Search Results: Titles starting with I from KALAMOS BOOKS

London: Corgi Books, 1988 Book. As New. Pbk. Sweeping through fifteen centuries of life in the heart of southern England, this epic novel records the lives of the ordinary folk of Britain from the end of the Roman occupation through to the late 16th century. The author has brought to life a colourful range of characters, from serfs to kings, from slave girls to bishops and from honest working families to murderers, to illustrate what it must have been like to live through some of the most challenging periods of English history, including the attacks of the hated Viking marauders, the French defeat of the English at Hastings, the arrival of the despised Norman invaders and the dissolution of the monasteries. The hardship and terrible cruelty our ancestors had to endure are vividly described. [Looks unread].

Toronto: BookThug, 2020 Book. As New. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Canadian Edition..

Venice: Benedetti Edizioni, 1981 Book. Fine. Original Wraps. First Thus. Description of the history, significance and restoration of the Horses mounted on St.Mark's Basilica in Venice. The bronze sculptures date from classical antiquity, were displayed at the Hippodrome of Constantinople until 1204 when they were looted by Venetians,. stolen by Napoleon in 1797 and returned to Venice in 1815. Ongoing damage from air pollution forced their replacement with exact copies and the originals placed on display inside the basilica.The restoration work on them is described. Illustrated with paintings and close up photographs. Italian text followed by translations into English, French and German. Upaginated [45p]46p. .

London: Penguin, 1977 Book. Very Good. Pbk. Reprint. I , Claudius from the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius Emperor of the Romans Born 10 B.C Murdered and Defiled A.D 54. This novel - a magnificently reconstructed memoir of the Emperor- together with the sequel "Claudius the God" became a compelling TV series produced by BBC in 1976..

Athens: Ekdoseis Ermeias, 2005 Book. New Book from Greece. Soft cover. 1st Greek Edition. Translation into Greek of "The Naked Chef" by Aris Vrailas.Very large heavy volume.289p.illus.[ NO copies found in WorldCat].

London: Mayflower, 1971 Book. Very Good. Pbk. Reprint. "The brilliant novel of the triumphs, the forbidden loves , and the decline and fall of a genius" 318p Crisp tight copy..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... " A luminous and revealing novel of love and the loss of love. Lola, an American woman has returned to an island in Greece where she and her lover once '.

Athens: Ellinika Grammata, 2005 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Greek Edition. [ SERIES : Neoellenes Klasikoi, Hodegies chreses #1] 237p.illlus. New still sealed in original shrink wrap .

Athens: Ekdoseis Katoptro, 2007 Book. New Book from Greece. French Wraps. 1st Greek Edition. "The God Delusion" Tanslated into Greek by Maria Giatroudakis. 450p. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. The story of Francois Villion, the vagabond poet of France who lived five hundred years ago, is the first and perhaps the greatest of all 'moderns' both in verse and thought. A fictional autobiography. 284p bibliography..

U.S.A.: Northwestern University Press, 2000 Book. Illus. by Helen Dendrinou Kolia. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. It is Christmas Eve, 1888, and the poet-revolutionary Andreas Rigopoulos (1821-89) is writing to a friend of years past, with whom he is still in love. He is recording the details of his soul and sadness, a life filled with love and revolution, politics and poetry. Rigopoulos confesses he does not know what he wishes his story to accomplish and ultimately concludes, with the simplicity of a tortured poet, "I want to write to you about my life". He will call her Louisa, and he shall sign as Loui.In her first novel published in America, the renowned Greek writer Rhea Galanaki has given us a powerful, passionate story of the life of a real person, told through fictional letters. Rigopoulos (Loui) has grown up in western Greece, was educated in Italy, and dies at sea. In between, he befriends Victor Hugo and Edgar Quinet, meets Karl Marx, and participates in the Italian underground… Read More

New York: Random House, 2018 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. "A fearless memoir about tribal life in Pakistan--and the act of violence that inspired one ambitious young woman to pursue a life of activism and female empowerment. From a young age, Khalida Brohi was raised to believe in the sanctity of arranged marriage. Her mother was forced to marry a thirteen-year-old boy when she was only nine; Khalida herself was promised as a bride before she was even born. But her father refused to let her become a child bride. He was a man who believed in education, not just for himself but for his daughters, and Khalida grew up thinking she would become the first female doctor in her small village. Everything shifted for Khalida when she found out that her beloved cousin had been murdered by her uncle in a tradition known as 'honor killing.' Her cousin's crime? She had fallen in love with a man who was not her betrothed. This moment ignited the spark in Khalida Brohi that inspired a… Read More

Athens: Ekdoseis Elektron, 2004 Book. New Book from Greece. French Wraps. 1st Greek Edition.. 86p. illus [NO copies found iin Worldcat] X00.

Indianapolis IN: International Typographical Union, 1958 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. This appears to be an updated edition of the trade Union publication originally issued published in 1945.The International Typographical Union (ITU) was a US trade union for the printing trade for newspapers and other media. It was founded on May 3, 1852, in the United States as the National Typographical Union, and changed its name to the International Typographical Union at its Albany, New York, convention in 1869 after it began organizing members in Canada. Before its dissolution in1968 n, the ITU was the oldest union in the United States. Nice vintage copy 251p..

New York: Doubleday, 1971 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Edition.. Melina Mercouri was more than the "Tart with a Heart" that she portayed in"Never on a Sunday." This autobiography details her personal, professional and political life until she went into exile because of the Greek Junta. 253p. plates .

New York: W.W.Norton, 1953 Book. Near Fiine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Biographical account of his experiences as a prisoner in Korea, where he was subjected to brainwashing and torture. 253p. (The author was from a prominent family in Greece, a journalist and politician who was later appointed to the Canadian Senate) Spine slightly scuffed, else fine.

Reader's Digest, 1997 Book. Fine. Decorative Hardcover. First Thus. Questions and answers introduce the clothing, food, weapons, religion, and other aspects of daily life in Ancient Greece.32p. illus.[col] index . Donor inscription on ffep, else as new.

New York: Fawcett/Crest, 1965 Book. Very Good+. Pbk. Reprint. Vintage paperback "Payton and Sylvia Pleydell were the most respected, brilliant couple in Washington. Theirs seemed a perfect marriage. But Kate Jerold, newly arrived from California, soon saw different. Why was her cousin Sylvia so secretive? And was her husband really as devoted as he seemed? Kate's visit coincided with an unexpected arrival. The Czech, Jan Brovic, was with them during the War, and he and Sylvia had been deeply, secretly in love. Now, six years later, there was a new kind of war and former allies had become bitter enemies. Now Jan was on the other side and it was no longer safe to be his friend. But, after six years, they were still terribly, hopelessly in love.".

New York: Century, 1929 Book. Illus. by Photographer Harry A Franck . Fine. Decorative Cloth. 1st US Edition.. After enjoying a"'A Vagabond Journey Around the World:" Franck proceeded to explore some counties in more detail. He describes modern Greece as he saw it c.1925 in his " plain, somewhat sardonic style.His books intimately recorded life as it was lived in the societies he visited, at a time when many of them were changing rapidlly, So his explorations of places he visited, his detailed enquiries and his experience with the people he met provided him with a personal and opinionated snapshot of Greeks as they were then - just as the country was faced with serious political economic and social changes. Illustrated with contemporary photographs .359p. plates decorative maps on end papers by George Annand, Very nice unmarked copy, but the original green DJ is now sun faded to beige and tan..

Athens: [G. and A. Tsiveriotis], 1968 Book. Fine. French Wraps. 2nd Edition. A short guide to the island of Patmos, particularly the Monastery of St. John the Theologian by the Archimandrite.63p. illus. A small welcome brochure is laid in .