Dominique Desanti, Jean-Toussaint Desanti, Roger-Pol Droit

Liberty Still Cherishes Us

In this book, the authors, Dominique and Jean-Toussaint Desanti, relate their lives of active political and intellectual commitment to Roger-Pol Droit. The story begins with Dominique and Jean-Toussaint’s first meeting, their lives as an “open” couple, their involvement in the French Resistance and, later, in the Communist Party, their support of the FLN during the Algerian war of independence, their participation in the events of May 1968 in France and the United States, and their espousal of the feminist movement. They also discuss the numerous works they have written — literature in Dominique’s case, philosophy in Jean-Toussaint’s. Their political path is one that was shared by many French intellectuals of their generation. The enthusiasm of many young people for left-wing causes had first been stirred by the Popular Front government. The Soviet victory at Stalingrad (rather than support of Marxist thought) later fanned this enthusiasm, with the result that many French intellectuals joined the Communist Party. Each event in the authors’ lives is recounted individually from each one’s point of view, before being retold by both of them in unison. This manner of telling their story fully respects each writer’s personality and style, and has resulted in an especially intense book. Dominique Desanti is a journalist, essayist and novelist. Jean-Toussaint Desanti is a philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Paris I-Sorbonne.

Mikhaïl Gorbatchev

Memoirs

For the first time Mikhaïl Gorbatchev opens his personal archives to the public. The reader participates in the negotiations between the head of the Kremlin and the other great leaders: François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, George Bush... He experiences the moving dialogue between Pope John Paul II and the General Secretary of a party which has made atheism its profession of faith. Finally, the reader follows the intellectual, political and moral progress of a man who presided over the transformation and opening of the very system which created him.

Jean-Paul Lévy

The Power of Healing The History of Illness as an Idea

Yves Coppens

The Present of the Past 4 Pastilles of Prehistory

A lively introduction to the basics of Prehistory that is both informative and entertaining

Guillaume Cerutti

The Cultural Policy : A 21st Century Challenge Twenty Proposals

Though our certainties may waver as we move toward an uncertain economic and social future, culture remains for France an exceptional asset and a critical issue, both at home and internationally.

Boris Cyrulnik

Psychotherapy from God

Combining developmental psychology, attachment-based therapy, psycho-sociology, and the neurosciences, a psychotherapy of the sacred that takes into account all forms of belief, without distinction and without judgment, to analyse their foundations, their practices, their inner workings, and also their benefits. An original enlightening study of the major role played by attachment (secure or insecure) in religious feeling.

Jean-Claude Carrière

The Valley of Nothingness

An intimate reflection on universal questions, written with the finesse and intelligence we have come to know in Jean-Claude Carrière’s writing.

Pauline Schnapper, Emmanuelle Avril

Where is the United Kingdom Headed Brexit and Beyond

A burning reality. Brexit, which was supposed to take effect officially on 29 March 2019, has been postponed to October, but already its effects are being felt, and this is only the beginning!