SPECIAL REPRINT EDITION: Blue Guide Greece The Mainland 2007, OF WHICH THIS IS A REPRINT. The latest edition of this Blue Guides classic, updated by Sherry Marker, a lecturer at Smith College, Massachusetts, and James Pettifer, an academic and expert on the Balkans. The guide amply covers mainland Greece, the cradle of western civilization. Updated information on developments in archaeology and scholarship make this the essential guide for visitors.