Pierre Jaisson

The Ant and the Sociobiologist

What are the advantages of social organization? P. Jaisson, a sociobiologist, explains how among animals as various as ants, bees, tadpoles and rats, certain altruistic behavior is dependent on a recognized social order. The generalizations fostered by these findings and their application to the human speces are a source of violent debate and moral questioning. Jaisson provides an honest look at the ideological exploitation born of sociobiological study.

Robert Conquest

Stalin

Claude Aron

Bisexuality and the Order of Nature

Our sex defines our identity before we are even named - "It's a boy" or "It's a girl" is the traditional welcome we receive in this world. Similarly, throughout our entire life, our gender defines our diverse social roles. Yet, this book shows how nature presents us with only one model, that of bisexuality. Endocrinian manipulations have shown that it is possible to change from one sexuality to another in a reversible manner. This book is key reading in the debate about the genetic character, or not, of homosexuality. Claude Aron, a specialist in in the physiology of reproduction, is also an honorary professor of the Louis-Pasteur University in Strasbourg.

Jean-Claude Cousseran, Philippe Hayez

Intelligence and Intelligence Gathering in Democracies

A thoroughly researched, pedagogical work for anyone interested in Intelligence

James B. Collins

The Republican Monarchy State and Society in France Under Louis XIV

A new approach to France under Louis XIV and to Ancien Régime society

Fareed Zakaria

The Future of Freedom

Is it really so that more democracy leads automatically to more freedom ? Why, in the four corners of the world, are we now seeing an increased capacity for religion to mobilise the people ? Why, in Europe as in the United States, do we have minorities and oligarchies reigning in the name of the people ? Why has there been an increase in the number of regimes which are born from the polling booth, yet which exalt fanaticism, repression and war ? A dazzling world tour of the geo-political horizon, and also a lesson in modern and contemporary history, which we lead us to reexamine our own prejudices. Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International and was formerly the managing director of the review Foreign Affairs.

Colette Chiland, Jean-Philippe Raynaud

The Brain, the Psyche and Development

A fascinating work on the mental development and treatment of children, by eminent specialists in psychiatry and the neurosciences

Michel Cassé

The Void and Eternity

A synthesis of current cosmological theories, by one of the greatest astrophysicists of our time