Tag: Book France
At the heart of Mayotte’s destiny
/ Podcasts / Book France The situation in the Mayotte archipelago is the subject of this week’s book France, with guest MP Mansour Kamardine, author of Sada’s child at the…
“The Atlas of Ephemeral Territories” reveals the hidden phase of the Great Discoveries
/ Podcasts / Book France Failed explorers, quirks of history, failed colonies… Dozens of bits of land were sometimes (briefly) considered French lands before disappearing from our memories. Benoist Simmat…
“The hospital saved us, let’s save it”, by André Grimaldi
/ Podcasts / Book France How can the French healthcare system, which was considered one of the best in the world, find itself in such a succession of crises? How…
“The Dropouts”, by Rachid Zerrouki
In Les décrochés, Rachid Zerrouki, a teacher, went to meet former students who left school without any qualifications. What makes you leave school at 14 to go into the world…
“Confidences of a French Intelligence Agent”, by Guilhem Giraud
Former agent of the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST, now DGSI), Guilhem Giraud is a specialist in wiretapping. In Confidences of a French intelligence agent (Robert Laffont editions), he points…
Notre-Dame de Paris in the age of science, with Philippe Dillmann
In the aftermath of the Notre-Dame fire of April 15, 2019, mobilization instantly follows emotion. Thus begins a formidable scientific adventure told in the collective work Notre-Dame de Paris, science…
“How much do our lives cost?”, by Pauline Londeix and Jérôme Martin
The France book of the week dissects the drug circuit. Research, production, marketing. So that access to treatments is not restricted to certain categories of the population or to certain…
“Watchers of the living – With amateur naturalists”, by Vanessa Manceron
The French Book of the week focuses on a discreet but increasingly essential scientific practice: the observation of the living world. Participatory science that is not a hobby, but a…
“Power games”, behind the scenes of the media, by Mathieu Gallet
Mathieu Gallet, the former CEO of Radio France, tells the backstage of the media and power in France. He was only 37 when he was appointed in 2014 and his…
Hail Marianne by Pierre Bonte
Marianne is the symbol of the Republic and of freedom. His bust sits in all the town halls of France. Passionate collector, former journalist of France of the villages, Pierre…