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Hélène Merle-Béral

17 Women Who Won a Nobel Prize for Science

This book spotlights the often surprising stories of these women who have achieved excellence and eminence in a still male-dominated environment

Éric Dubreuil

Parents of the Same Sex

A growing number of gay men and women have founded families and are discovering the joys of parenting. It is estimated that there are approximately 500,000 families headed by parents of the same sex. They have brought the issue of homosexual parenting into the public arena, shattering traditional notions of the family and raising fundamental questions of filiation, adoption, and medically assisted procreation (artificial insemination, surrogate mothers) which go beyond the sphere of homosexuality and concern the future of our society—and therefore of all of us. Based on 29 interviews, including seven of children and teenagers, the book explores the little-known lives of same-sex-parent families.

Alain Bauer, Marie-Christine Dupuis-Danon

The Protectors An Inside History of the French Gendarmerie

Following Les Guetteurs [the Lookouts], the first history of French Intelligence as told by its heads, here is Les Protecteurs, the inside history of the National Gendarmerie.

France Schott-Billmann

Therapy through Rhythmic Dance Healing through dance

Dance: an inner movement that can liberate any person who allows him or herself to be carried away by music.

Bertrand Badie

Between Two Cultures

A subtle and sensitive account of a private part of Bertrand Badie’s life, which sheds new light on his interest in world affairs.

Giulia Sissa

The Soul is a Feminine Being

Do women have a soul ? Philosophers have historically doubted this, refusing to accord women rationality. However, at the same time, they have been unable to imagine the soul without the help of feminine metaphors : the soul conceives, it is pregnant with knowledge, it gives birth in pain and distress but always with the help of someone. In reading classic texts such as Derrida, and deconstructing them while drawing comparisons with others and focusing on what may seem paradoxical, such as the many Freudian slips, Giulia Sissa leads us to interrogate ourselves on the exclusively feminine attributes of the Western soul. A radical questioning of the difference between the sexes which leads us to the most profound aspects of our culture.

Florence Lautrédou

This Pulse is changing our lives Inspiration

A stimulating book to help us welcome the gift of inspiration, and then take charge of our lives

Claudine Monteil

Ève Curie Pierre and Marie Curie's another daughter

The daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, Ève Curie was a writer, journalist, concert pianist and wartime activist