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001 2012956124
003 DLC
005 20150116085916.0
008 121219s2013 txuaf 000 0 eng d
010 $a 2012956124
020 $a1608325814
020 $a9781608325818
020 $a1608325822 (ebook)
020 $a9781608325825 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn826077189
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050 00 $aGV721.2.A54$bA54 2013
082 04 $a796.48/092$223
100 1 $aAngelopoulos, Gianna,$d1955-
245 10 $aMy Greek drama :$blife, love, and one woman's Olympic effort to bring glory to her country /$cGianna Angelopoulos.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAustin, Tex. :$bGreenleaf Book Group Press,$c©2013.
300 $axv, 299 pages, [48] pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aPrologue -- Philoxenia -- Family names -- "I don't need a son, I have Gianna!" -- Growing pains -- Escape from Crete -- The golden horse -- A touch of basil -- School days -- Parliamentary steps -- Turkish delights -- Un coup de foudre -- Second chances -- No gain without pain -- Generation next -- Back to university -- London calling -- Sleeping with the enemy -- Athens is in motion -- We court the world -- A gold-medal performance -- A tale of two cities -- Land and water -- Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, and me -- Omens and bumps in the road -- "I will also be there!" -- G force -- Games on -- Last dance -- New pathways and paradigms -- A Greek drama -- Epilogue.
520 $aA book that captures the burning ambition of the rebellious girl from the island of Crete who "lit" the Olympic torch.
520 $aThe world had doubted Greece's ability to successfully stage the 2004 Olympic event. Angelopoulos led the effort to bring the Olympics back to Athens, and the phenomenally successful games were an effort that showed the world a new Greece, a Greece worthy of its illustrious heritage. Little did she know that a few years later her country would abandon the lessons of the Olympics and become embroiled in a political and economic crisis that would devastate Greece, and threaten the economic security of Europe.
530 $aIssued also as an ebook.
600 10 $aAngelopoulos, Gianna,$d1955-
611 20 $aOlympic Games$n(28th :$d2004 :$cAthens, Greece)$xManagement.
650 0 $aBusinesswomen$zGreece$vBiography.
650 0 $aOlympics$xPlanning.
655 0 $aAutobiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/2012956124-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1502/2012956124-d.html