These traditional reads are brimming with spirited characters and positive values--but with a little extra excitement and bite, so hold on to your hats! Written expressly for the middle grade struggling reader, the series does not contain strong language, edgy themes, or dysfunctional families. In fact, family is the main theme of these titles. And one particular Latino family is the focus with their uncanny knack for finding humor, hope, and colorful personalities--even in unusual circumstances. Written at the lowest reading levels, the 50-page story structure is straightforward and moves the reader through the text quickly and efficiently. "Mom? Mom! Can you hear me?" Lilia cried. But there was no answer. The only sound Lilia could hear were pebbles rolling down the mountain.

These traditional reads are brimming with spirited characters and positive values--but with a little extra excitement and bite, so hold on to your hats! Written expressly for the middle grade struggling reader, the series does not contain strong language, edgy themes, or dysfunctional families. In fact, family is the main theme of these titles. And one particular Latino family is the focus with their uncanny knack for finding humor, hope, and colorful personalities--even in unusual circumstances. Written at the lowest reading levels, the 50-page story structure is straightforward and moves the reader through the text quickly and efficiently. Franco was an hour into his morning dive. He swam to the edge of the reef. Something caught his eye. When he swam closer, he gasped. There was a huge ship's mast!

These traditional reads are brimming with spirited characters and positive values--but with a little extra excitement and bite, so hold on to your hats! Written expressly for the middle grade struggling reader, the series does not contain strong language, edgy themes, or dysfunctional families. In fact, family is the main theme of these titles. And one particular Latino family is the focus with their uncanny knack for finding humor, hope, and colorful personalities--even in unusual circumstances. Written at the lowest reading levels, the 50-page story structure is straightforward and moves the reader through the text quickly and efficiently. Neither one noticed the large creature in the woods. It quietly ran alongside them. Its red eyes stared at them. Lilia thought she heard a scream. She stopped and listened. Then she heard it again.

Η πρωτοφαν?? οικονομικ? κρ?ση απ? την οπο?α δοκιμ?ζεται σκληρ? η ελληνικ? κοινων?α τα τελευτα?α ?τη, αναμ?νεται να ?χει αλλ?ξει εν πολλο?? τι? συν?θειε? και τον τρ?πο ζω??, ?πω? και τι? αντιλ?ψει? του μ?σου πολ?τη, τη φιλοσοφ?α του για το τρ?πτυχο "οικονομ?α-κοινων?α-περιβ?λλον", τι? προτεραι?τητ?? του και του? στ?χου? του. Ενδιαφ?ρον ε?ναι να διερευνηθε? αν η ανταπ?κρισ? του ε?ναι η αδιαφορ?α για το περιβ?λλον με πρ?κριση τη? επιβ?ωση? και του προσωπικο? του συμφ?ροντο?, ? αν καθιστ?ντα? την κρ?ση "ευκαιρ?α" στοχε?ει, με μακροπρ?θεσμη προοπτικ?, σε αμοιβα?ο ?φελο? του ιδ?ου και τη? κοινων?α?. Βασισμ?νη σε ?ρευνα ερωτηματολογ?ου με 1900 συμμετ?χοντε? εντ?? τη? ελληνικ?? επικρ?τεια? (Αττικ?, υπ?λοιπη Στερε? Ελλ?δα, Κεντρικ? Μακεδον?α, Κρ?τη, Ηπειρο?, Β?ρειο Αιγα?ο) και εκτ?? αυτ??, η μελ?τη επιχειρε? την αποτ?πωση και τη διερε?νηση τη? σ?νδεση? περιβ?λλοντο? και κοινωνικοοικονομικων αιτ?ων και επιπτ?σεων, ? αλλι?? τη? σ?νδεση? περιβαλλοντικ?ν και κοινωνικοοικονομικ?ν παραμ?τρων. Επιχειρε? τη διαμ?ρφωση "ειδικο? περιβαλλοντικο? βαρ?μετρου", δεδομ?νη? τη? υφιστ?μενη? οικονομικ?? κρ?ση?, για τι? αντ?στοιχε? τ?σει? και διαφαιν?μενε? προοπτικ?? στην Ελλ?δα και διεθν??. Ομ?δα - στ?χο του ερωτηματολογ?ου αποτ?λεσαν οι μ?σοι πολ?τε?, δηλαδ? εκε?νοι με μορφωτικ? επ?πεδο ικαν? (τουλ?χιστον δευτεροβ?θμια? εκπα?δευση?) και ηλικ?α που να αντανακλ? την ελ?χιστη απαιτο?μενη εμπειρ?α ζω??, ?στε να ε?ναι σε θ?ση να θεμελι?σουν αξι?πιστη ?ποψη β?σει τη? παρατιθ?μενη? θεματολογ?α?. Η μελ?τη αναπτ?σσεται σε δ?ο μ?ρη, θεωρητικ? και εμπειρικ?, με γενικ? συμπερ?σματα αντ? επιλ?γου, με σκοπ? την ορθ? κατ? περιεχ?μενο δι?ρθρωσ? τη? και την καλ?τερη καταν?ηση στη σταδιακ? παρακολο?θησ? τη?. Το πρ?το μ?ρο? πραγματοποι?θηκε β?σει βιβλιογραφικ?? ανασκ?πηση? εν? το εμπειρικ? ερευνητικ? υλοποι?θηκε με την χρ?ση του ερωτηματολογ?ου. Το Α?μ?ρο? (κεφ. 1-3) περιλαμβ?νει το εννοιολογικ? περιεχ?μενο και τι? θεωρητικ?? προσεγγ?σει?, καθ?? επ?ση? και την ιστορικ? ανασκ?πηση στο θ?μα τη? σχ?ση? "οικονομ?α-κοινων?α-περιβ?λλον" με αναφορ? στη διεθν? εμπειρ?α και εστιασμ? στην περ?πτωση τη? Ελλ?δα?. Το Β? μ?ρο? (κεφ. 4-9) περιλαμβ?νει την εμπειρικ? και ερευνητικ? διαδικασ?α, με την παρ?θεση του ερωτηματολογ?ου, την αν?λυση των ερωτ?σεων με αναφορ? στι? επιδι?ξει? και του? στ?χου? που εξυπηρετο?ν, τη συλλογ? ενδεικτικ?ν πρωτογεν?ν απαντ?σεων, τη στατιστικ? αν?λυση και τα συμπερ?σματα που εξ?γονται, την επισκ?πηση απαντ?σεων και βασικ?? διαπιστ?σει? και ερμηνε?α απ?ψεων,?πω? και την αν?δειξη τη? διαμ?ρφωση? ν?ων τ?σεων. Η μελ?τη συνοδε?εται απ? εκτεν?? εποπτικ? υλικ? (διαγρ?μματα, π?νακε?, σχ?ματα, κ.?.) και μεγ?λο αριθμ? υποσημει?σεων, που καθιστο?ν πιο ευχερ?, κατανοητ? και ενδιαφ?ρουσα την παρακολο?θηση τη? μελ?τη?, αλλ? και αξι?πιστο και τεκμηριωμ?νο το περιεχ?μενο, απ? την αν?λυση των παρατιθ?μενων ερωτ?σεων ?ω? τα συμπερ?σματα. Απευθ?νεται και επιδι?κεται να ε?ναι αξιοποι?σιμη σε διεπιστημονικ? επ?πεδο, απ? επιστημονικο?? και ερευνητικο?? φορε??, απ? τον πολιτικ?, απ? τον δημ?σιο λειτουργ?, αλλ? πρωτ?στω? απ? τον μ?σο πολ?τη, ενθαρρ?νοντα? περαιτ?ρω την αναζ?τηση και τη δραστηριοπο?ηση σε θετικ?? και αποτελεσματικ?? εν?ργειε? στο αντ?στοιχο ευρ? πεδ?ο. Η συνολικ? διερε?νηση, η στατιστικ? επεξεργασ?α, η αν?λυση και η αποκωδικοπο?ηση των απαντ?σεων καθ?? και η παροχ? ζητο?μενων ? προαιρετικ?ν εξηγ?σεων, διευκριν?σεων και παραδειγμ?των, οδηγε? στην αν?δειξη ν?ων διαστ?σεων και εμπλουτισμο? τη? συνολικ?? προβληματικ??. Παρ?λληλα παρ?χει ενδιαφ?ροντα ?σο και απροσδ?κητα δεδομ?να για τι? πεποιθ?σει? και τη στ?ση του μ?σου πολ?τη, για την ωρ?μανση και τη συνειδητοπο?ησ? του για το ρ?λο και τη συμβολ? του, τι? δυνατ?τητε? και την προοπτικ? για το περιβ?λλον ?σο και το μ?λλον του!

For the first time all of Carol Shields’ remarkable short stories – some previously unpublished – are gathered together in one volume. ‘Carol Shields’ stories have given me happiness, not just pleasure’ Alice Munro In the Collected Stories we bring together Carol Shields’ original short-story volumes, Various Miracles, The Orange Fish and Dressing Up for the Carnival, as well as many stories not previously published in the UK, including ‘Segue’, her last work. In these stories the author combines the dazzling virtuosity and wise maturity that won so many readers to her prize-winning novels such as The Stone Diaries and Unless.

From the author of the bestselling THE BINDING CHAIR comes an extraordinary tale of desire set in the snowfields of 1917 Alaska. Bigelow is a scientist, meticulous and obsessive, a man of tightly coiled passion. Stationed in the tiny frontier town of Anchorage, Alaska in 1915, he builds a weather observatory, a kite big enough to penetrate the heavens, carrying instruments to track the great storms that scour the land. He is distracted from his labours when he meets a native Aleut woman, a stitcher of furs, whose muteness calls up in him an almost unbearable longing. Her ferocious self-containment begins to seem to him more and more animal – and yet the more her silence pushes him away he burns to possess her. And when she disappears, he begins to believe he'll die if he never sees her again… An incendiary tale set against the sear and haunting landscape of the Great North, THE SEAL WIFE merges the enchantment of myth with a taut and chilling story of erotic compulsion.

The novel from the bestselling author of The Future Homemakers of America and The Unfortunates. The Boff brothers live at home with their Mam. They have a lav down the yard and a jerry under the bed and they play bookings at the Birmingham Welsh and the Rover Sports and Social. Cled tinkles on the piano and Sel is the crooner. 'Sel's the one who can lift people out of themselves and send them home feeling grand and you can't argue against that' says Cled. When Sel decides he must try his chances with the brights lights of New York City, he packs up his sequinned suits and enlists his brother as travel companion and accompanist. Things begin to roll and what follows is a tale of high jinx; of mirrored ceilings and heart-shaped tubs; of screaming girls, romancing and No Business Like Show Business. As jealousy starts encroaching on the brothers' relationship, Cled finds that there are more secrets in his family than he had bargained for. With her characteristic wit and wisdom, Laurie Graham brings us a touching celebration of the sparkle and the dust in family life.

Twenty years ago Katherine Neville's groundbreaking thriller THE EIGHT was a global bestseller – a thriller in the style of THE DA VINCI CODE way before Dan Brown ever got there… In this long-awaited sequel, Alexandra Solarin, a chess-wizard and the only daughter of Cat Velis, the heroine of THE EIGHT, arrives at her mother's Colorado lodge, only to discover that her mother has disappeared. Finding string of clues, Alexandra is soon joined by a group of people called there by her mother, including her aunt Lily, who explains the truth of Cat's past. In 1822, as the fortress of Sultan Ali Pasha falls to the Turks, the Sultan's daughter Haidee attempts a desperate journey taking her through Albania, Morocco and Rome, while carrying an invaluable object and seeking the one man who can help her: the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron. Ultimately both Alexandra and Haidee learn that their missions are even more desperate than they first seem, for both are players in a dangerous game, a game that began more than a millennium before either of them were born and that has the power to affect the fate of human civilization itself.

A short story from the collection Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper.

In this captivating memoir, Suzie Gilbert tells the rollicking story of how she turned her family life upside down to pursue her unusual passion for rehabilitating wild birds. Through adolescence and into adulthood, Suzie Gilbert struggled to find her calling. But when she took a job working at the animal hospital near her home in New York's Hudson Valley, her passion was born. She began bringing abused and unwanted parrots home and volunteering at a local raptor rehabilitation center, activities she continued for the next eleven years, even as she started a family. Then came the ultimate commitment to her cause: turning her home into Flyaway, Inc., a nonprofit wild bird rehabilitation center.Gilbert chronicles the years of her chaotic household-cum-bird-hospital with delightful wit, recounting the confusion that ensued as her husband and two young children struggled to live in a house where parrots shrieked Motown songs, nestling robins required food every twenty minutes, and recuperating herons took over the spare bathroom. Gradually, however, the birds came to represent the value of compassion and the importance of pursuing even the most unlikely of dreams.Often funny, sometimes painful, Gilbert's encounters with these beautiful creatures reveal profound truths not only about animals but also about our own lives lessons of birth and death, suffering and empathy, holding on and letting go. Original, lyrical, and highly entertaining, Flyaway will forever change the way you see this amazing member of the animal kingdom.

An original collection of incandescent cultural criticism, both experimental and personal, full of pragmatic advice for how to live a considered, joyful existence in our era of screen living and hipster irony, by a Gen-X Princeton professor and contributor to the New York TimesThe essays in The Other Serious examine the signature pheno?mena of our moment: the way our lives contradict themselves, how exaggeration and excess seep into our collective subconscious, why gender is becoming more rather than less complicated, and how we interact with the material things that surround us. It is a book about the delicacy and bluntness of American life, about how pop culture sticks its finger deeply into the ethical dilemmas of our time, and how to negotiate between the old and the new, the high and the low, the global and the local, the sacred and the profane. At the heart of these reflections lies a central question: What should you do when you don't know what to do?Taken together, these essays comprise a guide for the overhaul of "the administrativersity" of contemporary American life, a bureaucratic prison where the brain needn't work anymore. These pieces investigate the writer's own way of thinking putting forth new ideas, questioning them, and urging the reader to adopt the same spirit of critical reexamination.

This is the first part of a radical retelling, in two volumes, of the ancient Indian epic, The Mahabharata. At the heart of this version is the mystery of Karna. He was found as a baby by a lowly, childless couple who adopted him. The story follows this strange but remarkable boy as he moves from these humble beginnings to become a great warrior, embroiled in a simmering conflict between two sets of royal princes. This retelling aims to be as intriguing to readers familiar with the ancient storyline as to those who have no knowledge of the legend: while staying close to the original plot skeleton, it is profoundly different, with new tissues fleshing out the ancient bones. It also attempts to capture, but in a modern light, the spirit of philosophical drama contained in the original. The Scales traces Karna’s early years, his introduction to the princes, and his enduring rivalry with one of these, Arjuna. The volume concludes with an account of the great dice tournament involving the princes and their allies. In spite of its very personal and western perspective, this book hopes to celebrate ancient India’s immense and varied contributions to humanity.

In a new suite of powerful and incisive stories, Justin Taylor captures the lives of men and women unmoored from their pasts and uncertain of their futures.A man writes his girlfriend a Dear John letter, gets in his car, and just drives. A widowed insomniac is roused from malaise when an alligator appears in her backyard. A group of college friends tries to stay close after graduation, but are drawn away from—and back toward—each other by the choices they make. A boy's friendship with a pair of identical twins undergoes a strange and tragic evolution over the course of adolescence. A promising academic and her fiancé attempt to finish their dissertations, but struggle with writer's block, a nasty secret, and their own knowledge of Freud. From an East Village rooftop to a cabin in Tennessee, from the Florida suburbs to Hong Kong, Taylor covers a vast emotional and geographic landscape while ushering us into an abiding intimacy with his restless, unforgettable characters. Flings is a commanding work of fiction that captures the contemporary search for identity, connection, and a place to call home.

Reality television is the ultimate guilty pleasure -- a nonstop parade of cast members and scenarios that make fictional ones seem downright dull. Increasingly absurd challenges, hair-yanking catfights, and hot tub makeouts dripping with yet-to-be-acknowledged regret are only part of its appeal.In this collection of wry and moving essays, bestselling authors explore the programs we obsess over, cringe at, and occasionally feel inspired by. From a Real World casting call and American Idol tattoo to a look at the appeal of Big Brother, Survivor, The Real Housewives, and more, a vibrant mix of literary luminaries examine the form of entertainment that's dominated our TV screens for more than a decade.Entertaining and insightful, Reality Matters is a must-read for anyone who adores reality TV, wants to know what kind of an impact it's having on our society, or simply wonders just how real any of it actually is.

A Brilliant Collection Spanning Half A Century, From One Of America's Most Prominent And Powerful PoetsRobert Bly has had many roles in his illustrious career. He is a chronicler and mentor of young poets, was a leader of the antiwar movement, founded the men's movement, and wrote the bestselling book Iron John, which brought the men's movement to the attention of the world. Throughout these activities, Bly has continued to deepen his own poetry, a vigorous voice in a period of more academic wordsmiths. Here he presents his favorite poems of the last decades-timeless classics from Silence in the Snowy Fields, The Man in the Black Coat Turns, and Loving a Woman in Two Worlds. A complete section of marelous new poems rounds out this collection, which offers a chance to reread, in a fresh setting, a lifetime of work dedicated to fresh perspectives. It is a brilliant collection that confirms Bly's role as one of America's preeminent poets writing today.

Novelist and nature writer Richard Horan embarked on an adventure across America to reveal that farming is still the vibrant beating heart of our nation. Horan went from coast to coast, visiting organic family farms and working the harvests of more than a dozen essential or unusual food crops from Kansas wheat and Michigan wild rice to Maine potatoes, California walnuts, and Cape Cod cranberries in search of connections with the farmers, the soil, the seasons, and the lifeblood of America.Sparkling with lively prose and a winning blend of profound seriousness and delightful humor, Harvest carries the reader on an eyeopening and transformational journey across the length and breadth of this remarkable land, offering a powerful national portrait of challenge and diligence, and an inspiring message of hope.

Intimate, edgy, and unapologetic, Blues: For All the Changes bears the mark of Nikki Giovanni's unmistakable voice.In a career that has spanned three decades, Giovanni has created an indispensable body of work and earned a place amoung the nation's most celebrated and controversial poets; Gloria Naylor calls her "one of our national treasures." Now, in these fifty-two new poems, Giovanni brings the passion, fearless wit, and intensely personal self that have defined her life's work to a new front.Invoking the fates and exalting the rhythm of the everyday, Giovanni writes with might and majesty. From the environment to our reliance on manners, from sex and politics to love among Black folk, Blues is a masterwork with poems for every soul and every mood: The poignant "Stealing Home" pays tribute to Jackie Robinson, while "Road Rage Blues" jams on time and space; Giovanni celebrates love's absolut power in "Train Rides" and laments life's trasience in "Me and Mrs. Robin." With the tenderness that has made her on of our most accessible and beloved poets, Giovanni evokes a world that is not only just but also happy. Her powerful stand engages the world with a truth telling that is as eloquent as it is elegant.Intimate, edgy, and unapologetic, Blues For All the Changes bears the mark of Nikki Giovanni's unmistakable voice. At once political and intensely personal, this long-awaited volume embodies the fearless passion and wit that have made Nikki Giovanni one of our most accessible poets; her audience defies all boundaries of race, class, age, and style.From the poignant "Stealing Home," Ms. Giovanni's tribute to Jackie Robinson, to the defiant "Road Rage Blues," a jam on time and space, these fifty-one poems challenge the fates and invoke the precarious state of our environment, Giovanni's battle with illness, manners, and other topics seminal to one of our most compassionate, outspoken observers.With a reverence for the power of language, Blues For All the Changes will once again enchant Nikki Giovanni's extensive following and inspire those who are newly discovering her work.

ταν ο κσμο εναι παντο φωτειν, λαμπρ, γεμτο αγπη και ευτυχα, παρδεισο και αλθεια, κποιοι διαλγουν να κρυφτον στο σκοτδι, να κυλιστον στο βορκο, να γνουν τρατα που θα τρομζουν το φω και θα καταβροχθζουν αδναμε συνειδσει. Κποιοι επιλγουν να βρουν το μνο σκοτειν μρο τη ψυχ του και να κατοικσουν εκε για πντα, μαζ με τη ματωμνη του συγγνμη, που ποτ και σε κανναν δε χρισαν. Επιλγουν το Ξσκοτο. ΑΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΕΤΑΙ ΑΥΣΤΗΡΑ η ανγνωση αυτο του βιβλου απ τομα με καρδιαγγειακ ψυχιατρικ παθσει, σθμα, λκο εγκου γυνακε, και γενικ, απ τομα με ευαισθησα. Αν αισθανθετε αδιαθεσα, τρμουλο, ταχυκαρδα, πνο στο στθο, ναυτα, ντονο πνο στο κεφλι και στα μτια, τσει προ λιποθυμα διαπιστστε αιμορραγα, σημανει πω εστε σε καλ δρμο!

The Crystals series will comprise a decalogy which will start from the creation of the universe, will transcend all human civilization, will come to the present and continue into the future, summarily showing the development of human civilization. The first book, ‘1st Battle of the Titans: Clash between Vacuum and the Hypercosmic (Creation)’ marks the beginning of a ‘cosmic’ journey from the Big Bang, following the evolutionary course of the universe, to reach the creation of planetary systems. The story in the first book starts from a town in the Greek provinces, where an enamoured couple comes upon an object with strange properties and potential. It is put under study by the local scientific community, and old folklore surrounding it is remembered that was hitherto dismissed as myth. The object is taken to Athens and is scrutinized by the Greek scientific community who call all the top brass of the international scientific community to their aid. On the basis of the object’s properties that have been assessed, an experiment is carried out on the Acropolis with wondrous, serendipitous findings. After that point, a wonderful journey starts that spans a series of ten books. Through myth and allegory, but also hard scientific facts, and apart from the reader’s entertainment, an effort is made for the reader to acquire true knowledge. Thus, through storytelling, the reader learns about the evolution of the universe, the galaxies, the solar systems, the earth and life on it, the evolution of humankind, philosophy, science, religion and in general, about the struggle for the humanization process of humankind to reach today’s conflicts. The following 10 books with follow with the following proposed titles: 1st Battle of the Titans: Clash between Vacuum and the Hypercosmic (Creation) 2nd Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Hypercosmic and the Supernatural (Battles of the Heavens) 3rd Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Natural and the Supernatural (Zeus-Cronos) 4th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Natural and the Paranormal (Battle of Giants) 5th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Natural and the Metaphysical (Prometheus) 6th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Good and the Evil (White-Dark Crystal) 7th Battle of the Titans: Clash between the Sociopolitical and the Counter-sociopolitical (Early Civilizations) 8th Battle of the Titans: Clash between Humanism and Technocracy (Later Periods) 9th Battle of the Titans: Clash between Civilization and Barbarism (Current Times) 10th Battle of the Titans: Clash between Earthlings and Extraterrestrials (Intergalactic Travel)

2η επαυξημ?νη και διορθωμ?νη ?κδοση! Το βιβλ?ο αυτ? καταγρ?φει και αναλ?ει τι? πολιτισμικ?? και επιστημονικ?? δραστηρι?τητε? τη? ελληνικ?? κοιν?τητα? του Λονδ?νου, μια? κοιν?τητα? που αποτελε?ται απ? χιλι?δε? ?λληνε? φοιτητ?? και επιστ?μονε?, καθ?? και απ? σημαντικο?? επιχειρηματ?ε? και επαγγελματ?ε?. Με γλαφυρ? και απλ? τρ?πο ο συγγραφ?α? μ?? δ?νει μια γενικ? εικ?να των πολυ?ριθμων οργαν?σεων, που παρ? του? πενιχρο?? π?ρου?, κατ?ρθωσαν την περ?οδο 1974-2004 να ενεργοποι?σουν του? ?λληνε? του Λονδ?νου και να του? εντ?ξουν στον δημ?σιο χ?ρο μ?σω ποικ?λων δραστηριοτ?των - απ? διαλ?ξει? και συν?δρια μ?χρι εκθ?σει? τ?χνη? και συνεχε?? προσπ?θειε? διασ?νδεση? τη? ελληνικ?? διασπορ?? του Λονδ?νου με το εθνικ? κ?ντρο. Ιδ?ω? κατ? τι? δεκαετ?ε? του 1970 και του 1980, δηλαδ? ?ταν το μεταπολιτευτικ? κλ?μα του ενθουσιασμο? και τη? ελπ?δα? για ριζικ?? μεταρρυθμ?σει? στη χ?ρα μα? ?ταν κυρ?αρχο, βλ?πουμε ?να παρ?μοιο κλ?μα να διαμορφ?νεται και στην Αγγλ?α και κυρ?ω? στο Λονδ?νο. Ο Ν?κανδρο? Μπο?ρα? επικεντρ?νει τι? μαρτυρ?ε? του σε δρ?σει? στι? οπο?ε? ε?χε ενεργ? συμμετοχ?. Παρ’ ?λα αυτ?, ω? ενεργ? μ?λο? τη? κοιν?τητα? εξετ?ζει τι? πολ?πλοκε? διασυνδ?σει? με ?λλε? δραστηρι?τητε?, καθ?? και με τρ?χοντα γεγον?τα στον ελληνικ? χ?ρο. Κατορθ?νει ?τσι να δ?σει μια σφαιρικ? εικ?να το? τι συν?βαινε στην ελληνικ? κοιν?τητα του Λονδ?νου, μια κοιν?τητα ανοιχτ? τ?σο στην πολυπολιτισμικ?τητα τη? βρετανικ?? κοινων?α?, ?σο και στι? εξελ?ξει? στην μεταπολιτευτικ? Ελλ?δα. Το βιβλ?ο, ε?ναι γραμμ?νο με συστηματικ? και καλ? αρθρωμ?νο τρ?πο και προφαν?? δεν αφορ? μ?νο ?σου? ?λληνε? ?ζησαν στο Λονδ?νο αυτ? την περ?οδο. Αποτελε? αξι?λογη προσθ?κη σε ?σα ?χουν γραφτε? κατ? καιρο?? για την ελληνικ? διασπορ?, η οπο?α ω? γνωστ?ν, ?χει συμβ?λει με δι?φορου? τρ?που? και σε δι?φορε? εποχ??, στη διαμ?ρφωση τη? νεοελληνικ?? κοινων?α?.

Η σειρ? ?Κρ?σταλλοι? - ?πω? ?σω? γνωρ?ζετε - ευελπιστο?με ?τι θα ολοκληρωθε? σε μια δεκαλογ?α η οπο?α θα ξεκιν?ει απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο?, θα διαπερν? ολ?κληρο τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, θα φθ?νει στο παρ?ν και θα συνεχ?ζει στο μ?λλον, παρακολουθ?ντα? περιληπτικ? την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου πολιτισμο?. Στο 1ο βιβλ?ο ε?δαμε την ε?ρεση εν?? αντικε?μενου με περ?εργε? ιδι?τητε?, την μελ?τη και τελικ? το ?κοσμικ?? ταξ?δι στο οπο?ο παρακολουθ?σαμε την Μεγ?λη ?κρηξη, την δημιουργ?α γαλαξι?ν και των αστρικ?ν συστημ?των. Το 2ο βιβλ?ο αναφ?ρεται η δημιουργ?α του ηλιακο? μα? συστ?ματο?, η δημιουργ?α και η δομ? τη? γη?, η εμφ?νιση τη? ζω?? π?νω στην γη και η εξελικτικ? τη? πορε?α. Ολ?κληρη αυτ? η περ?οδο?, που κατ’ ουσ?α ξεκιν?ει περ?που πριν π?ντε δισεκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια, επενδ?εται απ? μυθολογικο?? αγ?νε? και μονομαχ?ε?, προσαρμ?ζοντα? την πραγματικ?τητα με μυθολογικ?? μορφ?? ω? φυσικ?? δυν?μει?, για αυτ? και ονομ?ζονται ?Υπερφυσικ???. ?τσι παρακολουθο?με το δρ?μα τη? αρχ?γονη? ζω?? π?νω στον πλαν?τη γη υπ? την μορφ? Υπερφυσικ?ν Δυν?μεων. Στο 2ο βιβλ?ο κυριαρχο?ν οι Τιτ?νε? με αρχηγ? τον Κρ?νο. Παρουσι?ζονται οι ανακατατ?ξει? στον πλαν?τη γη υπ? μορφ? επικ?ν μονομαχι?ν και αγ?νων, οι καταστροφ?? και οι εξαφαν?σει? τη? ζω?? αλλ? και η εμφ?νιση ν?ων μορφ?ν ζω?? στην γη. Η 2η Τιτανομαχ?α φθ?νει ?ω? πριν 50 εκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια με την τελικ? επικρ?τηση των Υπερφυσικ?ν Δυν?μεων ?ναντι των Υπερκ?σμιων Δυν?μεων και κατ?πιν την διολ?σθησ? του? στην αλαζονε?α τη? εξουσ?α? η οπο?α θα προκαλ?σει την 3η Τιτανομαχ?α. Συνεχ?ζοντα? αυτ? το μαγικ? ταξ?δι και ?χοντα? ω? ?φορ?α? μετακ?νηση? στα ταξ?δια μα? τον Λευκ? Κρ?σταλλο, μ?σα απ? μ?θο, αλληγορ?ε?, αληθιν? γεγον?τα και πραγματικ?? επιστημονικ?? γν?σει?, στα επ?μενα βιβλ?α ο αναγν?στη? θα παρακολουθ?σει τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο? ?ω? και σ?μερα. Τηλεγραφικ? τα 10 βιβλ?α που θα ακολουθ?σουν με ενδεικτικ?? ονομασ?ε?: 1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου (Δημιουργ?α) 2η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Υπερκ?σμιου-Υπερφυσικο? (Ουρανομαχ?α) 3η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Υπερφυσικο? (Ζευ?-Κρ?νο?) 4η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Παραφυσικο? (Γιγαντομαχ?α) 5η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Μεταφυσικο? (Προμηθει??) 6η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Καλο?-Κακο? (Λευκ??-Μα?ρο? Κρ?σταλλο?) 7η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κοινωνικοπολιτικο?-Αντικοινωνικοπολιτικο? (Πρ?τοι Πολιτισμο?) 8η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Ανθρωπισμο?-Τεχνοκρατισμο? (Νε?τεροι Χρ?νοι) 9η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Πολιτισμο?-Βαρβαρ?τητα? (Σ?μερα) 10η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Γ?ινων-Εξωγ?ινων (Διαγαλαξιακ? Ταξ?δια)