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Massimo Piattelli Palmarini
The Art of Persuasion
In love as in politics, in history as in everyday life knowing how to persuade people is a valuable skill. How can one person convince another to renounce his or her opinion, freely and willingly, without appealing to authority, pity or trust? What essential rules must one follow, and what psychological motives must one play on in order to produce this effect ? Using the most recent discoveries in psychology and reasoning as a starting point Massimo Piattelli Palmarini show us how to anticipate the motivation and mental paths of others and so to be even more persuasive. Massimo Piattelli Palmarini is the head of the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the Instituto San Raffaele, in Milan.
Philippe Askenazy
Let’s All Become Rentiers! For a New Distribution of Wealth
A fascinating book — and a powerful stand against growing inequality
Yves Quéré
A Shell in the Middle of the Ear Science, Education, and Other Shores
Written with happiness, with multiple formulations and aphorisms, this book is an invitation to meditate on the beauties and contradictions of life.
Stéphane Gompertz
A Diplomat Drinks and Eats for His Country
Stéphane Gompertz’s book is neither an autobiography, nor a university course. Based on the author’s experience, it is the defense and portrait of an often caricatured profession.
Bernard Sablonnière
DNA, a History of Our Differences
A stimulating look at the current state of knowledge about the genetic determinants of differences between individuals, regarding both the body and character or behavior traits.
Mikhaïl Gorbatchev
Memoirs
For the first time Mikhaïl Gorbatchev opens his personal archives to the public. The reader participates in the negotiations between the head of the Kremlin and the other great leaders: François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, George Bush... He experiences the moving dialogue between Pope John Paul II and the General Secretary of a party which has made atheism its profession of faith. Finally, the reader follows the intellectual, political and moral progress of a man who presided over the transformation and opening of the very system which created him.
Philippe Moati
The Sick Hyperconsumer Society
Hyperconsumption undermines social cohesion and “living together”
Henri Guaino
Putting an End to the Sacrifice Economy
An important work of economics, of very political economics, to feed reflection and fire debate.
Marc Crépon
Inhuman Conditions Battling the Intolerable
a strong response to the omnipresent violence around us
Laurent Bègue-Shankland
Animals and Us Our Emotions, Our Prejudices, Our Contradictions
Through our relationships with animals, it is actually human psychology, with its ambivalences with regard to animals, that is the subject of this book: from empathy to abuse.
Boris Cyrulnik
Wild Paradises, Heroic Joy
A breath of fresh air from a talented writer who brings a courageous and exacting vision to these troubled times.
Joël Dehasse
Everything You Need to Know About Cat Psychology
A new revised and expanded edition of a seminal work on cats!
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.
Philippe Trouchaud
The Cybersecurity beyond technology
The protection of personal data has become a major issue for businesses
Bruno Tertrais
Demographic Shock Migrations and the Future of Europe
Humanity is setting foot on a demographic terra incognita, with major economic, social, cultural, and political consequences.
Claude Lelièvre, Christian Nique
The School of Presidents From Charles de Gaulle to François Mitterrand
What kind of education shaped Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterand? Who were their mentors? What was their opinion of school? What role is played in educational politics by a nationalist "Saint-Cyrien", a conservative "Normalien," a liberal from Polytechnique or ENA, or a socialist from Sciences-Po? How did their different educational experiences affect their actions and their views? A story of four great men who were once just schoolboys like everyone else.
Jeanne Siaud-Facchin, Jean-Christophe Seznec
Growing, Living, Becoming
A book that provides answers to the big question: how to progress in life? How to lead a life that is suited to oneself?
Georges Ugeux
Wall Street Attacks Democracy How Financial Markets Increase Inequality
Concrete solutions are proposed: the taxing of financial transactions, the creation of an independent agency to supervise central banks, discontinuing the remuneration of those who direct share prices.
Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Genes, People and Languages (Work of the Collège de France)
How is culture passed on ? Is it possible to reconstruct the history of the evolution of the human species using genetic information from existing populations ?
Jacques Tassin
On the Invasion of Species
Invasive species are not necessarily harmful. But they need to be managed and mastered.
Bruno Humbeeck
How We Choose Romantic Partners
The unconscious foundations of how we choose whom we fall in love with
Aldo Naouri
Bits of Existence
Short, narrative texts in which Aldo Naouri reflects on his formative life experiences that constructed the man he became and the pediatrician that has taken care of children his entire life.
Jean-Marie Besson
Pain
Pain. Doctors and researchers have long sought its origin.In this fascinating essay, well-known neurophysiologist J.-M. Besson explains what pain is and how to combat it. He examines acupuncture, various placebos, and recounts the current search for an ideal analgesic, one containing the power of morphine without its negative side effects.
Boris Cyrulnik, Philippe Bouhours
Sport and Resilience
An analysis of what makes great champions, which also deals with the influence of sports on resilience, and the impact of resilience on sports.
Saïda Douki Dedieu, Hager Karray
The Veil on the Couch Hidden ramifications unveiled
The visible or hidden ramifications of the headscarf explained from the point of view of two psychiatrists who aim to reveal its importance in the status and mental health of women, from its origins to the present.
Patrick Lemoine
The Mental Health of Geniuses Geniuses of good, geniuses of evil: what’s the difference?
For each famous figure, a well-documented profile that challenges our view of them, a clinical diagnosis and, as a bonus, a final percentage of good or evil…
Luis Alvarez, Véronique Cayol
Psychology and Psychiatry of Pregnancy Becoming a Mother
The great upheaval of motherhood