Search Results: Authors starting with Y from KALAMOS BOOKS

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1959 For children a series of stories recounting how 4 bronze horses celebrating an ancient Olympic victory were taken to Rome, Constantinople, Venice and Paris before returning to stand on the Basilica of San Marco in Venice again. Delightfully illustrated with woodcuts by Charles Joslin 224p. maps on endpapers. Donor inscription on half title. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Joslin.

Toronto: Inanna Publications and Education "Mehri Yalfani's stories in The Street of Butterflies feature Iranian women dealing with displacement, cultural change, and struggles for survival and adaptation as immigrants in North America. At the same time, the challenges they face also reveal the racial, gendered and cultural anxieties of these same individuals who carry with them the biases of their country of origin to the norms of the new land. 'Soleiman's Silence,' 'Felicia,' 'If You Were I,' 'Geranium Family,' and 'Line,' all portray many dimensions of the migrant's strive (or the refusal) to build a home, away from home. The stories that are set in Iran contain the complexity of the social and political context after the revolution that deposed the shah. These stories provide a glimpse of life in post-revolutionary Iran, where the new regime that replaced the old one continues the suppression and prosecution of political activists, only more… Read more

Athens: Ekdotike Athenon, 1982 Wonderfully illustrated, comprehensive survey of the ancient games - essays by a number of experts originally published in Greek 1976 as "He Historia ton Olympiakon Agon" 302p. bibliography.index. Reprint.. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

U.S.A.: Vertical Inc., 2003 Set in the great human maelstrom of Tokyo, Strangers is a thinking man's ghost story. When Harada, a jaded TV scriptwriter, runs into his long-dead parents one night, he enters the womb of a city whose living inhabitants have perhaps lost their souls. Can Harada save his? 203p. Errata slip laid in. Review copy - looks unread - stamped as "not for sale". Review Copy.. Softcover. Very Good.

Aegina, Greece: A. Yannoulis, 1987 Neat, updated handbook for visitors to Aegina, originally published by Lycabettus Press in 1974. 80p. illus, col.plates bibliography. Revised Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

Athens: Lycabettus Press, 1980 Interesting handbook for visitors to Aegina. 78p. plates. maps bibliography. Marks of previous owner, else fine.. 4th Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

Athens: Jules Yannoukakis, 1959 Anthology of poems by 44 modern Greek poets translated into French. 103p. biographical notes. (Not very common (only a dozen or so copies in WorldCat). 1st Greek Edition.. Original Wraps. Very Good.

New York: Tor., 1987 "With A Flame in Byzantium, the first of three planned novels, Yarbro turns to the story of Olivia: Atta Olivia Clemens, Saint Germain"s truest love, who died to mortal life in the bloody era of Nero"s Rome. Now, five hundred years later, Olivia must flee the security of her Roman villa." and gets involved in the campaigns of Belisarius from Byzantium . 400p. (ffep missing). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: St Martins Press, 1996 ARC/Advance Reading Copy.. Softcover. Fine.

New York: Walker Childrens, 2011 Combining a heartwarming family story, a magical adventure, and a multilingual primer on Chinese language, The MagicBrush tells the story of Jasmine, a young girl who learns Chinese calligraphy from her Agong, or grandfather. As Jasmine learns how to paint the characters for dragon, fish, horse, friend, and more,she and Agong are magically transported to the wondrous world they arecreating. ....The Magic Brush, beautifully rendered in traditional cut-paper, by Huy Voun Lee is perfect for young readers and their parents to share, steeped in Chinese traditions and full of magical adventure.. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. New/Near Fine - Slight Chip. Illus. by Huy Voun Lee.

New York: Doubleday, 1992 ". a profound and passionate epic chronicling six generations of the Mani family... "it ranges in time and place from Athens in 1848, through a village in Poland, Crete in 1944, Jerusalem in 1918 and eventually to a contemporary kibbutz in the Negev. Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. 1st.US Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Doubleday, 1992 ". a profound and passionate epic chronicling six generations of the Mani family... "it ranges in time and place from Athens in 1848, through a village in Poland, Crete in 1944, Jerusalem in 1918 and eventually to a contemporary kibbutz in the Negev. Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. 1st.US Edition.. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

New York: Dell, 1970 When the Athenians took the island of Sphacteria, there was one among the Spartans, a youth name Ariston, who would not surrender, who thrust out his sword and made a desperate, suicidal charge. But Ariston was fated to live- he was saved by a blow from Orchomenus, the Spartan soldier who loved and hated him too much to let him die. He came to Athens a slave, a prostitute whose favors were sold by Polyxenus, the bathhouse keeper. In time, although not a citizen, he was to become one of the most powerful men in his adopted city, the friend and patron of Sokrates and Eurepides, the embodiment of all that was finest in the Athenian spirit. But always Ariston lived in the shadow of a black day in Sparta when, because of him, a beautiful young girl was hideously slaughtered- again and again suffering and death came close to those he loved.. Reprint. Pbk. Very Good.

New York: Dial Press, 1967 When the Athenians took the island of Sphacteria, there was one among the Spartans, a youth name Ariston, who would not surrender, who thrust out his sword and made a desperate, suicidal charge. But Ariston was fated to live- he was saved by a blow from Orchomenus, the Spartan soldier who loved and hated him too much to let him die. He came to Athens a slave, a prostitute whose favors were sold by Polyxenus, the bathhouse keeper. In time, although not a citizen, he was to become one of the most powerful men in his adopted city, the friend and patron of Sokrates and Eurepides, the embodiment of all that was finest in the Athenian spirit. But always Ariston lived in the shadow of a black day in Sparta when, because of him, a beautiful young girl was hideously slaughtered- again and again suffering and death came close to those he loved.. BCE. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hard Cover.

New York: Dial Press, 1967 When the Athenians took the island of Sphacteria, there was one among the Spartans, a youth name Ariston, who would not surrender, who thrust out his sword and made a desperate, suicidal charge. But Ariston was fated to live- he was saved by a blow from Orchomenus, the Spartan soldier who loved and hated him too much to let him die. He came to Athens a slave, a prostitute whose favors were sold by Polyxenus, the bathhouse keeper. In time, although not a citizen, he was to become one of the most powerful men in his adopted city, the friend and patron of Sokrates and Eurepides, the embodiment of all that was finest in the Athenian spirit. But always Ariston lived in the shadow of a black day in Sparta when, because of him, a beautiful young girl was hideously slaughtered- again and again suffering and death came close to those he loved.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good, Slight Chips & Tear. Hard Cover.

Paris: editions Kallimages, 2015 A comprehensive selection of 250 historic views of Athens, published on the occasion of the exhibition of photograPhs organized by the Museum Herakleidon (Athens 2014-2015). 176 pages, photographs. [WorldCat lists NO copies in the USA]. First Edition.. French Wraps. New Book from Greece. Illus. by Translated from the Greek and the French by Anna-Belinda Firos..

Alimos: Ekdeseis Ephesos, 2001 Himerologia 2002 - a large format [unused] desk diary and address book, illustrated with lovely vintage postcards and photographs of Smyrna - a nice nostalgic gift item. Unpaginated.. First Thus.. Laminated HC. As New. Illus. by Trans. Judy Yiannakopoulou.

Ankara. Turkey: Ministry of Culture & Tourism, 2010 Small guidebook to Istanbul for tourists 137p. illus fold-out map. First Thus. Soft Cover. New.

Ankara: Kultur Bakanligi Yayinlari, 1993 Part 1 of an illustrated catalogue (in Turkish) of the icons of Aghia Sophia. 233p. Colour plates, bibliography. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

NEW YORK: Scholastic, 2001 Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, has always been safe, sheltered, protected - and bored! The Age of Heroes is past. The wars are over. The monsters have all been slain. Or so he believes. Are there any adventures left for a thriteen-year-old boy who wants, more than anything to be a hero? . Children's story set in ancient Greece.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.