McDougall, Christopher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 796 MCDMcDougall, Christopher
Summary: "While researching Born to Run, Chris McDougall encountered the story of Pheidippides, the legendary ancient Greek 'all-day runner.' Later, when McDougall met a dedicated amateur historian, he saw a connection to one of the most fascinating mysteries of World War II: how did a small band of Resistance fighters surrounded by German troops kidnap a top German general? What he discovered is that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Adv McDougallDavis, Wes.
Summary: In the bleakest years of World War II, when it appeared that nothing could slow the German army, Hitler set his sights on the Mediterranean island of Crete, the ideal staging ground for German domination of the Middle East. But German command had not counted on the eccentric band of British intelligence officers who would stand in their way, conducting audacious sabotage operations in the very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 DAVVer Berkmoes, Ryan
Summary: "Lonely Planet's Crete is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Swim in Elafonisi Beach's sparkling waters, gaze in wonder at the Palace of Knossos and stroll through Hania's idyllic old town; all with your trusted travel companion"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A young British writer moves to Crete to find himself by working in his father's mine, and hires the playful Zorba. He falls in love with a lovely young widow. When she responds to him the townsmen attack her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ZORHorowitz, Anthony
Summary: Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police find blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and spends eight years in prison. Alan Conway, the late author of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HORStroud, Rick
Summary: This is the story of how a small SOE unit led by Patrick Leigh Fermor kidnapped a German general on the Nazi-occupied island of Crete in 1944. For thirty-two days, they were chased across the mountains as they headed for the coast and a rendezvous with a Royal Navy launch waiting to spirit the general to Cairo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 STRFields-Schneider, Penny
Summary: Searching for Sofia is the third book in the Portraits in Blue Series. In Book One: The Sun Rose in Paris, and Book Two: Shattered Dreams we accompany Jack Tomlinson's foray into the world of artists in the early twentieth century, and his experiences in Paris, Spain and living in an artist's retreat in Australia. In Searching for Sofia, his story continues. Having experienced tragedy beyond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PFS 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIEHoena, B. A.
Summary: In this humorous (and gross) retelling of the Greek myth, Theseus and his hero friends visit the island of Crete and the amusement park known as the Labyrinth, where they encounter a nasty bully called the Minotaur who challenges Theseus to a race through the Maze-o-muck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HOEForsyth, Kate
Summary: Set in Crete during World War II, Alenka, a young woman who fights with the resistance against the brutal Nazi occupation finds herself caught between her traitor of a brother and the man she loves, an undercover agent working for the Allies. May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction ForsythScarre, Christopher.
Summary: Discusses the ancient Minoan civilization of Knossos, Crete, as manifested by the excavations of that city by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 939.18 SCAHorowitz, Anthony
Summary: "Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police find blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and spends eight years in prison. It appears an open and shut case, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Horowitz 2020Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M HORFox, Margalit.
Summary: An intellectual detective story follows the quest to unlock one of the great secrets of human history--the decipherment of Linear B, an unknown script from the Aegean Bronze Age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 487.1 FOXSaint, Jennifer
Summary: "A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid's stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice every year. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAIAlbom, Mitch
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi’s invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Trade Paperbacks 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLEKing, Emily R.
Summary: "Cronus, God of Gods, whose inheritance is the world. Among his possessions: women, imprisoned and fated to serve. The strong-minded Althea Lambros controls her own fate and lives to honor her dying mother's plea to protect her two sisters at all costs. Althea's journey toward crushing the tyranny has begun. It is a destiny foretold by the Fates. And she is following their visions. On the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 47North 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KINPalmer, Leonard Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1965
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 939.1 PALArtist Not Provided
Summary: Hosts K.T. Comer and Adela Ucar explore the many different styles and cultures of Cyprus & Crete .
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pilot Productions 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 WILAlbom, Mitch
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "Before she is Potiphar's wife, Zuleika is the daughter of a king and the wife of a prince. She rules the isle of Crete alongside her mother in the absence of their seafaring husbands. But when tragedy nearly destroys Crete, Zuleika must sacrifice her future to save the Minoan people she loves. Zuleika's father believes his robust trade with Egypt will ensure Pharaoh's obligation to marry his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Jan needs this. She’s flying to Crete to reunite with friends she met there five years ago and relive an idyllic vacation. Basking in the warmth of the sun, the azure sea, and the aura of antiquity, she can once again pretend—for a little while—that she belongs. Her ex-boyfriend Marcus will be among them, but even he doesn’t know the secrets she keeps hidden behind a veil of lies. None of them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction HarScarrow, Simon.
Summary: Forced to the port of Matala by a freak tidal wave, Macro and Cato find Crete decimated by a catastrophic earthquake and an ensuing rebellion against the Roman administration that prompts surviving local authorities to ask for their assistance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2013