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Regional Greek Cooking By Dean and Catherine Karayanis The recipes in this volume reflect the diverse culinary tradition of Greek cooking, which has been enriched by such influences as the Arabic tastes of North Africa and the cuisine of the Sephardic Jews of Spain. Featured dishes include long-time favorites Kleftiko ke Marouli (Roast Lamb with Lettuce Salad), and Youvarlakia (Meatballs and Rice in Avgolemono Soup), as well as more distinct fare like Calamari Gemista Aphrodite (Aphrodite Stuffed Squid) and Asatakou Paros (Lobster Paros). Read full release |
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Two Masters of Allusion: A Review of Ryszard Kapuscinski's Travels with Herodotus By Jonathan Carr The last major work to be published by Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish-born aficionado of trouble spots (he reported on 27 coups and revolutions around the world) is an account of his gratitude to the man he revered as his teacher and guide, the "wise, experienced Greek"--Herodotus. In Travels with Herodotus we are treated not just to a beguiling weave of the political and military machinations of ancient Greece and the second half of the 20th century that is in itself unique but also to an intelligent inquiry into what Kapuscinski has elsewhere dubbed the "mystery of history." The book is an affirmation, at times a defence, of his lifelong journalistic principles. Early on, we are reminded that he grew up in a totalitarian state where there was an "obsession with allusion" and he is quick to state that his idol from Halicarnassus was a master of the art. Read entire review. |
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Ships of Mercy By Christos Papoutsy This book reveals the true heroes of Smyrna, forgotten by history. It's based on more than ten years of research by the Papoutsys who travelled around the globe to document the rescue of hundreds of thousands of Greek refugees on the Smyrna quay in September 1922. After more than a decade of preparation, this book discloses surprising answers, and previously unpublished photos and exhibits. Additional details available. Click here for order form |
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Remember Us By Jason C. Mavrovitis Remember Us begins in the late nineteenth century Balkans - a time of exploding nationalism. The Ottoman Empire is in its death throes, and in Macedonia, Greek and Bulgarian irregulars pursue guerrilla warfare and ethnic cleansing to achieve their territorial ambitions. The Balkan and First World Wars loom in the future. Eleni, born in Sozopolis, a small Greek city on the coast of the Black Sea, clutches her baby girl and sees her husband killed in a pogrom instigated by Bulgarian nationalists. Click here to read more. To view and download book announcement click here (pdf file) |
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Underwater Dreams: A Modern Greek Tragedy By Dr. James Rouman When Dr. Leo Sarris successfully resuscitates a moribund newborn after a difficult delivery at Hamilton General Hospital, he can not possibly know how his world will be torn apart by the boy whose life he saves. In Underwater Dreams, James Rouman has written a fast-paced novel by blending elements of drama and romance. Click here to read more. |
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Konstantinoupoli: Poli ton Pothon [City of Man's Desire, A Novel of Constantinople] By Cornelia Golna Constantinople 1908. Even as the Ottoman Empire’s cosmopolitan capital teeters on the brink of upheaval, the Greek girl Theodora’s concerns center around her family and thwarted infatuations. Then the flamboyant Russian exile Natalya Petrovna and her brother Vlad enter her life. Their disturbing presence, coinciding with the rebellion of the Young Turks, draws Theodora into an unfamiliar, volatile world. Revolutions take people by surprise; they raise hopes by promising change. City of Man’s Desire recounts how the lives of several individuals intertwine as they struggle to adapt to a new reality that, despite the designs of men, follows its own unpredictable course. Read about Greek edition, recently published in Greece. Click here to read review of English edition. |
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Poetry by Chrishoula Demetrakakis A book of more than 100 poems, arranged in three sections: "Wings and Storms," "Crete of My Dreams," and "Sea of My Soul" Read more |
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Fratzeska by Chrishoula Demetrakakis Beyond good and bad. Beyond human weakness. A story whose characters, just as the lifegiving Grandmother of all people, reconcile with catastrophe and advance in her life with heart and soul. Fratzeska is a universal legend of how at the brink of disaster, the most logical countermeasure can be launched. Read More |
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A Parnassian Chronicle--Book Review of Pyrofani Poems by Jonathan Carr Parnassian amanuensis of the Pyrofani Poems, is an original bon viveur of the verse form. Taken together, these poems tell the tale of a single restaurant (in itself perhaps a literary first) over an eight-year period from 1997 to 2005. Once established as the local laureate, he wrote and performed other occasional poems - for fun, for birthdays, to mark important events and to explore a multiplicity of approaches to life. Read full review. |
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Ecclesia, Greek Orthodox Churches of the Chicago Metropolis By Panos Fiorentinos Featuring more than 400 color photographs of all 59 Greek Orthodox Churches in the six Midwest states that comprise the Chicago Metropolis, this one-of-a-kind art and history book, by Panos Fiorentinos, chronicles for the first time the expansion of the Greek Orthodox religion in the Midwest. Read more |
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Spectators Photographs by Ilias Bourgiotis. Essay by George Vecsey. greekworks.com announces the publication of Spectators. This collection of photographs by Ilias Bourgiotis, his first to be published in the United States, is accompanied by a perceptive and moving essay, “Modern Pilgrims”—written especially for this volume by the renowned journalist George Vecsey—which is both a generous reconsideration of the 2004 Athens Olympics and a rare homage to Greece. Read more. |
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The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield Bestselling novelist of ancient warfare Steven Pressfield returns with a riveting historical novel that re-creates a campaign that eerily foreshadows the tactics, terrors, and frustrations of contemporary conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more. |
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Greece, The Next 300 Years by Stephen Tzikas Greece, The Next 300 Years provides a comprehensive look at what author Tzikas believes Greece and the world will be like over the next 300 years. The book explores a variety of possible scenarios. Read more. |
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North of Ithaka: A Journey Home Through a Family's Extraordinary Past by Eleni Gage Leaving behind a sparkling social life and a successful journalism career, Eleni Gage moved from New York City to the remote Greek village of Lia. Lia is the same village where her father was born and her grandmother murdered, and which her father, Nicholas Gage, made famous twenty years ago with his international bestseller Eleni. Part travel memoir and part family saga, North of Ithaka is, above all, a journey home. Read more. |
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Boardroom Excellence A Commonsense Perspective on Corporate Governance by Paul P. Brountas Massive debt that is not reflected on the balance sheet, cooked books and phantom revenue, skyrocketing executive compensation...these are just a few of the business tactics practiced by many unscrupulous corporations. If companies and their directors are to regain and maintain the confidence of consumers and investors, they must put in place effective corporate governance practices. In Boardroom Excellence, author Paul Brountas, a corporate attorney with more than forty years experience, discusses the qualities and components of effective boards in today's post-Enron. Written in a concise format, the book is filled with informative practical advice for board members of private, public, and non-profit organizations. Click here to read more |
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The History of Greek Americans of Cleveland Ohio Since 1870 by Mike Vasilakes and Themistocles Rodis, Ph.D. Greek Americans of Cleveland Since 1870, a 416-page history of Greek immigrants who settled in Cleveland (Ohio), traces the lives of the first immigrants to settle in this area, life in communes, the nomadic search for work, the establishment of the first businesses, and the creation and growth of the first Greek Orthodox Church Community and those that followed. The book is now available from The Hellenic Preservation Society of Northeastern Ohio, an expanded and upgraded version of an earlier book that was published in 1984. Read more. |
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Surveillance in Greece by Minas Samatas, Ph.D. The variety of growing surveillance in contemporary Greece reflects the remarkable socioeconomic, political, and cultural changes in the post dictatorial Greek state and society. In fact, modernization, democratization, Europeanization, and globalization of the Greek state and society is reflected in the technological, legislative, and institutional modernization of surveillance in Greece whose people are now subjects of a galaxy of multiple electronic surveillance by the state and surprastate. This study, considering surveillance, either by the state or by the market, as a basic sociopolitical control mechanism, examines four surveillance periods in Greece; these periods reflect the changing sociopolitical control system from post-Civil War Greece up to the present, just before the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Read more. |
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Greece: Books and Writers by the Greek National Book Centre of the Greek Ministry of Culture This is a free, multipart, beautifully illustrated publication by the Greek government.The National Book Centre brought togehter the wealth, the immense variety and the unbroken continuity of Greek literature in this special volume, which provides a comprehensive introduction to Greek literature and a chronicle of Greek history. The history of Greece as seen from the perspective of its books and writers is the subject of this work whose principal aim is to guide the reader through the key moments in this literature and to acquaint him or her with the men and women who moulded the Greek language into literary form. It attempts to describe the special qualities of this literature, its moments of innovation and originality, as well as its place in the European literary tradition and in the major literary and intellectual currents that have shaped the modern world. Read more and download all parts of book (4-part, large PDF files). |
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Leadership Through Strategic Planning by Annabel Beerel, Ph.D. Leadership Through Strategic Planning aspires to provide a fresh look at the well-known topics of leadership and strategic planning. Many of the concepts and issues discussed in this book have been written about by others. What makes this book unique is not only the new ideas and perspectives, but the way in which the themes have been synthesized and converted into practical ideas for the management of organizations click here to read more |
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Foreign Words by Vassilis Alexakis; translation by Alyson Waters Foreign Words is an invitation au voyage from Paris where the narrator lives, to Greece where he grew up, and where his father has just died, to the Central African Republic as he undertakes the learning of Sango. Written by Alexakis in French and published as Les mots étrangers (Editions Stock, 2002), the book was subsequently translated by the author into his native Greek as Oi xenes lexeis. In 2004 it was awarded the Greek prize for best novel of the year. Click here to read more. |
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An International Relations Debacle: The UN Secretary-General's Mission of Good Offices in Cyprus 1999-2004 by Claire Palley This book is a case study in international relations and contemporary history, as seen from the standpoint of a constitutional, international and human rights lawyer involved in 25 years of negotiations to agree on a federation reuniting the divided Island of Cyprus. Based for the most part on personal knowledge, the writer describes recent international attempts to settle the long-standing disputes over Cyprus and provides a warning to those who invoke UN “good offices” machinery of risks they run. Click here to read more. |
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Marathon By W. William Winokur From the concrete canyons of lower Manhattan to the ruins of Ancient Greece, Marathon is a tour de force by a new voice in American fiction. In this impressive, multi-layered debut, based on a true story, W. William Winokur takes the reader on a journey that is at once historical, philosophical and spiritual in order to learn exactly what gives a life meaning.Framed by the story of Pheidippides’ celebrated run from Marathon to Athens, the novel is steeped in mythology and mystery. Winokur ponders the essential questions of life and death, the intersection of past and present, the struggle of duty versus passion, all while exploring one woman’s discovery of herself through ancient myths, lost journals, impossible loves, and timeless souls. Click here to read more.
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The History of the Greek Church in America in Acts and Documents by Paul G. Manolis Peter Haikalis, Ph.D. writes that this tri-volume set is a monumental work, published in three massive volumes. Long awaited, it is a landmark publication of the history of the church, definitive in many ways. The publication of this history is the culmination of many years of work and research by Manolis who collected documents from the Archives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Greek Foreign Ministry, the Church of Greece, the Greek Archdiocese and other sources. He then describes the documents and assembles them in an order so that the reader can follow the development of the church from its earliest days in the United States. This is a work should be in the library of every Greek Orthodox parish, in libraries at universities offering a religious studies program and in the personal libraries of all those interested in the Church and its historical development in the United States. Read more. |
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The Ghosts of Plaka Beach: a True Story of Murder and Retribution in Wartime Greece by Stylianos Perrakis, Ph.D. Sixty years after the end of World War II Stylianos (Stelios) Perrakis, Greek-born finance professor, went back to Greece to investigate a traumatic event in his family’s history that colored his childhood years. The circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder of his maternal uncle by a Communist death squad in May 1944 were cloaked in mystery, never discussed openly by family members. Using trial transcripts, interviews with survivors and with people involved in the kidnapping, and such primary materials as unpublished diaries and family correspondence, Perrakis managed to document the full sequence of events that led up to this family tragedy. He then widened his focus to draw out the implications of this particular event, painting an intimate picture of a prosperous middle-class provincial world faced with extraordinary challenges that it was unable to overcome. Click here to read more. |
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Encountering Women of Faith: The St. Catherine's Vision, Vol. 1 Edited by Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald, Ph.D. Encountering Women of Faith is co-authored by members of the Board of St. Catherine’s Vision, a group of women theologians seeking to serve God with all their mind, heart and strength. This book is pivotal in its inspiring presentation of women saints. Each chapter is written from a carefully explored theological, spiritual and contemporary perspective. Click here to read more. |
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The Spirit of Kalivas Park [Manchester, NH] By Spiros Plentzas and Dr. Chris Kehas At last there is a nicely written account of the creation and dedication of Kalivas Park in Manchester, NH, a site dedicated to the memory of Christos Kalivas, the first Greek-American from Manchester killed in World War I. One of his fellow combatants, Chris Agrafiotis, formed a committee of WWI veterans of Greek descent and worked tirelessly with city and federal officials to develop a fitting tribute to the sacrifice of Kalivas and all Greek-Americans from Manchester. The establishment of the park was well researched, and the account includes copies of relevant documents and photos from the dedicatory ceremonies. But what sets this book apart from others of its kind, is the additional research conducted, placing the founding of the park within the broader history of the local Greek community. Click here to read more. |
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City of Man's Desire, A Novel of Constantinople By Cornelia Golna Constantinople 1908. Even as the Ottoman Empire’s cosmopolitan capital teeters on the brink of upheaval, the Greek girl Theodora’s concerns center around her family and thwarted infatuations. Then the flamboyant Russian exile Natalya Petrovna and her brother Vlad enter her life. Their disturbing presence, coinciding with the rebellion of the Young Turks, draws Theodora into an unfamiliar, volatile world. Revolutions take people by surprise; they raise hopes by promising change. City of Man’s Desire recounts how the lives of several individuals intertwine as they struggle to adapt to a new reality that, despite the designs of men, follows its own unpredictable course. Read entire release, including book review. See Greek edition above. |
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100 Years of Faith and Fervor By Constantine Skedros When immigrant laborers from Greece arrived in Utah in the early 1900s they were persecuted, ridiculed and regarded as unsavory interlopers. Yet they persevered. With their Greek Orthodox Church serving as the catalyst, they were driven by a fervent hope of proving their children an opportunity to experience a better life. Today, first and second generation Greek-Americans whose roots are in the thriving Salt Lake Greek community are the beneficiaries of that legacy, including many who are prominent in business, political, social, educational, ecumenical, legal and medical circles locally and nationally.That evolution is chronicled in 100 Years of Faith and Fervor. Click here to read entire release. |
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A War Like No Other By Victor D. Hanson One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other. The Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of batle in multi-faceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present. Click here to read entire release. |
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Sister of Darkness By Lili Bita From chilhood on an idyllic Greek island to coming of age in a world torn by war to entrapment and final escape from a brutal marriage, Sister of Darkness is the powerful story of a woman's journey of self-discovery and personal liberation. Through the saga of her own life, Lili Bita expresses the quest of a generation for freedom, and the ongoing struggle of women everywhere against violence and oppression. Sister of Darkness is destined to be a feminist classic. To read entire release, click here. |
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A Fitting Tribute to Venizelos--a Brief Review of Eleftherios Venizelos and His Era By Basil Mathiopoulos of Athens News Eleftherios Venizelos and His Era is not merely a chronological narrative. It does track Venizelos' life from his birth in 1864 until his death in 1936. But its value lies in that it is possibly the first Greek analysis of the shaping of Venizelos' political personality by the events of his time, beginning with the uprising of 1866 in the Cretan polity. To read entire review, click here. |
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Dictionary of Greek Orthodoxy By Nicon Patrinacos Highly recommended for Orthodox Christians who are interested in a greater and deeper knowledge of their faith. Contains a wealth of theological information and inspirational explanations compiled as an encyclopedic dictionary. An English-Greek index makes it easy to look up key words. For more information, click here. |
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Arcadia, My Arcadia
By Nicholas Kokonis Arcadia, My Arcadia chronicles the personal odyssey of a bright, sensitive and determined country boy, Angelos Vlahos, in the stone years following the German Occupation and the Civil War. Destitute, Angelos nurses a dream: To leave the dusty poverty of his nameless village in the folks of the somber Arcadian mountains for the big city and beyond in order to help his destitute family. Atlas carried the world. Will Angelos be able to carry his whole family across the Egypt of their misery to the new Promised Land? Written in praise of the common men and women of the world, Arcadia, My Arcadia is, above all, a poignant, elegantly written story that will break your heart as well as warm it. It makes a gift of lasting value for those you love not only during the holiday season but always. (Read more.) |
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Deadline in Athens An Inspector Costas Haritos Mystery By Petros Markaris Witty, smart, and riveting at every turn, Deadline in Athens immerses us in the grit and heat of modern-day Athens and the strange politics of a country still straining under change. "For crime aficionados who like nothing better after a long hard day than to jump into bed with a big, fat, juicy murder....(Deadline in Athens) unalloyed pleasure, with (an) intricate plot that satisfyingly unravels its secrets in well-timed surprises until the very last page." For more information click here. |
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The Athenian Murders By Jose Carlos Somoza Intriguing, ingenious, and mordantly funny, The Athenian Murders intertwines two darkly compelling riddles, forcing us to confront the ways in which we interpret fact and fiction, and introduces a beguiling new talent to an American readership. For more information click here |
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Confusing Words By Peter Kippling Soteres Confusing Words is a darkly comic novel tracking the fortunes of Fenix in the aftermath of the crash. Prodded into activity, he is slowly forced to recognize the unintended consequences of his actions and non-actions. The line between language and terrorism is crossed, and to escape Fenix must ultimately turn to a man who has every reason to hate him. To read entire annoucement, click here.
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The Virtues of War By Steven Pressfield The Virtues of War marks Steven Pressfield's return to the world of his international bestsellers Gates of Fire and Tides of War. Filled with meticulously researched details and told from the point of view of Alexander the Great himself, here is a novel as intensely gripping as bulletins from the battlefield and as intimately revealing as a private diary. For more information click here. |
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Tsarouchis, the Face of Modern Greece By Sylvester and Orphanos. A folio in celebration of Greece's greatest modern artist, Yannis Tsarouchis. With tributes by world-renowned authors and artists and a preface by Melina Mercouri. Printed by letterpress on heavyweight somerset paper in a signed-limted edition, the text, along with 36 large color plates, are laid into an elaborate portfolio designed by the artist. For more information, click here. |
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The Mechanism of Catastrophe The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and The Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul By Speros Vryonis, Jr., Ph.D. This spring, 50 years after the tragic events that devastated the Greeks of Turkey's greatest city, greekworks.com has published The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul by Speros Vryonis, Jr. This monumental study of a decisive moment in modern Turkish and Greek history is the first work of its depth and range to be published on this critical subject in any language. Without a doubt, it will soon take its place as the definitive study of the violence it so meticulously describes and examines. For more information click here. |
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea. Why Greeks Matter By Thomas Cahill In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his forth volume to explore "the hinges of history," Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining and historically unassailable-journey throughthe landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. For more information click here.
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A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America, 2nd Edition by Marilyn Rouvelas Since its original publication in 1993, A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America has become a bestseller and a standard reference, The new second edition includes the basic text of the first edition with its clear, understandable explanations of the traditions of Greek Orthodoxy and the meaning behind them. Two new chapters have been added to the book. Read more. |
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Smyrna: The Destruction of a City by Marjorie Housepian Dobkin Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City, serves as a reminder that the mistakes and tragedies of history continue to affect us. This stunning and well-written book by Dobkin helps to fill the information gap for Greek-Americans and Greek generations of the Diaspora. To be sure, Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City is not the only text written about the Smyrna holocaust, but it is one of the most authoritative and critically acclaimed books ever penned on this subject. Read more. |
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