Scarred

Scarred
Author: George Molho
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 193890835X

In 1978, seven-year-old George Molho was kidnapped by his own father. For a year, he survived mental and physical abuse to the point of torture. He found it easier to get used to hell than to hope that heaven was around the corner. George eventually escaped, but surviving the aftermath proved to be much more difficult. This memoir weaves past and present together to connect the pieces of Molhos childhood and adult life that shaped the man he would become. It explores the adage, love conquers all, revealing the inner workings that we all seek to understand. George was lucky to learn how to love from his family before his abduction, before his fathers cruel version of love was inflicted upon his young body and psyche. Later in life, love compels him to divulge all that happened on the mountainside where he left his innocence as a boy. Its not about how hard we get hit; its about how much we can take and keep moving forward. Scarred is a memoir written by a survivor, intended to empower and embolden all who have suffered, have survived, and are ready to be set free. This will be known as the book that set the literary genre of memoir free. Scarred reads like fiction while shattering the facade of make believe Molho becomes the victor of his past and his triumph is contagious. Andrea Afra, Free Press Houston

Magissa

Magissa
Author: Kassandra Flamouri
Publisher: The Parliament House
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 195353998X

“...a stirring combination of real-world Greece and supernatural overtones...the perfect amount of magic and monsters.” – Verified Reviewer “...an exciting adventure of magic, loss, and healing.” – Verified Reviewer For as long as she can remember, Chrysa Markou has longed for Pyrga, her native village in the mountains of Greece. But she never thought she would return like this—an orphan, crushed by grief and wracked with guilt over her parents’ deaths. Even surrounded by family, she feels like a xeni—a foreigner. A stranger. All she wants is to belong, but Chrysa instead finds herself beset by vicious gossip, family secrets, and a magical heritage that could derail the future her parents wanted for her. To make matters worse, the one responsible for orphaning Chrysa has returned to unleash a reign of supernatural terror over her new home. With the help of a handsome but moody Seer and a pair of burly guard dogs, Chrysa scrambles to protect her village from an onslaught of dark creatures commanded by her parents’ murderer. As the noose of the killer's malice draws tighter, Chrysa grapples with festering doubts: Is she the victim, the hero...or the true cause of her people's suffering? Triumph over evil seems worth any cost, until it threatens to unravel everything Chrysa believed she was fighting for.

Occupation Child

Occupation Child
Author: T. Styppas
Publisher: Petra Books
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2018-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 198501775X

Told through the eyes of an observant and resilient boy, the book begins with the German seizure of Athens in 1941. Grim events of war, displacement, and exile never extinguish the curiosity – even the joys – of his childhood. Compelling writing mixes reality and fantasy to concoct a memorable tribute to the human spirit, from Asia Minor to Greece to Canada. — Douglas Babington, the Bivouac Prayers. “The ugliest phases of the Civil War were just beginning. It would pit household against household, village against village, and sometimes, brother against brother. The blood-letting would go on and on. The adults seemed to sense that all of this was going to happen and they only spoke in muted tones.” — Tasouli With curiosity and humor Tasouli tells us about his life, including stories about his cat the Resistance hero, the intricate relationships between a young Jewish physician, German officers, and Greek partisan communists and their British captives. A strange character appears in his dreams, sometimes supportive, sometimes terrifying, and they develop a strong bond. Occupation Child is ultimately about how a child views hunger, language, politics and love.

The Chaos Curse (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #3)

The Chaos Curse (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #3)
Author: Sayantani DasGupta
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338355929

Creating order out of chaos has frightening consequences in this New York Times bestselling series! Kiranmala must leave the Kingdom Beyond and travel to her hometown of Parsippany to save Prince Lal, who has been spirited to the unlikeliest of places -- a tree in the yard of her best-enemy-for-life. She also faces evil serpents (of course!), plus a frightening prophecy about her role in the coming conflict between good and evil. Most troubling of all, though, is the way reality all around her seems to waver and flicker at odd moments. Could it be that the Anti-Chaos Committee's efforts are causing a dangerous disruption in the multiverse? Kiran must grapple with the increasingly tangled threads that threaten to ensnare her...and everyone in the world and the Kingdom Beyond.

The Legend Of The Gorilla

The Legend Of The Gorilla
Author: John Karelis
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1456629883

When struggling entrepreneur - Don, meets aspiring writer - Kat, in an unpredictable encounter, he believes he has found the true adoration he's been yearning for all his life. Don confesses his stories to Kat and she arises to inspire him to put together, "The legendariest books that have ever been fabricated in Australia!" To raise funds to fix his conun-drums.' Kat runs away with Don to take his business national in his Bricklaying truck while she resumes her writing and he commences his novelistic journey, expecting a great adventure but confronted by ghosts from their pasts. When everything ultimately goes up in smoke, Don stumbles on what he's truly been searching for; himself and the power and magic of, 'The Gorilla,' within. Inspired by a real life experience, The Legend Of The Gorilla is so full of emotions and punexpected twists, it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire trip. Romeo and Juliet meet Beauty and The Beast versus Dumb and Dumber. Deadpool times Harry Potter, divided by The Wizard of Oz greater than The Alchemist. The Legend of The Gorilla is a flirtatiously flinging witch and wizardry origins story; pervaded by the effects of karma and fate.

Beholder

Beholder
Author: Ryan La Sala
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2023-10-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1338745352

From Ryan La Sala, author of the tantalizingly twisted The Honeys and riotously imaginative Reverie, comes a chilling new contemporary fable about art, aesthetic obsession, and the gaze that peers back at us from behind our reflections. No one survived the party at the penthouse. Except Athan. Athanasios “Athan” Bakirtzis has made it far in life relying on his charm and good looks, even securing an invitation to a mysterious penthouse soiree for New York City’s artsy elite. But when he sneaks off to the bathroom, he hears a slam, followed by a scream. Athan peers outside, only to be pushed back in by a boy his age. The boy gravely tells him not to open the door, then closes Athan in. Outside the door, the party descends into chaos. Through hours of howls, laughter, and sobs, Athan stays hidden. When he finally emerges, he discovers a massacre where the corpses appear to have arranged themselves into a disturbingly elegant sculpture—and Athan’s mysterious savior is nowhere to be found. Athan—the only known survivor—is now the primary suspect. In a race to prove his innocence, Athan is swept up in a supernatural mystery, one of secret occult societies and deadly eldritch horrors with rather distinctive taste. Something evil is waking up in the walls of New York City, and it’s compelling victims toward violence, chaos, and self-destruction. Bound to him by a mysterious hereditary power, Athan has felt this evil hiding behind his reflection his entire life, watching him. Waiting. Now, it’s taking over.

Person Unlimited

Person Unlimited
Author: Dean Atta
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2024-07-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1838855661

You’ve fought and you’ve run away. You’ve danced with other Black queer bodies until sunrise. Sometimes you wanted to be caught and sometimes you wanted to be held. With all that you’ve endured, you are nothing less than miraculous. From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain and joy. Dean also investigates how radical self-acceptance and a willingness to abide with discomfort open up the possibility of a life lived beyond definition: a person unlimited.

Growing Up Greek in St. Louis

Growing Up Greek in St. Louis
Author: Aphrodite Matsakis Ph.D.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2002-05-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1439613419

Since the beginning of the 20th century, St. Louis' Greek-American community has been a vibrant part of the city's fabric. Through a series of vivid personal accounts of growing up in two worlds during the post-WWII era, Growing Up Greek in St. Louis explores the challenges faced by Greek-Americans as they sought to preserve a rich cultural heritage while assimilating to American ways. From a detailed account of her Grandmothers' struggles during the occupation of Greece during WWII and the Asia Minor Holocaust to the first hand experiences faced by Greek-American children in Greek school, the celebration of name days, and the ever-present "evil eye," the book captures the sense of tradition, history, hospitality (philotimo), and community so vital to the Greek experience.

The Tap Cats Of The Sunshine Coast

The Tap Cats Of The Sunshine Coast
Author: Christine Sykes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2022-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0645432822

The Tap Cats, a Queensland based tap dancing group face unexpected challenges when they enter the Seniors Superstar competition. Through the observant eyes of Carol's journalist niece Melissa, we meet Carol, Sofia and Bonnie whose lives have been intertwined since primary school. Their hopes, dreams, ageing, heartaches and heart mends have been woven together in a close web for decades. Bonds which are in danger of unravelling when long held secrets are revealed. Secrets that rock the foundations of their friendship and the destiny of the Tap Cats. ​Set in the stunning landscape of the Sunshine Coast, the women tap their way through the competition, as well as trials and tribulations, all the way to New York and a Greek Island.

Come From Nowhere

Come From Nowhere
Author: Ellen Greenfield
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2012-07-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0979352770

In the early hours of July 13, 1977, seven female characters - ranging from a nine-year-old girl and her Greek immigrant mother, to a young chef who is losing her vision, to a brown rat - share the same subway platform. They are unaware that the next 24 hours will see them struggling to find their way home, both literally and metaphorically, when a historic power outage hits the city. For the women of Come From Nowhere, this blackout is personal: it brings revelation, self-awareness and, for at least one of them, tragedy.