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Pierre-André deChalendar

For a City That Is Desirable Once Again Cities are our future: what can be done so they will ultimately be desirable again?

Should we leave cities? The subject is very timely, and this book, which argues that we shouldn’t, deals with it intelligently, and without being overly-technical, which is rather rare in the realm of urbanism.

Marc Daëron

Life With Others A Look at Immunity

A critical look at what we think we know about the immune system

Patrick Artus, Marie-Paule Virard

Capitalism’s Last Chance For a new balance between consumers, workers, and shareholders

A stimulating text, powerful ideas, a limited number of figures, diagrams reserved for more technical elements: here one finds all the ingredients for a formula that has already marked the success of the Artus-Virard duo!

Pascale Cossart, Fabrice Hyber

The Great Voyage among Microbes

A wonderful introduction to microbiology by an eminent scientist. A richly illustrated work by Fabrice Hybert, very instructive.

Didier Pleux

How to Escape the Dictatorship of a Reptilian Brain

As victims of the pleasure principle and of immediate gratification, how can we overcome our reptilian brain? By relearning how to wait and to think.

Roger Zumbrunnen, Éric Malbos

Stop Panicking at the Wheel!

A new edition enhanced with an entire chapter devoted to therapy through virtual reality: the use of 3D environments is particularly well-adapted to the treatment of the fear of driving.

François Lévêque

Hyperpowerful Corporations Giants and Titans, the End of the Global Model

Why governments want to regain the upper hand over globalization

Armand Laferrère, Moshe Sebbag

Jews and Eternity

Are civilizations mortal? And yet, the Jewish people endure. A look at a mystery that might shed light on a world very concerned with its decline.