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UNINA9910827084303321 |
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Autore |
Carroll Michael <1935-> |
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An island in Greece : on the shores of Skopelos / / Michael Carroll |
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London ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-88113-2 |
9786612881138 |
0-85771-385-X |
1-4416-7951-0 |
600-00-4334-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islands - Greece |
Skopelos Island (Greece) Description and travel |
Sporades (Greece) Description and travel |
Skopelos Island (Greece) Biography |
Skopelos Island (Greece) Social life and customs |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1. North to the Sporades; 2. Skiathos; 3. Skopelos: Vangeli's Island; 4. Kosta and Paraskevoula; 5. Panormos: Saints and Treasure; 6. Skyros: A Poet's Grave; 7. Granddaughters of Lycurgos: A Berth for Astarte; 8. Landowner at Last; 9. Earth Tremors and Island Rivalry; 10. Goat-Hunt to Iura; 11. Tourist Salad Days; 12. Eremonisia; 13. A Balcony Over the Sea; 14. Elections for Mayor: Vangeli Stands; 15. Harbour of Silence |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'I loved the Greece I knew... the kind of free life that could be had with a boat among the islands.'_x000D_Scattered in a crescent in the sparkling waters of the Aegean, the islands of the Sporades are known to Greek fishermen as 'the gates of the wind'. It was to this unspoilt archipelago that Michael Carroll sailed Astarte, a boat of sleek mahogany with wine-red sails, named after the Phoenician goddess of the moon and the sea. But his dream of travelling where the wind took him, rootless and free, changed when he landed on Skopelos. There, a |
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