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"Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria, from where she emigrated as a girl twenty-five years previously, to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece. When she was a child, the border zone was rumored to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall, and it swarmed with soldiers and spies. On holidays in the "Red Riviera" on the Black Sea, she remembers playing on the beach only miles from a bristling electrified fence whose barbs pointed inward toward the enemy: the citizens of the totalitarian regime"--Provided by publisher.

An introduction to Greece, discussing its history, traditions, food, and more.

Annie and Jack present information about ancient Greece and the athletic events known as the Olympic games that were held there.

Text and illustrations present wacky and weird facts about Greek mythology.

"Offers a history of the rise of Christianity in the classical world that focuses on its . . . cost, in terms of violence and . . . intolerance, that helped bring upon the dark ages"--OCLC.

Chronicles the events leading up to the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens and their allies that lasted from 431 to 404 BC; and describes the relationship between the two city states, strategies and tactics involved, and the military and political changes it inspired.

Presents a number of handicraft projects with step-by-step instructions inspired by images and stories from ancient Greece, like a Medusa snake headdress or a wreath of golden leaves.

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.

Explores why some Greeks came to live in America.

A biography of military leader Alexander the Great.