Temple Grandin, Richard Panek

The Autistic Brain

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate

Annick Perrot, Maxime Schwartz

Pasteur et Koch A Duel Between Giants in the Microbial World

The tale of the rivalry between two great scientists engaged in the race to conquer infectious diseases, told against the historical backdrop of rising nationalism

Yves Pouliquen

Who Am I? What Do I Know? Little by Little and When All is Said and Done

A literary narrative about a singular existence devoted to science with, in the background, the enthralling history of life on Earth from its first appearance billions of years ago and as it continues in each one of us today.

Peter Piot

No Time to Lose A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses

A fascinating account of the fight against viruses, by one of the discoverers of the Ebola virus

Christian Blanc

Greater Paris

How to save Paris from turning into a dead city and France into a nation in decline

Jean-Claude Carrière

Money Life and Dead

Michel Tirouflet

About our days

An honest critique of today’s received wisdom

Jean Guisnel, Bruno Tertrais

The President and the Bomb

Fed by unimpeachable sources — archives, interviews, personal memoirs — this book is for everyone, as even experts on the subject will find surprises here.

Jacques deLarosière

50 Years of Financial Crisis french version

From Breton Woods to the Lehman Brothers collapse, the true story of 50 years of financial crisis

Éric Molinié

Alive !

How a handicap can be turned into a driver to surpass oneself and to engage with the service of others. An illustration of what is ethical in life.

Henri Korn

Promised Lands

From a childhood under the Nazi occupation to great scientific discoveries: a life of passionate curiosity in which nothing is predetermined

Sophie Delaporte

Saturday 22 August 1914 A Doctor at War

The bloodiest day in France’s history as it was lived by a doctor in the Great War

Daniel Sibony

Muslims and Jews in the Arabic World

Shedding an original and doubtless controversial light on the question of the relationship between Islam and the secular world.

Roger Vigouroux

Another day, another patient Memoirs of a Neuropsychiatrist

The author has chosen an unconventional tone and format to describe the experiences of a doctor specialized in mental illness, as well as those of his patients. Exceptional access to day-to-day psychiatric consultations, which is rarely possible to achieve.

Alain Louyot

The Future of the Press

The first investigation and assessment of its kind, in order to propose a viable new business model for the press. An analysis of current mutations in the press around the world, and of their good and bad consequences for readers.

Liliane Zylbersztejn

Itinerary of an Abused Child Hate, love, and life

A powerful testimony enriched with a reflection on children’s psychological defences against abuse. Seen as a positive psychological process, this approach to hatred — an unusual concept — can light the path of many people who consider themselves affected.

Jean-Claude Cousseran, Philippe Hayez

Intelligence Handbook

For the first time, the real practice of intelligence comes in out of the shadows. Very timely issues, from the international fight against terrorism to cyberthreats and economic intelligence.

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.

Alain Bauer, Marie-Christine Dupuis-Danon

The Bloodhounds: A Story of the French Intelligence Services in Their Own Words

Interviews with the great leaders in French Intelligence. These interviews break with a culture of secrecy; what the leaders say in no way glosses the difficulties, or the missteps, of the Services, or the manipulations that occur for reasons of high-level – or low-level – politics.

Vincent deGaulejac, Isabelle Seret

Preventing Radicalization: Jihadism, Terrorism

Undertaken first in Belgium shortly after the attacks that occurred in that country, this approach has received a great deal of attention from public authorities, and is seeing increasing interest in France, given the failure of de-radicalization policies.

Vincent Lanata

The Days in May that Made History in Fran

The history of France is presented here in an amusing and unexpected way. The final chapter offers a consideration of themes that remain decisive in the life of France: war, Europe, geopolitics, and others.

Daniel Sibony

A Radical Love Belief and Identity

An original analysis of the relationships between religions, between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Key concepts in psychoanalysis applied to religions: denial, repressions, impulses, illusions.

Bernard Kouchner, Patrick Aeberhard, Jean-Pierre Daulouède, Bertrand Lebeau Leibovici, William Lowenstein

Toxicos Drug addiction: Thirty Years that Changed Everything – But Tomorrow?]

Against the institutional inertia and the comfort of habits of thought, the invigorating and instructive account by five uncommon brothers in arms, driven by the same will to care for those who in the past were despised.

Élisabeth Dufourcq

The Spirit of Invention Power Play

A masterful panorama of the great scientific inventions. Much more than a history of science, an inquiry into the scientific mind, the logic of discoveries, the innovative strength of science.

Xu Bo

A Chinese Man from Paris Talks about the New China

A wonderful tale, teeming with anecdotes and portraits that bring to life from the inside the incredible revolution China has experienced in the past two decades.

Iannis Roder

Recovered Children of the Republic Reflections and Practices of Network of Priority Education

A book filled with Iannis Roder’s experiences, including many portraits of students and stories that tell us a lot about the reality of schools in the banlieues.

Boris Cyrulnik, Patrick Lemoine

Stories of Madness before Psychiatry

An original reflection on the future of the treatment of psychiatric illnesses based on its past mistakes.

Daniel Sibony

A new heart

A new and striking dive into the world of advanced surgery. But above all, it is a moving meditation on life, its backlash and unity.

Laura Arnal, Charlotte Guttinger

I Beat Lyme’s Disease

With climate change, there is a risk of a proliferation of ticks and contractions of the disease. The book reads like a novel; alongside the main story, other accounts illuminate the struggles of Lyme disease sufferers.

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.

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?

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.