Search Results: Authors starting with E from KALAMOS BOOKS

London: Ernest Benn., 1977 Complete guide to archaeological and other interesting sites in Malta. 128 p.maps.plans.index.. 2nd.ed.. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket.

London: Ernest Benn, 1981 Comprehensive guide to Guernsey, Jersey, Herm, Sark and Alderney. 154p. (+ 8p. maps.) illus.index. 1st UK Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Thomas Nelson. Clean ,neat copy in attractive decorative blue cloth. Library marks on the title page, and ffep and frontispiece missing. 158p. 3 col plates.. 1st UK Ed... Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Turnbull. Ex-Library.

London: David & Charles, 1989 Ebdon's inimitable and entertaining accounts of his travels and encounters in Greece - this time in Crete,Rhodes and Symi. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Peter Davies, 1979 "A jubilant discovery of the Greek islander" . "when not broadcasting on the BBC John Ebdon retreats to the Greek islands where he watches the antics of locals and tourists with a humourous eye and witty pen - a book to savour and enjoy." 178p. illus.. 1st UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Illus Michael Ffolkes.

London: David & Charles, 1989 Ebdon's inimitable and entertaining accounts of his travels and encounters in Greece - this time in Crete,Rhodes and Symi. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2009 After more than 30 years Anne Greves feels compelled to break her silence about her first lover, and a treacherous pursuit across Cambodia's killing fields. Once she was a motherless girl from taciturn immigrant stock. Defying fierce opposition, she falls in love with Serey, a gentle rebel and exiled musician. She's still only 16 when he leaves her in their Montreal flat to return to Cambodia And, after a decade without word, she abandons everything to search for him in the bars of Phnom Penh, a city traumatized by the Khmer Rouge slaughter. Against all odds the lovers are reunited, and in a political country where tranquil rice paddies harbour the bones of the massacred, Anne pieces together a new life with Serey. But there are wounds that love cannot heal, and some mysteries too dangerous to know. And when Serey disappears again, Anne discovers a story she cannot bear. Haunting, vivid, elegiac ...at once a battle cry and a piercing lamentation, for truth, for… Read more

Novara, Italy: Instituto Geografico De Agostini, 1949 Vintage photographs of Greece (includes some nice studies of Greek Folk costume) Contributions by N.Kyparisses, Zalocosta, Al.Philadepheus, G Soteriou, A. Hatzimichali & A Economides. Post war paper showing aging & tanning, slightly shaken in brown binding. plates (B & W) 146p.. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Athens: G. Papanikolaou, 1990 180p. illus.bibliography.index.. 2nd. Greek Ed... Soft Cover. Very Good.

Brampton ON: Town of Brampton/ Brampton Centennial Committee, 1973 290p, plus unpaginated commercial supplement. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Lausanne: Olympic Museum, 1993 A lavishly illustrated catalogue of Greek works of art relating to the ancient Olympic Games displayed at the Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 23.1993. Includes : Olympism in antiquityby J.A. Samaranch; Introduction by Doris Vanhove; The torch race by Doris Vanhove; Homer and sport by Doris Vanhove; The festivals by H. Van Looy; Summary description of the four sites of the periodos by H. Mussche; The gymnasium by Doris Vanhove; The sports disciplines by Doris Vanhove; Rome and the end of the games by H. Van Looy. Plates p 58-160). 163p. illus [Only 5 copies of this edition in WorldCat]. First Edition.. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Notre Dame IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007 Marketplace Cultural property and its stewardship have long been concerns of museums, archaeologists, art historians, and nations, but recently the legal and political consequences of collecting antiquities have also attracted broad media attention. This has been the result, in part, of several high-profile trials, as well as demands by various governments for the return of antiquities to their countries of origin.These circumstances call out for public discussion that moves beyond the rather clear-cut moral response to looting, to consider the implications of buying, selling, and exhibiting antiquities. To whom should they belong? What constitutes legal ownership of antiquities? What laws govern their importation into the United States, for instance? What circumstances, if any, demand the return of those antiquities to their countries of origin? Is there a consensus among archaeologists and museum directors about these issues? These and other… Read more

New York: Pantheon, 1979 The award winning author, who was also an ambassador and member of Swedish parliament, describes his travels in east Africa, especially the Great Rift Valley, and the origin and evolution of humans. Translated from Swedish by Keith Bradfield. 179p. bibliography.. 1st US Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good, Slight Chips.

New York: Random House, 1990 Moving and evocative novel about a young girl "caught between generations, between American and Armenian cultures.". 1st.US Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: A.A. Knopf Canada, 1995 "Here is what every visitor (or armchair traveler or resident) will want--and need--to know about the history of the place, about its current life and look, about its literature, arts, and architecture, even about its plants, birds, and animals; plus up-to-date hotel and restaurant listings, opening hours, shopping, transportation, and much more." English language editon of comprehensive and colourful guide book first published by Gallimard, Paris 1994." 556p. illus (some col) bibliography, indes maps on endpapers.. 2nd.ed... Leather Style Binding. Fine/Near Fine.

Princeton, NJ: Berlitz International, 1989 Pocket sized phrase book for tourists, 192p.. Rev Ed.. Pbk. Fine.

New York: Viking Press, 1938 Observations of people and places he visited (p.100- 106 on a trip to Corinth). First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Farrar,Strauss & Giroux, 1999 In pre-war Greece Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller discovered Greek literature and poetry from their friendship with George Seferis and George Katsimbalis.. 1st.US Ed... Hard Cover. New/New.

New York: Farrar,Strauss & Giroux, 1999 In pre-war Greece Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller discovered Greek literature and poetry from their friendship with George Seferis and George Katsimbalis.. 1st.US Ed... Hard Cover. New/New.

New York: Farrar,Strauss & Giroux, 1999 In pre-war Greece Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller discovered Greek literature and poetry from their friendship with George Seferis and George Katsimbalis.. 1st.US Ed... Hard Cover. New/New.