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What is it like to chase the American Dream and succeed?
Eleftherios' Journey to Success: A Greek Immigrant's Story takes readers on an adventure from a quaint village in Greece, across the Atlantic, and right through Ellis Island to the Eastern Coast of the United States. After serving in the Royal Hellenic Army during the Greek Civil War from 1946-1949, Eleftherios immigrates to America with a big dream-the American dream. He works hard, faces...
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Five of the greatest, most studied, and most performed Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation, include Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocles (translated by George Young), in which the much-admired playwright explores the individual's search for truth and self-knowledge; Medea and Bacchae by Euripides (translated by Henry Hart Milman), favorites with modern audiences for their psychological subtlety and the humanity of their characters;...
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“Greek Tragedies, Volume III” contains Aeschylus's "The Eumenides," translated by Richmond Lattimore; Sophocles's "Philoctetes," translated by David Grene; Sophocles's "Oedipus at Colonus," translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Euripides's "The Bacchae," translated by William Arrowsmith; and Euripides's "Alecestis," translated by Richmond Lattimore.
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We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve the challenges of our times by uniting the humanistic disciplines of philosophy, science, and technology. Our modern reality requires a fundamental understanding of the problems beleaguering our existence. Science and literature are key tools for gaining this insight. The wisdom accumulated throughout...