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André Klarsfeld, Frédéric Revah
The Biology of Death
Why are most living organisms condemned to die a natural death, even if they are in a well-protected and highly favourable environment ? Is death a "useful" biological process or does it not correspond to any natural necessity ?

Jean-Marc Daniel
8 Lessons in Economic History
A masterly lesson in economics based on history and examples

Jean-Marie Chevalier, Patrice Geoffron
Energy Transitions Making the Right Choices
French leaders need to make the right energy choices — if they don’t the current economic crisis will only become worse

Patrick Lemoine
Right of Sanctuaries
This book is a detailed reconstruction of daily life at the Asile du Vinatier, a psychiatric institution near Lyon, from 1937 to 1945, a period marked by the earliest institutional attempts to treat mental illness. It was also the time when the blindness of administrative rules, the meanness of politicians, and the indifference of society at large resulted in a collective drama: the gradual extermination of mental patients. Patrick Lemoine is a psychiatrist and department head at the Hôpital du Vinatier in Lyon.

Anthony Rowley, Fabrice d'Almeida
When History Captures Our Emotions
the authors recount 20 stories that made history and that reveal the role played by the emotions over the centuries

Christophe Massin
To Suffer or to Love
Psychological and spiritual tools to feel better about yourself and with others

