I've heard that there is a technique that's faster than either English
or Continental style knitting... variously described as Greek,
Armenian, Peruvian, Macedonian. I'm not sure who started it! I want to
learn it, because what I've read says it's the fastest knitting
method. All I know about specifics is that the thumb is used for
throwing the yarn... and I'm not even sure if that's right.

I will need a video, a book, or a really good series of diagrams and explanations.

There is a way of knitting in which both needles are held in one hand,
but the only reference to it that I found said that it was slow and
clumsy and the person's results were uneven.  I have seen it done, but
don't know where.  I had an aunt who could knit a four-color Norwegian
sweater in about a week (all knit, no perl, exept cuffs and waist). 
She used the standard technique, but carried two colors of yarn at
once, either on two fingers of one hand or on one of each.
I gave up knitting before starting school,... as boys will do. :)

Richard Rutt ( - a former Anglican bishop of Leicester) wrote 'A
History of Hand Knitting.'
From what I recall of the book, he has sections discussing various
historical methods of holding the yarn and needles. I believe that he
suggested that methods using a knitting sheath tended to be the
fastest.

G**gle on the author and title for reviews of the book.

The answer to a previous question (id 203542) may be of interest:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=203542