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Christian Blanc

The Strength of Kanak Roots in New Caledonia

An exceptional account of a significant episode in the recent history of France, by one of its principal participants.

Laura Nattiez, Denis Peschanski, Cécile Hochard

November 13th

The book attempts to reconstruct both the precise unfolding of facts and the way in which those facts were experienced by those who were involved.

Philippe Ratte

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing The Other Great President

An original biography that convincingly and in a remarkably well-informed way develops arguments that support its position.

André Grimaldi, Frédéric Pierru

Your Health in the Future

How can we maintain the quality of care in hospitals? Is our health system equipped to respond to the challenges of the aging of the population and of chronic illnesses?

Boris Cyrulnik, Boualem Sansal

Resilience in the Mediterranean

The idea for this book was born out of a routine investigation into the revolution undertaken in February 2019 by young Algerians attempting to oust a corrupt government and replace it with true democracy.

Annick Perrot, Maxime Schwartz

Pasteur’s Nephew Or the Adventurous Life of Adrien Loir, Scholar and Globe-Trotter (1862-1941)

The book reads like a novel, part biography, part story of the development and history of Pasteurian science as seen through the life of Adrien Loir.

Yves Coppens

The Scholar, the Fossil, and the Prince From the Lab to Palaces

A storyteller with amazing talent, a scientist who is happy to reveal to the greatest of figures other facets of his personality: adventurous, refined, and full of humor.

Philippe Taquet

Georges Cuvier Anatomy of a Naturalist

The second of three volumes, this one dealing with scientific work between 1795 and 1803; the third will deal with the later years of the greatest biologist of his time.