones in Pelion, but even more beautiful. The mountain is covered in wild, almost primitive vegetation and as far as the eye can see before you, is...

This book is an initiation into the heart of the Aegean. The enchantment of photography transports us to the dawn of the 20th century. The panoramic views that unfold before us invite us to discover bygone Myconos with its windmills, white houses and little fleet of caiques. After a trip to the islet of Tragonisi, we continue our photographic journey to mythic Delos, then when the excavations of the French Archaeological School of Athens School of Athens brought the sanctuary of Apollo to light once more. Let yourself dream and come on the journey...

Η πιο έγκυρη ιστορική διείσδυση στην ουσία του Μακεδονικού Αγώνα (1904-1908) μέσα από πλουσιότατο αρχειακό υλικό, επιτυγχάνεται από την αφιερωματική αυτή έκδοση, που διασώζει την ιστορική μνήμη και επαναπροσεγγίζει το Μακεδονικό ζήτημα.

[...] In this guidebook we present the history and geography of this region in a synoptic fashion. Here you can learn the basic guidelines for a magical tour of the history and nature of the "land of the mountains," of which the early-19th-century French traveller Francois Pouqueville wrote "the inexhaustible combination of the ways used by Divine Providence to achieve her aim, appears here so wonderfully, that if we wanted to give Epirus the name most fitting, we would have to call it the "miniature of all landscapes, of all climates''.