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The Great Pretenders

The Great Pretenders
  • Author(s): Laura Kalpakian
  • Location(s): Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Outraged by her grandfather’s illicit affair with Empire Pictures’ latest femme fatale, Roxanne Granville forsakes her position as Hollywood royalty and rejects the man who raised her, determined to strike out on her own in McCarthy-era California. Backed by...

The Great Santini

The Great Santini
  • Author(s): Pat Conroy
  • Location(s): Atlanta
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He’s all Marine — fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife — beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her...

The Greek Community of Liverpool: A History 1822-2022

The Greek Community of Liverpool: A History 1822-2022
  • Author(s): S B Williams
  • Location(s): Liverpool
  • Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1822-2022

Liverpool is a cosmopolitan city populated by people and communities from all over the world. One of the least known components is the Greek community. Greek people have created colonies and communities around Europe and the wider world since...

The Greek Heart

The Greek Heart
  • Author(s): Kate Frost
  • Location(s): Greece, Dubrovnik, Paros, Santorini
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A broken heart, an island escape, a boy from the past. Will Lottie’s search lead to love? When a special anniversary takes Lottie on a journey to find the little boy she once knew, it’s a chance to put...

The Greek House

The Greek House
  • Author(s): Christopher Brechneff, Tim Lovejoy
  • Location(s): Sifnos
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1970s till present day

It’s 1972 and the twenty-one year old artist author arrives on the island of Sifnos in the Cyclades in search of himself. On this primitive, far-flung island, where not even ferries can dock and roads are little more than...

The Greek Island Killer

The Greek Island Killer
  • Author(s): Frances Lloyd
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Please note this was originally published as Nemesis of the Dead. Detective Inspector Jack Dawes Mystery Book 1 SOMEONE’S POISONING PARADISE. Detective Inspector Jack Dawes and his bride, Corrie, join eight other holidaymakers bound for a tiny Greek island,...

The Greek Islands

The Greek Islands
  • Author(s): Lawrence Durrell
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 20th century

As every reader of Durrell knows, his writing is steeped in the living experience of the Mediterranean, and especially the islands of Greece. This captivating and highly unusual text, originally conceived as a picture book and now reset in...

The Greek Proposal

The Greek Proposal
  • Author(s): Marjory McGinn
  • Location(s): The Peloponnese
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Isla’s not looking for love on her sabbatical in gorgeous rural Greece. She longs for a sunny lifestyle to revive her health and happiness after a road accident and a car crash of a relationship. Her clifftop villa and...

The Greek Wall

The Greek Wall
  • Author(s): Nicolas Verdan
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A severed head is found on the Greek border near a wall planned to stop Middle Eastern immigrants crossing from Turkey. Intelligence Agent Evangelos wants the truth about the murder, human trafficking into Greece, and about the corruption surrounding...

The Green Bicycle

The Green Bicycle
  • Author(s): Haifaa Al Mansour
  • Location(s): Riyadh
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the vein of Year of the Dog and The Higher Power of Lucky, this Middle Eastern coming-of-age story is told with warmth, spirit, and a mischievous sense of humor. Spunky eleven-year-old Wadjda lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with...

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