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Patrick Lemoine
Right of Sanctuaries
This book is a detailed reconstruction of daily life at the Asile du Vinatier, a psychiatric institution near Lyon, from 1937 to 1945, a period marked by the earliest institutional attempts to treat mental illness. It was also the time when the blindness of administrative rules, the meanness of politicians, and the indifference of society at large resulted in a collective drama: the gradual extermination of mental patients. Patrick Lemoine is a psychiatrist and department head at the Hôpital du Vinatier in Lyon.
Xavier Pommereau
Teens.com Follow Their Progress
A new method to understand and treat troubled adolescents based on their own lifestyle
Polo Tonka
Conversation with Myself
How does one live with schizophrenia? This exceptional document gives an inside view of the disorder.
Nathalie Rapoport-Hubschman
Tame the Mind, Heal the Body Stress Emotions and Health
How taming your mind will help you reduce stress, manage your emotions and prevent modern diseases
Aldo Naouri
Living Life to the Fullest Interviews with Emilie Lanez
The intellectual trajectory of an inspiring writer whose educational principles have won over millions of readers
Christian de Duve, Jean Vandenhaute
On Science and Other Matters
In these posthumously published interviews, the late Christian De Duve, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, gives his views on some of the major issues of our times
Stéphanie Bertholon
Coping With a Stressful World
How to adopt a sufficiently detached attitude to resist the stress of constant change
Réginald Allouche
The Love of Sugar and the Risk of Diabetes
How to avoid developing diabetes: identifying the first warning signs and understanding our craving for sugar
Karine Berger, Valérie Rabault
France Strikes Back For a More Competitive France
How can France recover its status as one of the world’s five most competitive nations?
Ricardo Bofill, Nicolas Véron
Urban Architecture
What is there in common between all my designs ? What meaning can I give today to my architecture ? Without doubt, that of a desire to organise space. Due to an apprenticeship in perception, observation, and geometrisation of nature, in addition to a historical journey, I have learnt that in order to go past the initial momentum, I have to acquire the mastery of a whole new language." Ricardo Bofill Ricardo Bofill is probably one of the most famous, yet most controversial architects of his time. In this book illustrated with pictures and plans, he delivers an analysis of his art which amounts to an invitation to read the city.
Aurélie Crétin
Coping With Your Child’s Emotions
The keys to understanding your child’s emotions — so that you can react and cope effectively
Jean-Claude Carrière
Money
Arguing from a moralist’s point of view, Jean-Claude Carrière contends that money has become an invisible, all-powerful force
Didier Pleux, Camille Cellier
We're both fighting A Diary of Anorexia
How can anorexia be overcome? A young anorexic reveals the diary of her therapy and cure
Nicolas Gisin
Unthinkable Randomness Non-Locality, Teleportation and Other Quantum Wonders
An indispensable book to finally understand the fascinating world of quantum physics
Marylène Patou-Mathis
War in Prehistory
A fascinating journey to the origins of violence among humans
Jean-Marie Chevalier, Patrice Geoffron
Energy Transitions Making the Right Choices
French leaders need to make the right energy choices — if they don’t the current economic crisis will only become worse