Non-fiction
The Power of Ethics
Susan Liautaud
It’s not your imagination: we’re living in a time of moral decline. Publicly, we’re bombarded with reports of government leaders acting against the welfare of their constituents; companies prioritizin…
A Briefcase Full of Cash
Estelle Shirbon
In April 2012 a Nigerian ex-governor, James Ibori, was sentenced to 13 years for fraud at Southwark Crown Court. He had stolen so much money from the state he governed that he could afford a private j…
ME
Philippe Presles
Every day, we live with ourselves, our Me. It is our inner monologue, our view of the world, an inner record of our fears, our pain, our joys and our hopes. Nonetheless, we know precious little about…
Why Vegan?
Peter Singer
…in Why Vegan?, Singer brings together the most consequential essays of his career to make this devastating case against our failure to confront what we are doing to animals, to…
The Bacteria That Govern Our Brain
Gabriel Perlemuter
The biggest forces impacting your mental health and well-being are actually the smallest. Invisible to the human eye, far from your head, these billions of bacteria in your gut are present and powerfu…
Glucose Revolution
Jessie Inchauspé
Glucose, or blood sugar, is a tiny molecule in our bodies that has a huge impact on our health. It enters our bloodstream through the starchy or sweet foods we eat. In the past five years, scientists…
A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY
Patrick and Francine Violas
A heartwarming story about a zoo-refuge in the outskirts of Paris. It all began when Francine and Patrick purchased a small farm not far outside of Paris, and started taking in chickens, pigs, and cow…
The Folly and the Glory
Tim Weiner
Russia’s modern revival of the Soviet intelligence state in the twenty-first century has undermined countries across Europe and in the U.S. Weiner takes us behind closed doors to show how Putin uses p…
HOW TO STAY SANE WHEN EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART
Fabrice Midal
You’re not stumbling, there’s an earthquake afoot. Crisis is an opportunity to rebuild… Casting blame will not fix the problem… But rest assured, you’d be a robot if you weren’t afraid… The path…
America
François Busnel, editor-in-chief
From Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America to the moveable feasts of the Lost Generation, France and the United States have long shared a special relationship, defined as much by romantic fasci…