The Alpha and The OmegaBy Stephanie Giannis
Book category: Self-improvement/Spirituality
Publisher: Sid Harta
Year of Publication: 2010
ISBN: 1921642734
Sale Price: $29.95
Contact: info@stephaniegiannis.com
The Alpha and The Omega is an inspirational book that is divided into a number of chapters that deal with areas like financial abundance, joy creation, health awareness and social contribution. The book will allow you to examine your life as it currently is and then assist you to establish some new goals to reach your life’s purpose.
Website: www.stephaniegiannis.com – Stephanie Giannis
Stephanie Giannis is an author and poet. Her works have appeared in a number of publications.
She is the author of the anthology: “Fragments of Truth” and of the two inspirational books: “Envision the Vision…You!” and “The Alpha and The Omega”. Stephanie is also a registered solicitor in New South Wales and has contributed to social causes and fundraisers in the community.
Antigone Kefala – A writer’s journeyEdited by Vrasidas Karalis & Helen Nickas
The book is a critical look at the life and works of Antigone Kefala, a poet and prose writer who came to the Antipodes in the early fifties and since 1960 calls Australia home. It comprises a selection of interviews, reviews and essays (previously published, or newly commissioned), giving a fascinating insight into this writer – originally a Greek from Romania. The book aims to stimulate a wide-ranging dialogue on the state of Australian literature and the place within it of writers like Antigone Kefala.
Antigone Kefala’s books include Absence: new and selected poems; The Island; Alexia; Summer Visit: three novellas; Sydney Journals and several others. Four of her works are available in bilingual editions.
Poet’s GardenSpiros Karamountzos
“Poet’s Garden” is the latest collection of poetry by Spiros K. Karamountzos, includes quintessence of loving poetry and pictures of natural beauty, all priceless of value. His verses are not only a deposit but also a clear proof of an inspired poet and a man of feeling whom it’s worth to know the profundity of his thoughts and his emotions.
Spiros K.Karamountzos is a famous Greek poet and author. He was born in Karya, a village in Argolida. He was a teacher of the elementary education. Now he is retired. He is a member of the Greek Writers Society of the international Writers Association and of the World Poets Society. His poems have been translated into English, Chinese, Russian and have appeared in the national and foreign Anthologies. His writing has received awards from national and international poetry competitions. He has published the books-Words of Karya, with memories of his village, Knowledge lend wings to Inspiration – Spiros Karamountzos is interviewed by Zacharoula Gaitanaki (2011) and the collections of poetry: Halcyons (2000), Strokes of the Bow (2004), Dewdrops (2006) Shedding of Leaves (2006), Sunflowers (2010), Looking for a Poet (2013).
Flames on the Water Tears in the SeaCon Aroney
20th Century, the destruction of a beautiful city, the massacre of hundreds of thousands of its citizens and the displacement of millions of people. For centuries Smyrna had been a prosperous trading city on the shores of the Mediterranean, with many cultures living side by side, but division of the territorial spoils of World War I had terrible consequences. The battles leading up to the destruction of Smyrna, the great fire, the evacuation and the aftermath described in this book are closely based on the actual events, although the specific military and social actions of some of the characters are in part fictionalised.
ISBN: 978-1876344986
CopyRight Publishing Brisbane
This is a vivid description of the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922, including the effects on two Greek families and the heroic life and actions of Asa Jennings, a crippled American YMCA worker and Methodist pastor, who accomplished the impossible.
The Triumph of TragedyVakkina Panagiotidis
The Triumph of Tragedy is the story of Vakkina and her struggle to achieve her dreams to be a painter and to own her own business. Following her from Greece to Melbourne in 1956, The Triumph of Tragedy is the story of one woman’s struggle to overcome whatever fate throws at her, but also paints a picture of what life was like for migrant women in that period. Vakkina battles to establish her own garment manufacturing business and to succeed despite the social and moral restrictions placed on young Greek women. Just when she seems to have triumphed, fate intervenes and she loses her husband, Jimmy. Succumbing to community pressure she remarries and she sees everything that she has achieved destroyed. But she battles on to survive, however hard life may be.
Vakkina battles to establish her own garment manufacturing business and to succeed despite the social and moral restrictions placed on young Greek women.
Just when she seems to have triumphed, fate intervenes and she loses her husband, Jimmy. Succumbing to community pressure she remarries and she sees everything that she has achieved destroyed. But she battles on to survive, however hard life may be.
The Lace TableclothAnastasia Gessa-Liveriadis
They came in their tens of thousands and stayed to make Australia their own. What did the leave behind? What did they face? The author vividly describes a sensitive young Greek girl’s life with all the usual insecurities and confusion exacerbated by the German occupation of Greece and the civil war. The bleak conditions she confronts with her eventual migration (under bizarre circumstances) to Australia further aggravate the state of affairs. The Lace Tablecloth is a hymn to the freedom that can come about by dissociating ourselves from much of what we are taught as children, from reappraising our concept of reality, and from making certain life choices. It is also a tribute to the indomitable human spirit which can overcome unimaginable difficulties to enable one to grow, become productive, and embrace life with love and enthusiasm.
This is a well-inspired and pleasingly narrated novel unfolded in 17 Chapters; most of the set narrating stages are being build up in the war and tragedy-stricken Greece (ten chapters), two aboard Italian steamship Aurelia and five in Australia. The main narration of the novel, 15 Chapters, is being unfolded within a time of approximately 14 years (1940-1952). The author uses two main narrative approaches, one via the mind and conscience/sub-conscience of her protagonist, Tasia, and one direct as the compiling author.
Professor Dr. Anastasios M. Tamis
School of Arts and Science, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Το σπιτι των υακινθωνΣταυρος Μεσσηνης
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Stavros Messinis was born in Greece and moved to Australia in 1981. Educated in Greece and Australia, he is mainly interested in Literature and especially in poetry. He has published three collections of poems in Greek: Ωρα Μηδέν (1983), H Δεντρόπολη (1987) and Εαρ το Πρώτο (1988). Two others Το Σπίτι των Υακίνθων and Καλειδοσκόπιο were published recently as e-books. Steve was also co-editor, together with Thanasis Spilias, of the bilingual anthology Reflections – Selected Works from the Greek Australian Literature (1988). It was a special edition partially funded by the Australian Bicentennial Authority to celebrate Australia’s Bicentenary in 1988.