Jill Dudley relates the various myths regarding the founding of the Olympic Games. She takes the reader around the main buildings on the site where the athletes took their vows; and the victors were crowned before the cult statue of the supreme god Zeus in his temple; this statue was one of the seven wonders of the world. It is as it says on the back cover of the booklet: All you need to know about the sacred site; its myths; legends and its gods.
#1437106 in Books PeliPress 2013-02-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .83 x 5.98l; 1.21 #File Name: 0988678128374 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Roger PickarBy GoofyAmericaThe fact that this has become an award-winning book is no surprise.This is a fascinating page turner- a unique perspective of an escape from a horrendous event based on a trove of compelling letters and interviews.It illuminates the suffering; the will to survive and go on when so many didn't or couldn't.The horror of fleeing your country-friends; family; jobs and relocating in places such as Ecuador; China; the United States and never knowing whether you'd ever go back is just one of the appalling tragedies witnessed. The random post exit communications amongst family and friends; the basis of the book; illuminate the dread; dismay that the survivors went through and provide the persistent tension of the bookThe fact that the author's parents eventually adjust and prosper in the United States is a wonderful example of survival. However; the sadness of losing so much in a myriad of ways again illuminates the horrors that befell the world and specifically; the Jews of Prague; Czechoslovakia.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Adventurers against their willBy Jan SchoenbaumWe are indebted to Joanie Schirm; the daughter of Valdik Holzer (the focal `adventurer'); for sharing the wonderfully rich letters of her father and his friends with us. The book is more than a story of a group of friends; of their trials and survivals (or deaths): Joanie has created a micro-history of a time when Czech Jews and Gentiles were caught up in the expansion of the Third Reich; first into Sudetenland in October 1938 (with the agreement of France and Britain); then followed by the invasion and occupation of Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939. The Nuremberg laws limiting what Jews could do; or own; were applied progressively in the `Protectorate'. How hard it must have been for those at threat (my parents included) to understand the murderous intent; and the ruthless efficiency with which it would be implemented. Who could have thought; who even now can comprehend; that organized theft would be followed by confinement; slave labour; and the gas chambers? Joanie's work; and it was work; involving unravelling the many threads that wound through more than four hundred letters of her father and the other `adventurers'; has resulted in a gripping tale of intertwined lives. The reader is helped through this complex of life stories by Dramatis Personae at the beginning of each chapter; and by Biographies and Timelines at the end of the book. We are moved and touched by the opportunities of escape seized or missed; and by the many photos of the protagonists and their families. A wonderful book. Thank you Joanie!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. WOW!By RADDr. Holzer was our family physician in the 1950s and 60s and early 70s. I went to school with Joanie Holzer Schirm; never knowing the doctors family history.I recently learned of this book and recently ordered it. What an inspirational accounting of her fathers early life. It allowed me to see another side of this strong man. It made me realize that our generation has it made.I found the book to well thought out and presented. I look forward to purchasing future writings from Joanie.
