Search Results: Authors starting with D from KALAMOS BOOKS

Athens: Dorling Kindersley / Ellenika Grammata, 2000 Book. Illus. by Translation Kitty Xenakis. New. Soft cover. 1st Greek Edition.. Translation of book published by Dorling Kindersley in the British Medical Association Family Doctor Series. edited by Tony Smith . 96p, illus index [Only ONE copy in WorldCat].

Santa Barbara, CA: CelebrateGreece, 2007 Book. New from Publisher. Video Box. First Thus. (English language, no subtitles, 71 minutes ) Go to Greece and experience a wonderful Greek Islands Gourmet Cooking Class in the village of Thera on the island of Santorini. Follow our award-winning host and author, Cynthia Daddona as she and the professionals at our featured gourmet restaurant prepare a special multi-course gourmet dinner.Enjoy your Destination Cooking Class which includes everything from harvesting the herbs, learning the history of the foods and wines, preparing the courses and, finally, dining while enjoying the spectacular island views from the restaurant's outdoor terrace. Also, enjoy visiting this beautiful Greek Island's archaeological sites-to-see, the things-to-do, the culture and the warm people of the Mediterranean.DVD includes in-depth Culinary bonus scenes featuring Wines, Cheeses, Herbs, Produce, Meats, Breads and Cookies of the Greek Islands! [9 copies found in Worldcat].

Toronto: E C W Press, 1985 Book. As New. Original Wraps. 1st Can Ed.. [Canadian Author Studies serie] Short monograph on Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize winner.. 42p. bibliography.

U.S.A.: Paddington Press, 1979 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. A delightful literary excursion, carefully charted with words and maps to deepen our appreciation and understanding of both the literature and the landscape of the British Isles. The London of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf. Bath in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as seen through the eyes of Smollett, Jane Austen and Dickens. The Lake Poets, the Romantic Poets Abroad, Bronte Country, Hardy's Wessex. The Blackening of England, Scotland in Literature, the Dublin of Joyce and Yeats. Walking tours through Mrs. Dalloway and Ulysses. Plus a comprehensive Atlas and Gazetter section featuring information on more than 225 leading authors and more than 475 cities, towns and villages of the British Isles. Illustrated. 287p. illus maps.

Ioannina: Ekdoseis Demou Ioanniton, 1986 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Greek Edition. Well illustrated official guide to the archaeological site of Dodon.163p. illis [some col.] bibliography. index {NO copies found in WorldCat].

London: Ernest Benn, 1972 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. iii-xvi, 344p. bibliography,tables, maps. index..

Athens: Deltion Tis Historikes Kai Ethnologikes Etaireias Tis Ellados, 1959 Book. Very Good +. Original Wraps. First Thus. Extracted from the "Deltion Tis Historikes Kai Ethnologikes Etaireias Tis Ellados ".(Bulletin of the Historical and Ethnological Association of Greece) Vol xiii (1959) 184p. Pages uncut/untrimmed, paper and cover age toned and scuffed around edges..

Montreal: Chateau Books, 1970 Book. Fine. French Wraps. First Thus. Translated by Laurence Dakin.102p..

Athens: Pataki, 2015 Book. Illus. by Translated by Despoina Lampada. New Book from Greece. French Wraps. 1st Greek Edition.. Translation of "Tastes of Byzantium" into Greek by Despoina Lampada . For centuries the food and culinary delights of the Byzantine empire -- centered on Constantinople -- have captivated the west, although it appeared that very little information had been passed down to us. Andrew Dalby's Tastes of Byzantium now reveals in astonishing detail, what was eaten in the court of the Eastern Roman Empire -- and how it was cooked. Fusing the spices of the Romans with the seafood and simple local food of the Aegean and Greek world, the cuisine of the Byzantines was unique and a precursor to much of the food of modern Turkey and Greece. Bringing this vanished cuisine to life in vivid and sensual detail, Dalby describes the sights and smells of Constantinople and its marketplaces, relates travellers' tales and paints a comprehensive picture of the recipes and customs of… Read More

Seacus NJ: Castle Classics, 1992 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. Christmas is not normally perceived as a scary, supernatural season - until you encounter this collection of thirteen spinechilling stories by W. W. Jacobs; Sabine Baring-Gould; F. S. Smythe; Hugh Walpole; Marjorie Bowen; Nigel Kneale; F. McDermott; Robert Aickman; R. Chetwynd-Hayes; Robert Bloch; Ron Weighall; Basil Copper; Stephen Gallagher. 248 pages;.

Prague: Ivo Zelezný, 2001 Book. New. Hardcover. First Thgus. Liza Dalby, an American anthropologist specializing in Japanese culture and an outstanding writer, became the first foreigner to become a true Geisha. At the age of twenty-eight, she entered the community of geishas in Kyoto, a mysterious closed world of women whose vocation is to entertain men, an exciting world of tradition, charm, beauty and eroticism, long tied to mystery and romance for Europeans. Translation into Czech by Zdenka Vasilieova. 273p.illus..

New York: Avon, 2005 Book. New. Pbk. 1st Pbk Edition. (Avon Historical Romance) Nathan Oliver, younger son of an earl, is content being a country doctor. Years ago he had worked for the Crown, but when a spy mission went awry, he left London for a simpler life. Now his world is turned upside down with the arrival of Lady Victoria Wexhall, a pampered Society miss more suited for the ballrooms of London than the quiet countryside of Cornwall. Victoria cannot believe her father would send her to the middle of nowhere, and just when the the Season was in full swing! And with Nathan Oliver, no less! Of course, he's dashing and more interesting than the fops she's acquainted with in Town, and it would be so easy to fall in love with him. But why does he insist on searching through her luggage in the middle of the night? And why does he insist their lives are in danger?.

New York: Ace, 1988 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Fantasy, magic and romance deftly woven into a story of gods and monsters, dark secrets and strange omens . . . Veiled against the world, and served only by the blind and short-sighted, a mysterious woman comes to Republican Rome to gain the answer to the riddle: "What can change stone into living flesh?" 216p. Crisp unread copy ..

London: Flamingo, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint.. In 587 AD, two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the desert fathers before their fragile world finally shattered under the great eruption of Islam. More than a thousand years later, using Moschos's writings as his guide, William Dalrymple sets off to retrace their footsteps and composes "an evensong for a dying civilization" --"Kirkus Reviews," 483p. plates (some col) maps on endpapers. bibliography.index.

Madison, NJ,: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1994 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Ed... Poems by Maria Polydhouri, Zoe Karelli, Rita Boumi Pappa, Dhialehti Zevgholi Ghlezou, Alexandra Plakotari, Melissanthi, Ioanna Tsatsou, Heleni Vakalo, Lina Kasdhaghli, Olga Votsi, Victoria Theodorou, Lydia Stephanou, Maria Servaki, Maria Kentrou-Agathopoulou, Kiki Dhimoula, Nana Issaia, Yolanda Penghli, Zephy Dharaki, Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, Pitsa Ghalazi, Ioanna Servou, Rea Ghalanaki, Pavlina Pampoudhi, Jenny Mastoraki, Veronica Dhalakoura.261p.bibliography.

Lesbos, Greece: Municipality of Mytiline - Theophilos Museum / G.Gezerlis, 1990 Book. Illus. by Theophilos Chatzeichael. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Greek Ed... Large format coffee table book illustrating the work of the primitive Greek folk artist Theophilos Hadjimichael (1866-1934) "Lesvos is famed as the birthplace of the naïve folk artist, Theophilos who was born in Varia near Mytilini. There is however great confusion over the date of his birth. According to what you read it could have been between 1866 to 1879, however most seem to agree on 1873." Introduction by Odysseas Elytis. 179p. index of paintings. In original cardboard sleeve, one slightly damaged corner, else as new [4 copies found in WorldCat] .

Maliibu CA: J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, 1989 Book. Illus. by Marthe Breen Bredermayer. Fine. Soft cover. The Getty Museum building recreates an ancient Roman villa on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, where guests can feel that they are visiting the Villa dei Papiri before it was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The climate of southern California has made it possible to plant the gardens with dozens of herbs, flowers, and fruit trees known to the Greeks and Romans. In classical times they were practical as well as beautiful, providing color, perfume, home medicines, and flavorings for food and drink. 88p. illus.. bibliography.

Athens: Psychogios, 2006 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Greek Edition. Greek translation by Rania BouBouri of "The School of Fear 3 : The Final Exam" Check out the laugh-inducing, phobia-reducing final book in the School of Fear trilogy! Is school out forever at the School of Fear? A nosy reporter is planning a scandalous expose on eccentric Mrs. Wellington and her unorthodox teaching methods, and the news is sure to put an end to the school. 323p.illus.

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1990 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Illustrated article on the break-up of Yugoslavia by Kenneth C. Danforth "Yugislavia : a house much divided" [pages 92-123].

New York: Watchtower Bibe and Tract Society, 1999 Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. Greek language edition of "Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy" from Jehovah's Witnesses112p;. illus. [NO locations found in WorldCat].