Experience aquamarine coastline sun-bleached ancient ruins strong feta & stronger ouzo. The Greek landscape thrills & its people are equally passionate about politics coffee art & gossiping. Korina Miller Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book... 9 expert authors 42 weeks of on-the-ground research 150 maps 72 ancient ruins Inspirational photos Island hopping & cruising planning features Pull-out city map of Athens 3D plans of iconic sights Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background ...

Greece is the cradle of civilisation & the Peloponnese is the cradle of Greece: Olympia is here so are the mountains of Arcadia & Homer's Mycenae. But Bradt's Greece: The Peloponnese" also embraces the living world: the traditional panagyria (village festivals) & the people who still embody the Greek spirit of philoxenia or hospitality to strangers. It leads travellers to idyllic campsites by ancient theatres; picnic spots in olive groves; buzzing towns & hidden communities; & tells them the best places to hike kayak or to spot the famous loggerhead turtle. & if you want to dance on the same beach as Zorba the Greek or wonder why newborn babies cause old women to spit over their shoulders
- you'll find the answers in the pages of this the best guide to the best of Greece."
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In this sumptuous guide to twelve centuries of military development Peter Connolly combines a detailed account of the arms & armies of Greece & Rome with his superb full-colour artwork. Making use of fresh archaeological evidence & new material on the manufacture & use of the weapons of the period the author presents an attractive & impressive volume that is both scholarly & beautifully presented with illustrations that are quite rightly recognised as being the best & most accurate representation of how the soldiers from these formidable military empires appeared. Greece & Rome at War lucidly demonstrates the face of battle in the ancient world. Covering the wars between the Greeks & the Persians & the epic contest between the Romans & their most capable opponent Hannibal as well as organisation tactics armour & weapons & much more this excellent work brings the armies of Greece Macedon & Rome vividly to life. This new revised edition contains a Preface by Adrian Goldsworthy. ...

Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC" is an accessible & comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that barring a small number of archaic poems & inscriptions the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell & so was subject to systematic selection & distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges the later traditions as traditions but insists that we must primarily confront the contemporary evidence which is in large part archaeological & art historical & must make sense of it in its own terms. In this second edition as well as updating the text to take account of recent scholarship & re-ordering Robin Osborne has addressed more explicitly the weaknesses & unsustainable interpretations which the first edition chose merely to pass over. He now spells out why this book features no rise of the polis & no colonization & why the treatment of Greek settlement abroad is necessarily spread over various chapters. Students & teachers alike will particularly appreciate the enhanced discussion of economic history & the more systematic treatment of issues of gender & sexuality." ...

Most travellers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination
- thats what Marco Polo
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Nadia Sawalha has always loved cooking but until recently rarely ate her own food. Like a lot of women whilst her family tucked in to delicious dishes she nibbled on diet food. Later ravenously hungry she binged somehow convincing herself that the calories didn't count if nobody saw her eating them. Two years ago after decades of fluctuating weight she decided enough was enough: * She wasn't going to start a new diet tomorrow. * She wasn't going to start a new diet ever again. * She was going to eat normal meals with her family & most importantly she was going to do so for the rest of her life. Since then Nadia has lost & kept off 31/2 stone by simply throwing away the diet books. Instead she shaved off the hidden calories all without anyone noticing. A little less oil here a different cut of meat there; brown rice instead of white more herbs spices & colour; & a dessert every day! The result is The Greedy Girl's Diet which is packed with more than 100 delicious recipes & Nadia's invaluable tips & advice on how to achieve a slim fit & healthy body. ...

The UK's most influential food & drink journalist shoots a few of the sacred cows of the food world. The doctrine of local food is dead. Farmers' markets are merely a lifestyle choice for the affluent middle classes. & 'organic' has become little more than a marketing label that is way past its sell by date. That may be a little hard to swallow for the ethically-aware food shopper but it doesn't make it any less true. & now the UK's most outspoken & entertaining food writer is ready to explain why. This engaging witty & honest narrative is driven by the appetite of one large man: Jay Rayner
- someone who lives to eat but also understands that there is a world beyond the high-end obsessions of the farmers' market. Combining sharply-observed memoir
- growing up with the UK's most famous agony aunt who also happened to be a bloody good TV chef; witnessing the arrival of Mc Donald's & Dayville's ice cream in Seventies London; working as a butcher's boy
- with hard-nosed reportage Jay Rayner will blow conventional foodie wisdom apart. For here is the reality: within a few decades we will have nine billion mouths to feed & we won't be doing that by flogging free-range eggs from a stall in Borough market. Jay explains why the doctrine of organic has been eclipsed by the need for sustainable intensification; & why the future lies in large-scale food production rather than the cottage industries that foodies often cheer for. From the the cornfields of Illinois to the killing lines of Yorkshire abattoirs Rayner takes us on a journey that will change the way we shop cook & eat forever. & give us a few belly laughs along the way.


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The greedy python eats every creature he comes across. From a tiny mouse to an enormous elephant the eaten animals eventually befriend one another in the belly of the snake where they team up & kick the inside of the python until he spits them out. Rather than learning his lesson the python sticks to his greedy ways
- when he spots his own tail & mistakes it for food he swallows himself & disappears!
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When the animals discovere a cave full of furs & skins they discarde their drab skins for glossy new ones. Greedy zebra arrives late after a delicious snack only to find a few stripes of black cloth. He squeezes into them but Greedy Zebra iis too big for them & his new coat bursts open! The story of how all the animals chose their clothing except for Greedy Zebra who had to take the left-over pieces.. . ...

Food is central to the relaxed social Greek way of life & it reflects the warmth generosity & hospitality of the locals. Bring Greece home with the tang of feta cheese the sweetness of garlic & the tartness of lemons cooked through meat or slowly roasted potatoes covered in fresh green herbs. Abundant with mezze dishes salads seafood meats poultry & vegetables this collection of traditional & contemporary dishes will have you celebrating life the Greek way. ...