Fagotto Books catalogue english

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2011

Fagotto books was founded in 1984. Right from the start, it brought a new perspective to the way of learning music. Books full of life and enjoyment, with the complement of auxiliary acoustic material (audio tapes then, CD today), opened the way to amateur musicians, concerning the approach to the instrument they were interested in.

All books are based on the idea that music is not a forbidden ground for the non specialists, neither is its learning an ascetic occupation of the few.

Today, the way we study music changes, because music itself changes. New kinds of music emerge, new instruments are invented.

The tendency to different music cultures taking part equally on the international music stage is strengthened. Technology transforms the music field. Computers, virtual reality and Internet discover new possibilities for composition, performance, production, storing and management of the musical creation.

What is the basic music knowledge that has to be transmitted to the student and to the lover of music in the 21st century? What competencies should the student develop, so that he can be up to the contemporary musical demands? What are the most adequate ways to research basic concepts and music principles?

Fagotto books responds to these questions by offering, to an audience interested in music, books that correspond today’s demands. It is not by chance that some titles from fagottobooks’ catalogue are recommended by Greek Universities (such as Athens, Macedonia, Thessalia, Aristotle, Ionian, etc.) and Schools of Music and have been considered reference books for the School Libraries by the Ministry of Education.

Although music is the main object of our publications, in recent years fagotto books have expanded into other fields.

MUSIC BOOKS

TECHNICAL VOICE PLACEMENT- (TVP) Julie Massino Technical Voice Placement (TVP) is a method created by Julie Massino based on her personal research and experience. The book aims at artists, students and professionals who want to learn to sing or speak correctly, or even to overcome problems they have with their voice.

In the effort to master the technique of vocalising – there are now three assistants to help: • the book with a creative layout describing the theory and the exercises; • Julie Massino, live, teaching, on DVD, and; • the CDs take the place of the teacher to help the student.

The book contains the basic elements of the TVP method: breathing technique and the technique for pronouncing vowels. The exercises are the heart of the method. Each exercise sets a different goal, which the student should reach, following the detailed instructions. The book furthermore contains the elementary basics of the vocal system, as well as advice on maintaining good health and voice flexibility. +2 CD +2 DVD € 55,00 20.7*27.5 138 ISBN: 978-960-6685-12-5 Language: Greek

LEARN TO SING CORRECTLY Christos Kyriakidis A detailed guide to a proper vocal development.

Whether you are a professional or amateur, this book, the result of many years of experience and study, provides you with all the tools necessary to improve and develop your vocal skills. Some of the issues dealt with are: • preparing for performance • vocal exercises • stage presence • relaxation • microphone techniques • psychological preparation and health The book is enriched with useful drawings and sketches.

17*23 152 € 18,00 ISBN: 978- 960-7075-98-6 Language: Greek

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SMYRNEIKA AND PIREOTIKA REBETIKA URBAN AND FOLK SONGS OF PRE-WAR GREECE (1922-1940) Evgenios Voulgaris & Basilis Vantarakis This edition, in collaboration with the Epirus Technological Institute (Publications of the Department of Popular and Traditional Music), is a contribution to the bibliography of rebetika songs, containing an important number of recordings of the pre-war period (1922-1940) regarding compositions of the urban repertory.

All the well known composers of the era: Grigoris Asikis; Markos Vamvakaris; Dimitris Gogos (Bayaderas); Anestis Delias; Antonis Diamantidis (Dalgas); Yiannis Dragatsis (Ogdontakis); Costas Karipis; A.Kostis; Iakovos Montanaris; Dimitris Baroussis (Barous or Lorentzos); Yiorgos Batis; Stavros Pantelidis; Vaggelis Papazoglou; Spyros Peristeris; Costas Roukounas; Dimitris Semsis; Costas Skarvelis; Costas Tzovenos; Panagiotis Tountas; Yiovan Tsaous; Vassilis Tsitsanis; Emmanuil Chryssafakis and others are represented in this selection, which is based on criteria of aesthetics as much as emphasis on particular melodious developments.

This musical material is of course not unknown, but is here approached for the first time systematically through the theoretical system of the makam.

This methodological originality aims at bringing out the modal character of the compositions through the analysis and codification of their musical structures.

The first part of the volume contains a practical guide to acquaint the reader with the makam as forms of melody as well as composite observations deriving from the modal analysis of the repertory.

The study as a whole aspires to constitute a convenient field for turning to account, on multiple levels, the material treated, according to the diverse requirements of a broad and heterogeneous public attracted to the multi-dimensional world of pre-war urban popular song.

23.5*28 360 €35.00 ISMN: M-801151-17-9 Language: Greek

ΤΗΕ ‘KANONAKI’ IN 78 RPM Apostolos Tsardakas The ‘kanonaki’ – a sort of dulcimer – is an instrument whose role in forming Greek folk music has yet to be researched. Despite its undisputed place in Greek organology, its presence has been debased for decades whilst what has been written about its repertory and musicians is not always adequately documented.

The present book attempts to sketch the position of the instrument in contemporary Greek music through its contribution to 78 RPM discography, which is the oldest recording and therefore the most valuable testimony.

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23*33 212 €30.00 ISMN: 979-0-801151-37-7 Language: Greek

GREEK MUSIC ARCHIVES / Smyrna’s Songs Compiled and Arranged by: Yiorgos Konstantzos • SMYRNA’S SONGS – POPULAR SONGS (A) • SMYRNA’S SONGS - POPULAR SONGS (B) • THE SONGS OF SMYRNA IN ATHENS – THE REFUGEES’ SONGS • SMYRNA’S SONGS – TRADITIONAL SONGS • CONSTANTINOPLE’S SONGS – URBAN SONGS We present in these books an authentic music registration of an invaluable cultural heritage: Smyrna’s Songs. This collection includes songs from Smyrna, the Asia Minor Coast, Constantinople, as well as from the refugees’ districts of Athens and Piraeus. 250 songs are comprised in the five volumes composing this collection, the heritage of anonymous and famous composers of the past five centuries, songs that might possibly be characterized as traditional, popular, rebetiko, estudiantinas, serenade, mane, light songs, etc. Besides scores in European written notation, chords and music modes (makam) are also registered.

As much information as it was possible to collect is given for each song, concerning its origin, lyrical and musical variations, also to be found in discography, from the beginning of the previous century and of more recent date.

21*29

96 €20.00 Language: Greek

ISBN: 960-7075-48-X ISBN: 960-7075-63-3 ISBN: 960-7075-84 ISBN: 960-7075-68-4 ISBN: 960-7075-67-6

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TRADITIONAL MELODIES FOR PIANO vol. 1 & 2 Compiled and Arranged by: Dimitris Pyrghiotis The widely familiar traditional Greek music, at the level of collective musical life, continues, as proven, to be an «unknown land» at the level of formal educational practice. The motive of these editions is to supply beginners in music, who are at the initial learning phase of the instrument with this sort of material, which will allow them to practise the rhythms and melody of the art of traditional music. A fertile musical imagination is the constant objective. Basic elements of these arrangements are: • adoption of unadorned versions of the melody.

21.*29 48 €12.00 ISMN 1: 979-0-801151-21-6 Language: Greek

• intonation of the monophonic texture.

• effective restriction of the harmonic movement, given the fact that rich harmony is «alien» to traditional tone.

21.*29 48 €12.00 ISBN 2 : 960-7075-66-8 Language: Greek

• balanced succession of the melody’s phrases between the two hands, as well as suggestions for recommended fingering.

The overall spirit beyond the arrangements is the wish to reduce the influence of the filter of contemporary harmony, enabling the traditional tone to emerge.

THE ART OF THE RECORDER Compiled and Arranged by: Nikos Sakellariou Anthology of traditional songs and dances from various areas of Greece arranged to solo recorder. The recorder-playing techniques proposed in the book (such as articulation, ornamenti, glissando and pizzicato), reflect traditional recorderplaying styles. Moreover, the key strokes recommended for different notes provide solutions to possible technical problems. The book is aimed at students of conservatoires and schools, music teachers, professional musicians and music lovers.

ISMN: M-801151-06-3 29*21 << 8

153 €20.00 Language: Greek

24 SONGS FOR YOUNG PIANISTS BY MANOS HADJIDAKIS vol. 1 & 2 Transcription: Takis Farazis Manos Hadjidakis is one of the most significant contemporary Greek composers, renowned both in Greece as well as beyond the borders of his own country. His work covers a broad musical spectrum of songs, orchestral music, pieces for piano and compositions for the ballet, the theatre and the cinema. Hadjidakis’ music is outstanding for its overflowing lyricism, the wealth of its timbres and a distinctive musical idiom which combines a great diversity of musical influence at a high aesthetic level.

The present anthology of piano pieces includes the following songs: • The Urchins Down in the Meadow • Contessa Esterhazy • Mr. Antonis • Daybreak • Morning Star • The Rose • Love within the Heart • In this Boat • Sea Birds • Little Paper Moon • I Have a Secret • Little Rallou • The Song of the Siren • The Coachman • Hymettus • The Children of Piraeus • A Madonna • The Moon is Red • A Dance at Lavrion • Bring me a Mandolin • Astrology • Athina • Kemal • The Seagull 23*31 56 each Language: Greek - English ISMN 1o: 979-0-801151-16-2 ISMN 2o: 979-0-801151-23-0 ISMN set: 979-0-801151-22-3 Book price: €18.00 CD Price €18.00 Set books & CD €44.00

SONGS FROM THE IONIAN ISLANDS vol. 1 & 2 vol. 1 – Traditional Songs Compiled and Arranged by: Chronis Notas vol. 2 - Urban Songs Compiled and Arranged by: Grigoris Vangelatos

21*29 80 +CD €20.00 ISMN: M-801151-03-02 Language: Greek - English 21*29 64 +CD €20.00 ISMN: 979-0-801151-18-6 Language: Greek - English

Music tradition in the Ionian Islands has distinct particularities compared with the Greek mainland territory due to obvious cultural influences from Italy. The collection consists of two volumes. Volume 1, a compilation of 49 songs, integrates part of the rural music tradition.

Volume 2, a compilation of 27 songs, includes part of the urban music tradition. The two books are remarkable for their originality, since there is no previous bibliographic record concerning the transcription of similar repertory.

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HOW TO PLAY BOUZOUKI Haralambos Payatis The book is aimed to bouzouki amateurs. Using tablatures, schemes and the systematic presentation of matters concerning the different techniques, the secrets of such a rich instrument are revealed and the process of learning becomes a pleasant occupation.

23*31 80 €18.00 ISMN: 960-7075-25-0 Language: Greek - English

BOUZOUKI CHORDS Kostas Koukoulinis This book is a complement for each bouzouki learning method and analyses in a systematic way the different forms of accompaniment as well as the way of using them. In particular the accompaniments include the: • Presentation the 12 basic major tones with the equivalent 12 basic minor tones, as they come across in the songs • Alphabetic presentation of the accompaniment in all the extension of the fingerboards with easy memorization of the schemes 21*29 48 €15.00 ISBN: 960-7075-28-5 Language: Greek and basic instructions in English

• Analysis of special forms of accompaniments The book is complemented with a practical theoretical addition concerning how chords are formed and includes a practical fingering of the folk scales in bouzouki’s fingerboard.

GREEK CLARINET TECHNIQUE Apostolos Vangelakis Addressed to those who want to get to know the clarinet through traditional music, as well as to those who want to become acquainted with traditional music through the clarinet, the book includes basic elements of theory rendered in a more practical rather than analytical way. The accompanying CD provides an additional dimension to learning, the experience of listening.

21*28 86 +CD €25.00 ISMN: M-801151-11-7 Language: Greek - English << 10

THE LYRE OF PONTUS Michalis Kaliontzidis The area of the music of Pontus constitutes a space to be discovered and explored, to which end this book has been composed. It is a study of the most emblematic of Pontian music’s symbols, the lyre, which is here researched in the entire spectrum of its substance, from organology and technique to the repertory and the role it plays in a tradition still alive. It is written by one of its most active instrumentalists, the lyre-player Michalis Kaliontzidis, eschewing the oft-trodden path of unintegrated and distanced scientific research and bearing witness in this volume to what he has experienced, living through many years of all the multifarious aspects of the art.

23*28 92 €20.00 ISMN: 979-0-801151-36-0 Language: Greek

THE DARBUKA AND THE RHYTHMS Lefteris Pavlou The Toumberleki also known as darbuka or doumbek is a widely used percussion instrument in traditional Greek music. The book is aimed at students of traditional music and percussion musicians and it includes a compilation of dances, songs and instrumental tunes with the transcription of the most well-known rhythms of the darbuka in Greek traditional and folk music.

Additional information is provided by the photographs, diagrams and the accompanying CD. 18.5*22.5 79 +CD €25.00 ISMN: M-801151-12-4 Language: Greek

POPULAR SCALES AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPROACH Haralambos Payatis This book is a summary of Popular Scales with practical application diagrams (without notes) to keyboards, piano, bouzouki and guitar. It is a useful guide to every musician interested in modal music.

21*29 32 €15.00 ISMN: 978- 960-7075-18-8 Language: Greek - English 11 >>

THESAURUS OF MUSICAL SCALES Dimitris Pyrghiotis 2048 Scales • Western Music Scales • Symmetrical Scales • Jazz Scales • Greek Music Scales • Byzantines Scales • Arab-Turkish Makam • Tonal Harmony • Neo-tonal Harmony • Blues, Rock and Jazz Harmony • a- tonal Harmony and the Twelve Tone Line.

“The Thesaurus of Musical Scales will be the fundamental tool for all who

wish to have essential knowledge of the laws governing musical structure”.

Theodore Andoniou

Composer-Conductor , Professor at the University of Boston , President of the Greek Composers’ Union

The anguish and need on the part of the musician to control and organize the material - especially the musical notes and combinations - is a fact well known to all. The Thesaurus of Musical Scales grants the musician this liberty. All the scales, all the possible combinations of the musical notes are here presented.

The 2048 scales of our musical chord system are presented and classified according to the number of notes that constitute them (form), their interval vector, their set class, their type of schematization (category) and their symmetry.

The only thing the musician has to do is to experiment, to select and to compose. However, the extension of the Thesaurus is not restricted to the transcription/music notation and juxtaposition of scales.

In a summarized and objective manner, the second part contains the musical systems in combination of music pitches defining music today: tonal harmony, Jazz, Greek traditional music, Byzantine music, ArabTurkish makam, neo-tonal harmony and Greek traditional music, a-tonal harmony and twelve-tone line.

It then becomes evident that the purpose of the Thesaurus is to be a “ little encyclopedia of music pitches”. It becomes this way a supporting instrument for study, analysis and composition.

21.*28 544 €35.00 ISMN: M-801151-01-8 Language: Greek

SOUNDS OF SILENCE - MODERN JAZZ COMBINATIONS Markos Alexiou Presented in this book are various elements of music, based on scales and chords, which are used both in jazz and also in other forms of modern music.

My goal is to assist you, the learner, as you read and listen to the written and recorded material, to be able to discover and develop within yourself aspects of music still unimaginable to you. Further, I hope to guide you, through the use of the new and creative ideas, towards the freedom and the joy that come from musical expression. In closing, I feel the need to emphasize that the teacher’s role is not only to form a fine student but mainly to guide him and stimulate him with progressive ideas and sounds toward the enrichment of what he himself possesses. He, in turn, will then do his part.

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21.*28 96 +CD €25.00 ISMN: 979-0-801151-27-8 Language: English

METHOD FOR THE PIANO ACCORDING TO THE RUSSIAN SCHOOL vol. 1 & 2 Editors: Alexis Mirosnikov & Natalia Mirosnikova The method for the piano is in two parts and is an aid to learning for future pianists as well as for young teacher starting out in the field. Major importance is given here to the first lessons in piano playing, structured on the principles of the Russian School. Methodological and pedagogical advice is given, concerning the correct positioning of the hands of the beginner piano player and suggesting various exercises for developing and strengthening the fingers. Basic compositions by teacher-composers initiate the pupil into the world of music, contributing to their further mental development as well as the adaptability and independence of their interpretive framework. The method for the piano’s second part comprises compositions belonging to the repertory of second and third year students of the piano.

21*29

56 / 52 €15.00

ISMN 1: 979-0-801151-50-6 ISMN 2: 979-0-801151-51-3

MUSIC MODES OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Marios Mavroidis This book gives the reader a comprehensive picture of the musical system of the Mediterranean and Near East. Arab and Turkish secular song music and Eastern Orthodox Church music, the Byzantine, are jointly analyzed and compared.

A major part of the subject treated is dedicated to music intervals, in an attempt, firstly, to give a complete image of the aspects from Antiquity to our days and secondly to clarify the concepts for a contemporary and defined specificity of the subject.

The most important part of the book regards modal shapes and their functioning, the meaning, the sounds of the Byzantine music and the Arab and Turkish makam. The different systems are juxtaposed comparatively in such a way as to clarify both common and distinctive points between them. The material is presented in a manner to make it accessible to all, even those without specialized knowledge of the subject, while the theoretical portion is complemented with supplements of musical examples from proficient compositions in the different modal systems examined.

17*24 344 €28.00 ISBN:978-960-7075-47-5 Language: Greek 13 >>

TRAVEL BOOKS / ionian islands

LEFKADA THE COMPLETE GUIDE This complete guide to Lefkada, accompanied by 180 photographs and detailed maps, is the key to routes along delightful footpaths, to the discovery of the charms of highland villages, revealing secluded quiet beaches, inviting to visit churches and imposing monasteries. Additionally, routes off the beaten track lead to explore untrodden landscapes of exceptional natural beauty.

The only officially recognised guide 12*22

168 €15.00

ISBN: 978-960-6685-07-1 Language: English Also available in : Greek (ISBN: 978-960-6685-02-0) Italian (ISBN: 978-960-6685-08-8) German (ISBN: 978-960-6685-09-5) Czech (ISBN: 978-960-6685-10-1) French (ISBN: 978-960-6685-22-4) Dutch

LEFKADA, A CONCISE GUIDE OF THE BEST

English, Greek, Italian 12*16

128 10€

ENG 978-960-6685-26-2 / GR 978-960-6685-25-5

Nikos Thermos A truly up-to-date guide to Lefkada, written by people who live on the island and experience its daily life. The accurate information it provides is a guarantee that you will make the best of the valuable time of your holidays, free of any trouble. Lefkada is famous for some of its beaches such as Kathisma and Porto Katsiki. There are however many more. Lefkada has some beaches as beautiful but that are mostly unknown, as well as amazing natural beauty of the countryside in the interior that you should explore.

This guide, richly illustrated, with its proposed routes and accurate mapping will lead you step by step to the island’s hidden secrets.

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LEFKADA ON FOOT Lida Out Lefkada is a beautiful island with spectacular countryside surrounded by an impressive turquoise sea. There is no better way to explore the island than on foot, enjoying the peaceful silence, overwhelming nature and breathtaking views. The walking book Lefkada on Foot provides walks of varying distances and difficulty. The Dutch author, living on her beloved island for many years, is very pleased to share her enthusiasm with you.

English Dutch 12*22 140 15â&#x201A;Ź ISBN: 978-960-6685-23-1

12*22 140 15â&#x201A;Ź ISBN: 978-960-6685-24-8

MEGANISI-KALAMOS-KASTOS: COMPLETE GUIDE The first comnprehensive publication about these islands that are still untouched by mass tourism. It includes historical information, walking routes, routes for motorbike or 4x4 as well as for sailing with nautical information.

To be released

PILOT OF THE IONIAN SEA Sotiris Vlachos The part of the Ionian sea between the Ionian Islands and the continent shore is considered the best area for sailing worldwide. Indeed, the landscape is magnifiscent with constant changes and endless variety of bays and beaches where the boat can anchor safely. The safety for sailing is guaranteed as the weather is mild and predictible. In this guide Sotiris Vlachos, the president of the Sailing Group of Corfu, presents his valuable experience, as he has been sailing on this sea for more than 30 years. The guide is enriched with historical information about the area, with descriptions of the most important sights, along with practical information.

To be released

LEFKADA MAPS Lefkada roadmap: The only one with a detailed beach index - including the less famous - and an index of the island’s sights. It includes a map of the historic centre of Lefkada city with suggested walking routes through the most significant buildings dating British period and the other city sights as well as further suggested routes around the island.

Greek, English ISBN: 960-6685-03-9

50*70 2.50€

50*70 3.80€

Lefkada complete map: Laminated, reliable and detailed map of the island (also Meganisi, Kalamos & Kastos) including even off road destinations. With: -Survival guide for short holidays -Information about the beaches, food and entertainment -General city map -Sights Greek, English, Italian. ISBN: 960-6685-20-0

Lefkada trekking map: A map of precision, compatible with GPS. Ideal for walking tours, with mapping of footpaths.

In Greek, English, German and Dutch. To be released

MEGANISI - KALAMOS - KASTOS MAPS Meganisi roadmap: A map of the island excellently illustrated, with precise mapping of the road network and detailed insertion of all the island’s place names. With information and photographs for sights, beaches, dining, entertainment, accomodation, access, activities plus all useful telephones for public services.

Greek, English, German & Italian ISBN: 978-960-6685-30-9

50*70 3.00€

Meganisi-Kalamos-Kastos: complete roadmap The only detailed map of the islets of Lefkada with detailed information on sights to see and the beaches as well as board and lodging, meals and entertainment. It also contains sailing information.

In Greek, English and Italian. To be released

ALBUMS

LEFKADA - A PIECE OF GREECE TO TAKE HOME Photography: Thanos Papadopoulos Art Director: Nikos Bogdanos The first coffee table album dedicated to Lefkada. Through the exceptional photography work of Thanos Papadopoulos the metaphysic enchantment of the island is revealed.

22*26 144 €35.00 ISBN: 960-7075-95-1 Language: Greek-English

WILHELM DÖRPFELD‘S LEFKADA Nikos Thermos The album Wilhelm D�rpfeld’s Lefkada, 1891-1913 analyses D�rpfeld’s special and personal relationship with the island, featuring all the places where he carried out excavations or only photographed.

The photographs in the album have been specially treated so that the detail is enhanced. “ Today, about a hundred years after they were taken, one is struck by these photographs’ high standard of artistic quality and accuracy of detail. D�rpfeld nearly always featured human figures in them, to give a better impression of dimensions and proportions.

They are therefore, whether consciously or accidentally, contributions to the technique of illustration, which became a tradition of popularity, utilizing the theme of vestiges of antiquity in art, since all the photographs reflect the romantic concept of communion between mankind and nature, on a background with the grandeur of ancient ruins, mute testimony to our civilization brought to light by the archaeologist’s pickaxe.”

Wolfger Pohlmann Head of Arts, Goethe Institut Athen 22*24.5 88 €20.00 / Price Hardcover: € 28.00 ISBN: 978-960-6685-11-8 Language: Greek-English-German

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LEFKADA, A JOURNEY IN TIME Fritz Berger Fritz Berger’s book is a proposal to become acquainted with a place. Photographs and text invite us on a reminiscing route of reflection upon the days after the 1960s of the daily life of Lefkada, mainly in the southern part.

In Berger’s own words: “I carry my memories of Lefkada inside me as images. They are images full of light and shade, shapes and colour, full of people, flowers, trees, hills and the sea. I see the sorrowful eyes of women in elegant local costume, I see a caf caf� full of men playing backgammon, I taste Akrivi’s aromatic homemade bread and the olives served with it, the spicy cheese. I hear the donkeys, the goats, the sheep, the ceaseless trill of the cicadas everywhere. They are images which remain or which come up only for a short while. Then houses appear that were damaged by the earthquake, a cold night and the old lady, Arsenia sitting alone in front of the fire.”

13*19 108 €15.00 ISBN: 978-960-6685-01-2 Language : Greek-English

LEFKADA, PEOPLE AND PLACES Fritz Berger With touching photographs, Fritz Berger takes us to the Lefkas of the past - to places, people and their work. The pictures show a harsh, frugal life photographed with respect and poetic charm - a time not so long ago and yet lost forever.

Greek - English - German 13*19 108 15€ ISBN: 960-6685-21-7

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CORFU DEPICTED IN YESTERYEAR’S POSTCARDS 1: PAINTINGS Yiannis Petsalis collection The book is adorned with many old postcards which unfolds for us the web of memories of childhood years, in times of hardship, although there was also the authenticity of their simplicity. It was a period revealing the history, the culture of Corfu in a different perception of the island’s natural and inhabited environment.

24*17 160 Hardcover : €22.00 ISBN: 978-960-6685-15-6 Language : Greek-English

CORFU DEPICTED IN YESTERYEAR’S POSTCARDS 2: ACHILLION Yiannis Petsalis collection The collection and selection of the photographs in this album was made on the basis of the historical succession of events. As a consequence of the Achillion’s two proprietos being of the most famous personages in the world of their time, Corfu acquired worldwide particular glamour.

24*17 146 Hardcover : €22.00 ISBN: 978-960-6685-17-0 Language : Greek-English

CORFU EASTER Texts: Nasos Christogiannopoulos Photography: Yiannis Dimitras A day-by-day guide to the Greek Orthodox Easter in the island of Corfu, illustrated with exceptional photos.

19*19 52 €8.00 ISBN: 978-960-6685-16-3 Language: Greek-English

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COOKING

THE COOKERY OF LEFKADA - Greece/Ionian Islands Evie Voutsina A book about cooking as well as about the people of Lefkada, written by a Lefkadian author, for this land of azure light, of the olive tree and cypress, of emerald seas.

Evie Voutsina returns to her roots in writing this book, after having roamed around the whole of Greece for at least twelve years, researching and recording the country’s gastronomic culture. Her search does not stop at writing down recipes. She is interested in the techniques of food preparation, the conditions of life, the human aspect and all the ‘little touches’ that give each dish its particular taste: everything that constitutes the ethos of food. In the end result, while collecting recipes and listening to the stories around them, Evi Voutsina’s work is also folklore: the axis of her books is the turning seasons, the rhythms and harmony of nature; the leading role is the essence of Greek cooking (and more broadly, Mediterranean cuisine), which is the measure of it all.

Pre-eminently, however, the protagonists are the people, those who are willing to share their memories with us, who will tell their charming stories of the past, with which in simplicity, yesterday is bridged to today.

21*19 228 €22.00 ISBN: 978-960-6685-19-4 Language: English / Also available in Greek.

AUTHENTIC GREEK COOKING Evie Voutsina ‘The dishes of Greek cookery, in particular those that constitute its identity, are largely unknown to the broader public. This is not the book in which to find the recipes usually contained in such publications, such as moussaka, stuffed vegetables or horiatiki salad, mainly because they are already well known and almost identified with a tourist’s perception of Greek cuisine.From the vast wealth of recipes I have recorded in the systematic research I have been conducting over the past fourteen years all over the country, I selected (with great difficulty, I have to admit) those presented in this book for their quality of taste as well as for what I consider to be their representativeness of the identity of Greek food. I call them authentic because they are not my own recipes, they were not concocted by myself and are transcribed exactly as I wrote them down.

Wherever I have added something it is specifically mentioned in the introduction to the recipe. I have tried and tested them, cooking them over and over again, so that I am sure you will have no difficulty in making them.’ E.V. 19,5*24 104 15€ ISBN: 978-960-6685-34-7 21 >>

TAOISM - TAI CHI

BREATHING EXERCISES THE BEAUTIFUL ART OF EXISTENCE 26 EXERCISES IN STILLNESS AND SILENCE

11*17 72 8€ ISBN: 960-7075-87-0

11*17 104 8€ ISBN: 960-7075-86-2

11*17 78 8€ ISBN: 960-7075-85-4

Petros Kouropoulos In the tumult of the modern age, the words of Petros Kouropoulos sound limpid and illuminated.

“Life cannot be artificially gilded. We breathe it moment by moment, as it is, as it comes, as we fantasize it. We experience its current all over us, from inside the appeal of the attraction of the genders and the fumes of the war mechanisms of greed. We balance inhalation towards expiration, expiration towards inhalation, and we absorb in silence the experience of the past. Its current launches the action and prepares the next step. We smile with the greatest paradox we live in, the present that springs from everywhere and floods everything. It impels towards every direction. It opens every cell, mind, heart and disposition to readiness. The pulse of the entire creation moves us”.

Language: Greek

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