Sa: 359 books

Térèsa Stiland a 14 ans quand l’armée allemande envahit la Pologne, en 1939. Comme tous les Juifs de Lodz, Térèsa et sa famille vont connaître les persécutions, l’enfermement dans le ghetto, le travail forcé et la faim. Dans le ghetto, le désespoir et la mort sont omniprésents mais la...

Many of the stories in On Love and Youth, the fifth chapter of Sa'di's Gulistan, involve love affairs between men and youths: masters with slaves, princes with youthful subjects, teachers with schoolboys, and other variations. In most cases, the context of the relationship suggests that the youth...

Héritier d'une lignée rare, celle des légendes du sprint, Bruny Surin a connu une fabuleuse carrière qui le place parmi les grands de l'épreuve-reine du 100 m. Le journaliste Saïd Khalil nous convie à une incursion unique dans l'univers d'un athlète exceptionnel et d'un homme vrai et...

2 works of Camille Saint-Saëns French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist of the Romantic era (1835-1921) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Camille Saint-Saëns. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Musical Memories - On the Execution of Music and Principally of Ancient Music

2 works of Zitkala-SaSioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist (1876-1938) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Zitkala-Sa. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents:- American Indian stories- Old Indian Legends

Consorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation of anecdotes about thirty-eight women who were, as the title suggests, consorts to those in power, most of them concubines of the early Abbasid caliphs and wives of latter-day caliphs and sultans. This slim but illuminating volume...

Un soir, à l’heure où l’on raconte des histoires aux enfants, Mohamed Mahrane sort délicatement d’un sachet en plastique bleu une feuille jaunâtre et la tend à son fils Saïd. C’est ainsi que que le petit garçon découvre le passé de son père, et ce qui fut sa guerre d’Algérie....

Le concept de montage est introuvable. Même Eisenstein, l’un des premiers théoriciens, n’a cessé de revenir sur ce geste si multiple. La proposition théorique de cet ouvrage n’est pas de réfléchir au montage à partir d’une thèse qui se développerait linéairement, mais d’« ouvrir...

TOUTE LA MAGIE ET LES CLEFS DE LA GASTRONOMIE DANS UN PETIT LIVRE UNIVERS. «La cuisine, pour moi, était celle de ma mère et des mousquetaires. Mais tout a une histoire, car sans histoire, nous ne serions rien. Tout au plus des mémoires grillées, déglacées au jus d'anecdotes.» Joël Robuchon,...

"Whether your interest in Sioux folklore is great or small, you will find this a fascinating book to devour. Pick up a copy today and be thrilled." — The Reading Room This accessible and affordable volume combines two essential collections by Sioux author Zitkala-Sa. American Indian Stories...

Born on South Dakota's Yankton Reservation in 1876, Zitkala-Sa felt "as free as the wind that blew my hair, and no less spirited than a bounding deer." At the age of 8, she traded her freedom for the iron discipline of a Quaker boarding school. Forever afterward, the Lakota Sioux author...

This masterpiece of Persian literature is a fascinating glimpse into the origins of one of the world's most venerable cultural traditions. Penned by one of the foremost Persian thinkers of the early medieval era, The Gulistan of Sa'di is a whirlwind tour through the political and intellectual issues of the period, ranging from advice for rulers to debates over different religious practices.

During the Middle Ages, a thriving center for learning and research was Muslim Spain, where students gathered to consult Arabic manuscripts of earlier scientific works and study with famous teachers. One of these teachers was Sa'id al-Andalusi, who in 1068 wrote Kitab Tabaqat al-'Umam, or "Book of the...

Accounts of remarkable women at the world's most powerful court Consorts of the Caliphs is a seventh/thirteenth-century compilation of anecdotes about thirty-eight women who were consorts to those in power, most of them concubines of the early Abbasid caliphs and wives of latter-day caliphs and...