Annales de démographie historique

The Thread of Life Biographical and Genealogical Approaches

Paula Thorès Riand

Wounds of the Mother Don’t Pass on Your Own Abuse

An analysis of the mechanism that puts into place a mother/child relationship influenced by a complicated mother/daughter relationship.

Dominique Barbier

Hyper-narcissism and ordinary psychosis

A comprehensive overview of the different facets of narcissism.

Willy Pasini

Jealousy

The sexual revolution of the 1960s undermined fidelity as well as jealousy, both of which were regarded as out-dated bourgeois concepts. Since then, jealousy has become “unacceptable” - something that should be hidden because it is somehow shameful. But what if jealousy were intrinsic to human nature, asks Willy Pasini. What if it were an essential part of all of us - a “disease” that some of us develop while others remain “healthy carriers”? If jealousy concerns all of us, argues Pasini, we must accept its reality, learn not to be afraid of it and put an end to our feelings of shame and embarrassment. That is the first step. The second step consists in trying to “educate” our feelings of jealousy, instead of denying them. We can do this by playing with allusions and illusions, with the extraordinary - and forgotten - power of flirtation, with the lightness of being. Here is a book that should help turn jealousy into a positive factor - and even into an aphrodisiac. A psychiatrist and sexologist, Willy Pasini is the author of many best-selling books, including À quoi sert le couple? and Les Nouveau Comportements sexuels, both published by Editions Odile Jacob.

Stéphanie Crescent

Everyone’s Intelligent

A clear, accessible book that will enable parents to recognise their child’s individual aptitudes and help her succeed academically

Viviane de La Guéronnière

The Food We Eat How it Really Affects Health

Find out what you should really eat to preserve health and prevent disease

François Galichet

Ageing Like a Philosopher

A new, positive approach to ageing and old age

Christophe André

Therapists' Confidences Learn from therapists’ own lives how to find inner harmony

A book that can be of great help by enabling readers to follow the example of a professional therapist.