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First published in 1875, General William T. Sherman's memoir was one of the first from the Civil War and was offered to the public because, as Sherman wrote in his dedication, "no satisfactory history" of the war was yet available. Although Memoirs has been revised and corrected many times over the years, Sherman famously never changed the original text of his recollections.

“Bennett’s medieval England comes alive in ways a reader can immediately relate to, even while being transported away from the modern world.” —Christian Science Monitor The story of two sisters caught up in the maelstrom of historic events, Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett combines the...

Les Grandes Figures de l’Islam est une série dédiée aux femmes et aux hommes qui ont marqué l’histoire spirituelle, intellectuelle et morale de la civilisation musulmane. À travers des épisodes courts, soignés et ancrés dans les sources, cette émission donne à entendre la vie, l’héritage et la profondeur intérieure de figures telles qu’Ibn ʿArabî, Hasan al-Basrî, Rûmî, ʿÂʾisha, Fâtima et bien d’autres encore. Chaque portrait offre un accès vivant aux enseignements, à la sagesse et à l’exemplarité de ces grandes âmes qui ont éclairé le chemin des croyants...