The oldest manuscript of Alexanders saga, AM 519a 4, from circa 1280 is considered to be one of the most important extant pieces of Icelandic writing from the medieval period. This volume contains an introduction, the text in 'facsimile', quantitative analysis of the manuscript's palaeography, orthography & phonetic system as well as an index. ...

2007 film, directed by Alexsandr Sokurov, depicting the life of a group of Russian soldiers in war-torn Chechnya. Seen from the perspective of an old woman, the film explores family relationships in a masculine world full of violence, fear & death. Alexandra (Galina Vishnevskaya) travels to Chechnya to find her grandson (Vasily Shevtsov) whom she has not seen for seven years. Able, because of her age, to move apparently freely between the military & the civilian population, Alexandra discovers the everyday aspirations & motivations of characters on both sides of the conflict. ...

Athos, Aramis, Porthos & D' Artagnan become involved in a plot to depose King Louis XIV & replace him with his secret twin brother, but the plot goes horribly wrong & leads to an exciting showdown where our heroes must fight for their lives against terrible odds. ...

For Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, Alexandria holds fascination & a hint of fear. Beautiful, historic & famously unruly, the great cosmopolitan city wears Roman rule lightly. While his wife, Helena Justina, wants to see the Lighthouse & the Pyramids, Falco has a mission at the Great Library. ...

Throughout the entire span of Graeco-Roman antiquity Alexandria represented a meeting place for many ethnic cultures & was subject to a wide range of local developments, which created & formatted a distinct Alexandrine 'culture'. This title

Includes:: papers that deal with the relationship between Ptolemaic Alexandria & its Greek past.

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Charts the tensions that destroyed Alexandria's ancient walls, leading to the loss of an entire classical heritage, & beginning a thous&-year rift between Christian Europe & the Islamic Middle East. This title reflects on the power & dangers of ignorance driven by faith. ...

Alexandros N. Tombazis & Associates Architects proves that the famous adage, less is beautiful, is true. In reference to the style of Mies van der Rohe, less in this instance implies that a conscious & well-judged decision for the appropriate minimum in each design can produce architectural beauty. ...