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Mathias Pessiglione

The Brain Has Its Reasons Which Reason Doesn’t Know

Momo Sapiens, or the brain caught in flagrante delicto of irrationality

Christian Blanc

The Strength of Kanak Roots in New Caledonia

An exceptional account of a significant episode in the recent history of France, by one of its principal participants.

Alain Bentolila

We Are Not Bonobos: I Talk, Therefore I Am

The conquest of language and writing against the chaos of the world and all its forms of manipulation

Maurice Vaïsse

The Algiers Putsch

Using archives and unpublished accounts, the spellbinding tale of a little-known turning point in contemporary history

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.

Stéphane Mazevet

Exoplanets and Life in the Universe In Search of Our Origins]

The tale of the great advances of the last half-century up to the discovery of extrasolar planets.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

Jeanne Siaud-Facchin, Jean-Christophe Seznec

Growing, Living, Becoming

A book that provides answers to the big question: how to progress in life? How to lead a life that is suited to oneself?

Antonio R. Damasio

Feeling & Knowing Making Minds Conscious

This book brings together the most recent discoveries in the cognitive sciences, neurobiology, psychology, and other fields, while adding the philosophical dimension dear to Antonio Damasio.

Gilles Dufrénot, Anne Levasseur-Franceschi

Pandemics and Globalization Dangerous Liaisons?

A global approach to the interactions between economic and health phenomena favoring the notion of the public good over a conquest of markets