We talk about sex more and more, but are we more liberated?The first part of Michel Foucault's landmark account of our evolving attitudes in the west shows how the nineteenth century, far from suppres
July 7th, 2014, he starts the recorder. “One year after your death, the pain remains just as strong”, begins Louise. The previous year, Louise's daughter, Andrée-Anne, who was working at the Musi-Café
Hailed as "a novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time" (Sunday Times, UK), a near-million copy bestseller in Europe--centered on a
A monumental, genre-defying novel over ten years in the making, Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things is a masterwork from a writer in full command of his many talents. It begins with Peter, a
As the inventor of gastronomic slimming cuisine and a driving force behind nouvelle cuisine, Michel Guerard was one of the first global Gallic celebrity chefs. Essential Cuisine Minceur distils forty
Quite simply, this is a collection of Michel Roux's finest recipes / devised, refined and perfected during the course of his illustrious career. Recipes for all seasons and to suit all occasions are
Join the millions who have learned a new language with the Michel Thomas' method! Unlike most language-learning systems, the Michel Thomas method enables you to naturally and intuitively develop the
Join the millions who have learned a new language with the Michel Thomas' method! Unlike most language-learning systems, the Michel Thomas method enables you to naturally and intuitively develop the
Join the millions who have learned a new language with the Michel Thomas' method! Unlike most language-learning systems, the Michel Thomas method enables you to naturally and intuitively develop the
An Assouline bestseller, international wine expert Michel Dovaz identifies the finest wines of our times and recounts how they came about. From the legendary 1900 Chateau Margaux to the blockbuster 20
Photo Trouvee brings together a unique collection of amateur photographs assembled over twenty years by Michel Frizot and Cedric de Veigy. Taken by unknown men and women, these photographs illustrate
Senior managers know that the Internet demands new business strategies. But for many of these executives, much about the Internet and e-commerce remains enigmatic. This important new book by strategy
Here's a startling concept for anyone who knows anything about business: "For successful companies, competition is irrelevant." Flying in the face of the conventional wisdom of most senior management
Stop EMI, EMD and RFI cold! Now you can get the newest, most effective weapons to fight costly and potentially devastating electromagnetic interference (EMI), electromagnetic discharge (EMD), and radi
Light: The Shape of Space Designing with Space and Light Lou Michel Every design professional who touches a space shapes the light and the feeling of that space. Architect, lighting engineer, interio
Foucault shows the development of the Western system of prisons, police organizations, administrative and legal hierarchies for social control - and the growth of disciplinary society as a whole.
This volume closely examines and catalogs a limited set of glyphic elements found at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan in Mexico. This study serves as an initial investigation to verify whether t
Shoe Fleur: A Footwear Fantasy debuts an outrageous imaginary collection of botanical shoes and accessories created by photographer and artist Michel Tcherevkoff. Each virtual shoe and handbag is amaz
Irresistibly charming or shamelessly deceitful, remarkably persuasive or uselessly verbose, everything one loves to hate—or hates to love—about "French lovers" and their self-st
A study of piracy in north-west Europe from the 1st century and the Julio-Claudians to the 5th century AD. Detalle's analysis is based on various sources of evidence including epigraphy, coinage, arte
Taken together, this selection of essays forms an exquisitely drawn portrait that depicts the strength and warmth of Montaigne's personality. And, as J.M. Cohen observes in his introduction, 'One sees
Since 1929, Tintin has captivated generations of children and adults alike with his thrilling adventures, published in 24 bestselling books. Millions followed Tintin from the wilds of the Congo to the
From Brittany and Normandy in the north, via the Loire, Burgundy and the Auvergne to the Pyrenees and Provence in the south, the cooking of regional France is justly renowned for the quality of its in
In these two essays, two of the most important French thinkers of our time reflect oneach other's work. In so doing, novelist/essayist Maurice Blanchot and philosopher Michel Foucaultdevelop a new per
A controversial, intelligent, and mordantly funny new novel from France's most famous living literary figureIt's 2022. Francois is bored. He's a middle-aged lecturer at the New Sorbonne University and
The cars are presented chronologically in a succession of seductive photographs by Michel Zumbrunn, widely recognized as one of the best car photographers working today. The combination of general vi
The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time now delivers his magnum opus—about art and money, love and friendship and death, fathers and sons. The Map and the Territory is the
Featuring floral-inspired works from the Louvre collection, this book offers a novel perspective on the world’s most visited museum. From the noble iris to the humble bloom-filled meadow, flowers are
A brilliant student with a promising career ahead of him as abiologist under the guidance of Nobel Prize-winner Jacques Monod, Michel Benoît decided instead to follow the path of God and t
The extraordinary shift in conduct and orientation -- among companies, governments, and individuals -- generated by financialization.The hegemony of finance compels a new orientation for everyone and
Michel Jouvet, perhaps the world's leading researcher on sleep and dream research, is considered responsible for the discovery of paradoxical sleep - a "new" third state of the brain as different from
More than 100 iconic photographs of key players in the English musical post-punk underground, taken by Ruth Bayer.“Like much of the music made by the artists who entrusted her to reflect their mercuri
A cruel schoolboy prank leaves the only Catholic boy in an elite Jewish school in Porto Alegre terribly injured. Years later, one of his classmates revisits that episode, trying to come to terms with
