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Jacques Robert
Living With Allergies: Children
Allergies are not new but they are a growing public health problem. Symptoms, causes, treatments: everything you need to know to deal effectively with childhood allergies.
Giacomo Rizzolatti, Corrado Sinigaglia
Mirror Neurons
The discovery of mirror neurons is the most spectacular finding of recent years in the cognitive sciences
Hubert Ripoll
Resilience Through Sport Understanding and achieving our limits in sport
A true decryption of what it takes to make a winning personality. A convincing and fully documented study the concept of resilience. A lively study, built on numerous interviews and case studies. An original vision of sports which casts an unexpected light on the coming
Jean-Pierre Rioux
They Taught Me the History of France
After his defence of French history, Jean-Pierre Rioux identifies his influences and his “masters”, thereby shedding light on his intellectual commitments, and painting the portrait of a generation. An ode to the greater and lesser figures of French history.
Jean-Pierre Rioux
Jaurès’ Children
Magnificent political portraits and a history lesson about the French left.
Jean-Pierre Rioux
A Short History of France
Who are the French and what are their goals? A French historian provides the answer as he revisits his country’s history.
Catherine Rioult
Adolescent Self-Harm: scarification and Healing Through Writing
An original therapeutic approach to help adolescents overcome self-harm
Maurice Rheims
crise mine
A well-known writer, art collector, academic, and sometime auctioneer reflects on life in our times and on the art of living well. In an age when it has become fashionable to lament a kind of society-wide depression, Rheims examines other periods of crisis and general malaise throughout history, and ends with a resounding affirmation of the power that curiosity, beauty, and art will continue to hold. Maurice Rheims is president of the Fondation de France's cultural development fund, and a member of the Académie française. He is the author of many essays, novels, and books on art.
Dominique Reynié
Europeans in 2003
What do people really think and what do they expect in the countries that have promoted the enlargement of the Union? What do we know about 15-to-24-year-olds, the first generation of European citizens? What ethnic biases are revealed by the failure of many voters to go to the polls in south-eastern Europe?What significance should be given to the euro-dollar parity? How permanent is it likely to be? This book is an essential work for all decision-makers, researchers, journalists, as well as for anyone who wishes to know more about the reality of a living, active Europe. Dominique Reynié teaches at the Institut dEtudes Politiques.
Dominique Reynié
Europeans in 2004
What does Europe's future hold? To answer this question, Dominique Reynié examines trends and developments in Europe's civil society, current events, and the debates and ideas currently under public discussion in the E.U. and in the rest of Europe. The information included here covers statistics and opinion polls; political events; political, economic and social issues; legal and constitutional questions; as well as European character traits, mind-sets and lifestyles. This is an indispensable work for anyone who wishes to become familiar with the reality of Europe in flux. Also included here is a unique synthesis of election results in all of Europe during the past year. Dominque Reynié teaches at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, in Paris, and is the director of the Observatoire Interrégional du Politique. He is most notably the author of Le Triomphe de l'Opinion Publique.
Catherine Reverzy
Women of Adventure From Dream to Self-Realisation
More and more women are becoming involved in extreme sports, accomplishing major feats, participating in dangerous expeditions and unorthodox adventures. Who are these intrepid women who are willing to face great physical dangers, push their own limits, or even risk their lives, for the sake of a cause, an ideal or simply a powerful desire? Why and how do these women succeed in returning safely from dangerous expeditions that most people would be unable to cope with? What in their past made them capable of taking such risks? Is there an explanation for their great self-confidence and for their trust in the world around them? Catherine Reverzy is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Charles-Édouard Rengade
Parent confident, happy child
Self-assured parents produce self-confident children
Alain Renaut, Jean-Cassien Billier, Patrick Savidan, Ludivine Thiaw-Po-Une
Lessons of Philosophy
The best in philosophical teaching for (almost) everyone
Alain Renaut, Geoffroy Lauvau
Conflictions in the Twenty-First Century
A strong and original thesis for an understanding of the new, contemporary social violence. Alain Renaut is a recognized philosopher, and his works, such as his Leçons de la philosophie, have enjoyed long-term sales.
