GREIG DAVID

(P/B) PLAYS 1
The first collection of plays of one of Scotland's best-known contemporary dramatists. EUROPE is set in a railway station at an unnamed border town where old and new Europeans weave a tale of love, loss and longing. "Fierce, compassionate, mightily ambitious drama...there is the sharp, analytic intelligence, the crackling inventiveness of a real writer buzzing about this gripping play" Scotsman. THE ARCHITECT charts the rise and fall of Leo Black, once an idealistic and idolised designer, whose magnificent visions are now crumbling, along ...
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(P/B) THE LETTERS OF DAVID HUME, 1727-1765 (VOLUME 1)
J. Y. T. Greig's two-volume edition, first published in 1932, presents the correspondence of one of the great men of the 18th century. This first volume contains David Hume's letters from 1727 to 1765. Hume correspondents include such famous thinkers and public figures as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, James Boswell, and Benjamin Franklin. The edition offers a rich picture of the man and his age, and is a uniquely valuable resource to anyone with an interest in early modern thought. (From the publisher)...
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PYRENEES (P/B)
A man is found lying in the snow at the foot of the Pyrenees. He remembers nothing. He believes he is British. A young woman from the British Consulate is dispatched to confirm his nationality and try to piece together his identity. When an elegant woman arrives claiming to be his wife, the world he was discovering becomes unrecognizable. As the snow melts on the mountains the man is left with an agonizing choice; he may have to make a decision for the first time in his life. (. . .) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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CASANOVA

OUTLYING ISLANDS

(P/B) THE AMERICAN PILOT
A plane crash-lands in a remote valley in a distant country. The local villagers take in the wounded pilot and argue his fate. «The American Pilot» explores the way the world sees America and they way America sees the world. (. . .) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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SAN DIEGO