The story of paleoanthropology told by one of it's greatest actors. Yves Coppens, professor at the Coll�ge de France and discoverer of Lucy, tells us the story of a humanity which, looking back, realizes the path it has traveled. By appearing, paleoanthropology has given us a much longer and richer history than that imposed by the Church. Since the 19th century, excavations have multiplied, techniques have become more rigorous, and the technologies used have improved. The work of generations of researchers, modern anthropology and isotope dating have made it possible to make new discoveries, but above all to understand them and place them in our common history, that of humanity. This historiographical account is told to us with the ease and humor usual of Yves Coppens in a sound work accessible to all.

Adapted in 1938 from a short story by Jean Giono, "The Baker's Wife" is one of Marcel Pagnol's major works and ranks among his biggest popular successes after the Marseille trilogy "Marius- Fanny-C�sar". The writer-filmmaker was able to give this filmed story the moving universality of the situation of this baker left by his wife, who decides to go on bread strike, leading to the mobilization of the whole village. In the 1960s, Marcel Pagnol edited spoken word records of his greatest films, mixing his voice with the recordings made for the cinema. The unforgettable sense of scene and dialogue of the academician as well as the acting of the actors, including the unforgettable Raimu (whom Orson Welles considered the best actor in the world), are magnified here in this audio version. Audiobook, in French.

Germaine Tillion is a French ethnologist, best known for her work in Algeria and for setting education programs for French prisoners. As a professor of the �cole des hautes �tudes en sciences sociales she undertook 20 scientific missions in North Africa and the Middle East. She was a member of the French resistance, she spent time in the Ravensbr�ck concentration camp. When Germaine Tillion wrote "Il �tait une fois l'ethnographie", she was in the twilight of her life; she wanted to go back over her notes and work carried out with the Berber population of the Aur�s in Algeria, between 1934 and 1940. Here she recounts her experience as a young ethnologist with humor and a unique sense of narrative.

As a young dynamic executive in a Parisian consulting firm, with an accomplished marital and professional life, Maya is enjoying happy days. But soon, the young woman wakes up one morning hampered, her body blocked, to the point of not being able to get up. The sentence falls like a knife. Maya suffers from burn-out. How will the victim overcome adversity? How will she be able to reconstruct herself psychologically and socially? These are all questions that C�line Mas addresses with acuity. She spoke with about fifty people who have experienced a burn-out before writing this sensitive and embodied story, whose voice of Guila Clara closely follows the affective and emotional forces. Audiobook. In French.

Fr�meaux & Associ�s and Les Belles Lettres offer, for the first time in audio books, an ideal library of the great literary texts of Greek and Latin Antiquity. Whether one has read these works or always dreamed of doing so, this collection offers texts that are still current, served by faithful translations and by the interpretation of the greatest French-speaking actors. The Latin counterpart of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Aeneid is the quintessential Latin epic that made Virgil (70-19 BC) the greatest Latin poet of antiquity. This long and captivating story recounts the adventures of Trojan Aeneas, mythical ancestor of the Roman people, from the Trojan War until his victorious installation in Lazio. The epic, especially the love story between Dido and Aeneas or the descent into hell of Aeneas to find his father there, inspired many literary and artistic works throughout the ages. Daniel Mesguich offers us here a captivating narration.

This album is devoted to the sounds of southern India, and more precisely those of the Auroville forest near Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu. This field recording was made by audio naturalist Bernard Fort and documents the natural soundscapes in both day and night, respecting the chronology of the birdsongs and their length, together with the silences and contrasting dynamics. These soundscapes also feature the wind, the distant ocean and the sounds of the forest itself, often caused by the presence of little mammals both in tree branches and on the ground.

From Rabelais to Sartre, a passionate exploration of French literature. Writer, critic, academic, traveler and poet, Michel Butor is the author of a literary work whose modernity reflects the extraordinary evolution of the 20th century. In these interviews, conducted with Lucien Giraudo, he proposes a personal history of French literature, recaptured from within by the writer, but presented with simplicity and passion by the teacher. Do you really know Chr�tien de Troyes, La Fontaine, Racine, Perrault, Rousseau, Chateaubriand, Proust, Artaud or C�line? In these lessons, Michel Butor explores these authors and the movements they have incarnated; thanks to his original and effective work, he stages the great fresco of artistic creation throughout the centuries and brings back to life the major works of our cultural heritage.

Presses Universitaires de France and Fremeaux & Associates offer this biography of Marie-Antoinette by C�cile Berly, specialist of the eighteenth century and the French Revolution. An Austrian, Marie-Antoinette becomes Dauphine of France in a context that is unfavorable. The last queen of the Ancien R�gime, she behaves like a favorite. She is powerful, scandalous and hated. Her taste for excess has also left her mark on a style and lifestyle that are her own and that have forged her reputation. But Marie Antoinette is also and above all, the queen of the Revolution. C�cile Berly proposes a new approach to Marie-Antoinette's journey, freed from the many presumptions of frivolity and treachery that have been associated with "the Austrian" for too long.

For the first time, a publisher offers the essence of the work of Marcel Proust, presenting an audio version of 'In search of lost time.' Fr�meaux & Associ�s puts at the disposal of the public the quintessence of Marcel Proust's masterpiece, here selected with care and finesse by Paul Desalmand then transmitted, with a precision and mastery of the remarkable language, by Daniel Mesguich who puts all his talent in the service of beauty and the meaning of the text. A journey to the heart of this immense and grandiose work in which Marcel Proust paints with precision, humor and subtlety the convolutions of human psychology. In order to close the series of recordings of "In Search of Lost Time", Fr�meaux & Associ�s proposes a complementary album containing the exclusive interview of Daniel Mesguich by F�lix Libris on "The Art of Reading," which won the READ Award for best audiobook book of the year.

No, it was not better before! Luc Ferry joins Nicolas Bouzou, essayist and economist, to draw a portrait of our contemporary society and measure the progress made over the past two centuries. Innovation is a creative destruction that upsets established orders, and becomes a factor of fear and uncertainty, yet real and potential benefits must be recognized. While there are still many challenges to be faced in a world of growing complexity, it is all the more necessary to get out of the cycles of defeatist and reactionary apathy, mainly in the intellectual and media perspectives of today. And it is thus armed with confident lucidity that Luc Ferry and Nicolas Bouzou propose reasoned answers to our economic and social stakes to reclaim the future.

Biodiversity: a human necessity? Dominique Bourg, environmental philosopher, Luc Abbadie, researcher on interactions between biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functioning, Denis Couvet, President of the Fondation Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversit� (Foundation for Research into Biodiversity). Combining their respective specialties, they offer us a presentation on the question of living organisms and their intrinsic diversity. Based on historical aspects and our knowledge of biodiversity today, they take stock of the foreseeable evolution of life on Earth over the coming decades, and point out the mismatch between the natural adaptation time of ecosystems and the speed of destruction of which humanity is capable. These two ecologists provide the scientific neutrality needed to fully understand the causes of biodiversity degradation. Audiobook in French. Claude COLOMBINI FR�MEAUX and Patrick FR�MEAUX

24 sequences for children from 5 to 11 years old to learn to overcome shyness and fears, to avoid withdrawal and to blossom in self-confidence and trust in others. Contains practical activities. 2 CD audiobook, in French.

Offered by Fr�meaux & Associ�s and For�ts et Campagnes d'Avenir, in partnership with the LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux), this 4-CD boxed set brings together the sounds of European birds captured and recorded by audionaturalist Jean C. Roch�, which are the closest to human monophonic music, right up to contemporary classical music. These songs reflect an incredible variety of melodies, rhythms and timbres, which, like the proto-languages of primates, can be considered the proto-music of mankind. An interview CD, recorded by Bernard Fort, founder of the GMVL, completes this collection. Jean C. Roch� talks about his fascinating exchanges and reflections on bird music with composer Olivier Messiaen. Patrick FR�MEAUX & Allain BOUGRAIN DUBOURG

Patrice Van Eersel, writer and journalist, editor of the magazine Actuel and publisher of the Revue Nouvelle Cl�, is the author of numerous books, including Le Cinqui�me R�ve. For this book, Patrice Van Eersel travelled the world to meet people who have worked with dolphins. He sought the secret of our complicity with these fascinating animals. He found answers with freedivers Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca, Russian doctor Igor Tcharkovsky, who worked with dolphins in the 1970s, and renowned scientists and musicians such as Jim Nollman. With an exceptional talent for storytelling, he unravels the thread of these discoveries, allowing us to explore the boundaries of reality and mystery. 3 CD audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FR�MEAUX

Michel Bouquet was one of the greatest contemporary French actors. This poetry audiobook with the great French voices (actors, singers, lawyers...) pays tribute to him by interpreting the great poems of literature. 2CD Audiobook, in French.