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Marie-Claude Gavard
When Adoption Becomes a Nightmare
Defying the dominant view on adoption, the author lays bare the psychological difficulties involved.
Antoine Compagnon
Proust, Memory and Literature
“Proust and memory”: a cliché of literary criticism re-examined in a radical new manner.
Yves Simon, Isabelle Simon-Baïssas
How to Help Your Anorexic Child
Is your teenage daughter anxious about her weight? Is she losing weight? Are you worried? Why is her behaviour so destructive? Why does her personality seem changed? Is she anorexic?
Maxime Schwartz, Jean Castex
The Discovery of the AIDS virus The Truth about Gallo/Montagnier affair
In Stockholm, on 10 December 2008, the King of Sweden awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, for their discovery of the AIDS virus...
Yves Coppens
The Past of the Present A Prehistorian’s Chronicles
Will Homo sapiens know how to adapt too? What lessons can we learn from the creatures that preceded us on Earth, and from what they were capable of doing? Who better than Yves Coppens can make us aware of the amazing relevance of the past from which we have all sprung?
Gérard Apfeldorfer
Slimming: It’s All in the Mind
If to stay slim all one had to do was lose weight, then everyone (or nearly everyone) would succeed.
David Ignatius
The Increment
After tackling terrorism in his previous novel, David Ignatius continues to reinvent the contemporary spy thriller.
Jean-Pierre Luminet, Élisa Brune
Good News from the Stars
This book describes the current state of knowledge on astronomy, without taking the form of a science lesson.
Luc Ferry
Facing the Crisis Building Blocks for a Politics of Civilisation
To overcome the crisis we will have to do more than salvage what we can by further expenditures, no matter how necessary or urgent these may seem.
Daniel Sibony
Marrakech, Departure Point
During a weekend trip to Marrakech — his hometown — a novelist has a love affair that becomes intertwined with reminiscences of his childhood.
Pierre Humbert, Jérôme Palazzolo
A Short History of Masturbation
A physician and a psychiatrist trace the medical and psychological history of masturbation...
Anthony Rowley, Fabrice d'Almeida
Asking "What if?" in History
What if things had turned out differently? What if Pontius Pilate had pardoned Jesus?