Raphaëlle Le Baud's book Petit éloge des métiers d’art invites readers to explore the world of artisans and their crafts in an era dominated by artificial intelligence and immediacy. The book highlights the value of human gesture, time, and matter in a world increasingly shaped by standardization and rapid production. Le Baud, an entrepreneur engaged in the arts, relaunched the Duvelleroy fan house in 2010 and founded Les Métiers Rares in 2018, a laboratory dedicated to scarcity. Her work emphasizes the long-term value of artisanal skills and their potential as resources for the future. The book includes interviews with a variety of artisans, including glassblowers, jewelers, plumassiers, bookbinders, embroiderers, knife makers, and upholsterers. It argues that the slowness, learning, and irreplaceable singularity of these skills can be seen not as remnants of the past but as valuable assets in the future. The publisher Les Pérégrines will release an exclusive excerpt on October 16, 2026. Other notable publications include Keith Jarrett, Japon 1976 by Philippe Séclier, which follows the legendary 1976 solo recitals by Keith Jarrett in Japan, and Le parfum des feuilles de thé by Camille Monceaux, which follows two women taking over a family tea plantation in Japan. Trésor d’hiver by Gilles Baum and Csil is an image book for young children, while Molière par la scène is a collective study of Molière's plays through the lens of various directors' stagings. Additional publications include Cosy Christmas Mystery by Carine Pitocchi, which takes the St Mary Hill group to Egypt for a mystery-filled Christmas, and Mom alone – Ma vie de mère parfaite by Clotka, a humorous look at the challenges of being a mother. 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