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For the fi rst time, les Éditions de l’Homme is publishing a novel, and what a novel it is! A sweeping, deeply moving, sensual fresco set in the heart of Africa, in the direct trad-ition of The City of Joy.

When Julie Bertrand, a renowned gynecologist, sets foot in Burkina Faso, she has no idea she is about to experience the most signifi cant upheaval of her life. She has come to oper-ate on young mothers who have been circumcised, ripped apart by childbirth and cast aside, but instead she is gripped by a continent whose landscapes, culture and smells are the total opposite of her daily life in Quebec. When she meets Bunde, the brother of one of her Burkinese patients, her universe, her points of reference and her convictions are turned upside down. Although attached to another man, Julie abandons everything she has known and gives in to her instincts in the arms of a stranger. Surrendering herself to Africa, its heat and its deeply sensual rhythm, she agrees to completely change the course of her life.

Réjean Tremblay is a Quebec journalist and scriptwriter. An expert on hockey and a sports columnist, he has also writ-ten approximately twenty highly successful TV series.

PRINCESS YENNENGA

Réjean Tremblay

Approximately 400 pagesOctober 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Themes The early phase of a romantic relationship, with all of its ardour and sensuality.

Adventure, the discovery of new horizons. The life of an expatriate and the encounter between the western and African worlds and their totally different conventions.

The culture of Burkina Faso, its traditions, values and way of life.

The practice of female circumcision and the lives of circumcised women.

Style A unique descriptive talent, which immerses the reader in the streets of Burkina Faso.

A writing style highlighting a range of emotional contrasts.

FICTION & SHORT STORIES V 11

MUSIC V 4

TRUE CRIME V 5

PSYCHOLOGY & SELF-HELP V 6

PARENTING V 1616

HEALTH V 1818

SEXUALITY V 2222

COOKING & WINE V 2323

PET CARE V 3131

SPIRITUALITY V 3232

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/ Fiction & Short Stories // Fiction & Short Stories /

Each year, all over the world, more than 25 million pieces of luggage are missing when commercial planes land. More than six million pieces of baggage will never be found or claimed by passengers. As for the remainder, private com-panies, working for airlines in every large airport worldwide, get them through customs, make contact with travellers and forward their lost luggage to them. Bag Trip is a collec-tion of anecdotes told by employees of these companies and by customs offi cers. Most of these crazy and prepos-terous stories are sure to make readers smile and even laugh out loud. Others are very touching and may bring a tear to the reader’s eye. While some of the anecdotes are very brief, others really qualify as short stories. A charming book on an international subject, and genuine anecdotes that are often stranger than fi ction!

From Bagages Battles on the Travel Channel to On the Fly on TLC, new American TV shows seem to have a passion for airport adventures! Get ready for take-off!

BAG TRIP

Pierre Thibeault and Bob Sirois

Lost and found...follow the fantastic adventures of luggage to the far corners of the earth.

English translation available192 pagesApril 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Pierre Thibeault has worked for fi fteen years as a journalist, broadcaster and columnist.

Bob Sirois is a former professional hockey player. Follow-ing his sports career, he ran a company specializing in lost baggage handling for fi fteen years.

The last week of the month of May is the most wonderful week of the year. Seven days to fall in love or make someone fall in love with you; to take revenge or apologize; to meet someone again or to forget. One hundred and sixty-eight hours to transform the lives of three friends, those of the women who share their lives out of love or habit and those of still other women who become attached to them by acci-dent.

May 2001. Summer is gradually arriving in Quebec and Émile can barely contain his impatience. A few days from now, he will once again meet up with the woman of his life, not seen since high school. The only problem is that he is currently living with Chloé, who has absolutely no idea she is about to lose him. To deal with this delicate situation, Émile is going to take advantage of the return of Laurent, who has been living in Greece, to try and make his girlfriend and his best friend fall in love.

While this love triangle is taking shape, Charles, their mu-tual friend, decides it’s time to take revenge for a humiliat-ing incident he suffered as a child. But, by mistake, he van-dalizes the apartment of an unknown and innocent person...

As destiny unfolds, the characters’ daily lives gradually change and their respective worlds intersect during this crucial fi nal week of May.

THE LAST WEEK OF MAY

Christian Tétreault

400 pagesSeptembre 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Christian Tétreault describes himself fi rst and foremost as a husband and father, which has not kept him from success-fully managing several careers at once. He is best known as a sports broadcaster, columnist and editorialist, but he is also a creative developer and writer for television. He is the author of six books, including the bestsellers Je m’appelle Marie and Trois fi ls et un ange, published by Les Éditions de l’Homme. The Last Week of May is his fi rst novel.

Themes Unlikely friendships, loyalty in friendships. The complexity of romantic passion, the power of desire. Meetings that change our lives, the belief in fate. The priority role of family ties.

Style A bright and delightful choral book written in a sensitive and exhilarating way.

A perfect balance of humour, romance and drama. Unexpected twists and turns, a steady pace that keeps us holding our breath right to the last page.

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/ Music /

In the early 1950s, fi ve young black singers from Los An-geles’s poorest neighbourhoods would, through a quirk of fate, experience one of the greatest adventures in the hist-ory of modern music. Coming out of nowhere, but bursting with talent and guided by a visionary manager, they would live the ultimate American dream. Right in the middle of the racial segregation era in the United States, The Platters would become the fi rst American group to be successful all over the world. This vocal group, the most famous of all time, would sing on every continent, appear in several fi lms and sell a hundred million records. They would have a pri-vate audience with the Pope, and meet the Queen of Eng-land and the world’s biggest stars of the day.

But the American dream can also turn into a nightmare. Despite having left their mark on popular music, the Plat-ters died forgotten and, in the case of most of the group’s members, in great poverty.

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES :

THE HISTORY OF THE PLATTERS

Didier Morissonneau & Paul-Yanic Laquerre

Set against the background of segregationist America, this is the never-before-published story of the fi rst group to experience world-wide success!

English sample translation available336 pagesTo be published Spring 2013 Éditions de l’Homme

Didier Morissonneau is a show producer and an expert in the music of the 1940s and 1950s. For more than 20 years, he has been organizing tours for major artists in Canada and the United States.

Paul-Yanic Laquerre holds degrees in law and history. Currently, he is an environmental advisor to the Quebec gov-ernment and a journalist writing for the French history magazine 2e Guerre Mondiale.

/ True Crime /

What goes through the killer’s mind at the moment he commits his crime? What makes him perform such horrible acts? And, above all, are serial killers born or made? To an-swer these questions, the author visited various American penitentiaries in person to meet with psychopaths. Alone with the unhandcuffed killer in a police interview room, under the watchful eye of security guards hidden behind a two-way mirror, she wrote down their secrets, each more disturbing than the others. Totally uncensored, the killers’ shocking statements are juxtaposed in the book with ac-counts by psychiatrists, profi lers and criminologists who are experts in the fi eld and try to dissect the personalities of those who, on sight, hardly seem human. These monsters’ actions and ways of thinking attest to their insanity or offer a glimpse of the profound unhappiness at the root of their lethal anti-social behaviour. The result is an unsettling book that takes us into the minds and hearts of men who have committed the worst atrocities. A powerful reaction guaranteed.

Nadia Fezzani studied law and is a graduate in journalism. An experienced interviewer and columnist in various fi elds, she has been interviewing serial killers for the past four years. She is currently lecturing on psychology and crimin-ology at McGill University and Concordia University in Montréal.

MY SERIAL KILLERS

Nadia Fezzani

256 pagesSeptember 2011Éditions de l’Homme

V 20 000 copies sold in Quebec.

Table of ContentsPreface (written by Dr. Eric Hickey)Chapter 1 The approachChapter 2 Arthur Shawcross: my fi rst serial killerChapter 3 What defi nes a serial killerChapter 4 Keith Jesperson: The Happy Face KillerChapter 5 Gary GrantChapter 6 Joel Rifkin: Joel The RipperChapter 7 Richard Cottingham: The Torso KillerChapter 8 Cottingham’s TV confessionChapter 9 Jack Trawick: executed in 2009Chapter 10 Patrick Kearney: The Freeway KillerChapter 11 Safety advice with regard to this kind of predator

Strong points Exceptional access to the killers’ secrets and some previously unpublished details.

A number of theories about the criminal tendencies and motives driving serial killers (advance signs, an extra chromosome, intelligence quotient, the Macdonald triad, motivations, typical victims, etc.).

Advice to parents on how to recognize signs that could indicate a child’s predisposition to gratuitous violence.

To be published Fall 2013

MY SUPER HEROES

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NEVER SAY LONELY

Rights sold to Greece, Italy, Romania.

V 200 000 copies sold in French.

TO LOVE SOMEONE IS TO SAY IT OUT LOUD

Rights sold to Romania.


THE SPRING EFFECT


IF ONLY I WOULD LISTEN TO MYSELF

Rights sold to Italy, Russia, Romania, Lithuania, Spain.


V English translation available.

TALK TO ME… I HAVE THINGS TO TELL YOU

Rights sold to Romania and Czech Republic.


JACQUES SALOMÉ

Jacques Salomé has a degree in social psychiatry. He is a psycho-sociologist, human relations coach and writer. Since 1962, he’s worked on developing and refi ning effective communications and nonviolent relationships between children and adults. He is the author of 63 books—translated and distributed in 24 countries—intended for those interested in changing and improving their personal, social and professional relationships. Jacques Salomé also gives lectures and is a frequent guest on radio and television.

WHO WOULD I HURT IF I WERE REALLY MYSELF?

Rights sold to Italy, Romania and Russia.


/ Backlist Psychology & Self-Help /

In each of us there is a deep and sometimes irresistible urge to love and be loved. Many also feel the desire and determin-ation to move beyond a romantic encounter and create a stable relationship as a couple. In this book, Jacques Salomé asks us to think about the discoveries and pathways ex-plored by couples that can turn a loving relationship upside down. Lucidly and with great compassion, he examines the various questions partners ask themselves as years go by. How can the early emotional magic be maintained? How do we make love last? How do we avoid the pitfalls of repetition, wear and tear and the monotony of daily life? How do we handle both the giddy heights and the absence of desire, or infi delity in later life? How can we avoid being tricked by the illusion that a change of partner may be a solution? What can we do when we are carried away by passion and it consumes our life? What happens when we are faced with separation, the loss of someone dear to us?

In this collection of inspiring texts, Jacques Salomé takes us on a fascinating and fertile journey to the known and less-er known lands of love.

JOURNEY TO THE LANDS OF LOVE

Jacques Salomé

Jacques Salomé invites us to penetrate a few of the mysteries of love...

224 pagesTo be published Spring 2013Éditions de l’Homme

Themes From self-love to loving another Daring to say you are in love Daring to love On romantic meetings Intimate gestures Doubts when in love Life’s sorrows From a romantic meeting to a relationship The dark side of love Possible fi delities and infi delities Fear of losing the person you love What’s said and what’s left unsaid Romantic break-ups and other diffi culties Love’s wounds Leaving the person you’ve loved, being left... Reinventing your relationship Possible separations And knowing how to enjoy happy moments in spite of it all Let’s keep on dreaming of love

Strong points Couples’ relationships are examined from their many perspectives, from the early excitement to the challenges of longevity or separation.

Suggested answers to the frequent questions that arise in a relationship.

Fluid and moving prose, in Jacques Salomé’s customary poetic style.

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Intuition is a part of our mental framework. All we need are a few simple techniques to gain access to it. Getting better at recognizing our intuition means we can be more attentive to what our feelings are telling us when we have decisions or choices to make. Intuition is also the source and inspira-tion for our most creative thoughts.

What can we do to hear this “little inner voice” and distin-guish it from the other voices that are with us constantly – those of reason, fear or desire? What exercises can we do to become even more attentive to it?

The fruit of many years of experience, this guide sug-gests a wide variety of ways to get in touch with our intui-tion. After reading this book, we are left with more confi -dence in our own abilities, a feeling of greater transparency toward ourselves, the determination to communicate bet-ter with others and the urge to unleash our creativity.

An author-composer, facilitator and radio producer in Mont-real for many years, Catherine Balance has collaborated on various musical revues, books and exhibitions. After spend-ing ten years in Quebec, she returned to France when her father became ill. Her research into new therapies led her to become interested in creative thinking and formed the basis of her fi rst book, La pensée créatrice, published in May 1997 by Jouvence publishers. Catherine Balance has taken many courses in personal development (PNL, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Rebirth, etc.) and she writes regularly for Recto-Verseau magazine. She leads workshops on the themes in her books, as well as on the development of creativity.

THE VOICE OF INTUITION

Hearing it, recognizing it, obeying it

Catherine Balance


Strong points The book is full of exercises that are very simple to do, requiring little time and effort.

Several themes related to intuition are explored: relationships with others, the future, decision-making, creativity, etc. Applying the exercises can thus affect every aspect of a person’s life.

A short and practical book.

A RENDEZ-VOUS WITH OURSELVES

Discover the Keys to transforming yourself

Asserting yourself and communicating means being able to express your thoughts, feelings and opinions. It’s saying “yes” when you mean “yes” and “no” when you mean “no”. It’s being able to ask, refuse, criticize, reply to criticism, offer compliments, respond to compliments all in a way that is satisfactory both for you and for the other person.

Asserting yourself and communicating also means re-specting the other person when communicating with him or her. Based on psychological research, this book offers a genuine programme for personal change that the authors have tested and perfected. Simply and gradually, it helps readers learn new assertive behaviours and paves the way for them to experience constructive, friendly and effective exchanges.

Jean-Marie Boisvert is a psychologist. A professor at Uni-versité Laval until his retirement in 2007, he is still actively involved in research in the fi eld of cognitive and social inter-vention.

Madeleine Beaudry has a doctorate in social work. She has taught at Université Laval on the themes of family and couples.

ASSERTING YOURSELF AND COMMUNICATING

Jean-Marie Boisvert and Madeleine Beaudry

A new edition of a bestseller that has sold more than 150,000 copies in French.

336 pagesAugust 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Table of ContentsPART I Basic principlesChapter 1. How to change your behaviourChapter 2 I have the right to assert myself and it’s in my

interest to communicateChapter 3 What does asserting yourself mean?Chapter 4 What does communicating mean?Chapter 5 Non-verbal communicationChapter 6 Verbal communication

PART II ApplicationsChapter 7 How to reduce social anxietyChapter 8 ConversationChapter 9 Requests and refusalsChapter 10 Responding to criticismChapter 11 Criticizing and resolving confl ictsChapter 12 Compliments

Strong points The serious nature and high quality of the bibliographical references.

Specifi c exercises that guide the reader toward the desired change.

Many scenarios that help the reader to better understand the concepts.


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/ Psychology & Self-Help // Psychology & Self-Help /

Right from birth, life begins its great conversation with us. Children welcome novelty and respond to life with astonish-ing poetry and genius. Then, as we age, instead of continu-ing to communicate with our surroundings, and remain open to the unexpected, we often take refuge in comfort and in looking for happiness at any cost. When we only live among what is expected, nothing vibrant and original hap-pens anymore and we lose our freedom.

The author suggests we become aware of our expecta-tions and then dare to accept change and unpredictable events as they occur. The unexpected often appears as a trickster, something that comes along and upsets the es-tablished order. This can be the arrival of a child, a new lover, a new job, or illness. The trickster unleashes chaos in our orderly universe. “To unexpect” is to feel once again the child’s ability to dance with this chaos.

The author invites us to let ourselves be thrown off bal-ance by life’s unexpected events, in whatever form.

Jean-François Vézina is a psychologist. He was the President of the Cercle Jung de Québec for over seven years and has hosted the radio program Projections, on symbols in mov-ies. He is also a lecturer and composer of electronic music.

DANCING WITH CHAOS

Welcome the unexpected into your life

Jean-François Vézina

Let the necessary chance events of life upset your world.

192 pagesFebruary 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Strong points Originality of the trickster theme, which has never before been discussed in a book written for the general public.

Each chapter ends with a summary and questions for further study.

Written in an inspiring and very fl owing style. Resembles an essay, but also has a practical side. A serious subject presented using catchy language and examples that speak to the general public.

WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROMTHE MOVIES

Rights sold to Italy, Egypt.

THE ADVENTURE OF LOVE

Rights sold to Spain, Italy, Croatia, China.

NECESSARY CHANCES

Rights sold to USA,Spain, Italy.


Changing careers, taking courses, leaving a lover, having children, travelling, moving... OR the opposite: remaining in a job, staying with your mate, not going anywhere. All these life scenarios are the result of choices, both conscious and unconscious.

In a colourful, light-hearted and very lively style, the au-thors dissect all the motives and mechanisms that govern these choices. They discuss the various personality types associated with them: people who stay put, adventurers, cheaters, dreamers, defeatists, etc. They urge us to think about individual freedom, the consequences of our choices and our two worst enemies in this area: guilt and frustra-tion. Using examples drawn from their patients’ experien-ces, as well as from movies and literature, they encourage us to see that we have a great deal of control over our lives and even over our unconscious, because everything de-pends on our choices and what we want from them.

SPOILED FOR CHOICE

Making choices – what a headache!

Michèle Gaubert & Véronique Moraldi

Because everything in life is a choice... even choosing not to choose!

272 pagesOctober 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Véronique Moraldi trained in interpersonal communication (Jacques Salomé’s ESPERE method), and is a specialist in moral harassment issues, the study of narcissistic person-alities and the analysis of family relationships and their consequences for adult behaviour. She is also working on the causes of illness and the repression of emotions from a psycho-genealogical perspective. She lectures on manipu-lation and perversity in romantic relationships and on par-ent/child relationships. She is a contributor to magazines and a regular guest on radio and television programs in France and elsewhere.

Michèle Gaubert, a psychotherapist, specializes in prob-lems of adolescence and in parent/child relationships. She lectures on female humours (the origin of the identifi cation of hysteria) and on sexual portrayals of Satan. She is also a novelist and playwright.

Strong points A universal theme: we all make choices, whether small or large, every day.

The book is full of real-life cases and comical stories. The authors use humour to make us think.

The authors are careful not to offer advice to readers. Instead they want to increase our awareness and encourage personal refl ection on the choices we make.

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THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF THE BODY

Philippe Turchet

Rights sold to USA, China, Portugal, Italy.


THE UNSPOKEN CODES OF SEDUCTION

Philippe Turchet

Rights sold to Spain, Italy, Brazil, Romania.


SYNERGOLOGY

Philippe Turchet

Rights sold to Spain, Catalonia, Italy, Romania.


BOUNCING BACK!

Dr. Daniel Dufour

THE TURMOIL WITHIN

Dr. Daniel Dufour


V English translation available.

THE PAIN OF DESERTION

Dr. Daniel Dufour

Rights sold to Spain, Germany.

ABSENT FATHERS, LOST SONS

Guy Corneau

Rights sold to USA, Brazil,The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Bulgaria,Denmark, Indonesia, Czech Republic.


REBIRTH!

Guy Corneau

Rights sold to Italy Korea, Spain.


I AM THE WAY I AM

Rights sold to Croatia.LOVE’S MANIPULATORS

Rights sold to to Spain, Italy, Japan, Croatia, Czech Republic.


MANIPULATORS ARE AMONG US

Rights sold to Catalonia, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Czech Republic.


ISABELLE NAZARE-AGA

Isabelle Nazare-Aga is a cognitive-behavioural therapist, trainer and lecturer. A specialist in manipulation, she also offers workshops on assertiveness and self-esteem, research into personal values, communica-tions and stress management. Her best-selling books explore the daily torments and consequences of destructive and manipulated relationships.

WHO AM I RUNNING AWAY FROM? WHERE ARE YOU RUNNING TO? WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR?

All rights available.

BEING HAPPY IS NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE

Rights sold to Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland.


BEING GENUINE: STOP BEING NICE, START BEING REAL

Rights sold to USA, Germany, Korea, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Brazil.


THOMAS D’ANSEMBOURG

Trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, notably Dr. Marshall Rosenberg’s method, Thomas D’Ansembourg is a training facilitator, lectures all over the world and offers individual consultations. This world-wide best-selling author offers a fresh new perspective on nonviolent communication.


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IT’S YOUR LIFE – TAKE CONTROL OF IT

Arnaud Riou

Rights sold to Greece and Brazil.

DARING TO SPEAK AND KNOWING WHAT TO SAY

Arnaud Riou

INFIDELITY

François St Père

THE TRIGGER

Marie Lise Labonté

Rights sold to Spain.


AT THE CORE OF OUR BODY

Marie Lise Labonté

Rights sold to Portugal and Italy.


THE EXTRAORDINARY HAPPINESS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE

Lucie Mandeville

BE HAPPY – WITHOUT EFFORT, PAIN, OR WORRY

Lucie Mandeville

SELF-DIAGNOSING YOUR LOVE LIFE

Bénédicte Ann

RULED BY STRESS

Dr. Christophe Bagot& Laurence Bagot


PSYCHOGENEALOGY

Doris and Lise Langlois

Rights sold to Spain and Italy.

IN PRAISE OF “JOIE DE VIVRE”

Jocelyne Bélanger

Rights sold to Italy.

THE HEALING POWER OF THE MIND

Monique Brillon

VIBRATING WITH HAPPINESS

Christian Bourit

EMOTIONS AND OUR HEALTH

Monique Brillon


TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

Marc Pistorio

THE WISDOM IN OUR ANGER

Marc Pistorio

Rights sold to Portugal.

CHRONIC SELF-DENIAL

Thierry Gaubert

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/ Parenting /

SURVIVAL TIPS FOR PARENTS

Suzanne Vallières

Approximately 208 pages eachÉditions de l’Homme

Being a parent is not an inborn skill; it’s an ongoing learning experience. These “survival tips” will help parents give their children a solid and essential foun-dation and get them off to a good start in life! This series provides clear answers to many parents’ questions about their child’s early development, ex-ploding a number of myths, while offering tips and advice to make parents’ lives easier. Each article contains easy-to-follow child-rearing tips for every-day situations.

12 TO 16 YEARS OLDDEALING WITH TEENAGERSNew!

0 TO 3 YEARS OLDRights sold to Romania, Hungary, Portugal.


3 TO 6 YEARS OLDRights sold to Romania, Italy, Hungary, Portugal.

6 TO 9 YEARS OLDRights sold to Romania, Hungary, Portugal.

9 TO 12 YEARS OLD DEALING WITH PRETEENSRights sold to Italy and Romania.

SUZANNE VALLIÈRES

Psychologist Suzanne Vallières offers the results of her eighteen years of experience with young people as a specialized trainer, therapist, lecturer and mother of three children. She regularly contributes to television programs.

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HELP YOUR CHILD LEAD A FULFILLING LIFE

Marie Gilbert

THE IMPULSIVE CHILD

Dr. Guy Falardeau

RESPONSIBLE PARENT, BALANCED CHILD

François Dumesnil


DON’T BE AFRAID TO TEACH YOUR TEENS HOW TO BEHAVE...

Véronique Moraldi & Michèle Gaubert

BED-TIME, POTTY-TIME AND TIPS FROM A PRO

Ève Ménard

90 MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED PARENTING QUESTIONS

François Dumesnil

Rights sold to Spain, Italy, Poland,Portugal, Brazil, Romania.

HIS MOTHER’S SON

Véronique Moraldi

Rights sold to Bulgaria and Italy.

HER MOTHER’S DAUGHTER

Véronique Moraldi

HER FATHER’S DAUGHTER

Véronique Moraldi & Michèle Gaubert


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/ Health /

Why is it so hard, even impossible, to lose weight and espe-cially to stay slim? What’s going on in the body and brain of a person who loses weight and a person who gains it? Why do excess weight and obesity win out, even though we are literally overwhelmed by food guides, Internet nutrition sites, “diet” cookbooks, weight-loss diets, nutrition infor-mation, and TV and radio programs?

In this entertaining, incisive and scrupulously docu-mented book, Louise Thibault points us toward answers that upset preconceived ideas on nutrition and the body. She explains why it’s normal to have irresistible cravings, to give up on a weight-loss diet, and to go back to the weight we were when we started, plus a few kilos, even when we know how to feed ourselves properly.

The author lifts the veil on our conscious and unconscious relationships with food. But far from being fatalistic or pes-simistic, she offers practical advice and encourages us to fi nd personal solutions to improve our health with the help of a notebook of thoughts that accompanies us step by step. Equipped with a better understanding of our body and brain mechanisms, we can then come up with effective ways to avoid diet traps and once again fi nd harmony be-tween our head and our stomach.

Louise Thibault is a nutritionist, researcher and Associate Professor of Nutrition at McGill University in Montreal. She has been studying food behaviour for more than 25 years. She has published the results of her work on controlling food intake and regulating body weight in respected professional journals and as book chapters.

WHEN YOUR BODY JUST DOES WHAT

IT FEELS LIKE

Find out what’s driving you to eat

Louise Thibault

A book that shakes up preconceived ideas about nutrition and overweight, by a specialist in brain function!

192 pagesAugust 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Strong points A researcher in the fi eld of nutrition, Louise Thibault takes a scientifi c look at the issue of overweight. She also explores the connections between brain function and weight. Her explanations are based on rigorous studies. The scientifi c content is written for everyone.

Each chapter ends with a notebook of thoughts that reviews the elements to remember.

Style often amusing and entertaining. The author looks at today’s society and offers a critical perspective on our way of life.

FEED YOUR BRAINRights sold to Portugal.

/ Health /

Cancer inspires fear, anxiety and despair—and it will also affect nearly one person in two at some point in their lives. Dr. Christian Boukaram suggests to everyone simple ways to protect themselves from the devastating consequences of this disease. Based on several years of scientifi c research, and drawing on various thriving scientifi c fi elds such as quantum physics and epigenetics, this book encourages us to change the way we approach the disease. On the one hand, he explores the contribution of the individual’s thoughts, beliefs, emotions and environment to the emer-gence of cancer, while on the other he makes us aware of the power of the body’s natural healing mechanisms. One by one, various internal and external ways to stimulate these mechanisms are identifi ed and explained in simple and accessible language. The methods and useful lifestyle advice in this book are not just ways of keeping this illness at bay; they are also indispensable tools for living a healthy life, emotionally, physically, and in terms of our relation-ships with others.

Dr. Christian Boukaram is a Radiation Oncologist and Profes-sor of Neurology in Montreal, Canada. He holds a post-Ph.D. degree as well as a specialty in radiosurgery and is well-versed in the fi elds of nuclear physics and neuropsychology. Instigator and Head of the Radiosurgery Department at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, he is also the co-founder of CROIRE, an organization offering emotional support to cancer patients. Dr. Boukaram’s research is interested in the improve-ment of patient care through a multidisciplinary approach.

HEALER OF CANCER:

THE POWER OF THE MIND

Dr. Christian Boukaram

Rights sold to Italy176 pagesOctober 2011Éditions de l’Homme

V 20 000 copies sold in Quebec only.

Table of ContentsChapter 1 The allegory of the diseaseChapter 2 A quick course in oncologyChapter 3 The return of emotionsChapter 4 Beyond frontiersChapter 5 Epigenetics: destiny does

not lie in our genesChapter 6 Me, you, and the universeChapter 7 Healthy balance Chapter 8 The emotional side of healthChapter 9 The physical side of healthChapter 10 The spiritual side healthChapter 11 The enemy within

Strong points The author’s credibility: Dr. Boukaram is a radiosurgeon operating some of the most technologically advanced devices available in his fi eld.

The credibility of the content, which refl ects the latest developments and studies in cancer treatment and prevention.

A cutting-edge book written in language the general public can easily understand.

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Physical pain affects almost everybody at some time in their lives. This book, a reference tool that is designed for both the general public and health-care professionals, contains valuable information on the many kinds of pain, injuries, imbalances and malfunc-tions of the locomotive system. Included are osteoarticular problems (such as osteoporosis, bursitis and tendonitis), muscle ail-ments (like fi bromyalgia and muscle strains), as well as all sorts of syndromes, including carpal tunnel and sciatica. Whether your problem is with your toe, back, thigh or sciatic nerve, this book brings together all the key elements of an exercise program adapted to your diagnosis and guaranteeing better health. It also contains plenty of practical advice on life habits, postures and activities, and on movements to adopt or correct (or avoid). Because this book makes it easy to fi nd among the varied recommendations the ones appropriate for you, it will soon become your good-health bible.

This book proposes a unique and innovative method, Spinal Training, which incorporates the latest advances in the science of move-ment. In addition to strengthening your back, Spinal Training improves your posture, eliminates tension, reduces the stress response and alleviates pain. Drawing from various sources (Pilates, yoga, physical therapy, the G.D.S. muscle chains method, stretching) and based on principles of osteopathy, biomechanics and kinesiology, this holistic approach makes it possible to effectively and gently work on the areas that are most important for posture and a healthy back. This lavishly illustrated book will help the reader better understand his back’s needs and the causes of pain, as well as how to avoid them. The exercise routines—developed based on the self-assessment exercise provided and a combination of some of the eighty targeted exercises—are designed to focus precisely on each person’s specifi c needs. Whether the goal is to prevent or alleviate pain, this book offers a complete range of tools to make your back feel good, no matter what shape you’re in.

EXERCISES THAT HEAL

Jean Drouin, Roberto Poirier & Denis Pedneault

A detailed and understandable approach for every ailment.

256 pagesMarch 2011Éditions de l’Homme


SPINAL TRAINING FOR A HEALTHY BACK

80 Exercises to get rid of back pain

Jean-François Harvey


/ Backlist Health /

STRESS-FREE CHILD BIRTH

Julie Bonapace

Rights sold to Brazil and Italy.

FEMALE HORMONES

Dr. Sylvie Demers

Rights sold to France and the Netherlands.


YOGA FOR SENIORS

Carole Morency & Francine Hervé-Cauchy

Rights sold to the Netherlands.

PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING: MYTH AND REALITY

Pierre-Mary Toussaint & Martin Lussier

FACIAL GYMNASTICS

Catherine Pez

Rights sold to Spain, Catalonia, Finland, Japan, Poland, Russia, The Netherlands, Denmark, Italy.


15 MINUTES OF FACIAL GYMNASTICS

…TO DO IN THE CAR

…TO DO BEFORE AN IMPORTANT MEETING

Catherine Pez

Rights sold to Spain.

THE MIND OF A CHAMPION

François Ducasse & Makis Chamalidis

Rights sold to Brazil and Romania.

A TOOLBOX FOR TRAINERS AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETES

François Ducasse

SPORTS AND NUTRITION DURING PREGNANCY

Élise Hofer & Mélanie Olivier

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/ Backlist Sexuality /

THE WONDERFUL STORY OF CHILDBIRTH

Rights sold to Spain and Korea.

FULL SEXUAL

Rights sold to Bulgaria.

JOCELYNE ROBERT

A renowned sexologist, Jocelyne Robert is a woman known for her opinions and an experienced communica-tor. She writes about couples in a variety of media and appears regularly in various fora to comment on cur-rent issues, as well as writing newspaper editorials.

VINTAGE WOMEN

Rights sold to France.

MY SEXUALITY (0 TO 6 YEARS OLD)

Rights sold to Bulgaria and Portugal.





/ Cooking & Wine /

WINES OF THE NEW WORLD

VOLUME 3: NORTH AMERICA (CANADA,

THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO)

Jacques Orhon

Foreword by Michael Mondavi

288 pagesTo be published: Fall 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Who ever said that all good wines come from the old contin-ent? After having tracked down the best wines of the south-ern hemisphere, the author is now setting out to conquer North America. From the Okanagan Valley to those of Napa and Calafi a, this enormous area with its varied climates is home to more than one well-guarded treasure. Ontario apri-cot-scented ice wine, oaky California chardonnay, Mexico’s petite sirah with its full-bodied tannins...on every page, you will feel like you are pushing open the door to a new and fas-cinating wine cellar on the new world wine route. Here you will fi nd not just the best bottles, but also the faces, wit-nesses to a history and a tradition, that stand behind them. The size and special features of the vineyard, its soil type and irrigation requirements, climatic and geographic data, wine production statistics, up-to-date trends, regulations and current practices, the varietals grown, the vinifi cation process and the conditions for the wines’ elaboration, sug-gested vintages, the wines’ alcohol levels, and the price of bottles, as well as tasting notes – it’s all here. A pleasing mix of the tasting notes of a sommelier with encyclopaedic knowledge and the travel notes of a passionate traveller, this lavishly illustrated book is the perfect tool for learning everything there is to know about wine-growing in a region too often ignored by other books on the subject.

The author won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2010 for his book Entre les vignes, which was named best wine literature book in the world.

The wines of North America are becoming more and more well known among quality wines on the international market.

A master sommelier and founder of the Canadian Associa-tion of Professional Sommeliers, Jacques Orhon is a mem-ber of the juries of all the major international sommelier competitions. A wine-loving globe-trotter, professor and lec-turer, he is also a contributor to several magazines and tele-vision programs. He has written many bestsellers on wine.

WINES OF THE NEW WORLDVolume 1: South Africa – Australia – New Zealand

Jacques Orhon

Rights sold to China.

WINES OF THE NEW WORLDVolume 2: South America

Jacques OrhonRights sold to China.

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/ Cooking & Wine /

THE WORLD OF TEA: GREEN TEAS

Camellia Sinensis

A little jewel of a book that takes us to the other side of the world and into the fascinating universe of green teas.

176 pagesNovember 2012Éditions de l’Homme

In the course of their travels, the owners of the Camellia Sin-ensis tea house have visited Chinese growers, Vietnamese pickers, Japanese producers and other tea artisans; the re-sult is this book, portraying the thousand and one facets of the precious “liquor of green leaves”, heir to a tradition going back several millennia.

In two- to six-page texts, they take us along with them to introduce us to the range of fl avours and cultivars of green tea, but also, along the way, to the people, objects, customs and traditions associated with one of the most-consumed drinks in the world. In tune with the rhythm of the journey, this book sometimes takes us down the road of discovery and adventure, and sometimes along the path of history and the people who made it – at times allowing us a moment to contemplate a superb landscape and at others offering us a place to drink a cup of tea in good company.

The result of this journey, accompanied by superb illus-trations in ink and watercolour, whose palette evokes tea and its soil, is a complete, original, artistic and succinct de-scription of the family of green teas. This small inviting book, its delicate style equalled only by the precision of its information, will charm both curious novices and tea lovers of long standing.

Strong points The credibility of the Camellia Sinensis tea house. The pleasant and easy-to-read tone of the book, which leads us into a little-known world.

Many Asian-infl uenced ink and watercolour illustrations and colour photos exclusive to the Camellia Sinensis tea house.

THE WORLD OF TEA History Terroir Flavours World English rights sold

Forthcoming in the same series:

BLACK TEAS AND OOLONG

AGED TEAS (PU ER)

/ Cooking & Wine /

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/ Cooking & Wine // Cooking & Wine /

PATRICE’S DESSERTS

Patrice Demers

An elegant and simple book that unveils the secrets of a real pastry chef. A beautiful reference book.

240 pagesOctober 2012Éditions de l’Homme

Far from being intimidating, this reference book is a true course in pastry-making for curious novices! It contains ap-proximately twenty preparations and basic recipes that are among those most common in pastry-making. Each recipe comes with general instructions on how to prepare it, ad-vice on baking, recommendations as to utensils or molds to use and information on the range of ingredients (fl ours, sugars, gelling agents, etc.) that can be included, depending on the desired result. This book is also full of useful tips for breaking down into their various components pastry reci-pes that may seem to you to be the most complex; the sim-plicity of each component will often surprise you.

Does this delicate strawberry-rhubarb galette with strawberry sorbet look far too complicated? Not anymore! You’ll master the art of quickly preparing shortcrust pastry and learn all the secrets for never-fail sorbet! Every step in making each of the 20 basic recipes is clearly illustrated with coloured photos and each recipe can be used in three different desserts. For example, the caramel you make to-day appears in a ginger-fl avoured crème caramel; tomor-row, with fi gs in red wine and pine nuts, it makes the world’s best mascarpone and nougatine cheesecake; and on an-other occasion it will coat a moist date cake that will make your mouth water! Come to the table, you food lovers with a sweet tooth, and eat your fi ll – making pastries has never been easier...

The star of his own TV cooking show, Patrice Demers has be-come Quebec’s pet pastry chef, to the great delight of all dessert-lovers! Following on from the success of La carte des desserts, which won the gold medal at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for the Best Cookbook for Profes-sionals, Patrice is back with a third book that is more appe-tizing and easier to use than ever!

Strong points The book, containing all the most common basic recipes in pastry-making, takes the mystery out of this realm of cooking so that anyone can do it.

All the different techniques presented are illustrated with many colour photographs.

The book offers 60 amazing yet easy-to-make desserts, created by combining basic recipes.

Each dessert recipe is accompanied by a full-page photo.

THE DESSERT MENU


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/ Cooking & Wine // Cooking & Wine /

CRUDESSENCE

100 Living-Food Recipes—Raw, Crunchy

and Irresistible

David Côté & Mathieu Gallant

Organic, vegan, raw . . . and delicious!

Rights sold to Italy, Brazil and Canada (World English rights).224 pagesSeptember 2011Éditions de l’Homme


This book advocates a cuisine that is eco-friendly, meets nutritional needs and tickles the taste buds—all at the same time; in other words, a living raw food diet that requires absolutely no cooking. Now you can try more than 100 recipes for irresistibly tasty dishes in your own home—100-percent vegan, organic and gluten-free, and thus nutri-tional and detoxifying.

Mathieu Gallant and David Côté are the founders of Crudessence, a Montreal-based food-service company that offers dietary choices based on respect for life and global well-being, thereby promoting healthy and responsible living.

Table of ContentsChapter 1 Our missionChapter 2 Living raw foods worldwideChapter 3 Techniques and utensilsChapter 4 Basic recipesChapter 5 Juices and smoothiesChapter 6 SoupsChapter 7 SaladsChapter 8 PâtésChapter 9 FermentationChapter 10 DehydrationChapter 11 AppetizersChapter 12 Main dishesChapter 13 Desserts

Strong points A growing number of enthusiasts are choosing living foods. Rich in nutrients and enzymes, these foods are recognized for their ability to revitalize and alkalinize the body, making it healthier and more energetic.

Crudessence’s approach is relaxed and fl exible, with special emphasis on attractive food presentation.

In addition to recipes, the book contains a mine of information about the benefi ts of living foods, techniques and utensils, ingredient properties and all manner of advice for a natural and healthy lifestyle.

To be published in 2013:

50 RAW, CRUNCHY AND IRRESISTIBLE SMOOTHIES

50 RAW, CRUNCHY AND IRRESISTIBLE SALADS

50 RAW, CRUNCHY AND IRRESISTIBLE VEGETARIAN SUSHIS

50 RAW, CRUNCHY AND IRRESISTIBLE VEGETARIAN BURGERS

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/ Backlist Cooking & Wine /

TARTS & PIES

Josée Fiset & Dominique Boué

North American English rights sold.

KILO SOLUTION

A visual method for losing weight

Isabelle Huot

V 50 000 copies sold in Quebec only.

CUPCAKES

Julien Guillegaut

North American English rights sold.

GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS

Rediscover the taste of nature

Jean-Paul Grappe

SEAFOOD CUISINE

Fish, molluscs and crustaceans

Jean-Paul Grappe

FALLING FOR SQUASHES AND PUMPKINS

75 Irresistible Recipes to Unravel Their Delicious Personalities

Louise Gagnon

NATURAL SUGAR DESSERTS

Angelina & Ari Dayan

World English rights sold.

THE BIG BOOK OF VEGETARIAN COOKING

Igor Brotto & Olivier Guiriec


THE FLAVOURS OF ALEPDalal Kadé-Badra & Élie Badra


/ Pet Care /

Table of ContentsChapter 1 Origins and history of the dogChapter 2 History of the breedChapter 3 Personality of the breedChapter 4 Breed standardChapter 5 Canine biologyChapter 6 Canine sociabilityChapter 7 Canine psychologyChapter 8 Canine sexual and reproductive behaviourChapter 9 Managing confl ict and aggressionChapter 10 Stages in a dog’s lifeChapter 11 Training a dogChapter 12 How to get along with your dogChapter 13 Canine illnessesReferences

Whether your dog barks cheerfully whenever he wants to go for a walk or comforts you with a cuddle when that’s just what you need, your dog is an ever-affectionate companion who’ll never let you down. But what do you do when your pet seems to be in pain, fearful, or anxious? What’s the most appropriate animal food to give him? There’s no better way to get to know, understand, select or care for your dog than by reading this guidebook, which contains a detailed por-trait of your four-legged friend. Inside, you’ll fi nd all the in-formation you need about the history and specifi cs of your dog’s breed, personality, behaviour, and the care required as the animal ages as well as in all other circumstances.

Joël Dehasse is a doctor of veterinary medicine, specializing in pet behaviour. He is a lecturer and certifi ed international consultant in family therapy, as well as president of the European College of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine. A high-ly respected member of his profession, Dehasse is the au-thor of many best-selling books about dogs and other ani-mals. His previous books have been translated into six languages.

THE BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG,

DACHSHUND, SHIH-TZU, YORKSHIRE

TERRIER, CHIHUAHUA, BEAGLE, BICHON

FRISE, GERMAN SHEPHERD, ROTTWEILER,

GOLDEN RETRIEVER, MINIATURE SHNAUZER

& SHETLAND SHEEPDOG

Dr. Joël Dehasse

An essential guide to the care and feeding of man’s best friend.

4 new titles to be published spring 2013Approximately 160 pagesLa Griffe

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/ Spirituality /

LETTERS TO KATERI

Xavier Gravend-Tirole

THEY CALLED US “SAVAGES”

Marie-Josée Tardifwith Dominique Rankin

LESSONS OF THE FALSE NOTE

Marc Vella

IN SEARCH OF MEANINGReading the Cosmic god

Jean Proulx

THE AMERICAN SPIRITUAL HERITAGE The Great Mystery

Jacques Languirand & Jean Proulx

THE COSMIC GODLooking for Einstein’s God

Jacques Languirand & Jean Proulx

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