Alexander Pope
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing ...
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. Alexander Pope is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide whi...
Hangman's Chair: Hope///dope///rope
Hangman's Chair: Hope///dope///rope [CD]
Alexander Pope Poems
As a young man Pope shot to fame with The Rape of the Lock, a light-hearted mock-heroic poem about a trivial society scandal, still his best remembered work. Wit and irony, dazzling technical mastery - he perfected the English heroic couplet - acu...
Alexander Pope: Selected Letters
Alexander Pope: Selected Letters
Grychtolik Aleksandra & Alexander: Generation...
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Grychtolik Aleksandra & Alexander: Fantasia...
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Pope Alexander III (1159 81)
Alexander III was one of the most important popes of the Middle Ages and his papacy (1159-81) marked a significant watershed in the history of the Western Church and society. This book provides a long overdue reassessment of his papacy and his ach...
The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was the greatest poet of his age and the dominant influence on eighteenth-century British poetry. His large oeuvre, written over a thirty-year period, encompasses satires, odes and political verse and reflects the sexual, moral and ...
Alexandra
Alexandra: A History is a social and political history of one of South Africa's oldest townships. It begins with the founding of Alexandra as a freehold township in 1912 and traces its growth as a centre of black working-class life through the ear...
Buford Pope: Buford Pope
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Alexandria
'Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.' The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great's lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history. 'Superb ? impeccably researched, but with the pace and d...
Alexandria
'Like Robert Macfarlane re-written by Cormac McCarthy.' Telegraph 'Beckett doing Beowulf.' London Review of Books One thousand years from now, the sole inhabitants of a small island - a group no larger than an extended family - are living in a pos...
Alexandria
With a novelist's pen, Forster brings to life the fabled, romantic city of Alexander the Great, capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt, beacon of light and culture symbolised by the Pharos, where the doomed love affair of Antony and Cleopatra was played ou...
Alexandria
An original, authoritative and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day My dad had always told me about our city's magnificence, and as I looked at the new library in Alexandria it finally ...
Alexandria
**Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Spectator , Listener and Sydney Morning Herald ** 'This is a jewel of a book' - Sunday Times 'One of the great stories of archaeology, exploration and espionage ' - William Dalrymple 'Immensely enjoyable...
Alexandria
A SUNDAY TIMES AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Monumental and vividly imagined . . . a fitting tribute to a city that has survived, changed and grown for so many centuries' Daily Telegraph 'Wonderfully en...
Alexandria
A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Monumental and vividly imagined . . . a fitting tribute to a city that has survived, changed and grown for so many centuries'Daily Telegraph'Wonderfully entertaining . . . written with vim and vigour'Sunday Times'Lively and engrossing . . . Issa has brilliantly illuminated the history of a great city'Literary ReviewA city drawn in sand.Inspired by the tales of Homer and his own ambitions of empire, Alexander the Great sketched the idea of a city onto the sparsely populated Egyptian coastline. He did not live to see Alexandria built, but his vision of a sparkling metropolis that celebrated learning and diversity was swiftly realised and still stands today.Situated on the cusp of Africa, Europe and Asia, great civilisations met in Alexandria. Together, Greeks and Egyptians, Romans and Jews created a global knowledge capital of enormous influence: the inventive collaboration of its citizens shaped modern philosophy, science, religion and more. In pitched battles, later empires, from the Arabs and Ottomans to the French and British, laid claim to the city but its independent spirit endures.In this sweeping biography of the great city, Islam Issa takes us on a journey across millennia, rich in big ideas, brutal tragedies and distinctive characters, from Cleopatra to Napoleon. From its humble origins to dizzy heights and present-day strife, Alexandria tells the gripping story of a city that has shaped our modern world.'A multifaceted history of an enthralling city'Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, author of Persians: The Age of the Great Kings'A cornucopia of fascinating details, every page revealing a new delight'Paul Strathern, author of The Medici
Alexandria
'I came fully equipped with the old prejudice that anything to do with Egypt involved corruption and deceit.' AD 77. Egypt was the destination of choice for Roman tourists, being home to not one but two Wonders of the Ancient World, a Centre of Cu...
Nicholas & Alexandra
The tragic, compelling story of the last Tsar and his family Nicholas & Alexandra is the internationally famous biography from Pulitzer prize-winner Robert Massie. Massie shows conclusively how the personal curse of the young heir&apos...
Alexandra Romanowa
Gegen alle Widerstände heiratet sie ihre große Liebe und steigt zur mächtigsten Frau Russlands auf: Alexandra Romanowa (1872-1918). Die ebenso schöne wie gebildete Frau von Zar Nikolaus II. bleibt jedoch eine F...
Empress Alexandra
Melanie Clegg takes a fresh and intimate look at the close relationship that existed between the last Empress of Russia and her grandmother Queen Victoria. The story begins with the birth of Alexandra's mother Princess Alice, who was the third chi...
Lykophron: Alexandra
Traditionally ascribed to the early third-century BCE tragedian Lykophron, the Alexandra is a powerful Greek poem by an unknown author, probably written c. 190, when Rome had defeated Hannibal and the Carthaginians and was poised to humble the Seleukid king Antiochos III. The poem is an ingeniously constructed masterpiece, a generic mix with elements of tragedy, epic, and history. Priam's beautiful daughter, the prophetic Kassandra, foresees her rape in Athena's temple by the hateful Greek warrior Ajax after Troy's fall, and warns of disastrous returns (nostoi) for all the Greek 'heroes'. But Troy will rise again as Rome, founded by Trojan refugees. Alexandra (another name for Kassandra), narrates these Mediterranean foundation myths, adopting a bitterly disillusioned female perspective, but culminating in prophecies of Roman rule over land and sea.
Alexandra Kollontai
Alexandra Kollontai was a key leader of the Russian Socialist movement, the only woman in the early Soviet government, and one of the most famous women in Russian history. She worked tirelessly all her life, as a speaker, writer, and organizer for...
Alexandra-sviten
En av de senaste decenniernas stora svenska romantrilogier i en volym»Sviten om Alexandra är en stor prestation, både litterärt och rent psykologiskt. En början till vad som kan bli något i stil med Cora Sandels Alberte-svit.« Tommy Olofsson, Svenska DagbladetAlexandra bor med sin mamma, sin mormor och morfar och gamlamormor. Hon leker, hon drömmer, lär sig skriva och läsa. In i hennes värld kommer Ivan - mammas nya man. Alexandras nya pappa. Och för att få behålla en pappa måste man vara snäll. Man får inte säga emot. Absolut inte kissa på sig. Men en pappa som inte får det han vill ha - han tar och tar och tar...När Alexandra är sjutton år finns Ivan kvar i familjen, en kvävande närvaro. Steget till att berätta om vad han gör när ingen annan är hemma är stort och svårt. Och allt blir inte bättre när hon försöker. Skulden och skammen finns kvar.I tre uppmärksammade romaner - Alexandras rum [1994], De ensammas hus [2004] och Vägar utan nåd [2006] - går Alexandra från barndom till sena tonår. Det är en smärtsam och gripande skildring av barnets utsatthet och kampen för att ta tillbaka ett eget liv; personlig, allmängiltig och, trots allt, fylld av hopp och obändig livskraft.Romansviten presenteras här i en volym, med förord av Anna Jörgensdotter.ANNA FOHLIN MATTSSON, född 1966, har givit ut både poesi och romaner och verkat som översättare från bland annat färöiska och khmer. 2024 utkommer Anna Fohlin Mattssons nya roman, en fristående fortsättning på Alexandra-sviten.»Hennes roman är en storrengöring i det svenska folkhemmet och den träffar som ett knytnävsslag.« Eva Ström, Kulturnytt om Alexandras rum »De ensammas hus är en storartad berättelse, som på ett skickligt sätt låter oss ta del av både hopp och hopplöshet. Språket är njutbart, tidvis skimrande.« Kristian Lundberg, Skånska Dagbladet
Salome Alexandra
Påskhögtiden närmar sig och ömtåliga balanser råder i Jerusalem. Tre nätter i rad går drottningen, Salome, förklädd ut i staden. Hon söker vittnen som kan avvärja dödsdomen över hennes gåtfulle skyddsling, som återvänt från Egypten och har r...
Alexandra, Ljudbok
Rom, juni 2014: Alexandra gör succé med sina kreationer under en modevisning, men kväller tar en oväntad vändning när en äldre man kommer med ett budskap som skakar om hela hennes värld. Kan hon lita på honom? Det han berättar kan hjälpa henne att bli fri från Wilhelm – maken som en gång var hennes trygghet, men som nu är hennes största hot.Den enda Alexandra med säkerhet vet att hon kan lita på är barndomsvännen Agnes. Men Agnes har sina egna problem. Det som Alexandra avslöjade om Gabriele gnager. Kan hon någonsin förlåta honom? Och vad ska hon göra med sina känslor för Stefan? Hjärtat följer sin egen väg, frågan är om förnuftet tillåter det.”Alexandra” är den tredje och sista delen i den fängslande trilogin Följ vinden. En serie full av kärlek, vänskap, svek och hemligheter.
Alexandra Kollontai
Alexandra Kollontai inspired generations of socialists in Russia with her pioneering views on sex and the family. A revolutionary activist and writer, she was the only woman in the first Bolshevik government in 1917. This second edition of Cathy P...
The Hope of Lent: Daily Reflections from Pope Francis
The Hope of Lent: Daily Reflections from Pope Francis gathers the wisdom of Pope Francis for each day of the Lenten season. Offering inspiring quotes from Pope Francis, insightful commentary, and questions and challenges designed to encourag...
Pope Francis: The Last Pope?
Pope Francis: The Last Pope? reveals the possible reasons for the choice of historical abdication of Benedict XVI and traces the process that led to the election of Cardinal Bergoglio: the Pope who many have prophesized will be the last and will b...
Neon Soul
In short, powerful verses, Alexandra Elle shares a hard-won message of hope.¿ Alexandra Elle writes frankly about her experience as a young, single mother while she celebrates her triumph over adversity and promotes resilience and self-care in her...