Search Results: Titles starting with D from KALAMOS BOOKS

Shanghai: Jiang Yun Zhong, 1998 English title " The huge size Chinese historic oil painting "Yu Mei Ren" This book describes the concept and execution of the artist's extraordinary mural painting. Using "a creative combination of murals from the West and Japan and screen printing from China" he began the project in 1990 and finished in 1998. It was assembled in the form of 12 screens, each 2.4 meters [8 feet] high and 1.5 meters wide to form an 18 metre [59 feet] painting. Verses from "Yu Meiren" by the classical Chinese poet Li Yu are inscribed in calligraphy by Ding Hao at the head of each panel . Text in Chinese and English. Unpaginated with very long fold out section .Seal stamp and Chinese inscription by the artiist on endpaper, dated 1999. {NO copies found in Worldcat]. Signed by Artist. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Athens: Ekdoseis Papadopoulos, 2011 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.. 1st Greek Ed... Hard Cover. New Book from Greece. Illus. by Natalia Kapatsoulia.

Thessaloniki: Epomenos Stathmos, 2011 Christmas was coming and Santa was still sleeping - how to wake him up ? And who took a bite out of the Christmas cookie ?. 1st Greek Edition.. Decorative Hardcover. New Book from Greece. Illus. by Thanassis Tsaboukas.

London: Phoenix Press, 2002 Reprint. Soft Cover. New.

London: Phoenix Press, 2002 Reprint. Soft Cover. New.

London: Penguin, 1956 Vintage Penguin ediiton 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.. Pbk.. Good>Very Good.

Toronto: Sklavos Printing & Publications Poems by a Greek Cypriot Canadian author "Ta esoda apt epolese touton ton poiematon tha dothoun stous prosphyges gia n'agorasoun psomi kai barouti = Revenues from selling these poems will be given to refugees to buy bread and barley "" 37p..Undated, c1975 ?.[WorldCat lists only 1 copy]. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine.

Firenze: Edizioni Polistampa, 2009 Fine illustrated catalogue of Italian paintings from the Galleria Moretti in Florence, with detailed descriptions and analyical notes by various scholars : Andrea De Marchi, Gaudenz Freuler, Cristina Guarnieri, Alberto Lenza, Tova Rose Ossad, Nicoletta Pons, Angelo Tartuferi. 181p. illis [col and B &W]. 1st Italian Edition.. Hardcover. New/No Jacket (as issued).

London: Music for Pleasure, 1966 Vintage sound recording on 12" LP disc 33 1/4 Rpm. [MPM Mono 1150]. Dame Edith Evans reads from the Sonnets and appears in extracts from "As You Like It" with Sir Michael Redgrave,Ursula Jeans, Jessie Evans, Peter Coke. First Thus. LP SLEEVE. Fine. LP Recording.

New York: Signet, 1987 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 .. 1st Pbk Edition. Pbk. Very Good.

Ljubljana: Zalozba Drava, 1989 "The Ladies of Missalonghi" translated into Slovenian by Tomaz Smerdu. Name of previous owner on ffep, else fine. First Thus.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1986 A reluctant visit to Greece, where her husband wishes to adopt a young boy, leads to mystery and mayhem on thre island of Lesbos.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1986 Stress and suspense when Kay Cunningham and her husband travel to Lesbos to adopt a young Greek orphan.. 1st.US Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Cupples and Leon, 1949 This is an ORIGINAL copy of this series boy's adventure story about a Cub Scout pack (and NOT a P.O.D !) Mildred Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 - May 28, 2002) was an American author of children's books, in particular several Nancy Drew mysteries. Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 25 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries. Donor inscription on ffep. 1st US Ed... Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good, Price Clipped. Illus. by Gayer, Marguerite..

San Francisco, CA.: Harper San Francisco, 1996 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. 238p. (remainder mark). 1st US Edition..… Read more

Create Space, 2012 ".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. 1st US Edition.. Softcover. New Book from Publisher.

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India: Nirutha Print House, 1990 Poems in English by a greek author, resident in India.(Has stamp of bookstore in Athens, Greece). First Edition.. Soft Cover. Good.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1999 1st US Ed... Hard Cover. New/New.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1999 1st US Ed... Hard Cover. New/New.

London: Max Parrish, 1948 Small guide to the folk dances of Greece "Published under auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physical Education Association" Music, descriptions of dance steps and coloured illustratons of costumes.l40p. illus (col) music.bibliography.. 1st UK Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good, Price Clipped. Illus. by Doreen Renbold.