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Yves-Alain Fontaine
Eels and Man
In this book, the author, an expert in his field, describes the most fascinating stages in the eels biological cycle, its migrations and the modifications it undergoes during its life. Eels interest us not only because of their life and breeding cycles, but also because of the questions they raise concerning our ideas about evolution. Does the notion of adaptation suffice to explain everything the eel has become? Doesnt a living creature maintain a certain amount of independence in relation to the world that surrounds it? Or is the relationship between a living creature and the environment which surrounds it more complex that we have generally realised ?

Alain Sauteraud
Living On After Your Death The Psychology of Grieving
Down-to-earth advice to help mourners understand the grieving process and then adapt to their new lives

Claude Berrou, Vincent Gripon
Some Brain Mathematics A Theory of Mental Information
How the human brain processes information — an explanation between neuroscience and information technology.

François Godement
Whither China?
A fascinating inquiry into the core of Chinese political life, by an eminent expert on China.

Malvine Zalcberg
Women in Love — What Love Does to Them
Why does love seem to play a more significant role in a woman’s life than in a man’s?

Pierre Bey, Jean-Pierre Gérard, Martin Schlumberger
Should We Fear Radioactivity?
A clear, precise and uncompromising account of radioactivity, its dangers and advantages

Patrick Lemoine
Right of Sanctuaries
This book is a detailed reconstruction of daily life at the Asile du Vinatier, a psychiatric institution near Lyon, from 1937 to 1945, a period marked by the earliest institutional attempts to treat mental illness. It was also the time when the blindness of administrative rules, the meanness of politicians, and the indifference of society at large resulted in a collective drama: the gradual extermination of mental patients. Patrick Lemoine is a psychiatrist and department head at the Hôpital du Vinatier in Lyon.

Xavier Pommereau
Teens.com Follow Their Progress
A new method to understand and treat troubled adolescents based on their own lifestyle

Karine Berger, Valérie Rabault
France Strikes Back For a More Competitive France
How can France recover its status as one of the world’s five most competitive nations?

Aurélie Crétin
Coping With Your Child’s Emotions
The keys to understanding your child’s emotions — so that you can react and cope effectively





