| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 299 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Form |
Issued also as an ebook. |
| Summary |
A book that captures the burning ambition of the rebellious girl from the island of Crete who "lit" the Olympic torch. |
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The 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. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- 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. |
| Subject |
Angelopoulos, Gianna, 1955-
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Olympic Games (28th : 2004 : Athens, Greece) -- Management.
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Businesswomen -- Greece -- Biography.
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Olympics -- Planning.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiography.
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| ISBN |
1608325814 |
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9781608325818 |
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