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Jean Guilaine

Protohistory The Awakening of the West (7000-2000 BCE)

An original, in-depth, richly-documented study of menhirs and dolmens, of the “religion” of the people of the Neolithic, of the origins of political power, and of the organization of social hierarchy

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.

François Lévêque

Imperfect Competition

A very wide diversity of examples taken from all sectors. Very educational, well written, and easy to understand, this book is also an economics lesson for Dummies.

Boris Cyrulnik

Psychotherapy from God

Combining developmental psychology, attachment-based therapy, psycho-sociology, and the neurosciences, a psychotherapy of the sacred that takes into account all forms of belief, without distinction and without judgment, to analyse their foundations, their practices, their inner workings, and also their benefits. An original enlightening study of the major role played by attachment (secure or insecure) in religious feeling.

Pierre-Henri Tavoillot

Better and better and worse and worse Understanding our world better, and using it with optimism

An antidote to the pessimistic discourse on decline, it shows that the only lucid and worthwhile attitude is to accept the limits of progress without renouncing confidence in the future. A book which reconnects with the idea of progress without falling either into naïvete or into demagogy.

Jacques Lesourne

A Pragmatic Approach to the Way of the Future How can we innovate and bring about change in society?

The originality of the author’s method, i.e. drawing the outlines of the world of tomorrow, and based on this futurist perspective, defining the changes that need to be made.

Philippe Durance, Régine Monti

The Long Term as a Horizon How do companies take the future into account and anticipate what lies ahead?

Interviews with senior executives of major companies: Danone, Michelin, Saint-Gobain, SPIE, Veolia, Caisse des Dépôts, Malakoff Médéric etc. Long-term issues are essential to corporate strategy and management.

Jean-Pierre Hansen, Jacques Percebois

Electricity in Transition What Europe and the markets couldn’t tell you

The history of electricity as you’ve never heard it before. A genuine mini-guide to economic issues through the example of electricity: price formation, transmission costs, monopolies.