Family in Pantin

Michèle Fitoussi

What is life if not a catalogue of times, places, people, to which we can never return?  Self-professed life-long nostalgic, Michèle Fitoussi broaches the question against the background of her spirit…

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EVERYTHING THAT’S STOPPING YOU…

Fabrice Midal

A manifesto that celebrates the power of making peace with our flaws and imperfections. “Happiness is not about running away from difficulty. Instead, we need to awaken our inner strength. You may not…

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The Immortals

Paul Pavlowitch

A glance behind the scenes and secrets of an extraordinary literary family… From 1973 to 1981, Paul Pavlowitch played the part of the author ‘Emile Ajar’. But Emile Ajar didn’t exist – he was an inv…

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The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly

Margareta Magnusson

A humorous book of insights and stories about growing old in today’s world by the NYT bestselling author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. Now unburdened by (emotional…

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Backlands

João Moreira Salles

The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the planet’s freshwater and houses around 16,000 species of trees. The largest tropical rainforest in the world, it contains mysteries that still entice researche…

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Invasion

Luke Harding

For months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine. And yet, the world was stunned by the epochal scale of the assault that began in February 20…

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Only the Earth is Eternal

François Busnel

A few months before he died, Jim Harrison spoke at length to the cameras of François Busnel and Adrien Soland. From this, a film was born. Only the Earth is Eternal is at once the portrait of a truly…

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The Adventure of Ageing

Marie de Hennezel

For over fifteen years the clinical psychologist, Marie de Hennezel, has questioned our relationship to time and age, and has explored the experience of ageing. Why should we be ashamed of growing old…

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Cheap Land Colorado

Ted Conover

In May 2017, Ted Conover went to Colorado to explore firsthand a rural way of life that is about living cheaply, on your own land—and keeping clear of the mainstream. The failed subdivisions of the en…

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A Year of Philosophy

Marie Robert

This is a daily encounter with philosophy… For the last five years, Marie Robert has written a text of 2,000 characters every morning and shared it on social media. This daybreak reflection has beco…

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