Search Results: Titles starting with D from KALAMOS BOOKS

Athens: Ekdoseis Papadopoulos, 2011 Book. Illus. by Natalia Kapatsoulia. New Book from Greece. Hardcover. 1st Greek Ed... Who built the palace of Knossos and the Labyrinth? Who made wings to fly close to the sun? One of the most beautiful ancient greek myths comes to life with playful verse and vivid illustrations.Retelling for young children of ancient Greek myths and legends in the "Proto mou Mythologia" series. 28p..

Thessaloniki: Epomenos Stathmos, 2011 Book. Illus. by Thanassis Tsaboukas. New Book from Greece. Poster. 1st Greek Edition.. Christmas was coming and Santa is still sleeping - how to wake him up ? Sit down and let me tell you the story. The true story of the bitten Kourabiades ...! [39p.] illus. NOTE: Oversized [30x21x1 cm] [ ONE copy found in WorldCat].

London: Pelican/ Pengiun, 1975 Book. Near Fine. Pbk.. Reprint. Edited with bibliography and notes by Henry T. Rowell. Translated from the French by E.O. Lorimer. 365p. Notes, index..

London: Phoenix Press, 2002 Book. As New. Soft cover. Reprint. 319p. plates notes index. As new except for remainder mark.

London: Penguin, 1956 Book. Good>Very Good. Pbk.. Vintage Penguin editIon first oublished 1941 Ed. with bibliography and notes by Henry T. Rowell. Trans from the French by E.O. Lorimer. 350pp. Paper slightly tanned, and paper cover a little worn & shabby, but text complete and unmarked..

New York: Signet, 1987 Book. Very Good. Pbk. 1st Pbk Edition. Could her head rule her heart? Juliana Penridge was beautiful, intelligent ... and penniless. She had been deprived of her dead husband's estate when an unscrupulous cut-throat presented false papers of ownership. But Juliana's spirit remained unbroken, and she set out to find herself a job. Instead she found Miles Harcourt lying injured in the road. Juliana helped the enigmatic, undeniably attractive gentleman to a nearby country house and nursed him back to health.Miles repaid Juliana for her kindness by escorting her to London. The gossip-mongers soon began wagging their tongues, however, and Juliana thought it best to leave. If only she hadn't fallen in love ..

New York: Franklin Watts, 1986 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition.. A reluctant visit to Greece, where her husband wishes to adopt a young boy, leads to mystery and mayhem on thre island of Lesbos. 386p. .

New York: Cupples and Leon, 1949 Book. Illus. by Gayer, Marguerite.. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Ed... This is an ORIGINAL copy of this series boy's adventure story about a Cub Scout pack. Mildred Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 - May 28, 2002) was an prolific author of children's books and prolific and best known for those she wrote for the Stratemeyer Syndicate from 1929 to 1947 - under the pen name Carolyn Keene she contributed to 23 of the first 25 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.213p. Handwritten note on ffep that this copy was awarded as a prize for "General proficiency" .

New York: Putnam Berkley, 1988 Book. Very Good. Pbk. High life and suspense and romance between a beautiful TV journalist and Alexander Kiriakis, gorgeous heir to a vast multinational empire ".

San Francisco, CA.: Harper San Francisco, 1996 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. For years, Sue Monk Kidd was a conventionally religious woman. Then, in the late 1980s, she experienced an unexpected awakening, and began a journey toward a feminine spirituality. With the exceptional storytelling skills that have helped make her name, Kidd tells her very personal story of the fear, anger, healing, and freedom she experienced on the path toward the wholeness that many women have lost in the church. From a jarring encounter with sexism in a suburban drugstore, to monastery retreats and to rituals in the caves of Crete, she reveals a new level of feminine spiritual consciousness for all women one that retains a meaningful connection with the "deep song of Christianity," embraces the sacredness of ordinary women's experience, and has the power to transform in the most positive ways every fundamental relationship in a woman's life her marriage, her career, and her religion.… Read More

Create Space, 2012 Book. New Book from Publisher. Soft cover. 1st US Edition.. ".an in-depth account of the heroic deaths of the women of Zalongo. Encircled by the Muslim enemy, they chose to dance off the cliffs. The women, entrapped, turned towards the steep cliff. It was December 16, 1803 when the dance began. As the enemy charged against them, the women, one by one. threw their children from the cliff before jumping after them themselves. to choose death over enslavement This pivotal moment in European history became a rallying cry for independence and the often-repeated slogan "Freedom or Death!" . a critical time of Greek history which has been memorialized by some of Europe's greatest artists.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1999 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st US Ed... : A contemporary poet presents lively, free-spirited translations of great poetry from the ancient Greeks, in an anthology that features 38 works including classical lyrics and epigrams by poets ranging from Sappho to Theokritos. 84p..

London: Max Parrish, 1948 Book. Illus. by Athena Tarsouli, & Doreen Renbold. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. Small guide to the folk dances of Greece "Published under auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association" Descriptions of dance steps.Music arranged for piano by Ferdinand Rauter, Coloured illustrations of costumes by Doreen Renbold after drawings by Athena Tarsouli. 40p.map. illus (col) music scores,. bibliography..

Denver, CO: Fundamental Note, 1991 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st US Edition. Experiences of a Norwegian-American girl living in a small Greek village in the Peloponnese.

Philadelphia: X-Libris, 2005 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st US Ed... The Greece of fun-loving waiters, sun-drenched beaches, the breaking of plates, and big fat weddings only scratches the surface of the real Greece. In this account of a woman traveling solo throughout the Greek mainland, Joan Carol Friedberg uncovers a glimpse into the tragic history of modern Greece as it is reflected in the music, and she provides a context for understanding Greece's compelling and unique musical expressions. In 1982, the author spent three months traveling in the Balkans, through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. Drawn to Greece's traditional music and dances, she returned to Greece in 1993. During several subsequent trips, as a foreigner in search of Greece's village music and dance traditions, she collected and in Dancing on the Off Beat - Travels in Greece shares her observations with humor, clarity, insight and wisdom. Though many books have been written about Greece, few foreigners have… Read More

Essex: Ian Henry Publications, 1980 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Re-issue. "Mark Hawkins had to visit an isolated household to collect his vanished brother's belongings and found himself faced with the deepest challenge of his life . There was a mystery at Llanglas now, but its roots ran far,far into the past, for there had been wickedness there centuries earlier and sinister traditions lingered." 189p. Crisp and tight except for missing ffep missing,DJ chipped.

Missisauga, Ontario: Pari Parkashan, 2010 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Canadian Edition.. Poetry by Canadian Punjabi author. 111p. [NO copies in Worldcat].

Toronto: Deca Publications Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Can Ed.. Vintage photographs of the Danforth in mailable Postcard format [6.5x4"] bound together with a booklet describing the buildings and streets in the neighbourhood. [13p.of text including bibliography + 9 mailable Postcards ].

London: Collins, 1935 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. Vintage 1930s spy fiction in which British spy Timothy Terrel overcomes confusing plots and escapes multiple dangerous and confusing encounters in the Balkans . Stephen Maddock was one of the pseudonyms of James Morgan Walsh [1897-1952) a prolific Australian born writer "Much of Walsh's output was produced for the London thriller mills [but] Walsh was a dedicated and by no means undignified writer of good-quality, popular material." Neat, tight unmarked copy, slight shelf wear, else near fine..

New York: Signet, 1993 Book. Very Good +. Pbk. 1st Pbk Edition. (Signet Regency Romance) Miss Sarah Baxter possessed both beauty and wit, but she knew that the Earl of Drakefield was after one thing only: the wealth he would gain when he made her his. Drakefield was the handsomest man Sarah had ever seen, but all she could see in him was everything she hated. Drakefield was a wastrel and rake to the core, with only his title to make her father command that she wed him. Sarah vowed to make this lord she loathed despise her in turn. She vowed as well to ignore his polished perfection. But in a game of deception with this master of seduction, keeping her vows proved to be heartbreakingly hard....