Harlan Lane

When the Mind Hears A History of the Deaf

This historical work recounts the struggle of deaf-mutes against prejudice, so that their rights and their language, sign language, were recognised. The people figuring in this book run from the abbey de l'Épée to Laurent Clerc, the spokesman for this community in the United States. A linguist, psychologist, and specialist in sign language, Harlan Lane teaches in Boston. He is the author of The Wild Child of Aveyron, which inspired the famous film by François Truffaut.

Marc Daëron

Life With Others A Look at Immunity

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

Stanley Greenspan, Beryl Lieff Benderly

The Growth of the Mind And the Endangered Origins of Intelligence

Zaher Massoud

The Living Earth

Jon Elster

Acting Against One’s Better Judgement

Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani

Disorientated Finance

This book analyses the events that shook French and international finance during the last twenty-five years of the twentieth century. In a straightforward style, eschewing all clichés, the author shows why Pierre Bérégovy was instrumental in bringing about the revolution in French finance, how Edouard Balladur’s closest followers created a caste which is now in control of upper management, and how they prevented the creation of pension funds — in other words, how they prevented the realisation of the Gaullist dream of participation and finally, how and why U.S. banks have managed to take over financial control of large French businesses. Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani is now chairman of the board of directors of GECINA.

Olivier Fréget

The Competition: An Idea that Is (Still) a Novelty in Europe and in France…

European competition law, in support of pluralism

Christian Boitard

Overcoming Diabetes insulin

A clear and passionate account to better understand diabetes and the history of this illness.