Search Results: Crete - Fiction from KALAMOS BOOKS

London: Dragon/Granada, 1983 Book. Illus. by Edward Mortlesmans. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. Adventure story of a young boy in Crete who has "the panache of his countryman Zorba,and the cunning of his predecessor Tom Sawyer"- based on a British TV series for children. 176p. illus..

Tel Aviv: Yediot Aharonot, 2008 Book. As New. Soft cover. Reprint. ranslated into Hewbrew by Sharon Preminger.. "On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past. But, Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexis decides to visit Crete, however, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend, and promises that through her she will learn more. Arriving in Plaka, Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stone's throw from the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony. Then, she finds Fortini, and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters and a family rent by tragedy, war and passion. She discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip.".

New York: St.Martin's Press., 1980 Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. The story of Ariadne in Crete, Priestess of the Goddess (told as if in counterpoint to the legend of Theseus as described in Mary Renault's novel "The King Must Die." ). 240p.bliography,Cover slightly warped..

New York: St.Martin's Press., 1980 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Uncorrected Proof. Ancient Crete and the story of Ariadne, Priestess of the Goddess (a sort of counterpoint to the legend of Theseus as described in Mary Renault's novel "The King Must Die.") 240p. bibliography. Uncorrected Proof, Slight sun-fading to paper wraps, else fine.

Studley: Brewin Books., 1992 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st.UK Ed.. Part 1: From Knossos To Naxos, Part 2: Adriani of Askifou, Part 3: Rea and Theo come to the Plateau. "Aspects of Cretan history, both ancient and modern are used fictionally together with the idea of a "soul thread" [the clew] surviving through many generations of Cretan women, to imply hope for a continually creative future for "Mother Crete" 130p., illus..

London: Penguin., 1984 Book. Near Fine. Pbk. Reprint. Sequel to "The King Must Die" after Theseus returns from Crete..

New York: Pocket Books., 1963 Book. Very Good. Pbk. Reprint. Sequel to "The King Must Die" after Theseus returns from Crete. Vintage pbk "Giant Cardinal" edition Neat text, back cover missing.

New York: Pocket Books., 1963 Book. Near Fine. Pbk. Reprint. Sequel to "The King Must Die" after Theseus returns from Crete. Vintage pbk "Giant Cardinal" edition Neat text, back cover missing.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1992 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... set in an eccentric community of expatriates living in Crete in 1975, this is the story of Horace, a gay American writer of crime novels . From the moment the secretive young Helen appears she becomes an object of fascination to the ever-curious and much older Horace.When Helen abruptly vanishes, Horace, like the detective of his own fiction, sifts through the fragmentary evidence she has left behind..23p. Remainder mark, else as new ..

Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1954 Book. Illus. by Trans. Jonathan Griffin. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. Residents of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, " plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play. But when a group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality." English translation by Jonathan Griffin. Neat unmarked copy. DJ has small triangular chip at rear. else near fine.

Minneapolis MN: Nostos Book. Illus. by Trans. Abbott Rick & Peter Mackridge. New Book from Publisher. Soft cover. 1st.US Edition. NEW - Will be sent to you direct from the publisher."Pandelis Prevelakis (1909-86), a major Greek writer, has produced over forty volumes of poetry, novels, plays, and essays ...Prevelakis has long been in the shadow of his close friend and fellow Cretan, Nikos Kazantzakis. It is time that Prevelakis's work be made known and independently appraised in the non-Greek world as it has been in the Greek. The English edition of his major work, The Cretan, is a step in that direction. In this Tolstoyan historical novel, Prevelakis offers a masterly presentation of the Cretan myth, with its peculiar Cretan ethos characterized by piety, austerity, frugality, dourness, sternness, punctuated by sudden outbursts of reckless daring.The Cretan is the story of Crete and its people struggling for individual and national liberation from Turkish rule, a struggle symbolized in… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1964 Book. Very Good. Pbk.. Reprint. "During the early part of June, 1947, a small party of sightseers found itself trapped in what was then the newly-discovered labyrinth of Cefalu, in the island of Crete." (Originally published 1947 under the tile "Cefalu").

New York: E.P.Dutton, 1962 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. "During the early part of June, 1947, a small party of sightseers found itself trapped in what was then the newly-discovered labyrinth of Cefalu, in the island of Crete." Originally published under the title "Cefalu" London,1947 then in an Ace paperback in 1958 this is therefore the first US trade edition. 266p.Name of owner.Edges of DJ slightly scuffed, now in protective sleeve.

London: Faber & Faber, 2001 Book. Fine. Pbk. Re-issue. "During the early part of June, 1947, a small party of sightseers found itself trapped in what was then the newly-discovered labyrinth of Cefalu, in the island of Crete."Originally published 1947 under the tile "Cefalu"). Crisp tight copy.

London: Hutchinson, 1965 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. Unusual and well-written novel set in Ancient Crete.463p..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Canadian Edition. A novel of intrigue." From a small village in Lassithi, Crete, the story of a group of "strong willed, passionate people dedicated to the overthrow of Greece's Junta regime. Against the haunting background of Greece and her peoples the tensions holding these people together explode into a fascinating adventure novel of compelling realism and philosophical depth. 229p Promotional book plate on ftep "Night of One Hundred Authors" else fine..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1979 Book. Fair. Hardcover. A novel of intrigue." From a small village in Lassithi, Crete, the story of a group of "strong willed, passionate people dedicated to the overthrow of Greece's Junta regime. Against the haunting background of Greece and her peoples the tensions holding these people together explode into a fascinating adventure novel of compelling realism and philosophical depth. 229p.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. A novel of intrigue." From a small village in Lassithi, Crete, the story of a group of "strong willed, passionate people dedicated to the overthrow of Greece's Junta regime. Against the haunting background of Greece and her peoples the tensions holding these people together explode into a fascinating adventure novel of compelling realism and philosophical depth. 229p..

Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2004 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Canadian Edition.. the adventures of Glaukos Eumenides from the great civilization of the Minoan empire on the island of Crete during the late Bronze Age Author inscription on title page.

Athens: Efstathiadis., 2002 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Re-issue.. After the Second World War the British HMSO issued a series of short military histories based on official documents and written for the general reader . This volume recounts the campaigns in Greece and Crete in 1941 that were overwhelmed by the Nazi invasion of Greece "In the campaign in Greece and the battle for Crete the tale is of military failure, mainly due to the German command of the air over both land and sea. But the skill and endurance of British forces staved off utter disaster in Greece and made the Germans pay a heavy and unwelcome price for their conquest of the crisis prevailing in the Middle East in the spring of 1941 but also in relation to the whole trend of the war during those momentous months. The effort sacrifice and disappointment in Greece and Crete were by no means vain "340p.maps.index.