Book suggestions for the summer

Whether you are by the sea, in the mountains or have stayed in the city, create memories and special moments through the pages of a good book. Below you will find book recommendations that can accompany your every summer moment.

1. Bell Green

Alexandra Lapierre

Translation: Rozali Sinopoulou

A novel that traces the triumphs and crashes of a woman throughout her life, free but also determined, whose unimaginable courage echoes the battles of today.

New York, 1900s. A young girl, passionate about rare books, cheats fate and climbs the ladder of success. She becomes the director of the magnificent library of the tycoon JP Morgan and the darling of the international aristocracy, under the pseudonym Belle da Costa Green. Bell Green for her intimates. In fact, he makes fun of them all. Because the impressive collector, who leaves everyone speechless in her wake and reigns in the world of bibliophiles, hides a terrifying secret, in a wildly racist America. While she looks white, she is actually African-American. And on top of that, the daughter of a famous black activist who sees her desire to hide her roots as a betrayal.

This drama of a soul torn between her history and her choice to belong to the society that oppresses her people is narrated by Alexandra Lapierre.

Gema Publications

2. Why we should read Hannah Arendt

Richard J. Bernstein

Editor: Dimitris Psychogios

Translation: Vasiliki Souladaki

A valuable aid for those who want, with the help of Hannah Arendt’s thought, to understand the forces shaping today’s world.

Hannah Arendt’s books have been translated into dozens of languages. All over the world there is a passionate interest in her work, books, conferences and articles focusing on her ideas are constantly increasing, discussions and reports are flooding social media.

Why this explosion of interest in her life and work?

RJ Bernstein believes that Hannah Arendt’s penetrating thought helps us to think about both the gloom of our time and the sources of light that can dispel it. In this book she investigates the issues that have preoccupied her: about the dishonest and refugees, the right to have rights, criticism of Zionism, the banality of evil, the complex relationships between truth, lies, power, violence.

Epicenter Publications

3. The bay of storms

Douglas Skelton

Translation: Anna Papastavrou

The first book in the extremely popular thriller series starring Rebecca Connolly.

When journalist Rebecca Connolly learns that Roddy Drummond has returned to the Scottish island of Styre, she smells a story. Fifteen years ago, he was accused of murdering his beloved Vari, but the accusation was not proven and Roddy left the island. Now he returns for his mother’s funeral – and his return ignites hatred, resentment and violence. Defying her publisher’s wishes, Rebecca begins to investigate the mystery surrounding Vari’s death, until a storm traps her on the island. Alone now, she must risk everything in order to survive.

Gema Publications

4. The Coming Disorder

Kostas Stoupas

The five traps that threaten democracies and the prosperity of the West.

What is the relationship between rain and democracy and the industrial revolution and women’s emancipation and gay marriage?
Why did James Watt contribute more than Karl Marx to the abolition of slavery and soon the exploitation of man by man?
What does the debt trap have to do with Skinner’s trap and Thucydides’ trap with biology and humanism?
Why is Calcoin more likely to prevail than Bitcoin and where in the cycle of disorder are we?
Kondratieff, Kardashev, Margaret Atwood or H.J. Have Wales come up with the best case scenario for where the world is going?
What do the repeated records of the S&P 500 and the price of gold foretell?

Are the societies of the “butter” people and the “daffodils” of the West able to understand what is being played?
If they understand this, they can afford to sacrifice some of the comforts and prosperity with loans in order to reinvent the explosive dynamics of competition, the free market and the open democratic society, without the identity hysteria of (otherwise respectable) individual minorities. Are we able to reboot capitalism? This is the biggest challenge of the coming period of disorder.

Epicenter Publications

5. Without fear

Rafael Santandreu

Translation: Christina Amargianou

The evidence-based method to overcome anxiety, obsessions, hypochondriasis and any unfounded fear.

Is it possible to live without fear? Certainly. Hundreds of thousands of people have reprogrammed their brains thanks to this method, documented by many scientific studies. Four clear and concise steps will allow us to conquer all our fears once and for all. Even the most intense:

• Anxiety or panic attacks
• Ideologies
• Hypochondriasis
• Social anxiety
• Or any other unfounded fear

The book “Without Fear” is the definitive method. Everyone can apply it by following the instructions and, of course, without the need for medication. Get ready to become the best version of yourself: a free, strong and happy person.

Gema Publications

6. They live among us

Vangelis Tzoukas

Strange theories and irrationality in the modern world

This book was written in the special time of the pandemic and aims to present to the general public fifteen “weird” popular theories, covering issues with a greater or lesser impact on a national and global level.

As one can easily understand, the analysis is not exhaustive, as in reality thousands of pages would be needed to capture this phenomenon. The focus on these theories is purely subjective and selective on the part of the author, as similar theories in no way claim the monopoly of exclusivity in the field of the “alien”, conspiracy fantasy and pseudoscience.

This book may alienate some of the readership. Dealing with irrationality in its various guises is by no means an easy task. But the author’s central position is that ideas, beliefs and behaviors that may at first glance seem strange, comical or even completely ridiculous can have tragic consequences. Moreover, historical reality has proven this many times over.

Epicenter Publications