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Women and girls, indeed, they were content to spare, but boys of more than eight years old were doomed, as at that age they were considered capable of bearing arms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo such an extent did this prevail, that men, when deeply involved in these family feuds, retired to the shelter of their castles, and for years never ventured forth, except when perhaps at night and by stealth they went out to murder an enemy ... Men have been born and married, have lived for twenty or thirty years, and in some cases have even spent their whole lives within the enclosure of those gloomy walls. \"I was informed of one man who was born in his tower, and lived to the age of seventy without daring to quit it.\"","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b130767.jpg","isbn":"978-960-98171-5-8","isbn13":"978-960-98171-5-8","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":{"id":8320,"name":"Grecian Journeys","books_count":5,"tsearch_vector":"'grecian' 'journeys'","created_at":"2017-04-13T02:05:30.833+03:00","updated_at":"2017-04-13T02:05:30.833+03:00"},"pages":92,"publication_year":2008,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"9.0","price_updated_at":"2008-04-16","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":null,"publisher_id":1547,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":130767,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/reminiscences-of-athens-and-the-morea.json"},{"id":128151,"title":"Kidnapped by Brigands","subtitle":null,"description":"\"We had left the fountain about fifteen minutes, and I was\" fifty paces ahead, winding round the side of a steep and wooded hill, in a narrow path ... when I was arrested by a loud shriek, followed by sounds that boded no good. I saw through the trees the crowding of men, white fustanells and arms! Whether or not escape was practicable, it did not enter into my mind to enquire; resistance was out of the question; but, in the confidence which extensive practice among these men had given me, I felt only incensed at the outrage, and reckoned on instant submission* I therefore turned and galloped towards them. I was certainly led into another train of reflection, when I saw a couple turn at me, holding their muskets levelled. I held up my hands, unarmed, (I was unarmed, except a pair of horse pistols in my holsters,) but they made a rush on both sides, vociferating imprecations, and distorting their faces into the most hideous and exasperating grimaces ... The next thing I recollect was a blow on the back, as I was raised on my knees, which is generally preparatory to the act of decollation... I leaped up, and stood prepared with a stout stick to do what might be practicable, to prevent myself from being bound... One of the party ... turned to me with the cord. I offered him my breast to strike. His yatagan was in an instant bare.. I told them ... that I was perfectly resolved not to move a step, unless not only relieved from all insult, but treated with respect: \"nor will I stir from this spot,\" I continued, \"unless that man,\" pointing to one who seemed the chief, \"whose countenance I will trust, gives me his word that the wretch who has insulted me shall not be allowed to approach me while I remain unarmed.\"","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b130773.jpg","isbn":"978-960-98171-0-3","isbn13":"978-960-98171-0-3","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":{"id":8320,"name":"Grecian Journeys","books_count":5,"tsearch_vector":"'grecian' 'journeys'","created_at":"2017-04-13T02:05:30.833+03:00","updated_at":"2017-04-13T02:05:30.833+03:00"},"pages":110,"publication_year":2008,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"9.0","price_updated_at":"2008-04-16","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":null,"publisher_id":1547,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":130773,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/kidnapped-by-brigands.json"},{"id":111227,"title":"Athens","subtitle":null,"description":"In the series \"Greece Beyond the Guidebooks\", the author takes you beneath the veneer of tourist cliches and dry guidebook facts to expose some of the stories and curiosities which make each locality the unique and fascinating place it is.\u003cbr\u003e\"Athens ... doesn't fail to give you information ... that many guidebooks find too hot to handle ... plenty of nitty-gritty details ... that cannot fail to amuse.\" (Athens News)\u003cbr\u003e\"They are the kind of books that may remind you of your favorite history teacher, the one who told you the interesting and strange pieces of history that the text books left out.\" (Matt Barrett's Greece Travel Guides)\u003cbr\u003e\"Tomkinson is the author of a series of books that shed light on a lesser known Greece. ... As old, richly complex folklore elements become crudely oversimplified and the commercialized, plastic modern world tightens its hold, one needs to grab as many of these books as possible\" (Kathimerini, English Edition)","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b113808.jpg","isbn":"960-88087-9-0","isbn13":"978-960-88087-9-9","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":{"id":7416,"name":"Greece Beyond the Guide Books","books_count":1,"tsearch_vector":"'beyond' 'books' 'greece' 'guide' 'the'","created_at":"2017-04-13T01:56:30.450+03:00","updated_at":"2017-04-13T01:56:30.450+03:00"},"pages":237,"publication_year":2006,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"20.0","price_updated_at":"2006-11-17","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":null,"publisher_id":1547,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":113808,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/athens-649720c4-71a6-4b59-9e68-403eb940ce0e.json"},{"id":111481,"title":"How Plays Tell Stories","subtitle":"Studying Drama as Literature","description":"\"How Plays Tell Stories: Studying Drama as Literature\" has been especially written for Language A1 students of the International Baccalaureate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- A practical guide to all aspects of the study of plays as literature, it emphasizes how plays are written for performance;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Refers to a wide-range of examples from many different periods and different cultures;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Includes specially devised writing exercises designed to help students see drama from the dramatist's point of view;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Relates the study of drama to the IB Theory of Knowledge course;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Includes a comprehensive glossary of drama-related terms.\u003cbr\u003e","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b114062.jpg","isbn":"960-88087-6-6","isbn13":"978-960-88087-6-8","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":null,"pages":125,"publication_year":2006,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"25.0","price_updated_at":"2006-11-27","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":null,"publisher_id":1547,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":114062,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/how-plays-tell-stories.json"},{"id":111489,"title":"Where Art and Science Entwine","subtitle":null,"description":"The book can be used as a stimulus for discussing:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- the strengths and weaknesses of he different ways of knowing\u003cbr\u003e- how important personal experience was to the author's development of her art\u003cbr\u003e- how important perception was to her in the development of her art\u003cbr\u003e- how successful she was at communicating the experience of creating art work\u003cbr\u003e- how art and science differ\u003cbr\u003e- how artists and scientists typically conduct themselves in their work\u003cbr\u003e- how far personal attributes affect the work of an artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA professional research scientist and International Baccalaureate teacher who is an artist in her spare time uses her experience on both sides of the intellectual divide to explain, in an objective and scientific manner, how her personal experience led to the development of her art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","image":"http://www.biblionet.gr/images/covers/b114070.jpg","isbn":"960-88087-8-2","isbn13":"978-960-88087-8-2","ismn":null,"issn":null,"series":{"id":7430,"name":"Studies for Theory of Knowledge","books_count":1,"tsearch_vector":"'for' 'knowledge' 'of' 'studies' 'theory'","created_at":"2017-04-13T01:56:37.991+03:00","updated_at":"2017-04-13T01:56:37.991+03:00"},"pages":70,"publication_year":2006,"publication_place":"Αθήνα","price":"20.0","price_updated_at":"2006-11-27","cover_type":"Μαλακό εξώφυλλο","availability":"Κυκλοφορεί","format":"Βιβλίο","original_language":null,"original_title":null,"publisher_id":1547,"extra":null,"biblionet_id":114070,"url":"https://v2.bibliography.gr/books/where-art-and-science-entwine.json"}]