Uta Frith

Autism: Explaining the Enigma

Why do certain children live walled in by silence, cut off from the world and others? For the first time, this book offers a general theory on autism, a profound disorder in cognitive development rather than one resulting from family conflict or an attention deficit. Uta Frith is a psychologist and member of a cognitive development study group at the Medical Research Council of Cambridge.

Antonio R. Damasio

Descartes' Error Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Being rational is not denying oneself emotions. The brain which thinks, calculates, and makes decisions is not a different entity to the one which laughs, cries, loves, and experiences pleasure and annoyance. The heart has reasons that reason itself is far from being ignorant of. In opposition to the old Cartesian dualism and to all those who wish to reduce the functioning of the human mind to detached calculations worthy of a supercomputer stands the results of the latest neurological research : the absence of emotions and sentiments prevents us from being really rational. Antonio R. Damasio heads the department of neurology at the University of Iowa, in the United States, and teaches at the Institute of Biological Studies of La Jolla.

Jean Guilaine

Protohistory The Awakening of the West (7000-2000 BCE)

An original, in-depth, richly-documented study of menhirs and dolmens, of the “religion” of the people of the Neolithic, of the origins of political power, and of the organization of social hierarchy

Marielle de Béchillon

A Guide to Adoption

Alain Berthoz

Autism

François Godicheau

The Spanish Civil War

André Burguière

The History of the Annales School

Gérard Jorland

The Paradoxes of Capital

Renaud de Rochebrune, Jean-Claude Hazera

Business Leaders During the Occupation

How were Jewish companies altered to become Aryan ones and what was the role of French administration? Who did illegal profits and how?A fascinating document written by two journalists.

Jacques Hochmann

The History of Autism

Louis Crocq

The Psychic Trauma of War

Gilles Lipovetsky, Jean Serroy

World Culture

Jean Picq, Yves Cusset

Political Philosophies for Our Times A European Itinerary

Georges Dobias

Toward Intelligent Automobiles Traffic and Security

Jean-Joseph Boillot, Stanislas Dembinski

Chindiafrique The Three Giants That Will Make Tomorrow’s World

An indispensable essay on future economic trends for anyone wishing to understand tomorrow’s world

Jean-Philippe Wolf

Assisted Reproductive Technology: What Are the Limits? Donor Anonymity, Same-Sex Parenting, Surrogacy

An eminent biologist discusses the diversity of infertility cases, existing medical responses, current hopes — and the controversies surrounding Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)