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Willy Pasini

I Have a Child Whenever I Want

Portraits of highly contemporary women who have decided to impose their priorities and to use the new procreation techniques to control their fertility and to stimulate it when convenient. New challenges for women between the ages of 20 and 35 in terms of career and procreation.

René Depestre, Marc Augé

Good Evening Tenderness

The life of an intellectual, revolutionary, and adventurer. An important figure in the négritude movement, alongside Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon. An original reflection on identity and skin color. A look back on his revolutionary dreams and the Cuba regime, in the time of Castro and Che.

Alain Cotta

Global Hypercapitalism

Erudite and original, this book presents a true portrait of the “Dynamics of hypercapitalism,” tracing its lines of strength. It is also a denunciation of the elites and of their oligarchical power, exercised on the middle classes.

Jean-Didier Vincent

The Biology of Power

How biology explains what is going on in the brains of leaders, and in those of their subjects… Told by J-D Vincent, the strange ballet of emotions that connect power, sex, and violence.

Yves Coppens

Origins of Man: Origins of a Man Memoirs

Richly illustrated, the memoirs of a great paleontologist, a man of exceptional breadth and an indefatigable story-teller, world-renowned prehistorian, and award-winning French scientist. The story of a life dedicated entirely to studying, explaining, reconstituting, understanding, telling about, and conveying the history of human beings, and the mystery of our origins.

Lionel Coudron, Corinne Miéville

Yoga Therapy:Treating Depression

Yoga, through its physical and psychic activity, can help to break the vicious cycle of depression. Contains medical expertise and step-by-step exercises, and advice for healthy living. Written by one of the best known physicians and yoga instructors.

Patrice Debré

Robert Debré, a French vocation A very great physician, a great scientist, a model for the French

The style of the narrative is very upbeat, almost that of a novel. The story of a family that is also a way of restoring the history of France from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. The reputation of the author, and

Lionel Coudron, Corinne Miéville

Yoga Therapy:Treating Emotional Shocks and Fears

Fear of flying, verification phobias (OCD), fear of taking transportation following a violent trauma: all these forms of anxiety handicap daily life. They do not randomly take root, but yoga can have an influence on their uncontrollable mechanisms.

Hélène Romano

Helping the Child in Trouble Separation, Aggression, Traumatism

A response adapted to the growing violence occurring in our societies, from school bullying to terrorist attacks. Contains many practical examples and explanations, clear and concrete guidance to help parents help their children and make them feel secure.

Yves-Alexandre Thalmann

We Always Have a Second Chance at Happiness A little lesson in happiness

An original approach to happiness: memories have an immense potential for happiness. An overview of discoveries in the neurosciences, in particular on the functioning of memory and of cognitive biases. A renewed approach to the resources of our mental mechanisms.

Jean Jouzel, Pierre Larrouturou

To avoid climate and financial chaos

America First! Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Europa First! We want Europe to be the first to prove “grandeur nature,” to show that not only is safeguarding the climate not an obstacle to social well-being, but that the struggle against climate deregulation is a powerful means to fight against unemployment and insecurity.

Dominique Schnapper

Of Democracy in France

From providential democracy to extreme democracy, the concepts forged by D. Schnapper have now passed into contemporary language. A great voice for democracy (D. Schnapper, the daughter of Raymond Aron, is former member of the Conseil constitutionnel).

Daniel Widlöcher, Antoine Périer, Nicolas Georgieff

Around Daniel Widlöcher: Psychoanalytical Conversations with Antoine Périer and Nicolas Georgieff

These conversations with Daniel Widlöcher are of particular importance: he is one of the last great figures in French psychoanalysis of the post-war generation.

Sylvie Vauclair

Origins of the World, Origins of Life

The last two centuries have revolutionized our perception of the world, a perception that has had to adapt to the notion of perpetual change. A very accessible reflection on the evolution of the Universe and of life.

Chantal Joffrin Le Clerc

A Little Sadness, or Severe Depression? Knowing When to See a Shrink

Eating, memory, moods, excesses of all kinds…: a clear presentation of the truly alarming signs that indicate changes in mental illness. More broadly, a beneficial redefinition of the difference between the normal and the pathological.

Antonio R. Damasio

The Strange Order of Things Life, Feeling, and the Making of Culture

A landmark book, situated between philosophy and neuroscience, in which Damasio deals with the challenging question of the origin of civilization.