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The information in this catalog is accurate as of September 6, 2021.

Founded in 2013, Allary Éditions is an independent trade publisher with works including novels, essays and graphic novels. Following a strict editorial selection process, we publish no more than 15 titles per year. Allary Éditions is both demanding and popular and is developing a universal catalog of authors who are given the opportunity to create an oeuvre, whilst reaching a large audience. Of the 100 titles published by Allary Éditions, there have been over 240 translations. Among our authors: Riad Sattouf, Matthieu Ricard, Charles Pépin, Raphaël Glucksmann, Albert Moukheiber, David Djaiz, Diane Brasseur, Jérôme Colin, Florent Oiseau, Bernard Pivot, Alexandre Lacroix, Marylène Patou-Mathis, Matthias Debureaux etc.

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MEMOIR

Memoirs Notebooks of a Wandering Monk The memoirs of Matthieu Ricard, the world’s most famous Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard was born in 1967, at the age of 21, in Darjeeling, India. His spiritual father, Kangyur Rinpoche, was a revered Tibetan teacher who enthralled him with Orig. Title: Carnets d’un moine errant Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 768 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS English translation available Photo insert included RIG H T S S O LD Brazil | Palas Athena Spanish | offer received IN IT IA L P R I N T R U N 100,000 copies

his extraordinary quality of being. Five years later, with a doctorate in genetics from the Pasteur Institute and a promising career before him, Matthieu Ricard gave it all up to go live in the Himalayas. A decisive choice that he has been grateful for every day for the past 50 years. Meditative retreats in extremely remote areas and fascinating journeys to Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet, scientific experiments

the

most

prestigious

laboratories,

meetings with the greatest sages... His Notebooks recount the life of a wandering monk, with neither material nor geographical ties, who is constantly on the path towards self-realization and compassion in action.

Matthieu Ricard Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk and a photographer. A molecular geneticist, he has served as an interpreter for the Dalai Lama. He first became well known thanks to the book he wrote with his father, Jean-François Revel (The Monk and the Philosopher, 1997). Author of best-selling titles, including The Art of Meditation, Why Meditate: Working with Thoughts and Emotion and Three Friends in Search of Wisdom, he devotes much of his time to humanitarian projects with the organization Karuna Shechen, which he co-founded. Matthieu donates all of his revenue - royalties from his books and photographs, keynote speaker fees, etc. - to the humanitarian projects carried out by Karuna Sechen.

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Three Friends in Search of Wisdom

Beyond the Self Often invited to universities all over the world

Orig. Language: English 296 pp. | 2017 French & German MS available

to take part in brain studies, Matthieu Ricard is

A philosopher, a monk and a psychiatrist explore

one of the world’s most experienced meditators.

the question of what creates joy and hardship in

A neurobiologist, Wolf Singer is one of the

life. They draw the most essential lessons from

world’s leading brain specialists. For eight years,

their life paths, their reading and their years of

they have been sharing their knowledge and

personal and professional research in order to

questioning how the mind works together. RI GHTS S OLD Germany, Spain, USA, Korea, the Netherlands, Brazil, Czech Republic, Italy, Vietnam, Romania, Catalan # OF COP I ES S OLD: 30,000+

Orig. Title: Trois amis en quête de sagesse 496 pp. | 2016 # OF COPIES SOL D 550,000+

accompany each of us on our road through life. R IGH TS SOL D Brazil, Korea, Spain, Vietnam, Poland Taiwan, Turkey, Italy, Romania, China. Thailand, World English ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE

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COMIC BOOK SERIES (9 VOLUMES)

Esther’s Notebooks

vol. 6

Based on true stories told by Esther A., Esther’s Notebooks draw us into the daily life of a girl talking about school, friends, family, and pop stars. Allary Editions publishes one volume per year, nine volumes in total. Each volume covers one year in the life of Esther, from her 10th through to her 18th year, and each contains 52 stories for the 52 weeks of the year. Volume 1 (2016): Esther is 10 years old. Who are Tal, Kendji Girac, and the Hotheads? What are the criteria of beauty that make young boys and girls popular? What can you do when your friends have more money than you do? What does the ‘brutal-bridge’ Orig. Title: Les Cahiers d’Esther Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 56 pp. each | 2016-2024 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS English translation (vols. 1-3)

game consist of? How did Esther’s class feel about the attacks in Paris in January 2015? What do you do if you’re worried about your breast size? Volume 2 (2017): Esther is 11 years old. She tells us about the birth of her little brother, the terrorist attacks, the boys she is in love with, religious discussions with her best friend, her midget teacher, her mother who suddenly gained weight, her idiot big brother and her father, that hero... Volume 3 (2018): Esther is a 12-year-old student in a prestigious college in the center of Paris. She is now a preteen! The presidential elections, her first cell phone, her

hamster Manuela, the arrival of acne, her conspiring brother, her left-wing partisan father, her far-right voting grandmother, President Macron, the Illuminati, and her love for sausage-apricot cake... Esther talks about everything! Volume 4 (2019): Esther is now 13, she leaves childhood and enters adolescence… In this volume Esther talks about her dental braces, #BalanceTonPorc (the French

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counterpart of the #metoo movement), her long-gone dreams, her secret boyfriend

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Ben, her friends, her family…

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Volume 5 (2020): Esther is now 14 and learns to dance the floss, starts to take an

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interest in politics (just a little), wonders how we can live normally while the homeless

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sleep in the streets, and learns how to say “I don’t give a s*#@” in Spanish, thanks to her penpal Nacho. Of course she listens to Angèle, and imagines that all the young

Animated series adaptation by Canal+ broadcast (3 seasons ongoing since 2018)

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people of the world will save the Earth by joining hands. Volume 6 (2021): It’s the year Esther turns 15 and is entering ninth grade, her last year of middle school! She reconnects with her BFF Éva and Léa, puts up with some overly feminine girls who got left back, organizes her first big birthday party (with alcohol!), tries a cigarette and (finally) creates her Instagram profile, which inevitably attracts psychopaths.

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Then everything gets thrown into chaos by the coronavirus... it’s lockdown time. Between her stressed-out father, her yogi mother, her conspiracy-theory and fan of Didier Raoult brother, her friends and video-call classes, Esther’s daily life is entirely upended... but, bursting with optimism, she is already dreaming of “the world after Covid!” Volumes 7, 8 & 9: To be published *To protect the privacy of certain individuals, the names and identifying details have been changed.

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GRAPHIC MEMOIR (6 VOLUMES)

The Arab of the Future

vol. 5

The internationally acclaimed bestselling graphic novel series In the same vein as Maus by Art Spiegelman and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, The Arab of the Future is an autobiographical and political graphic novel. Raised by a paranoid Syrian father who dreamed of being a dictator, it is with devastating humor and great sensitivity that Riad Sattouf talks about his childhood and the story of his family in the Libya of Mouammar Kadhafi and the Syria of Hafez el Assad. Volume 1 (2014) covers the period from 1978 to 1984: from birth to the age of six, little Riad is shuttled between Libya, Brittany and Syria. Volume 2 (2015) tells the story of his first year of school in Syria (1984-1985). Orig. Title: L’Arabe du futur Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 180-280 pp. | 2014-2022 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS English translation (vols. 1-4) RIG H T S S O LD 24 territories N UM BE R O F CO P I E S S O LD 2.5+ million in all published volumes

Riad Sattouf Riad Sattouf is a cartoonist and filmmaker. Born in 1978, he spent his childhood between Libya, Syria and Brittany. He has been drawing comics for twenty years and published more than twenty books. Riad Sattouf is one of the few graphic novel authors to have won the Fauve d’or at the Angoulême festival twice (for Pascal Brutal 3 in 2010 and The Arab of the Future 1 in 2015). As a filmmaker, he directed The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses, César for best debut film) and Jacky in Women’s Kingdom (Jacky au royaume des filles).

Volume 3 (2016) sees him between the ages of six and nine, the time he becomes aware of the society he is growing up in (1985-1987). With 288 pp., volume 4 (2019) is longer than the other volumes and covers 1987 to 1992. It includes an overthrow of his father’s power, and is the most dramatic volume yet. Volume 5 (2020) covers the period from 1992 to 1994. An international publishing phenomenon, the five already published volumes of The Arab of the Future have already sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide. Translated into 22 languages, the albums have been awarded multiple prizes, including the Grand prix RTL for graphic novels in 2014, the Fauve d’or (Best Album Prize) at the 2015 international festival of graphic novels in Angoulême and the Los Angeles Times Graphic Novel Prize in 2016. The Arab of the Future will consist of six volumes.

PRESS & QUOTES Not since Persepolis has a comic book seemed so important, or been so acclaimed… It has an authenticity with which no expert or talking head could ever hope to compete. — O BS E RV E R

One of the greatest cartoonists of his generation. — L E M O N DE

Brilliant, sharp, and surprising. — RE PUBBL ICA

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NOVEL

Fruit Falls from Trees Does life create random events, or is it the other way around? Ever since his neighbor dropped – like the fruit of a tree – dead at the Popincourt bus stop, Pierre has been adrift on line 69. “An urban ghost,” as he describes himself, he’s a guy who’s no longer very young but not yet very old, someone who’s searching for answers in tall glasses of cold milk.

Orig. Title: Les fruits tombent des arbres Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 246 pp. | August 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

From the Laundromat to the counter of a Kabyle bar, freedom guides his steps. Smoking cigarettes with the hookers on Rue Blondel, whipping up mayonnaise for an ageing famous actress, calling your daughter Trieste and remembering Venice... Everything’s an adventure when you keep your eyes open and never regret anything. Not doing much: that’s what’s extraordinary. There’s more than a touch of Antoine Blondin in Florent Oiseau, whose vagabond sense of humor excels at grasping the ironic poetry of the everyday. After Showing Up, Paris-Venice, and The Magnolias, Fruit Falls from Trees continues to explore the resolutely idle human condition, with a dash of cocktail sauce.

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Florent Oiseau Florent Oiseau lives in Paris. Fruit Falls from Trees is his fourth novel

AWAR DS For Paris-Venice: Shortlisted for the Prix Orange du Livre For The Magnolias: Selected for the Prix des libraires 2020 Shortlisted for the Prix Orange du Livre 2020 Selected for the Prix du Livre France Bleu – PAGE des Libraires Shortlisted for the Prix de la Vocation 2020

PRESS & QUOTES A novel of great humanity where the false levity is gifted with a rare

His debut novel, Showing Up, was awarded the Prix Saint-Maur en poche

depth. — LIBR A IR IE L’IMPR O MPT U, PA R IS

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Orig. Title: Les Magnolias 216 pp. | 2020 # O F CO P I E S SOLD 13,000+

The Magnolias

Paris-Venice

Caramel. Pompon. Cashew… There are people whose lives seem to revolve around coming up with names for ponies. Alain is one of them. His acting career is as dead as the character he played in a crime series one summer; so the middle-aged man dawdles his days away. He spends every morning with Rosie – seeking pleasure in the back of a van – and Sundays at the Magnolias – where his grandmother is slowly slipping away.

Roman has just got a job on the Paris-Venice, the night train with the most delays in Europe. It’s a sign. His life is running behind schedule too. At almost 30, getting this job as a steward is like a confirmation… With illegal immigrants, drunken customs officers and pickpockets descending to plunder the wagon once the passengers are asleep, it’s a moving theatre where anything can happen. Even falling in love.

PRESS & QUOTES Imbued with poetry and fantasy, the tenderness of Florent Oiseau for his characters is contagious — L ’ E X P RE SS

Orig. Title: Paris-Venise 240 pp. | 2018 # OF COPIES SOL D 20,000+

PRESS & QUOTES Striking and mordant expressions, a certain poetry fluttering prettily on the pages. — L I BRA I RI E BOO K S TO R E , B IAR R IT Z

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SOCIETY | POLITICS

Letter to the Generation That Is Going to Change Everything Whatever possessed you to be 20 today?!? The more you try to listen, the more you hear the gloomy chorus of those who are resigned to how things are and the mournful lament of powerlessness. Climate catastrophe? Unescapable!  The end of biodiversity? Irremediable!  Financial globalization, relocations, and mushrooming Orig. Title: Lettre à la génération qui va tout changer Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 192 pp. | August 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS UNDER O P T I O N Greece, Germany

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inequality? Ineluctable! The decline of democracy, erosion of human rights, and rise of hate speech and hate crime? Inevitable! Everywhere you look, people keep telling you that that is just how it is, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.  But that’s not true! The future is never written in advance, and you can change the course of things. I’ve seen you display the spontaneity and energy that is

Raphaël Glucksmann Raphaël Glucksmann, essayist, has written several bestselling books: Génération gueule de bois (2015), Notre France (2016), Les Enfants du vide (2018). He is a co-founder of the “Place publique” movement and a European MP. With over 600,000 Instagram followers – young people, for the most part – he uses social media as a tool to mobilize. He unleashed the wave of solidarity for the Uyghur situation, for instance.

in such short supply among our political leaders. Your irruption onto the political scene is going to be game-changing. You’re going to prove the fatalists and cynics wrong. Never underestimate your power. Use it, and you’ll see. R.G

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Orig. Title: Les enfants du vide 200 pp. | 2018 # O F CO P I E S S O LD 100,000+

The Children of the Void

Generation Hangover

“We are free, but is it making us happy? The

been so challenged. The temptation to seal off

underlying anxiety we all feel stems from the

the boundaries is spreading across Europe. The

lack of a collective outlook, from the breakdown

face-off between Islamists and the extreme

of the narratives and structures that only

right threatens our open societies. We were lazy

yesterday still ascribed the individual a place

democrats, indolent humanists. We must learn

within the group. Our parents deconstructed these narratives, these ‘alienating myths’, and they were right to do so. PRESS & QUOTES A scathing observation of ‘the society of solitude’. — L E MOND E

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Never in 70 years has our democratic model

Orig. Title: Génération gueule de bois 170 pp. | 2015 # OF COPIES SOL D 30,000+

to talk about and defend our democracies again, to descend into the arena and fight. PRESS & QUOTES Fascinating from start to finish. — CAN AL +

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PSYCHOLOGY | HEALTH

How to Be Your Own Shrink A Neuroscientist and a Therapist: Theory and Practice on How to Control Your Brain Working on yourself starts here: Be your own shrink and free yourself from your chains. Anxiety, fear, stress, conflict, impulsiveness, anger, depression, lack of self-confidence and more are all mechanisms that the brain puts into place over the course of our lives without our realizing it. Orig. Title: Devenez votre propre psy Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 400 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French

To ease those feelings, we need to master our brains by understanding how they work

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book. Pairing theory and practice to offer us an efficient toolbox that will empower

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and learning to influence them. That’s what Anne-Hélène Clair, PhD. in neuroscience, and Vincent Trybou, psychologist and psychotherapist, propose to teach us in this

us to transform our harmful behavior, calm our toxic emotions, and deconstruct our negative thoughts.

Not just a scientific text, this book makes recent advances in knowledge about the

Anne-Hélène Clair & Vincent Trybou Anne-Hélène Clair, PhD. in neuroscience, is a psychologist at the Brain Institute at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (Paris). Vincent Trybou is a psychologist and psychotherapist specialized in behavioral and cognitive therapies; he practices at the CTAH (Centre des Troubles Anxieux et de l’Humeur/ Mood and Anxiety Disorders Center).

brain accessible to everyone, as well as showing us how to apply them concretely to re-educate our neurons in our daily lives. Unlike personal-development books, this book isn’t about a single “miracle” method, but instead borrows tools from a range of theories that have been confirmed by neuroscience, choosing the ones that are most applicable in different real-life situations.

A book written for everyone, as many therapists were looking for a tool to assist both their patients and psychology students.

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SOCIETY | CURRENT AFFAIRS

Truth Seekers At the Heart of the Conspiracy Mindset How can we slow the spread of conspiracy discourse? Not by opposing those who propagate it head on, that’s for sure. Speaking disdainfully to conspiracy theorists just reinforces their convictions and digs an even greater gulf between “them” and “us.” That threatens our ability to get along with each other, at a time when more and more of our friends and acquaintances, relatives and colleagues are being drawn in by conspiracy theories. Provisional cover Orig. Title: Chercheurs de vérité. Au coeur de la pensée complotiste Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 250 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

In order to help open their eyes to the false “revelations” and real dangers of that discourse, we need, on the contrary, to really listen to “truth seekers,” as conspiracytheory adepts now style themselves. It requires patience, but anyone can do it. Here’s the proof: a journalist from Le Monde, the most reviled newspaper among French conspiracy theorists, managed to do just that. Without concealing his identity or what his book would be about, William Audureau earned the trust of both stars of the

William Audureau William Audureau is a journalist with Le Monde, in charge of studying the world of conspiracy theories for the paper’s fact-checking section, “Les Décodeurs.”

“conspira-sphere” and ordinary “resistants,” entering into long-term discussion with them. That enabled him to better understand their doubts, concerns and fears, and to uncover what had motivated most of them to tip into the world of “alternative facts.”

The result of his investigation is a fascinating dive to the heart of the conspiracy mindset. Filled with enlightening portrayals of these “clear-eyed truth-seekers” and backed up by analyses from the most renowned specialists, this book reveals the many paths that lead to belief in conspiracy theories, as well as those that can lead out of it.

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SOCIETY | POLITICS

The New French Model The social project that can unite us The discourse about France’s decline has taken on nearobsessive proportions over the past few years. Certain eulogists of a mythologized past are exploiting a lack: we no longer have a model for society. © Romain Gaillard

The one that used to guide us, which was invented upon Liberation, at the end of World War II, brought France into the modern world. But for over 30 years now, it has been going through a long deliquescence: economic growth has slowed, innovation is at a standstill, society Orig. Title: Le nouveau modèle français Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 300 pp. | September 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ER I A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

is fractured, and democracy devitalized... Our model no longer suits the specific needs of our globalized,

David Djaïz As a high-ranking civil servant and a professor at France’s prestigious Sciences Po, he is very much on the same wavelength as the American political scientist Yascha Mounk and political analyst Jérôme Fourquet.

contemporary, ultra-connected world. Without a model of our own, we have been tempted to import one from one of our neighbors who have successfully adapted to the times. Yet transplants won’t work. We need to draw on our own anti-royalist,

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democratic identity and develop what is just budding within our society in order to design a model that can project us into the 21st century. It is already there, but only as a whisper.

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Slow Democracy How to Control Globalization and Reclaim Our Destiny “Slow Democracy”, founded on sovereign nations, represents the only viable future for our western democracies. Social-democrats, ecologists, and progressives shouldn’t be afraid to claim it as their own. The nation is a forward-thinking project. It is becoming more and more urgent to wrest it back from the hands of the pyromaniacs who are instrumentalizing it for their racist, nationalistic ambitions. Orig. Title: Slow Démocratiie Orig. Language: French 350 pp. | 2019

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SOCIETY | PHILOSOPHY

How Can We Avoid Being Slaves to the System? More and more of us are dreaming of breaking out of the system and of the constant, omnipresent insistence on maximizing profits that is wreaking havoc on both society and the planet. But breaking with the dominant lifestyle demands sacrifices that few of us are willing to actually make. Is there a path in between adhering Orig. Title: Comment ne pas être esclave du système ? Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 112 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French

completely and escaping it all? Yes, there is, according to Alexandre Lacroix. He delves into the roots of our unease, revealing the logic behind our connected modernity, a world in which self-employment, remote work, and alternative facts

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spreading across social media are erasing the border

Alexandre Lacroix The novelist and philosopher Alexandre Lacroix is the editor-inchief of Philosophie Magazine and cofounder of the writing school Les Mots. He has written almost two dozen novels and book-length essays that have been translated in nearly a dozen countries. His most recent books published by Allary Éditions are Devant la beauté de la nature and Microréflexions.

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leisure time, exploiter and exploited, truth and falsehood. Laying bare the mechanism gives everyone new points of reference, and allows us to cut ourselves some slack. By freeing ourselves from the dominant utilitarianism, by establishing a non-negotiable ideal that will guide our acts, it is possible to take back the reins of our own lives.

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PHILOSOPHY | NATURE

The Birth of a Father

Observing the Beauty of Nature

“Fatherhood is the great affair of my adult life... what really makes filiation an epic experience is that it forces us to confront our own deaths. Our children are what we leave behind on Earth after we’re gone. In the natural order of things, they should gather around our coffins. There’s nothing sad about it. As we grow older, we transfer our love of life onto them.” A. Lacroix Orig. Title: La Naissance d’un père 460 pp. | 2020 # O F CO P I E S SOLD 7,000+

P RES S & Q UOT ES A very honest story about the upheavals related to fatherhood. Read this book before embarking on the great family adventure! — LIBRAIRI E D U RA NCE

Orig. Title: Devant la beauté de la nature 430 pp. | 2018 # OF COPIES SOL D 6,000+

A fascinating philosophical enquiry spanning time, space and subject matter to unravel the mystery of nature’s beauty. An essay on aesthetics that takes a political turn as it uncovers the roots of the ecological crisis: our distancing from nature. Preserving, and developing, our sensibility to nature’s beauty has never been so essential. PR ESS & QU OTES An exciting book, full of new ideas and unexplored pathways. — PAT RI C K W IL L IAM S , E L L E

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BIOGRAPHY

Andy Warhol: The White Fox Chock-full of previously unpublished reminiscences, a subtle portrait that reveals the man behind the myth. How did the son of Slovakian immigrants, raised in a working-class

Catholic

neighborhood

Pittsburgh,

manage to radically transform art in the latter half of the 20th century? How did an anxiety-ridden man in poor health manage to turn himself into the “white fox”? That was the nickname coined by the actress Paulette Goddard, because he was sly and prying, had incredible Orig. Title: Andy Warhol, Le renard blanc Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary 368 pp. | March 2021 Territory: World excl. French

intuition, and was always one step ahead of everyone else in knowing what the world was ready for. Jean-Noël Liaut has been investigating the mystery of Andy Warhol

Jean-Noël Liaut The novelist and philosopher JeanNoël Liaut is a biographer and a translator; Allary Éditions has recently published his Elle, Edmonde about Edmonde Charles-Roux, and Nancy Mitford, la dame de la rue Monsieur.

for over 30 years. He has coaxed previously unpublished anecdotes from many people who were close to the artist

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– including art critics, like John Richardson and Stuart Preston, and such well-known figures as Pierre Bergé, Lee

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Radziwill and the Warhol superstar Ultra Violet. It adds up to a subtle portrait, light years away from the usual one-sided visions presenting the Pope of Pop as either a

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pure genius or an imposter. This intimate and thrilling biography reveals an unexpected and little-known Warhol, someone who was both endearing and annoying, brilliant and opportunistic, charismatic and profoundly alone.

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Nancy Mitford

She, Edmonde

Drawing from previously unpublished accounts,

This is the first biography of this woman with

Jean-Noël Liaut tells the epic destiny of Nancy

a thousand lives. Edmonde Charles-Roux. A

Mitford and plunges us into the intellectual and

member of the resistance, lover, successful

artistic hub of Paris in the 1950s and 60s.

author, fashion icon, socialist, president of the Goncourt academy, muse to a rap band. A woman who lived a thousand lives: passionate

Orig. Title: Nancy Mitford. La dame de la rue Monsieur 370 pp. | 2019 # O F CO P I E S S O LD 7,000+

P RES S & Q UOT ES A gem to discover. — NICOL AS TURC EV, L A TRIBUNE D E G E NÈ V E

Orig. Title: Elle, Edmonde 222 pp. | 2017 # OF COPIES SOL D 7,000+

and politically engaged, devilishly novelesque.

PR ESS & QU OTES With the brilliant writing of Jean-Noël Liaut, Edmonde becomes a Stendhalian heroine. — L ’O B S

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NOVEL

Santa Rosa How can you expose the excesses of the ultra-rich without exposing yourself? The answer is in Santa Rosa, a farcical comedy with more than a whiff of truth to it. A hilarious comedy set in the tropics, with its well-oiled narrative mechanism, Santa Rosa is a novel that can catch you off-guard. Behind the laughter is a reality the author knows well: life in those idyllic islands where the ultra-rich rub shoulders with utter poverty, and

Slimane Kader

fortress-like villas with Olympic-sized infinity-edge

Slimane Kader is a pen name. The author has insisted on remaining anonymous since the publication of his first novel, Wam (NiL, 2011) inspired by his youth in the suburbs of Paris. Next came Avec vue sous la mer (With a View Below the Sea, Allary Éditions, 2014) inspired by his years working in the hold of a cruise ship. The best definition of his style comes from Grégoire Leménager: “He writes with Florence Aubenas’s insight and Jamel Debbouze’s tongue.” For the past five years, Slimane Kader has been working for a millionaire, sharing all of his travels.

pools with picturesque views ignore favelas springing up around dumps. Here, the ultra-rich person is Rodney Orig. Title: Santa Rosa Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Allary Editions 340 pp. | June 2021 Territory: World excl. French

Slouvakian, a.k.a. Papa Bear. He runs his business from Switzerland, while his only daughter, the brainless Kimy, parties on Saphir, her father’s yacht, and in Eldorado, his luxury villa. She torments the staff between two selfies she posts on her “Young richies” Amstragram

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accounts. At her beck and call are both Lord Douglas, the last scion of a long line of now-penniless Scottish

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aristocrats, and Philippe Vandbrueggen, a dandy whose mother has sent him on a mission to seduce the young heiress, but who happens to be gay. Welcome to Santa Rosa. A purely fictional place, of course...

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With a View Below the Sea One morning, Slimane Kader decides to get a job on a cruise ship in the Caribbean Sea. Bye bye rough Parisian suburbs, hello Miami! But he won’t be seeing much of the palms nor doing much farniente. He ends up being a handyman in a floating city, which carries 8,000 passengers. 6,000 of them have a view of the sea: the tourists. The other 2,000 live below the sea level: they are modern slaves, whose task it is to meet the desires of the upper floors. The Chinese are in the kitchen, the Indians in the laundry room, the Mauritians take care of the service, the Mexicans do the cleaning. Slimane, a young Frenchman of Kabylian descent, finds himself at the bottom of the ladder: he is the ‘joker,’ assigned to perform the most menial tasks as needed. He does everything, and tells it all. He shows the other, dark side of mass tourism. Orig. Title: Avec vue sous la mer 262 pp. | 2014 # OF COP I E S S O LD 7,000+ AWA R DS Prix du roman d’entreprise et du travail 2016 Prix de L’Académie de Marine

P RES S & Q UOT ES The exact opposite of [the 1970s TV series] THE LOVE BOAT, this passionate and well-documented book about the travel industry’s shadow side is accompanied by a preface by philosopher Yves Michaud, who has thought a lot about luxury and tourism. — GQ

Passionate, terrifying and hilarious at the same time. Welcome on board. — L E NOU VE L O B S E RVAT E U R

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Le Livre de Poche is the first mass-market publisher in France, founded in 1953 by Henri Filipacchi, with more than a billion copies sold to date. True to its purpose, this publishing house has a catalog that caters to all audiences and covers a wide literary spectrum, from classics to contemporary French and foreign bestsellers, from practical books to essays and reference books.

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DEBUT NOVEL

Forget the Wildflowers In the Haddad family, everyone knows that it takes a lot of courage and determination to escape a fate you didn’t choose. That’s how the parents raised all seven of their children. But of their four daughters, they have placed all their hopes in mischievous, intelligent Amal: she’s the one who will be sent to school in France, a distant horizon that she has always dreamed of. Until the day when the young woman meets handsome, wall-eyed Youssef, a man she is not allowed to love…

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houses in the suburbs of the provincial town of Nancy; from the warmth of Lebanon to the cold winters of eastern France, after a profusion of obstacles and having known both ecstasy and violence, Amal will discover both the bitter taste of exile and the infinite one of freedom.

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Loosely inspired by the story of her own family, Céline Bentz’s moving quest tells the story of the uncommon life of a woman torn between two countries. A remarkably mature début novel – carried by lively, embodied writing – that is also a magnificent tribute to Lebanon. It is a well-documented, inspired and necessary tale that intertwines

Céline Bentz

Céline Bentz’s father is French and her mother Lebanese. She grew up in eastern France, cradled by two cultures. With degrees from both the Sorbonne and Sciences Po Paris, she also spent some time as a student at Saint Joseph University of Beirut. She is currently working in public administration in Alsace.

individuals’ personal lives with political events (thwarted love and exile over a backdrop of Lebanon in the 1980s) and is told with a dramatic style that will carry readers away.

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NOVEL

The Clay Lady Sabrina, a young art restorer at the Fine Arts Museum in Brussels, inherits a remarkably beautiful clay bust of a woman from her grandmother. Her curiosity piqued, she starts to see more of Pierre – an Italian renaissance specialist and former lover – for help in identifying the sculpture’s provenance and the identity of the mysterious artist who made it.

In economically ravaged post-war Italy, Angela, a young woman from a poor family, is preparing to go into exile. In her small bags, she packs a bust that used to belong to her mother – the only souvenir she takes as she travels into the Orig. Title: La Dame d’argile Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Préludes Editions 320 pp. | June 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ER I A L AVA I L A B LE French MS RIG H T S S O LD Italy | Nord

unknown. In the late 14th century, the daughter of a master potter in Impruneta moves to Florence with little more than the clothes on her back, and a small terracotta Madonna she has made, inspired by the great masters. In 1472, Simonetta Cattaneo bids farewell to her family

Christiana Moreau Christiana Moreau is a self-taught artist, painter and sculptor from Belgium. She lives in Seraing, in the province of Liège, Belgium. La Dame d’argile is her third novel, after La Sonate oubliée (The Forgotten Sonata) and Cachemire rouge (Red Cashmere).

estate in Portovenere. Simonetta’s peerless beauty will soon turn her into both an artists’ muse and a powerful, coveted

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woman. But will that be enough to make her happy? Christiana Moreau leads us on a journey of self-discovery through different eras, interweaving the lives of four women whose lives and fates are linked through art. Four women who will have to liberate themselves from men’s desires.

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Red Cashmere

The Lost Sonata

When a terribly cold winter kills off the family’s

Two young girls meet across the centuries

flock of cashmere goats in the steppes of Mongolia,

through a mysterious music score. Two hearts

Bolormaa finds a job in a cashmere production

with a passion for music, love and freedom.

factory in the Chinese city of Ordos. After finding

The Lost Sonata takes us on a journey through

comfort in a new friendship with Xiaoli, she is

La Serenissima to meet one of the greatest

convinced to leave China in search of Italy. But will

composers of baroque music. A vibrant debut

they succeed in building a better future?

P RES S & Q UOTES A sublime book by an author you must remember. Beautifully written, full of sensitivity. — RA D I O D U NE S

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novel with a captivating melody.

PR ESS & QU OTES A beautiful story told with emotion, very well documented and rich in revelations. — L ’AV E N IR

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CRIME & THRILLERS

The Maze of Women Lyon, 1898: The dismembered bodies of several women are found in the back alleys of the Croix Rousse neighborhood. Is it the work of a madman or a sect? Six months have passed since Alexandre Lacassagne founded a crime-science team, and now they’ve been sent to the scene of a gory discovery. Who were these women whose decomposed bodies were found in the back alleys of the working-class Croix-Rousse neighborhood? Orig. Title: Le Labyrinthe des femmes Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Préludes Editions 492 pp. | May 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

And why were they placed there, as though on a sacrificial altar? Is it the work of a madman or a sect? The old morgue-boat is called back into service. On top form since his friend Freud started giving him hypnotism

Coline Gatel Coline Gatel was raised in the city of Saint Étienne, but she worships the Haute Loire region, where her ancestors came from. She now lives in the Morvan, where she devotes herself to her writing.

sessions, Félicien will slowly piece together the elements of this strange puzzle. Meanwhile, Irina, a journalist at Le Progrès, is working on the investigation from inside the Vinatier insane asylum, where she has been committed.

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Tortured on the Rhône Tortured on the Rhone is a historical crime novel set in Lyon at the end of the 19th century, at a time when legal medicine was only just beginning, and Alexandre Lacassagne was in charge. When Lacassagne names one of his forensic medical students, Félicien Perrier, as the head of the team he wishes to train, he is not yet aware of having created the very first ‘forensic expert’. Joined by Irina, a pseudo-Polish freelancer, and Bernard, a Jansenist rifleman, Félicien will work with his team to unravel, one by one, the entangled threads of this investigation, set in the heart of Lyon, a city filled with respected figures of authority, opium addicts, and angels. What is unusual about this team? Besides their three slightly troublesome personalities... They don’t work in any ordinary office, Orig. Title: Les Suppliciées du Rhône 354 pp. | 2019 # OF COP I E S S O LD 20,000+ AWA R DS Winner of the prix Kobo by Fnac-PréludesLe Point writing competition

it is a peculiar boat moored to a wooden platform at the Lyon morgue, a sinister place that reeks of death.

P RES S & Q UOT ES Imagine the CSI in Lyon in 1897: addictive! — JU L I E MAL AU R E , L E PO IN T

In this first novel inspired by characters who really existed, Coline Gatel reconnects with the codes of the historical crime novel by exploring the first steps of criminology. Thrilling. — V E R S IO N F E M IN A

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CRIME & THRILLERS

Listen to the Sound of this Crime The body of a young boy is found in the woods. Nineteen years later, the past rears its ugly head: who killed Silas Farrell? © D.R.

July, 2000: A series of disturbing disappearances and a

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murder spoil the Fourth of July festivities in Deil River. To

Cedric Lalaury

make matters worse, the body of a little boy is found in

Cedric Lalaury was born in Montluçon. After studying modern literature at Blaise Pascal University, he began teaching remedial classes for struggling students. A fan of Henry James, Marcel Proust and Stephen King, he now devotes his time to his writing.

the woods a few days later. At the time, all eyes turned to Zeke McKay, but the young man was eventually cleared of all charges. Too soon? 2019: Zeke has changed names and now lives discreetly in New York, where he ghostwrites books. When the past rears its ugly head, Zeke refuses to face the music, denying any involvement and thinking about fleeing once again... Because while everyone has secrets, the one Zeke is hiding could well be absolutely devastating.

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Orig. Title: Que les ombres passent aux aveux 448 pp. | 2019

Let the Shadows Confess

It’s Always Midnight Somewhere

After a personal tragedy, Jessie decides to move

This

into her grandfather’s house. Shortly after the

existence and contaminates everything around

old man passes away, she finds an envelope full

him like a virus. His peaceful and comfortable

of old documents in the mailbox.

life, as well as his psychological equilibrium,

They concern Keowe, where a rich industrialist,

threaten

Mr. Webson, killed his wife and daughter before

devastating effect of this vengeful novel that has

committing suicide. The youngest child, a boy called Toby, was never found. But Mrs. Lamar, the family’s one-time governess, insists that she saw him not long ago. Has

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book

soon

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awakened all the ghosts of the past. A novel with a captivating melody. R IGH TS SOL D Italy # COPIES SOL D 15,000+

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REFERENCE | SCIENCE-FICTION

The Book of Prefaces The complete collection of prefaces written by Gérard Klein, the illustrious French science-fiction publisher, gathered together into a single volume for the first time.

A lively, demanding and impressively erudite look at science fiction, with powerful and fascinating reflections on the genre’s power as well as its impact on the world’s literature.

A real reference book, for sci-fi fans and academics alike, it is the perfect gateway to Orig. Title: Le Livre des préfaces Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Le Livre de Poche 1230 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

discover the depth and breadth of science fiction.

“Dominique Martel and Ellen Herzfeld did excellent editorial work. The index containing the names of people and book titles will facilitate the work of researchers and enthusiasts. This collection is therefore neither an international history of Science-Fiction nor an organised dictionary, but the reflection of my thoughts over several decades about authors that I have had the honor of publishing and on the relationship of the Science-Fiction genre with the rest of culture. I therefore hope that it is read in the order in which it’s presented, but I won’t forbid anybody from dipping into it as they please.” — Gerard Klein, Preface of The Book of Prefaces

Gérard Klein

Gérard Klein is a French sciencefiction author and publisher. He edited Éditions Robert Laffont’s Ailleurs et demain collection, which is generally acknowledged as the most prestigious science-fiction collection published in France. He was also the editor of Livre de Poche’s science-fiction collection. Thanks to both the quality of his writing and his activities as a publisher, Gérard Klein wields considerable influence on current French science-fiction. He has won numerous awards, including the Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction Française, the Prix Rosny aîné, the Prix européen de la Science-Fiction and the 2005 Pilgrim Award for the entirety of his work, awarded by the Science Fiction Research Association.

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CRIME & THRILLERS | CLASSIC

Arsène Lupin’s Last Love 1921. Arsène Lupin now devotes himself to the education of poor children in the rough zone north of Paris. But “dark forces” want to appropriate a mysterious book, owned by one of his ancestors who was a General of the Empire. These bandits are ready for anything, including endangering the life of Cora de Lerne, “the last and only love” of the famous gentleman-thief.

Written in 1936, this final adventure of Arsène Lupin was not published until seventyfive years later. Its author Maurice Leblanc, weakened by illness, was unable to complete Orig. Title: Le Dernier Amour d’Arsène Lupin Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Le Livre de Poche 213 pp. | October 2013 Territory: World excl. French

the adaptation of this serialized novel for a first publication in the press.

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addition, a very special atmosphere and a certain “Captain Cocorico”…

Historical intrigue, false leads, betrayals and… amorous passion — all the ingredients of the Arsène Lupin novels are united in this story full of twists and turns. With, in

Maurice Leblanc Maurice Leblanc was born in Rouen in 1864. After attending law school, he tried his hand at journalism. In 1907, his first detective novel was published: Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief. The character immediately became popular and Leblanc made him the hero of a long series of adventures. The same character inspired the hit Netflix series Lupin which is on track to be seen by 70 million subscribers.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Meditation to Help Cope with Illness Meditation is known for its anti-stress properties. This guide offers a path towards relief and serenity for body and mind. When a person has been diagnosed with a serious disease, both their daily lives and their relationship to others (family and friends, work, etc.) are affected. This Orig. Title: Méditer pour mieux vivre la maladie Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Le Livre de Poche 224 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French

can add extra sources of stress and anxiety on top of the physical suffering of the disease itself. Drawing on her experience accompanying patients with both short-term and chronic diseases, in this guide, Clarisse Gardet suggests a path to psychological (and

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physical) relief through meditation: managing to create

Clarisse Gardet Clarisse Gardet is a relaxation therapist, with a degree from a prestigious School of Relaxation Therapy. She has practiced meditation across the world, teaches at the Occidental School of Meditation and leads a number of workshops for children.

moments of relaxation, getting one’s self-confidence back, and easing pain and fatigue. The book provides a harbor of peace and a balm of compassion to help face difficult periods. The program includes 20 guided meditations led by the author.

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Grow Up with Your Emotions

Meditating with Children

A large range of emotions, such as happiness,

Meditation

jealousy,

constantly

children’s balance and behavior. In today’s high-

confronting children, and this can also be a

speed world, it allows them to center themselves

challenge for them, their carers and teachers.

in order to be able to concentrate better and to

anger

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them better. PR ESS & QU OTES

precious book that all parents must have on their

Clarisse Gardet proposes a caring, joyful and simple

nightstand this year.

approach towards meditation.

— O LIVIA DE L A MBERTERIE, T É L É MAT I N

— F IG AR O S CO PE

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CRIME & THRILLERS

How I Became a Superhero So you want to be a superhero? That’s because you have no idea what kind of life they really lead: this book reveals all.

Titan, a superhero, has been down in the dumps since he got dumped by Alicia. To make matters worse, he just slipped down a rung in the Top 30 Pantheon, the TV show that ranks America’s favorite superheroes. Even though his pals from the Lexington Avenue police station are still rooting for him, Titan has lost his zest for life. Is he going to be able to overcome one of the worst enemies of his career in those conditions? Journalists have already nicknamed the serial killer who takes on supermen the “New Orig. Title: Comment je suis devenu super héros Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Le Livre de Poche 352 pp. | July 2021 Territory: World excl. French

York Vampire.”

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investigation, which forces him to stir up the troubled waters of the myth of superheroes.

Titan’s old colleague Monte Carlo, a former superhero who had to step down after taking so many hits that he developed Parkinson’s – is giving him a hand with the

But the question that soon looms largest in Titan’s mind is this: is he next on the New York Vampire’s list?

A funny and grippingly fast-paced novel that revisits the conventions of police procedurals and reinvents speculative fiction by featuring one of the biggest themes in popular culture: superheroes. A subtle blend of entertainment and insight.

Gérald Bronner Gérald Bronner is a French novelist. As a professor of sociology, he is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Technologies.

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Netflix movie by Douglas Attal, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Charlotte Sanson. The film has a fabulous cast of today’s top French actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Leïla Bekhti, Pio Marmaï, Vimala Pons and Swann Arlaud.

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DEBUT NOVEL

Stony Silence What if death were preferable to life? Cut off from everything, in a village that even the digital revolution forgot, the Dugasts have turned suicide into their family specialty. They all seem to be committing it, one after the other, for no obvious reason. When will the hecatomb cease? Against all odds, the family’s only son chooses to live.

With its striking and poetic style, a tragic-comic début novel from a talented young author – just 28 years old – who already has a large following online.

They’re dying like flies in the Dugast family. First the grandfather hangs himself in the Orig. Title: Les Chiens de faïence Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Editions de la Martinière Littérature 304 pp. | August 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS AWA RD S Prix Révélation 2021 - festival Les écrivains chez Gonzague St Bris

barn, then the grandmother crashes her car into a tree. Next, the other grandfather jumps off a cliff, and so on and so forth. Each and every death is a suicide. Incomprehensible. Absurd. Is it a nightmare? A curse? While the series of suicides is causing tongues to wag in town, the Dugasts themselves don’t discuss it. They just go on doing what they do best: ignoring things. At age 18, their son, Christophe, is determined to escape what would seem to be his fate. But where can you go when you’ve only ever known an intrusively close-knit family?

Strewn with poetical aphorisms and flaunting a keen sense of irony, Thomas Louis’s

Thomas Louis

social fable has hints of absurdity, where fate strips people’s incapacity to communicate

Born in 1992, Thomas Louis is a freelance journalist. Best known for his podcast, “La Quille,” in which he interviews writers, artists and other people from the world of culture. With his debut novel Les Chiens de faïence he stands out as one of the new voices in contemporary French literature, between the disenchanted humor of Jean-Paul Dubois and the absurd poetry of Samuel Beckett.

down to the barest of bones.

PRESS & QUOTES At the Dugast’s, dying with the family is a team sport. — JEA N -PAUL DUBO IS

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A brilliant debut novel, in a quirky and poetical style imbued with black humor, by a talented young 28-year-old writer.

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An author with a major presence on social media, particularly Instagram: 60,000 followers.

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A theme that is always current, in the wake of Nicolas Mathieu’s Leurs enfants après eux (Actes Sud, 2019 Goncourt Award): life in small, overlooked towns on the outskirts of cities, and the impact of social determinism.

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An accursed family, hounded by fate, worthy heirs to the one featured in Jean Giono’s tragicomedy Le Moulin de Pologne (Gallimard, 1952).

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NOIR

The Pit of Souls Leaving the quixotic, chaotic realm of organized crime, Christophe Molmy dove into literature. The lethal terrorist attack that opens the novel is clearly reminiscent of the one on the Bataclan theatre. But the subject of the book lies elsewhere: how a survivor of the horror perches on the cusp between holding himself together and sliding into madness. Fabrice is a coward. So he goes to the movies with his girlfriend, Juliette, without finding the nerve to tell her what’s been preying on him for a while: he doesn’t love her any more, and hasn’t for quite some time. But in the

Orig. Title: La Fosse aux âmes Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Editions de la Martinière Littérature 304 pp. | August 2021 Territory: World excl. French

theatre, a terrorist attack takes place. Juliette lies at his feet. He is the widower of a woman he no longer loved. Fabrice finds in the female police officer who interrogates him a beam of light he can cling to. A love story like a

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life drive.

Christophe Molmy Christophe Molmy is the head of the Paris Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI), a.k.a. the Anti-Gang and Counter-Terrorism Brigade, a unit of the French National Police. His first novel, Wounded Wolves (Les Loups blessés, Editions de La Martinière, 2015), was selected for four literary awards (the Prix Landerneau, Prix du meilleur polar des lecteurs de Points, Prix du polar de Cognac and the Prix du Goéland Masqué). After the Day was his third novel.

But fate has it in for him, and the police officer disappears. He is Suspect Number One. Laying low for a while would be the thing to do, but Fabrice hasn’t got a clue how to go about it. Neither how to hide, nor how to run away. Nor how to rebuild a life that has been blasted to smithereens.

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CRIME & THRILLERS

After the Day

Somewhere between Good and Evil

François Legal, an extremely meticulous and equally violent robber, has almost finished a 10-

A masterfully realistic crime novel. The eagerly

year sentence.

awaited second book by the French Police

Philippe Lelouedec, an old hand from Paris’s

Divisional Commissioner, Christophe Molmy, is

police headquarters, and Coline, a shy and

a triumph.

unhappy young cop, have been trying to solve a series of burglaries targeting elderly people. Orig. Title: Après le jour 368 pp. | 2020

P RES S & Q UOTES A very successful book of realistic crime fiction. — FRANÇOIS BUSNEL, L A GRA NDE L I BRA I RI E

PR ESS & QU OTES Orig. Title: Quelque part entre le bien et le mal 352 pp. | 2018

Christophe Molmy has always dreamed of a life: his own … Robberies, hostage-situations, frenzied … interfere in his daily – inevitably novelistic – life. — L IB É R AT IO N

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CRIME & THRILLERS

Dead Ends In the mists hovering over both the Deûle Canal near Lille, and the banks of the Seine, in Paris, Charlus Van Roncqueghem and Dominique Coblenz’s investigations will overlap and echo each other. A rakishly atmospheric police procedural.

Charlus Van Roncqueghem, the head of the homicide bureau in Lille, the capital of northern France, and Dominique Coblenz, chief of the serial-crime investigation bureau in Paris, have enjoyed a bond of friendship for over twenty years. Both men have a taste for tricky cases and enjoy nothing better than tucking into a hearty, delicious meal. Orig. Title: Angles morts Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Editions de La Martinière Littérature 304 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

When Coblenz decides to take a quick trip to his old pal’s neck of the woods, Charlus is thrilled to play tour guide for him. But soon they both get drawn into ongoing investigations: another young woman found with her throat slit in a parking lot for Coblenz, and another body fished out of the Deûle for Charlus. Is the former the work of a serial killer? Is the latter part of a suspicious series of suicides or just an accident? Although Coblenz, the narrator of the tale, has to dash back to Paris, the two men decide to lend each other a hand in solving their respective cases.

Police Chief Coblenz’s love of looking beyond logical conclusions and digging into culde-sacs and other dead ends will allow him to find meaning where there seems to be none. And even a connection between the two seemingly diametrically opposed cases, as long as he’s at it!

Alex Türk Born in Roubaix (in northern France) in 1950, Alex Türk has a Ph.D. in law. He is the author of Tour de vice (Turn of the Vice), published by Editions Delpierre (2016).

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ENVIRONMENT | SOCIETY

Legacy Heritage of a Life For the first time ever, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the environmentalist-humanist photographer and founder of the GoodPlanet Foundation, reveals a more personal side of himself in a book written in the first person. He explores the legacy that his generation will be leaving to today’s youth – the Greta Thunberg generation, takes stock of the state of the planet, and looks back over a life rich in experiences, pitfalls, and occasions for starting over. It all started in Kenya. Discovering the country and its population was a revelation to Orig. Title: Legacy. L’héritage d’une vie Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Editions de la Martinière Littérature 256 pp. | November 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

him. The young wildlife photographer who had been working in a nature reserve near the French Alps headed off to Africa with his wife to devote three years to studying the behavior of a lion family. It would be a transformative experience, instilling him with a sense of purpose: the beauty and fragility of the world must be protected right away. The idea – or rather the necessity – of supporting a humanist form of ecology dawned on him gradually. Along with the publishers Editions de La Martinière, he invented a kind of photography book that had never existed before; Earth from Above became an

Yann ArthusBertrand Born in 1946, Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a photographer, reporter, filmmaker and environmentalist, and the founder and president of the GoodPlanet Foundation. He has published a number of photography books with Editions de la Martinière, including Earth from Above, an international best-seller, and Woman, his most recent book, related to the film of the same name that he co-directed.

international best-seller. Then the state of the planet convinced Arthus-Bertrand to re-evaluate his own way of life and to take things even further. In 2005, he founded GoodPlanet, an NGO that strives for a more sustainable and equitable world. He has had his share of controversy and doubts, of course; and there have been times that he was ready to give up. But his visceral beliefs in a fairer, cleaner and more beautiful world have won every time. Now more than ever, they are urging him to pass the baton on to the next generation. The inspiring first-person account of an ardent defender of a noble cause who relates his personal experiences for the first time.

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COZY MYSTERY (SERIES)

In Marie-Antoinette’s Secret Service In Marie-Antoinette’s Secret Service offers a delightful tour through the many secret passages and tunnels of the Palace of Versailles. Volume 1: The Queen keeps a keen eye on everything that’s going on at Court. With the help of a picturesque pair of sleuths, a jewelry heist will be her first case. For the sake of her mission, she assigns the role of spies to Rose, a milliner, and to Léonard, a hairdresser. The only problem is that Rose and Léonard can’t stand each other. Volume 2: Upon the death of Louis XV, France – and Marie-Antoinette – get a new king. Then Orig. Title: Au service secret de Marie-Antoinette Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Editions de La Martinière Littérature 320 pp. | May 2019 - October 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS N UM BE R O F CO P I E S S O LD 50,000+ in the series RIG H T S S O LD Serbia | Vulkan Italy | Mondadori Libri (pre-empt) Greece | Pedio (5-book deal) Portugal | Planeta (2-book deal) Hungary |

the country suffers a terrible famine and the masses are demonstrating at the gates of the castle! When Rose and Léonard happen to win an Aztec statuette in a prize draw, Marie-Antoinette realizes that it’s the solution to all her problems. Volume 3: Marie-Antoinette is the undisputed Queen of detective comedy! More rebellious than ever, she sends her duo of infernal investigators – her milliner, Rose, and her hairdresser, Léonard – to investigate the disappearance of a secret code. Does it make sense to to entrust the security of the kingdom of France to a wannabe Sherlock and a Watson in petticoats? Of course, Lenormand takes advantage of this cheerfully madcap plot to plant real historical clues... Volume 4: Queen Marie-Antoinette excels in the art of deception! At the head of a very secret royal service, she sends her irresistible duo of amateur investigators Rose and Léonard in the footsteps of a mysterious (and obviously rich) financier. This new cosy crime title is all about a golden pistol and charlatanisms, yet also about love… will Léonard finally succumb to Rose’s charms? Volume 5: The iconic Marie-Antoinette has measles! Her Majesty is obliged to respect quarantine. But the kingdom is in danger. Someone has absconded with an important treaty about American

Frédéric Lenormand Winner of the Historia and Arsène Lupin Prizes, Frédéric Lenormand is an established writer of historical fiction. The idea of writing about Marie-Antoinette had been on his mind for quite some time before he suggested it to Éditions de La Martinière. The Du Barry Investigation (L’Enquête du Barry) is the first volume in the In MarieAntoinette’s Secret Service series.

independence that must be prevented from falling into the hands of France’s nemesis, England! Rose and Léonard are going to have to devote themselves to the Queen’s service once again for another irresistibly fun-and-feud-filled investigation. A delightful treat for these glum times! Volume 6: Marie-Antoinette is pregnant! Dote on a baby all day? Hardly her style! She’d rather enjoy herself with Gabrielle de Polignac, her new lady-in-waiting, on whom she loves to lavish expensive gifts. Necker, the kingdom’s Minister of Finances, is dismayed, all the more so since a close friend of his was just assassinated. Rose and Léonard, Her Majesty’s spies, are going to be pressed back into service.

PRESS & QUOTES A gem of a detective story! […] It’s light-hearted, funny, and devilishly well-plotted. Let yourself get carried away by these very special agents in Her Majesty’s service. They’re worth it. — HIS TO RIA

A novel with surprising plot twists, a dash of style, a tasty dose of humor, and a well-constructed plot: who could ask for anything more? — CO S M O PO L ITAN

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NOVEL

Whoever Saves a Life Saves the World A powerfully poignant novel that hauntingly evokes the share of secrets simmering in every family. Raphaëlle, in her 30s, is in mourning. Her grandmother, Elisabeth, whom she was very close to, is being buried today. But she doesn’t recognize many of the people in

the surprisingly large crowd that has gathered in the church. A woman she has never met delivers a eulogy, which paints a portrait of the deceased that Raphaëlle Orig. Title: Qui sauve une vie sauve le monde Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Editions de La Martinière Littérature 352 pp. | May 2021 Territory: World excl. French

finds unsettling. Could it be that she never really knew

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Diary, 1940: Elisabeth, a.k.a. Lisette, is 18. Her family has

Elisabeth? After the funeral, the woman who spoke hands Raphaëlle her grandmother’s diary from World War II... What secrets does it contain? Could they still be echoing in her life today?

fled to the castle they own on the Vivarais-Lignon plateau

In the vein of Sarah’s Key (Elle s’appelait Sarah) by Tatiana de Rosnay and A Secret (Un secret) by Philippe Grimbert.

in the Haute-Loire. Separated from their father, Lisette and her sister, Gisèle, are coddled by their grandmother, the cook, Titine, and a couple of farmers on the grounds.

Madeleine de Place Madeleine de Place was born in Paris in 1981. After Dis, quand reviendras-tu ? (Tell Me, When Will You Come Back? La Martinière, 2019), the history of the VivaraisLignon plateau in the Haute-Loire, where she spends all her summers on her family’s estate, inspired the plot of her second novel. For several months, she steeped herself in the history of the region, which is known for its many partisans and for saving Jewish children during World War II. And now she can offer us a moving and insightful novel, Whoever Saves A Life Saves the World.

But reality still manages to catch up with them. Lisette is going to have to grow up, fast. But Elisabeth’s diary stops before the end, so Raphaëlle decides to investigate, to try to answer some of the questions left hanging. What she learns will change all of their lives.

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Tell Me, When Will You Come back? Eight women. They all have one thing in common: they have all known Gabriel. His mother, his daughters, his mistress… One after another, they uncover the multifaceted identity of this elusive man. Sensitive and moving, this debut novel arrived by post. A young girl, Louise, is taken by force to a convent. She’s only fourteen years old, yet it is becoming extremely difficult to hide her belly… Francoise, a kind and outspoken nurse, helps her to give birth. A few days later, mother and child are separated. For eighteen years, Esther, the adoptive mother, and Mamita, the grandmother, have managed to keep Gabriel’s origins secret. Orig. Title: Dis, quand reviendras-tu? 256 pp. | 2019 AWA RD S Prix Maison de la Presse (longlisted)

Eventually, though, everything has to be revealed. Fleeing his adoptive family, Gabriel will try to rebuild a relationship with his wife, Laurence and their two daughters. However, Gabriel struggles not only with giving, but also, especially, with receiving. Mysterious and elusive, Gabriel does not trust anyone. Until one last woman enters his life.

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In the 21st century, this is a major challenge for the human sciences: to bring together the pieces of the puzzle into a coherent whole, to put the pieces of knowledge back together, to regain the momentum of the founders while drawing on the rich material of accumulated knowledge and being guided by the problems and questions of today. Éditions Sciences Humaines offers readers a state of knowledge in the different disciplines that make up the “human sciences” - psychology, communication, philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, ethnology, education and training, political science, as well as on the various related themes: organizations, the brain, religion, the individual, adolescence, power... Éditions Sciences Humaines is aimed at all those (students, trainers, teachers, decisionmakers, amateurs and the curious) who wish to understand and know the contemporary world and the people who shape it, through demanding and rigorous works but always guided by the concern to preserve the pleasure of reading and discovery.

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PSYCHOLOGY | SOCIOLOGY

REVIVRE APRÈS UNE ÉPREUVE SOUS LA DIRECTION D'HÉLOÏSE LHÉRÉTÉ

Rebuilding Your Life after an Ordeal How to live again when the worst has happened to you. How do you get back on your feet after a bereavement, an illness, an accident, a catastrophe, a failure, a breakdown? Where can you find the strength to live and the resources to rebuild yourself? And what is the point of living if it is only to survive?

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From the psychology of resilience to existentialist philosophies and clinical sociology, this book offers a journey between theories and experiences. It provides an up-to-date overview of the answers to this question that has haunted humanity since the dawn of time: how to reinvent one’s life after an internal breakdown… Table of contents: Reviving after an ordeal (Héloïse Lhérété) Fight, flee, suffer? (Jean-François Dortier) These ruptures that shape us, interview with Claire Marin Resilience, an antidestiny (Boris Cyrulnik) Empathy, an essential source of resilience (Jacques Lecomte)

Héloïse Lhérété (ed.) Héloïse Lhérété is editor-in-chief and director of the journal Sciences Humaines.

Paradise is other people, interview with Matthieu Ricard Rebuilding after a tragedy (Jean-François Marmion) Does a trauma make you stronger? (Marc Olano) Illness, a journey to the end of oneself (Héloïse Lhérété) Growing up after the war (Marie-Rose Moro) Separation: The battlefield (Flora Yacine) Losing a child, memory and forgetting (Anne-Claire Thérizols) The art of consolation (Héloïse Lhérété) Philosophers facing death (Catherine Halpern) The end of a champion (Jean-François Dortier) Can we bounce back at any age? (Marc Olano) Surviving the loss of your company, interview with Jean-Luc Douillard The ordeal of redundancy (Didier Demazière) Companies in turmoil (Achille Weinberg) Ten ways to rebuild

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PHILOSOPHY | ILLUSTRATED NF

Plato versus Aristotle A joyful introduction to philosophical controversy “Plato and Aristotle… They are two giants, and in a way we are all their children. Even if they lived in antiquity, even if we have not read them, even if we do not know much about them, they still influence our everyday ways of reasoning, imagining, classifying or arguing. These two immense and different intelligences have built a foundation on Orig. Title: Plato vs Aristotle. Une initiation joyeuse à la controverse philosophique Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Sciences Humaines 200 pp. | November 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

which all Western philosophy has developed. Although they disagreed profoundly, the two of them nevertheless laid down the groundwork and established the rules of the game of thought as we have been playing it ever since.

But why spend time with these two philosophers who were just as wrong as the other scholars of their time? Because what we must share with Plato and Aristotle is not their ideas, but the rigorous approach with which they wanted to elaborate them.”

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In this book, Luc de Brabandere takes us on a philosophical journey, a joyful initiation,

Luc de Brabandere Luc de Brabandere is a business philosopher and fellow of the BGC Henderson Institute. He is the author of numerous books including Petite philosophie des arguments fallacieux (Eyrolles, 2021) .

Anne Mikolajczak With a literary background and a degree in Romance philology, Anne Mikolajczak has been collaborating since 1984 with Luc de Brabandere both in writing and in the creation of seminars, including an introduction to philosophy.

demonstrating that Plato and Aristotle are today, and always have been, essential for thinking about the great questions of the world, and that their rigor can shed light on the problems that concern us today and will concern us tomorrow.

Table of contents: Introduction Learning to think with Plato and Aristotle CHAPTER 1 One territory, many maps CHAPTER 2 The spectacle of change CHAPTER 3 Plato vs Aristotle CHAPTER 4 Sometimes one, sometimes the other CHAPTER 5 The inevitable chessboard CHAPTER 6 Learning to think for yourself CHAPTER 7 Learning to think today Afterword On the Internet, one cannot learn to learn

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PSYCHOLOGY | HISTORY

Freud’s Patients A Book of Lives Originally published in 2011 in France, the English edition of Freud’s Patients is published in September 2021, which shows the timelessness of the topic. The English edition includes 7 additional, new vignettes written by the author. Everyone knows the characters described by Freud in his case histories: ‘Dora’, the ‘Rat Man’, the ‘Wolf Man’. But what do we know of the people, the lives behind these famous pseudonyms: Ida Bauer, Ernst Lanzer, Sergius Pankejeff? Do we know the circumstances that led them to Freud’s consulting-room, or how they fared – how Orig. Title: Les Patients de Freud. Destins Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Sciences Humaines 244 pp.| November 2011 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS English translation RIG H T S S O LD World English | Reaktion Hungary | Corvina Czech Republic | Alpress Korea | Jiwasarang

they really fared – following their treatments? And what of those patients about whom Freud wrote nothing, or very little: Pauline Silberstein, who threw herself from the fourth floor of her analyst’s building; Elfriede Hirschfeld, Freud’s ‘grand-patient’ and ‘chief tormentor’; the fashionable architect Karl Mayreder; the psychotic millionaire Carl Liebmann; and so many others? In an absorbing sequence of portraits, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen offers the stories of these men and women – some comic, many tragic, all of them deeply moving. In total, thirty-eight lives tell us as much about Freud’s clinical practice as his celebrated case studies, revealing too a darker and more complex Freud than is usually portrayed: the doctor as his patients and their friends and families saw him.

Mikkel BorchJacobsen A philosopher by training, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen is a Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Washington, and a leading theorist and historian of psychoanalysis and psychiatry. A regular contributor to the London Review of Books, he is the author of some sixteen titles that have been translated into nine languages.

PRESS & QUOTES Freud’s Patients separates the fact from the fiction with stunning and sobering effect and makes this book a must-read for anyone who wants to know the truth about these cases. It is a landmark publication. — C HR IS TO PHER BA DCOC K, AU T HO R O F T HE IM PR IN T E D BR AIN

Borch-Jacobsen, one of the world’s great Freud scholars, has done a masterful job in allowing readers to peek behind the curtain and sample the real lives of these illustrious patients. — ELIZA BET H F. LO FT U S , DIS T INGU IS HED PR O FES S O R , S TA NFO RD UN IV E RS IT Y, A ND AUT HO R O F EYEWIT NES S T E S T IM O N Y A ND (WIT H KAT HER INE KETC HA M) T HE M YT H OF REPRE S S E D M E M O RY

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PSYCHOLOGY

The Psycho That Drives You Crazy Psychology is full of diverse and varied practices that sometimes, it must be admitted, border on the crazy.

Jean-François Marmion, psychologist and former editor-in-chief of the magazine Le Cercle Psy, listened to his courage and tested some of these practices for you! In the process, he hypnotized strangers in the street, tested automatic writing, entrusted Orig. Title: La psycho qui rend fou Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Sciences Humaines 128 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

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his problems to a robot therapist, and even went through a near-death experience… In total, eight experiments conducive to introspection, but which never turned out as planned.

This book is both funny and instructive, written in a lively style, and will allow you to enter into the heart of the most extreme therapies and psychological experiences while staying warm and cozy on your sofa… or your couch.

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Jean-François Marmion Jean-François Marmion is a psychologist, ex-editor-in-chief of the journal Le Cercle Psy, and editor of Psychology of Stupidity (translated in the US by Penguin and in 19other countries), Universal History of Stupidity, Psychology of Stupidity in Politics and Psychology of Beautiful and Ugly Ones. He also wrote the comic book Cervocomix (Les Arènes, 2019).

Street hypnosis Automatic writing The art of directing dreams The yoga of laughter Connected meditation Robot therapy The infiltration of a secret society The near-death experience

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LUX is one of the leading independent radical publishing houses in the French-speaking world, with a catalogue that spans social history and political thought in America and Europe – a community of writers who have made unique contributions to understanding and changing the world.

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HISTORY | SOCIETY

Letters to a Black Woman In the France of the 1960s, hundreds of young girls and women arrived from the West Indies to become domestic servants for white, bourgeois families. Everything about the relationship between these maids and their employers is reminiscent of slavery: the state agency that organises their recruitment, the exhausting and endless tasks, the deplorable living conditions, the racism and the sexual and racial division of labour.

Françoise Ega, a typist and mother from Martinique, arrived in Marseille in the mid1950s. There, she heard stories of “girls from her country” that were so incredible and scandalous that she decided to check them out for herself. She then worked as a Orig. Title: Lettres à une Noire Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Lux 200 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French & Portuguese M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

cleaning lady, an “experience” that she recorded in this posthumously published diary, in a style that is as moving as it is strikingly realistic.

This text is as much an intimate narrative as it is a piece of combat literature. It is a plea against racism and for black sisterhood, community support and true social equality.

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Preface by Elsa Dorlin

Françoise Ega Françoise Ega (1920-1976) was a Martinican worker, writer and social activist known for her participation in the struggle for equality.

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HISTORY | POLITICS | SOCIETY

The Choice of Civil War Another History of Neoliberalism This book approaches neoliberalism on the ground that has been its own since its origins: the choice of civil war as a means of bringing about the vision of a pure market society. A polymorphous war of domination which can sometimes involve military and police coercion but is too often mistaken for the exercise of government power, and which is waged through and by state institutions.

Orig. Title: Le Choix de la guerre civile Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Lux 328 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French & Portuguese

From Hayek to Thatcher and Pinochet, from Mises to Trump and Bolsonaro, and from Lippmann to Biden and Macron, neoliberalism has taken and still takes various shapes depending on the circumstances. And what emerges, in this strategic perspective, is the history of an unrelenting dogmatic logic that will use any means necessary to weaken and, if possible, crush its enemies.

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Pierre Dardot, Christian Laval, Haud Guéguen & Pierre Sauvêtre Pierre Dardot is a philosopher teaching at the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre. Together with Christian Laval he has published various books which have been translated in many languages. Along with the philosopher Haud Guéguen and the sociologist Pierre Sauvêtre, they founded a study group on neoliberalism and its alternatives (Groupe d’études du néolibéralisme et des alternatives).

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POLITICS | PHILOSOPHY

The Last Man Takes LSD Foucault and the End of Revolution Foucault’s personal and political experimentation, its ambiguous legacy, and the rise of neoliberal politics.

Part intellectual history, part critical theory, The Last Man Takes LSD challenges the way we think about both Michel Foucault and modern progressive politics. One fateful day in May 1975, Foucault dropped acid in the southern California desert. In letters Orig. Title: Le Dernier homme et la fin de la révolution. Foucault après Mai 68 Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Lux 256 pp. | May 2021 Territory: World excl. French & English

reproduced here, he described it as among the most important events of his life, one

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critic of the welfare state.

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which would lead him to completely rework his History of Sexuality. That trip helped redirect Foucault’s thought and contributed to a tectonic shift in the intellectual life of the era. He came to reinterpret the social movements of May ’68 and reposition himself politically in France, embracing anti-totalitarian currents and becoming a

Mitchell Dean and Daniel Zamora examine the full historical context of the turn in Foucault’s thought, which included studies of the Iranian revolution and French socialist politics, through which he would come to appreciate the possibilities of autonomy offered by a new force on the French political scene that was neither of the

Mitchell Dean

left nor the right: neoliberalism.

Mitchell Dean is a Professor of Public Governance at the Copenhagen Business School and a social and political theorist and historical and political sociologist of wide reputation.

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Daniel Zamora Daniel Zamora is a Professor of Sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He works on the conceptualizations of poverty in 20th century, on inequality and modern intellectual history. More broadly, his work has been published in Le Monde Diplomatique, Jacobin, Los Angeles Review of Books, Dissent, among others and translated in more than 15 languages.

In their riveting study, Dean and Zamora put Foucault in dialogue not only with the anti-Marxist New Philosophers of the 1970s but also with a neoliberalism emerging from within French socialist circles after 1968. The result is a completely unexpected Foucault, more rooted in the struggles of his own time, yet still speaking, as a cautionary tale, to our own. One would be hard pressed to find a better book on such a complex thinker or a more compulsively readable introduction to the contradictory politics of the left in our current moment. — CO R EY R O BIN, AU T HO R O F T HE REAC T IO N ARY M IN D

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Founded in March 2017 with the publication of L’Impérial Socialiste by Didier Van Cauwelaert a.k.a Louis Badinguet, Massot Éditions is a generalist publishing house that accompanies evolutions in society, whether practical, scientific, or spiritual, and provides the tools to participate in this change. Massot Éditions is directed by Florent Massot, independent editor for 35 years and discoverer of numerous authors in France. With this new house, he is continuing his lifelong commitment to publishing works that create breakthroughs and build bridges to help everyone get through the world’s crises. He also always aimed to create a space where up-and-coming generations of writers can express themselves. The publishing house intends to publish 20 to 30 titles per year in a variety of novels, essays, and comic strips. The catalogue is multi-facetted, as is current social change. That’s why you will find a range of options from calls to action – like the Dalai Lama’s A Call for Revolution, The Crazy Toad Manifesto, and How We’re Going to Save the World for Climate Justice – to militant-feminist comics and graphic novels, like the Another Look on... series by the blogger Emma, and Zainab Fasiki’s Hshouma, as well as disturbing texts like Juan Branco’s Crepuscule, co-published with Le Diable Vauvert. But Massot Editions’ books also accompany our inner evolutions, like Malory Malmasson’s Soul Dating,

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DEBUT NOVEL

La Java A novel that roams on the borders of identity, exploring the themes of homosexuality, exile and writing.

After seeing his old friend Adrian die before his eyes, the narrator makes a leap into the past. The summer he turned 20, he met Jean, a “handsome and simple-minded” architect that he tries to stave off boredom with. He spends his idle days in an unhealthy state of sexual languor, until his childhood friend Adrian roars back into his life. With him is his uncle Freddy, a pathetic and hysterical old drag queen who is housing a homeless woman. Orig. Title: La Java Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Massot Editions 230 pp. | August 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

The little group’s adventures are centered on La Java, a deliquescent nightclub and a sanctuary for a semi-clandestine community of students, transvestites and sex freaks. Having run out of steam, the legacy of gay militancy from the 80s is no longer drawing crowds. When the club closes, the dream crumbles, and the hero falls into a sort of primal loneliness. In an excess of distress and boredom, he winds up committing “sexual suicide” – an erratic sexual orgy controlled by discreetly pernicious technology.

Goldi Merville Born in western Brittany in 1998, Goldi Merville, still a student at Paris’s prestigious Sciences-Po school of Political Science, has written a stunning first novel in a razor-sharp and strikingly modern style. Reflecting current gay identity, the novel explores the foundations/ underground aspects of a world that is now seen as quaint, and asks blisteringly up-to-date questions about the search for identity.

The book sheds light on what clubbing used to be like, with the good and the bad, the shadows and the lights, the joys and the sorrow.

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HEALTH

Blue Health The New Water Medicine Water for Healing

From Type 2 obesity to depression, mental disorders, auto-immune diseases, chronic stress and even ageing, Blue Health – the study of the therapeutic effects of blue spaces (fresh and salt water, rivers, streams, lakes, coasts and seashores) – offers new perspectives for healing that are not well known to the general public. Orig. Title: La santé bleue. La nouvelle médecine de l’eau Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Massot Editions 272 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

How does water heal and regenerate us, why does it do us so much good, and how should we be thinking about it in this time of ecological challenges that can no longer be ignored?

That is the journey that Pascale d’Erm invites us to dive into in order to better understand our relationship to water and the role it currently plays in our health-care system, as well as the one it could play in the future.

Pascale d’Erm After graduating from Sciences-Po, Paris’s prestigious school of Political Science, Pascale d’Erm became a journalist and filmmaker who joined the Nicolas Hulot Foundation in 1996. As a journalist, she contributed to Psychologies Magazine, Santé Magazine and Régal. She has written nearly a dozen books, including Sœurs en écologie (“Sisters in Ecology,” Editions La Mer Salée, 2017). She also wrote and directed NATURA, an investigation into the advantages of experiences in nature.

From blue therapies (surf therapy, swimming to treat depression, and more) to sensory experiences and neuroscience, Blue Health searches out medical players in this worldwide movement, exploring different fields of scientific study in order to better understand water’s medicinal benefits on every level (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual).

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The author’s documentary AQUA (52’, shot in Catalonia, Sweden, Austria and Belgium) illustrates the role of water in global health (screened on April 23 on Planète+)

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COMICS | SOCIETY

Lucine and Enzo Enzo isn’t like other kids. Lucine, his mom, realized that from his earliest childhood. Boisterous and inattentive, Enzo has trouble staying focused in class, doesn’t make friends easily, and his teachers have no patience with him. Lucine consults with specialists and, after a long obstacle path, finally gets a diagnosis: Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD or ADHD). Unlike what most people think, the disorder is fairly Orig. Title: Lucine et Enzo Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Massot Editions 64 pp. | May 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

common, but poorly understood. ADD children tend to be marginalized, and their stigmatized parents are at a loss for how to deal with the endless crises, with both their children and their significant other. Yet there are ways of dealing with ADD/ADHD: coping strategies, extra help, psychological counseling, and sometimes medical treatment can enable both children and adults with ADD or ADHD to have normal lives. A new book from Emma that explains ADHD and helps

Emma Named one of the Six Women of the Year in 2018 by Parisian daily 20 minutes and acclaimed by all media outlets, Emma, the peerless 37-year-old blogger and author of The Mental Load, has been translated into several languages. She lives in Paris and also works as a software engineer. As a former “Stop harcèlement de rue” (“stop street harassment”) activist, she now channels her feminist passion into “putting information out there.” Her subjects include politics, feminism, work, social issues, and more. Her goal in sharing her ideas is to get her readers thinking. Her blog: emmaclit.com

parents overcome guilty feelings, as well as find the right people, strategies and solutions for having a happy, fulfilling life with their very special children.

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The Mental & Emotional Load A motley bunch of stories on feminism, politics and sexuality, Emma is a viral comic strip artist attacking stereotypes on a wide range of issues. Countering cliché, she shares her experience as a new mom through a series of anecdotes that are anything but candy-coated. With accuracy and dedication, she takes another look at subjects like the sacrosanct maternal instinct, the baby blues, the story of the clitoris and the story of refugees, and questions truths that might seem fixed. Orig. Title: Un autre regard. Trucs en vrac pour voir les choses autrement 110 pp. | 2017 # COPIE S S O LD 100,000+ in the series

Orig. Title: La charge emotionnelle et autres trucs invisibles 112 pp. | 2018

English translation available (4 volumes)

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Men on the Path of Mindful Masculinity Men have never been faced with so many contradictory rules: be both virile and gentle, take the lead in seducing women but stay respectful, find yourself while committing to a relationship, etc. What is a man supposed to be in the 21st century? We all – men and women alike – have both feminine and masculine polarities within us. Understanding that reality opens up the field of possibilities for living as a man. It offers the key to a more balanced and mindful Masculinity plus that is no longer in confrontation with Orig. Title: Des hommes en chemin Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Massot Editions 232 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

Femininity.

Accepting both of those polarities within yourself enables a twofold reconciliation: with yourself, first of all, and then with others.

Drawing on both the many personal stories he has heard as a psycho-corporal RIG H T S S O LD Korea | Itcon

therapist and on his own experience as a man, Didier de Buisseret has written an essay that rethinks our approach to gender and sexuality. The book starts by establishing theoretical bases and then applies them, offering numerous examples and first-person

Didier de Buisseret

accounts from patients. Each chapter ends with exercises to help readers anchor what

Didier de Buisseret is a psychocorporal therapist specialized in tantric massage and accompanying couples. He regularly leads workshops that invite people to explore their relationship to themselves and their partners. A former lawyer, he cares about binding the rational and the emotional, the cerebral and the intuitive in search of ever more creativity and freedom. He lives and works in Brussels.

they’ve read in their own body.

PRESS & QUOTES This book which identifies a little more and updates the mystery of masculine identity, is also a gateway to the depths of the psyche for the man taking the trouble to venture on the path of inner realization, unisex in its essence. — ME DIA CHO E UR

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GRAPHIC NOVEL

Every Baby a Wanted Baby... I Want a Baby! Marie and her partner are in their thirties: good jobs, good friends, activities they care about and enjoy… The only thing missing in their lives is a baby. After a few fruitless months of trying, they decide to go in for testing. The results show that Marie’s polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) means she is rising in the ranks of the infertile. Nevertheless, becoming a mother is still a possibility, so Marie, as a reporter/ comic-book artist, decides it’s a perfect subject to investigate.

Orig. Title: Un Bébe si je peux Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Massot Editions 136 pp. | February 2021 Territory: World excl. French and Japanese

What causes infertility, and how many people in France are affected by it? IVF, ART (assisted reproduction technologies), adoption… What are the options? And at what price? How do you manage to be sincerely happy for your friends when they become mothers? What do you tell your friends and family? How do couples survive the ordeal,

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with its overwhelming uncertainty and intrusive medical advice?

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Marie Dubois dives into a touchy subject, starting from her own experience, but not leaving it at that: she investigates, reads everything she can find, and interviews numerous infertile couples. Brimming over with both humor and compassion, this book provides answers and will be reassuring to anyone who finds themselves in the

Marie Dubois

same situation.

Marie Dubois trained at both the School of Beaux Arts and at La Fémis film school. Now 38 years old, she writes cartoons and children’s books, as well as making and editing documentaries for TV. She lives near Chartres.

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A co-edition with Revue XXI (25,000 copies per issue) and a joint promotion campaign that will benefit from their extensive network.

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A very current topic: 1 out of 6 couples has fertility issues.

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The instructive contents present the scientific and social issues in a straightforward manner, and the clear drawings make this a book for a wide audience.

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GRAPHIC NOVEL

Promethium 2043: The green revolution summoned by COPs and international treaties has taken place: the world has been freed of coal and oil. We’ve gone “100% green,” and global warming has been stabilized. But have we really thought about the resources for that supposedly “clean” energy? The dizzying increase in demand for rare metals, including promethium, has led to the opening of hundreds of mines that are wreaking havoc on the planet, poisoning ecosystems and populations. In order to cover the surface of the earth with millions of wind turbines and solar panels, we have swapped one evil for another, handing the planet over to an unscrupulous economic elite in the process. At Orig. Title: Promethium Orig. Language: French Orig. Publisher: Massot Editions 120 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French and Japanese M AT ERI A L AVA I L A B LE French MS

the heart of that elite, Salem, who works for the largest Chinese mining corporation, is willing to do whatever it takes to get his hands on the last deposit.

This black-and-white graphic novel, adapted from Guillaume Pitron’s best-seller The War Over Rare Metals (80,000 copies sold), sheds an entirely new light on the idea of ecological transition, drawing us into an adventure that is terrifyingly realistic.

Guillaume Pitron Guillaume Pitron is a journalist (Le Monde & Le Monde Diplomatique) and documentary maker. In 2017 he won the Prix Erik Izraelewicz for investigative reporting. He regularly shares his expertise on rare metals with parliamentary and European Commission committees.

Jérôme Lavoine

Jérôme Lavoine is an illustrator for the theater, painting, and children’s comic books.

Séverine De La Croix

Séverine De La Croix writes comic books (Delcourt’s Lila series), educational book and children’s books (Steinkis’s Qui n’aimait pas (Who Didn’t Like) series).

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Created in 2009, Editions de l’Opportun publish 60 non-fiction titles per year. The main subjects covered in our books are history, humor, pop culture, pets and personal development. With this wide range of topics, the motto of Editions de l’Opportun is: discover, laugh and surprise!

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GIFT BOOK

How to Live Like the Little Prince The Little Prince is an essential work in literature. This book brings a singular approach from our delicate childhood. How can the Little Prince help us in our often-complicated adult life? Free yourself from the gaze of others, agree to be misunderstood by others, and take time to live: these are the leitmotifs of the Little Prince which will guide you to a more serene life. Featuring 12 original Little Prince illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry!

GIFT BOOK

How to Live Like Arsène Lupin The gentleman-burglar becomes your coach! Arsène Lupin, the character created by Maurice Leblanc is now one of the most beloved heroes thanks to the recent success of the Netflix-produced series. He is known for his talents of transformation

Orig. Title: Agir et penser comme Arsène Lupin Orig. Language: French Author: Stéphane Garnier Orig. Publisher: l’Opportun 216 pp. | June 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS R IGH TS SOL D Netherlands | Kosmos Greece | Livanis

and adaptation to all situations. His main quality is intelligence, with finesse. His values push him to cross the line of legality to fight against social injustice. This timeless hero can help you get out of tricky situations! Follow the wise advice of the most famous gentlemen-burglar. His secrets both big and small will be very useful to you...

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GIFT BOOK

How to Live Like Freud The human brain aims to create sense: we make assumptions about the intentions of people we meet. We tend to establish links between causes and effects, which are sometimes not justified. But when faced with our dreams or our Freudian slips, we don’t necessarily know how to react. This is where Freud takes action. He helps

Orig. Title: Agir et penser comme Freud Orig. Language: French Author: Pierre Varrod Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 176 pp. | September 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS R IGH TS SOL D Netherlands | Kosmos

us find meaning where we see “disorder.” Freud helps us find items of interest in things that seem at first glance uninteresting. GIFT BOOK

How to Live Like Roger Federer Roger Federer has reached a level of excellence in his sport and this is not only thanks to the quality of his forehand. His personality, his character traits, his routines are also

Orig. Title: Agir et penser comme Roger Federer Orig. Language: French Author: Mathieu Aeschmann Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 160 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

the keys to his success. Chic, calm, ruthless, stable, gifted with an exceptional concentration ability, Roger Federer has so much to pass on! His ambition is as impressive as his rigor. Written by a former player, this book gives you the keys you need to apply champion rules in your daily life! GIFT BOOK

How to Live Like the Queen of England Discreet, kind, upright, Elisabeth II gives you her best advice for your daily life: strength, courage and determination is her motto! She is the longest reigning monarch, a woman of power

Orig. Title: Agir et penser comme la reine d’Angleterre Orig. Language: French Author: Dorica Lucaci Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 160 pp. | January 2022 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

who enjoys being in the field, a committed citizen, a wife, a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother… The Queen of England wears, in addition to the crown, several hats that attract admiration ! Though appearing frail at first glance… the Queen is characterized as an iron fist in a velvet glove.

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GIFT BOOK

How to Live Like a Zen Master Find out about impermanence with Bodhidharma, happy sobriety with Dogen, good and evil with Ikkyu, determination,

perseverance

and

patience

with

Orig. Title: Agir et penser comme un maître zen Orig. Language: French Author: François Busson Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 224 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

Hakuin, compassion with Ryokhan … François Busson has practiced Zen for more than 40 years. He leads you on the path of wisdom thanks to six different Zen masters. United by one philosophy of life and a certain form of wisdom despite their different destinies, they will be your best coaches to beat the odds. Seeing as the Zen attitude is more attached to actions than to words, the author offers you some practical exercises!

GIFT BOOK

How to Live Like Harry Potter The most famous wizard in the world becomes your coach! Fighting against evil forces, turning his friends into his family, honest, hardworking, brave. Able to

Orig. Title: Agir et penser comme Harry Potter Orig. Language: French Author: Clara Schiappa-Burdet Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 192 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

face the worst trials and to pick himself back up after falling: Harry Potter is a hero who has a lot to teach you! He knows what he wants and what to do every day of his life, even taking great risks when necessary. Nothing is too hard to face when you are surrounded by your friends! Harry

Potter

surrounds

himself

with

the

most

endearing and faithful companions. He investigates to thwart his enemies’ plans. He is not afraid to face his greatest fears, while keeping his feet on the ground, with those he loves.

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AGIR ET PENSER COMME

HOW TO LIVE LIKE

A collection translated in 34 languages and in 35 territories

+ 800 000 copies sold all over the world Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada (French), Catalan, China, Czech Republic, English UK, English US, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam.

Titles available Your cat (Seasons 1 & 2) Darth Vader Knights of the Zodiac Animals James Bond Nietzsche

New titles Wonder Woman Tyron Lannister Coco Chanel Roger Federer Le Petit Prince® Arsène Lupin

A Zen Master Freud Harry Potter Batman Mandalorian Greek Heroines

Katniss Everdeen Alice in Wonderland The Queen of England

PHILOSOPHY | GIFT BOOK

Philosophy According to The Little Prince A great initiatory book, The Little Prince is one of the most inspiring works of literature. But did you know that it is full of philosophical references? Ephemerality, spiritual loneliness,

imagination,

absurdity

and

Orig. Title: Philosophie du Petit Prince. Sagesse, identité & bonheur Orig. Language: French Author: Gwendal Fossois Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 216 pp. | September 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

humanism

are concepts that we find in the famous tale by SaintExupéry. What if you discover philosophy (again) thanks to the famous Little Prince? PHILOSOPHY | GIFT BOOK

Philosophy According to Arsène Lupin

Orig. Title: La Philosophie selon Arsène Lupin Orig. Language: French Author: Gwendal Fossois Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 224 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French

Arsène Lupin, best philosophy teacher? Recently boosted to

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fame thanks to the worldwide success of the Netflix series Lupin, Arsène Lupin’s universe is full of philosophical references. Morals, ethics, aesthetics, the social contract, freedom… Philosophy is hidden in the attitude and actions of this philanthropic figure and gentleman-thief. An amazing book for all fans of Lupin!

PHILOSOPHY | GIFT BOOK

Friendship According to Aristotle According

Aristotle,

friendship

the

first

essential move to achieve virtue and even success. Care, freedom, truth, gratitude… You will entirely understand these keywords of Aristotle’s thoughts,

Orig. Title: L’amitié selon Aristote Orig. Language: French Author: Christophe Brichant & Sonia Perbal Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 352 pp. | May 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

in order to build the most enriching and beneficial friendships. This delicious journey to the heart of Aristotle’s mind and his Nicomachean Ethics will help you to enlarge your vision about all the people you love and who love you back.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

How to Become a Cat in 30 Days My Book of Exercises for SelfDiscovery and Fulfillment What if we let ourselves question our human condition in

Orig. Title: 30 jours pour devenir un chat: Mon cahier d’exercices pour se découvrir & s’épanouir Orig. Language: French Author: Stéphane Garnier Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 256 pp. | March 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

order to behave in a way that is… more feline? Every day, our favorite ball of fluff watches us running around from one activity to the next, often for reasons that are useless or even harmful to our health! By putting ourselves in the cat’s place, this workbook

helps us to open our eyes to the sometimes very superficial nature of human activities. Here are dozens of practical exercises to observe and adapt ourselves to the cat’s way of life in order to change. As Stéphane Garnier, author of the best-seller How to Live Like Your Cat writes: “We know that cats are always right!” HISTORY | ESOTERICISM / PARANORMAL

The Fabulous History of UFOs UFO: Unidentified Flying Object. For decades, this acronym and its synonyms have been fascinating. Who’s never heard about these flying objects coming from elsewhere – “From outer space” as the Americans say –

Orig. Title: La fabuleuse histoire des OVNIs Orig. Language: French Authors: Christian Doumergue, Christian, David Galley Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 240 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

to visit our planet? Very present in popular culture (to the point that the term designates by extension anything unclassifiable), UFOs have inspired countless articles and books. Leitmotif of science fiction literature and films of the same genre, UFOs are distinctive in that their “reality” is regularly called into question, thereby attracting fascination from the masses. David Galley and Christian Doumergue carried out a real investigation to make you discover the fabulous history of UFOs.

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POP CULTURE

300 Very Surprising Fun Facts Light does not attract mosquitoes, chocolate is not an antidepressant, petanque balls are hollow – 300 very surprising fun facts Are you sure? Like 100% sure?

Orig. Title: La lumière n’attire pas les moustiques, le chocolat n’est pas un antidépresseur, les boules de pétan - 300 vérités surprenantes Orig. Language: French Author: Lydia Mammar Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 496 pp. | June 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

Light attracts mosquitoes, chocolate helps to keep you chin up, ulcers are caused by stress, Molière died on stage, honey is healthier than sugar… Are you sure about these received ideas? Don’t worry! Lydia Mammar is here to help you to get things straight. She corrects 300 statements that we love to share and helps us to discern what is true and what is false. You’ll be surprised! Commonplaces, clichés, urban legends… misconceptions have a hard time!

ANIMALS & NATURE | SCIENCE

Why do dolphins sleep with only one eye closed & why do sea turtles cry? Brilliant answers to smart questions…

Orig. Title: Pourquoi le dauphin ne dort-il que d’un oeil & la tortue marine pleure-t-elle ? Orig. Language: French Author: Caroline Lepage Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 256 pp. | June 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

A fascinating immersion in the silent worl Caroline Lepage takes you to the aquatic depths, discovering its plentiful and strange population through 150 questions and answers. Can whales be seasick? Do fish defecations pollute the ocean? Do sea urchins have great teeth? Can a fish hibernate? Can the coral provoke the rain? Does the sea have a smell? Caroline Lepage answers all of these questions with humor and reveals the greatest secrets of the ocean.

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SOCIETY | HISTORY

First. 50 Female Pioneers Dorica Lucaci paints the portrait of fifty women who were the first to accomplish in their fields (in politics, science, art or economy) and who brought progress to society.

Orig. Title: Premières. 50 femmes pionnières Orig. Language: French Author: Dorica Lucaci Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 320 pp. | September 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

Very inspiring models of courage and determination, these fifty admirable and daring women fought and paved the way for all other women after them.

HISTORY

History Sets Sail 30 Historical Events Out at Sea When History is written in the middle of the oceans, aboard legendary ships. Indomitable, untameable, dangerous, essential: the sea is fascinating.

Orig. Title: L’Histoire met les voiles - 30 évènements historiques en pleine mer ! Orig. Language: French Author: Sophie Dubois-Collet Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 240 pp. | June 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

Immerse yourself in the exciting stories that happened in the seas or on the platform and on the most beautiful ship that History has ever known, from the most confidential

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travels to departures with great pomp. HISTORY

History Takes the Train The perfect book for history and train fans Since the invention of the railroad, in the nineteenth century, many historical facts and anecdotes have occured in trains… Gandhi, Napoléon III, Pie IX, Hitler, Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill or Barack Obama have written

Orig. Title: L’Histoire prend le train Orig. Language: French Author: Sophie Dubois-Collet Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 240 pp. | October 2019 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS R IGH TS SOL D Italy | Add Editore

History on trains all over the world. Hop aboard the most beautiful trains in the world with Sophie Dubois-Collet and relive 40 incredible stories that will make you smile and sometimes shudder.

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POP CULTURE

Freud and the Superheroes

Orig. Title: Freud et les super-héros Orig. Language: French Author: Anthony Huard Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 160 pp. | February 2022 Territory: World excl. French

An enthralling encounter between psychoanalysis and

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pop culture! Discover your favorite characters in a new light, thanks to psychoanalysis and Freud’s contributions. Passion, phobias, unconscious, guilt, superego… let’s dive into a colorful rereading of the founding myths. POP CULTURE

350 Things to Know about Spiderman On the occasion of the release of the new film Spiderman : No Way Home, discover 350 anecdotes about your favorite superhero! Secrets about the filming, allusions placed in the movies, anecdotes about the actors or directors, interesting

Orig. Title: 350 anecdotes sur Spiderman Orig. Language: French Author: Chris Pavone Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 350 pp. | November 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS U N DER OPTION Netherlands

information about the character’s conception… Chris Pavone tells you all you need to know about your favorite superhero! POP CULTURE

350 Things to Know about Star Wars On the occasion of the next Star Wars episode, Chris Pavone shares 350 anecdotes for all fans of the Saga.

Orig. Title: Star Wars 350 anecdotes Orig. Language: French Author: Chris Pavone Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 352 pp. | November 2019 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

Secrets about the film shooting, allusions placed in the movies, anecdotes about the actors or the directors, interesting information about the making of and the

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sound effects, unusual origins of the names of the characters… You will learn everything about all 8 major episodes already on screen and about both the Solo and Rogue One spin-offs.

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POP CULTURE | HISTORY

Harry Potter and History Are the pure-bloods a reflection of the Normans of 1066? Is Voldemort an absolutist monarch on a quest for restoration? Is Dumbledore, more than a druid philosopher, the figure of the archbishop? On top of being a literary series with global success, Harry Potter has become an inspiration to researchers. Here, Damien Bridonneau shares his findings on the inspiration J.K. Rowling has drawn from historical myths, previously hidden under the

Orig. Title: Harry Potter et l’Histoire. Alchimies historiques ! Orig. Language: French Author: Damien Bridonneau Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 256 pp. | April 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS R IGH TS SOL D Russia | Ast China | China Translation & Publishing House

woodwork of Hogwarts.

POP CULTURE | HISTORY

Great and Small Secrets of Legendary Objects What would Thor be without his famous hammer? Where does the phrase “to have a sword of Damocles hanging over your head” come from? What is a Gordian

Orig. Title: Petits et grands secrets des objets légendaires Orig. Language: French Author: Raphaël Camus Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 336 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

Knot? How do you make a Philosopher’s Stone? Raphaël Camus lists a hundred legendary objects from various mythologies and legends, from the most famous, such as the Grail or the Golden Fleece, to the most unknown. All as fascinating as the Cauldron of Dagda or Mimir’s magic well! LIFESTYLE

The Secrets of the Japanese Way of Life Explore the four main principles of the secret to Japanese wellness: the ‘mujō’, the praise of impermanence, the ‘wa’, the quest for harmony, the ‘wabi sabi’, the praise

Orig. Title: Les secrets du savoir-vivre nippon Orig. Language: French Author: June Fujiwara Orig. Publisher: Editions de l’Opportun 224 pp. | October 2021 Territory: World excl. French MATER IAL AVA IL AB LE French MS

of starkness and even the ‘okiyome’, the ritual of purification. The japanittude can help us in a world where we are constantly absorbed by social media and always expected to immediately respond…

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Index ALLARY ÉDITIONS 4

Matthieu Ricard | Memoirs. Notebooks of a Wandering Monk

Riad Sattouf | Esther’s Notebooks: vol. 6

Riad Sattouf | The Arab of the Future vol. 5

Florent Oiseau | Fruit Falls from Trees

Raphaël Glucksmann | Letter to the Generation That’s Going to Change Everything

Anne-Hélène Clair & Vincent Trybou | How to Be Your Own Shrink

William Audureau | Truth Seekers. At the Heart of the Conspiracy Mindset

David Djaïz | The New French Model

Alexandre Lacroix | How Can We Avoid Being Slaves to the System?

Jean-Noël Liaut | Andy Warhol: The White Fox

Slimane Kader | Santa Rosa

LE LIVRE DE POCHE - PRÉLUDES ÉDITIONS 16

Céline Bentz | Forget the Wildflowers

Christiana Moreau | The Clay Lady

Coline Gatel | The Maze of Women

Cedric Lalaury | Listen to the Sound of this Crime

20 Gérald Klein | The Book of Prefaces 21

Maurice Leblanc | Arsène Lupin’s Last Love

Clarisse Gardet | Meditation to Help Cope with Illness

Gérald Bronner | How I Became a Superhero

ÉDITIONS DE LA MARTINIÈRE LITTÉRATURE 24

Thomas Louis | Stony Silence

25 Christophe Molmy | The Pit of Souls 26 Alex Türk | Dead Ends 27

Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Legacy

28 Frédéric Lenormand | In Marie-Antoinette’s Secret Service (series) 29 Madeleine de Place | Whoever Saves a Life Saves the World

ÉDITIONS SCIENCES HUMAINES 31

Héloïse Lhérété | Rebuilding Your Life after an Ordeal

Luc de Brabandere & Anne Mikolajczak | Plato versus Aristotle

Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen | Freud’s Patients

Jean-François Marmion | The Psycho That Drives You Crazy

Index LUX 37

Françoise Ega | Letters to a Black Woman

38 Pierre Dardot; Christian Laval; Haud Guégeun; Pierre Sauvêtre | The Choice of Civil War 39 Mitchell Dean & Daniel Zamora | The Last Man Takes LSD

MASSOT ÉDITIONS 41

Goldi Melville | La Java

Pascale d’Erm | Blue Water

43 Emma | Lucine and Enzo 44 Didier de Buisseret | Men on the Path of Mindful Masculinity 45 Marie Dubois | Every Baby a Wanted Baby... I Want a Baby! 46 Guillaume Pitron | Promethium

LES ÉDITIONS DE L’OPPORTUN 48 Stéphane Garnier | How to Live Like the Little Prince 48 Stéphane Garnier | How to Live Like Arsène Lupin 49 Pierre Varrod | How to Live Like Freud 49 Mathieu Aeschmann | How to Live Like Roger Federer 49 Mickael Grall | How to Live Like the Queen of England 50 François Busson | How to Live Like a Zen Master 50 Clara Schiappa Burdet | How to Live Like Harry Potter 51

Éditions de l’Opportun | How to Live Like... Series

52 Gwendal Fossois | Philosophy According to the Little Prince 52 Gwendal Fossois | Philosophy According to Arsène Lupin 52 Christophe Brichant & Sonia Perbal | Friendship According to Aristote 53 Stéphane Garnier | How to Become a Cat in 30 Days 53 Christian Doumergue & David Galley | The Fabulous History of UFOs 54 Lydia Mammar | 300 Very Surprising Fun Facts 54 Caroline Lepage | Why do dolphins sleep with only one eye closed & why do sea turtles cry? 55 Dorica Lucaci | First. 50 Female Pioneers 55 Sophie Dubois-Collet | History Sets Sail 55 Sophie Dubois-Collet | History Takes the Train 56 Anthony Huard | Freud and the Superheroes 56 Chris Pavone | 350 Things to Know about Spiderman 56 Chris Pavone | 350 Things to Know about Star Wars 57

Damien Bridonneau | Harry Potter and History

Raphaël Camus | Great and Small Secrets of Legendary Objects

June Fujiwara | The Secrets of the Japanese Way of Life

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