Thomas Edison (History Maker Bios Series) Book

I picked this up for some extensive reading in Greek at a level I hoped I could handle. It was more or less OK for my level (estimated to be B1 or B2), though with a lot of infrequent vocabulary.

If you're looking for an unbiased history of modern Greece (well, as much as any history can be), this isn't it. It's so over-the-top patriotic, you'll dream in blue and white for days.

Sadly, it's not much better for language learning. I gather this was intended as a textbook for Greek-American elementary school children attending Greek school at their local Orthodox church. The goal is to instill pride in Greek history and culture through fairly easy Greek. Nothing wrong with that. It just gets a little - OK, a lot! - repetitive and the vocabulary is far from frequent. Does your everyday conversation include such terms as "blood-colored", "suzerain", and "to be murdered by being skewered like a souvlaki"? If so, this book will teach them to you. If not, it's adequate reading practice but probably not something you'll retain for long simply because you'll have few opportunities to use the vocabulary again.