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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.
Jean-Noël Robert
Language and Science, Speech and Thought In the beginning, is it language, speech, or thought?
The fruit of the most recent autumn colloquium at the Collège de France, an interdisciplinary reflection on questions concerning the role of language and speech in the age of the internet and new technologies.
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
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.
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.
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.