A Selection of French Titles 2020 – 2021 2020 Non- Fiction

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Essays Essays of theBees.Thisworkis hidden essay along withhisfamousFable doctor, published this inflammatory Mandeville, aphilosopherand of thefirstindustrialrevolution, de Mandeville.In1714, atthedawn of MoralVirtue”byBernard work: “An EnquiryintotheOrigin when Icameacrossanow-forgotten shocking realizationthatstruckme This essay istheresultof 9782330127411 /€18 pages 2019 /192 Dufour Dany-Robert YourScrew Neighbor void) inthemid-17 was proven(atleastofacertain of experimentationwhoseexistence For thelatter, thevoidisanobject nonbeing goingbacktoAntiquity. debates regardingnothingnessand former, ithasgivenrisetointense means thesamething.For and physicists, forwhomitrarely matter, ithashauntedphilosophers and historyuntoitself.Liketime exist? Thevoidhasawholeworld come downtoit,doesthevoidreally you reallycreateavoid?When be left... notevenavoid.Socan absolutely everything,nothingwould been removed.Butifyouremoved is whatremainsafter everythinghas People generallysay thatthevoid 9782330125530 /€13.99 pages 2019 /176 Étienne Klein Exactly Being That Which Is Without engagement. transformation asanactofsocietal becomes asmuchanactofinternal well asaroundus?Resistancethus resist? Isn’tthislogicwithinusas barbarism? Butwhomshouldwe others foughtagainstNazi has putforward“its”void. physics. Eversince,eachnewtheory contributed tothebirthof“modern” th centuryand

Essays Marcel Mauss(1925). , bytheanthropologist The Gift intellectuals andresearchers: has influencednumerous known bythegeneralpublic,but presented inaworkthatislittle- a powerfulparadigm–the“gift” –as lessons thatcanbedrawn from of economism,counteringitwith has criticizedtheriseinpower Sciences). Foryears,theMAUSS utilitarian MovementintheSocial theMAUSS (Anti- from his friends forty yearsbyAlain Cailléand threads patientlywovenovernearly and summarizesthemajorityof bringstogether Extending theGift 9782330120900 /€22.80 pages 2019 /336 Alain Caillé Extending theGift Hayek. AdamSmithtoFriedrich from of modernliberaleconomicthought, went ontoinfusetheentirety blueprint ofcapitalismashisideas

A Selection of French Titles www.adverbum.fr T. +33(0)492 66 63 53 France 05000 Gap GavottePlace books. reference andincludes many ismeticulous production all Thiseclectic writtenby specialists. by approximately 20new eachyear, titles Adverbum’s isenriched of220titles catalogue — Atelier (typography, Perrousseaux Editeur (religion, mysticism, Grégoriennes — Editions way LeSureau(food, oflife, — Editions health, human (sciences, Désiris — Editions company withfourimprints: in1989,Created Adverbum isapublishing Adverbum graphic design, page layout,graphic page design, semiology) religious art) regionalism) sports) sciences, [email protected] Rights AscioneMilena Contact Correct Your Posture helps to prevent sprains. This book and Joint Instability includes QR codes for videos Frédéric Brigaud illustrating the descriptions and exercises provided by the author.

Scientific Culture 2019 / 271 pages 9782364031623 / €29.50 Following the success of Stride Guide No-Risk Abs, new edition (Guide de la foulée, 2016), which sold Blandine Calais Germain about 10,000 copies, Frédéric Brigaud 2019 / 160 pages explains in this new work how to

Scientific Culture 9782364031807 / 25 improve one’s posture, correct joint € instability and rebalance one’s body In keeping with the work of Blandine to forestall non-traumatic injuries Calais Germain, No-Risk Abs provides of the osteoarticular system. A video the reader with new abdominal is available with exercises on the exercises, specifically designed to publisher’s Youtube page. Frédéric respect the body’s anatomical – 11 10 Brigaud is a certified osteopath and structure. Thanks to its three reading a consultant in human biomechanics. levels, No-Risk Abs outlines precautions He developed the posture-dynamic to take while doing common and biomechanical approach of exercises and helps to identify the body in movement (EAD, the best approach depending on Empilement Articulaire the desired results. This book is Dynamique©), for individuals as well for everyone who does abdominal as high-level athletes. His works exercises in a wide range of have been translated into several disciplines (yoga, dance, the circus, languages, including Korean, Spanish singing, martial arts, etc.) as well as and Italian. those who teach them, Rights sold: simplified Chinese physiotherapists or physical education (Beijing Science and Technology instructors. This new edition features Press), Korean (Yeong Mun) 24 QR codes that enable the reader to better visualize the exercises and technical explanations. Correcting the Foot Rights sold: simplified Chinese Frédéric Brigaud (Beijing Science and Technology Press), Korean (Yeong Mun) 2019 / 240 pages

Scientific Culture 9782364031654 / €28.50 This book presents a new Anatomy for Yoga understanding of the way the foot Blandine Calais Germain works in an attempt to move past 2017 / 224 pages the frequently-held and incorrect

Scientific Culture 9782364031531 / 24.50 belief that the foot is a block and € that the only solutions for pronation This book provides a way to better or supination are insoles and understand and practice yoga. orthopedic footwear. On the From one pose to another, yoga is contrary, the foot’s form can change a question of muscles guiding the instantaneously, arch, flatten, bones, maintaining the joints, lengthen or shorten itself thanks protecting the nerves, etc. Easy-to- to the articulation joint and the consult examples describe situations heel can move laterally by several that call upon one or more muscles centimeters independently from and explain their various roles. This the ball of the foot. A functional foot book has already been translated ensures efficient contact with into 10 languages since its the floor and optimizes support. By publication in 2017. A physical contributing to ankle support, it also therapist and dance teacher, A Selection Adverbum of French Titles

Scientific Culture Scientific Culture recognizing one’s feelingsenable Understanding one’s anatomy and 9782915418361 /€28.50 pages 2009 /176 Blandine CalaisGermain Move In Delivery Rights sold:German(HelblingVerlag) and resonance. the voice,vocaltract,articulation breathing, thelarynx,sourceof themes include:bonestructure, accessible tothereader. Themajor approach makesthesubjecthighly text expandsupon.Thisveryvisual streamlined illustrations,whichthe presented usingsimpleand of Movement,theinformationis beneficial andwhy. LikeinAnatomy which specificexerciseswillbe based onanatomy byexplaining reader todevelopavocalprogram accessible way. Itthusenablesthe anatomy ofthehumanvoiceinan Anatomy oftheVoice exploresthe 9782364031838 /€29.50 pages 2019 /304 Blandine CalaisGermain new edition Anatomy oftheVoice, (Trachel), Russian(Popuri) de Marzo),Polish(A-TI),Hebrew (Roemerverlag), Spanish(Liebre and Technology Press),German simplified Chinese(BeijingScience traditional Chinese(HoChiBooks), (Epsylon), USA(EastlandPress), Korean (Yeong Mun),Italian Rights sold:Romanian(Polirom), the world. over 1millioncopiessoldaround translated into19languageswith the bestsellerAnatomyofMovement, anatomy toyoga.Germainalsowrote led numerousworkshopsapplying techniques. For35years,shehas linking anatomy andbody an originalpedagogicalmethod Blandine CalaisGermainhascreated

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Essays Laetitia Vitaud Bid farewell to the despair foretold by apocalypse professionals. 2019 / 332 pages 9782702165591 / €19.50 Due to globalization and the My Brother, Che

development of digital technologies, History Juan Martin Guevara companies today are often unable 2016 / 348 pages to ensure job security for their 9782702159477 / 20 employees, who are in turn assigned € increasingly repetitive and When the Guevara family learned uninteresting tasks. The labor of Che Guevara’s death on the front contract, which exchanged a small pages of newspapers, they decided measure of alienation for to remain silent. Fifty years later, considerable security, has been his younger brother, Juan Martin, broken. In the margins of this finally shares his memories 18 – 19 disintegrating world, another work and reveals Che Guevara as he was culture has developed. By describing known by his inner circle. Juan the changes in the work world, Martin thus brings back to life Laetitia Vitaud demonstrates, in a an attentive and protective older lively and accessible writing style, brother and an accomplice in that its future lies in the rediscovery practical jokes and other escapades. of artisanal values and practices. He describes the two extraordinary She highlights the importance months that he spent in Havana of granting full social recognition alongside the Comandante in 1959, to these crafts and provides leads in the throes of the Cuban for adapting the law to this new Revolution. He remembers an idealist work world. adventurer that he admired and a committed intellectual, whose political awakening was due in part Humanity’s Beautiful to his eccentric, cultivated and

Essays Future bohemian parents as well as his Yves Roucaute brothers and sisters. By telling this autobiographical story, Juan Martin 2018 / 504 pages Guevara hopes that Che’s values 9782702163481 / 21.90 € may become a source of inspiration The philosopher Yves Roucaute for the youngest generation. invites readers to discover a jubilant book and an ode to the revolution of Contemporary Times. The fruit of Learning in the 21st Century considerable philosophical, historical François Taddei and scientific research, this text 2018 / 400 pages revisits all of humanity’s history.

Scientific Culture 9782702163429 / 19.90 It tells the fascinating story of the € fight for recognition of man’s We are in the midst of a major creative nature versus the magico- transition in the history of our religious thought that was born evolution. The development of 12,000 years ago and came to an artificial intelligence and discoveries end with modernity. “I am the in the field of genetics pose two One who creates” is the creed of the unprecedented challenges to the contemporary and self-aware man. human species. So why aren’t Bid farewell to fanciful Homo education, research and our notion sapiens and the opposition between of learning adapting quickly enough? “materialism” and “idealism.” Here, François Taddei champions a Bid farewell to “socialism,” (r)evolution of our knowledge. A Selection Lévy Calmann- of French Titles

History Economics tortured bytheGestapo andsent arrested andimprisoned inFresnes, like herparents and brother. She is occupier byjoiningtheResistance, Marié decidestofighttheNazi At theageof17, JacquelineFleury- 9782702167502 /€15.90 pages 2019 /180 Jacqueline Fleury-Marié A Woman oftheResistance these newstarwars. totally disarmedwhenitcomesto citizens inanearfuture–weare As consumers–andperhapsas has becomeparticularlylucrative. great... Thebusinessoffalseopinions And thetemptationtocheatisoften has becomeanabsurdendinitself. modern customersatisfactionsurvey an Americanmarketingguru,the person’s livelihood.Invented by a reputationandjeopardize where astarcanmakeorbreak into theworldofcustomeropinions, Free, theauthorsdoveheadfirst Amazon toTripAdvisor, Uber, and questions. FromtheAmericangiant of ratingposesaseriesurgent and thelistgoeson...Theconcept representative, yourdeliveryman, driver, yourcustomerservice Your latestonlinepurchases,your asked togivefeedbackorstars? How many timeshave youbeen 9782366585148 /€17.50 pages 2020 /250 Vincent Coquaz, IsmaëlHalissat The New StarWars new technologies. with developmentsinscienceand and educationalevolutioninkeeping the necessaryquestionsforsocietal living organisms,andexplores cooperative learning,likeother He suggestsinnovativeleadsfor andarchenemy oflearning. friend and turnsofthebrain,best by takingusthroughthetwists He invites usto“learnunlearn”

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art measures the degree of a Essays Myriam Benraad country’s emancipation, its power 2020 / 184 pages of attraction and its place in 9791031803975 / 19 the world. Largely dominated by the € United States and the Western world Of all the emotions, anger is the 22 – 23 in general, the artistic scene is most powerful. It is accompanied gradually opening up to new powers. by many others – indignation, By studying the roles of different hatred, desire for revenge – all actors, artists, collectors and common denominators of the museums, Nathalie Obadia analyzes seething and chaotic context of the evolution of relationships current events. Political violence, between the fine arts and geopolitics terrorism, “indignant” protests, and, in particular, questions the the rise of populism, societal rancor, domination of American and digital wars... Anger seems to be Western soft power. inexorably eating away at the Nathalie Obadia is a gallery manager same globalization that was once who specializes in contemporary described as “positive.” art. She also teaches at “Sciences Po Are we witnessing a passing Paris.” phenomenon or has this widespread rage evolved into a long-lasting logic that presages a particularly Geopolitics of Religion unstable 21st century?

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History Louis Marin Action Sociology Célestin Bouglé 2019 / 94 pages 9782713227295 / €9 2019 / 186 pages 9782713227172 / 9.90 These five radio interviews with € Louis Marin are the perfect This book brings together five introduction to his remarkable lectures by Célestin Bouglé, who, work as a philosopher, semiotician together with Émile Durkheim, and art historian. Looking back was a leading French sociologist on the international community of in the early 20th century. Politically intellectuals to which he belonged engaged, Célestin Bouglé was a and his memorable interactions newspaper columnist, a candidate with Roland Barthes, Algirdas Julien for parliament, Vice-President of Greimas, Umberto Eco, Jacques the Human Rights League of France Derrida and Georges Dumézil, he and a theoretician of “solidarism.” 34 – 35 addresses one of his favorite themes: He regarded sociology as a science the opacity of representation in of action. These texts illustrate the painting and, more broadly, the way interconnections between scholarly in which power is conveyed through work, theory and political signs. Drawing on the concept engagement. of utopia and on semiotic analyses of works by Kandinsky, Klee and Picasso, he connects images Life Moments

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Sociology History epidemiological studies indicate health. Andyet, more and the marketandtheir effectsonour control boththeirapprovalfor for decades.Riskassessmentagencies monitored chemicalsubstances have beenamongstthemost closely are dangerous.Forthatreason,they Everyone knowsthatpesticides 9782724625202 /€21 pages 2019 /272 Jean-Noël Jouzel Pesticides its legacy. of internationaltrialsandquestions on thehistoryofmostfamous jurists, thisbookshedsnewlight By studyingtheworkofAmerican relations intheUnitedStates. examination ofprevailingrace not pave theway foraninternational committed bytheNazisshould The repressionoftheracistcrimes Nuremberg Trials, areclear. for theUnitedStatesat of RobertJackson,ChiefProsecutor itself inourproblems.” Thewords some othergovernmenttointerpose any morethanitistheaffairof inhabitants […]isnotouraffair, “The way Germany treatsits 9782724624205 /€23 pages 2019 /264 Guillaume Mouralis The Nuremberg Moment morality? concerning bioethicsandsexual undiscussed, asopposedtomatters economics beensoillegibleand magisterium’s positionson Why, sincethen,have theCatholic creeds ofcapitalisteconomics. that hasalways beenwaryofthe with asocialdoctrineoftheChurch prelate, thisbookisinkeeping calling theSupremePontiffaMarxist by PopeFrancisin2013. Farfrom but anapostolicexhortationissued apoliticalparty’smanifesto, from

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Anthropology / Ethnology → 52, 56, 59, 75 Art History → 13 Demographics / Geography → 39 Dictionary / Reference Books → 12, 51, 74 Economics → 20, 36, 40, 51, 66 Essays → 7, 8, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33, 39, 43, 44, 47, 52, 56, 57, 61, 62, 69, 69, 73, 74, 77, 78, 81, 85, 86 History → 16, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 35, 36, 39, 40, 51, 52, 65, 66, 69, 70, 73, 81 Philosophy → 32, 36, 43, 47, 48, 66, 81 Political Science → 39, 62, 70, 81 Psychology / Psychoanalysis → 32, 55, 61, 62, 65, 66 Religion / Spirituality → 15, 16, 36, 55, 56 Scientific Culture → 11, 12, 19, 39, 44, 61, 63, 69 Sociology → 35, 47, 48, 51, 59, 65, 70

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