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When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi ...

Narrated by Sunil Malhotra, Lucy Kalanithi ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLDThis inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, What makes a life worth living?**“Unmissable . . . Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option.”—Janet Maslin, The ... Read more

$26.00 CAD

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLDThis inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question, What makes a life worth living?**“Unmissable . . . Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option.”—Janet Maslin, The
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Between Two Kingdoms

A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

by Suleika Jaouad ...

Narrated by Suleika Jaouad ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American SymphonyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, ... Read more

$29.50 CAD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American SymphonyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads,
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Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Atul Gawande ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

**#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending**Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

**#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending**Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine
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Unnatural Causes

Gripping true stories from the Sunday Times bestselling forensic pathologist

by Dr Richard Shepherd ...

Narrated by Dr Richard Shepherd ...

Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin.'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak . . .'He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the Hungerford Massacre, ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin.'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak . . .'He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the Hungerford Massacre,
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Buried

An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain

by Alice Roberts ...

Narrated by Alice Roberts ...

Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales, Buried provides an alternative history of the first millennium in Britain. As she did with her pre-history ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales, Buried provides an alternative history of the first millennium in Britain. As she did with her pre-history
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Heartwood

The Art of Living with the End in Mind

by Barbara Becker ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

4 hours 37 min

“We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love,” Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood.When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die?With a keen eye towards that which makes life worth living, interfaith ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

“We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love,” Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood.When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die?With a keen eye towards that which makes life worth living, interfaith
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Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)

A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

by Sallie Tisdale ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

You get ready to die the way you get ready for a trip. Start by realizing you don't know the way. Read a few travel guides. Study the language, look at maps, gather equipment. Let yourself imagine what it will be like. Pack your bags. This book is one of those travel guides—a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you.The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

You get ready to die the way you get ready for a trip. Start by realizing you don't know the way. Read a few travel guides. Study the language, look at maps, gather equipment. Let yourself imagine what it will be like. Pack your bags. This book is one of those travel guides—a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you.The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie
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AfterLife

What You Really Want to Know About Heaven and the Hereafter

by Hank Hanegraaff ...

Narrated by Jon Gauger ...

Unabridged

6 hours 49 min

Are near-death experiences reliable?New York Times best-sellers on near-death experiences depict:• A 3-year-old who meets Jesus and his rainbow-colored horse• A neurosurgeon encountering Om and the Orb on the wing of a butterfly• A real estate broker descending to earth’s center to discover hell is 300 degrees and zero humidityDo such exotic experiences provide trustworthy information about the ... Read more

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Are near-death experiences reliable?New York Times best-sellers on near-death experiences depict:• A 3-year-old who meets Jesus and his rainbow-colored horse• A neurosurgeon encountering Om and the Orb on the wing of a butterfly• A real estate broker descending to earth’s center to discover hell is 300 degrees and zero humidityDo such exotic experiences provide trustworthy information about the
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The Criminal Mind

Gripping encounters with serial killers and true crime from Britain's leading forensic psychiatrist

by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Narrated by Dr Duncan Harding ...

Unabridged

9 hours 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder... ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan HardingSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025A young girl burns down the family homeA man doesn’t remember killing his wifeA teenager’s visions and voices lead to murder...
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Death Need Not Be Fatal

by Malachy McCourt, Brian McDonald ...

Narrated by Malachy McCourt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

Before he runs out of time, Irish bon vivant Malachy McCourt shares his views on death - sometimes hilarious and often poignant - and on what will or won't happen after his last breath is drawn.During the course of his life, Malachy McCourt practically invented the single's bar; was a pioneer in talk radio, a soap opera star, a best-selling author; a gold smuggler, a political activist, and a ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Before he runs out of time, Irish bon vivant Malachy McCourt shares his views on death - sometimes hilarious and often poignant - and on what will or won't happen after his last breath is drawn.During the course of his life, Malachy McCourt practically invented the single's bar; was a pioneer in talk radio, a soap opera star, a best-selling author; a gold smuggler, a political activist, and a
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Exhumed

Unearthing the History of the American Vampire

by Aaron Mahnke ...

Narrated by Aaron Mahnke ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

An engrossing and macabre exploration of the folklore and early medical practices that led to the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s, from critically acclaimed podcaster and bestselling author Aaron Mahnke.What would drive a man to exhume the body of his daughter and remove her heart? That question has haunted Aaron Mahnke, creator and host of the award-winning podcast Lore. Fueled by a decade ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

An engrossing and macabre exploration of the folklore and early medical practices that led to the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s, from critically acclaimed podcaster and bestselling author Aaron Mahnke.What would drive a man to exhume the body of his daughter and remove her heart? That question has haunted Aaron Mahnke, creator and host of the award-winning podcast Lore. Fueled by a decade
... Read more
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Signs of Murder

A small town in Scotland, a miscarriage of justice and the search for the truth

by David Wilson ...

Narrated by David Wilson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

From the UK's leading criminologist comes the true story of Margaret McLaughlin, and the man he believes was fitted up for her murder'Enthralling ... will leave true crime readers with more to ponder than they bargained for' - The HeraldBefore David Wilson became the UK's pre-eminent criminologist, he was just a young boy growing up in the Scottish town of Carluke. When he was a child, the brutal ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

From the UK's leading criminologist comes the true story of Margaret McLaughlin, and the man he believes was fitted up for her murder'Enthralling ... will leave true crime readers with more to ponder than they bargained for' - The HeraldBefore David Wilson became the UK's pre-eminent criminologist, he was just a young boy growing up in the Scottish town of Carluke. When he was a child, the brutal
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Death Glitch

How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond

by Tamara Kneese ...

Narrated by Linda Jones ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

An accessible yet erudite deep dive into how platforms are remaking experiences of deathSince the internet's earliest days, people have died and mourned online. In quiet corners of past iterations of the web, the dead linger. But attempts at preserving the data of the dead are often ill-fated, for websites and devices decay and die, just as people do. Death disrupts technologists' plans for ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

An accessible yet erudite deep dive into how platforms are remaking experiences of deathSince the internet's earliest days, people have died and mourned online. In quiet corners of past iterations of the web, the dead linger. But attempts at preserving the data of the dead are often ill-fated, for websites and devices decay and die, just as people do. Death disrupts technologists' plans for
... Read more
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THE JOYFUL WISDOM OR: THE GAY SCIENCE (UNABRIDGED)

by Friedrich Nietzsche ...

Narrated by Robert Ortiz ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

The Joyful Wisdom, written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra," is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. Here the essentially grave and masculine face of the poet-philosopher is seen to light up and suddenly break into a delightful smile. The warmth and kindness that beam from his features will astonish those hasty psychologists who have never divined that behind the destroyer is the ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

The Joyful Wisdom, written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra," is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. Here the essentially grave and masculine face of the poet-philosopher is seen to light up and suddenly break into a delightful smile. The warmth and kindness that beam from his features will astonish those hasty psychologists who have never divined that behind the destroyer is the
... Read more
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Com tempo alma - ep.24

by Público ...

Narrated by Vários Autores ...

Unabridged

17 min

Um jornalista e especialistas convidados pela Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos conversam sobre temas relevantes da sociedade. ... Read more

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Um jornalista e especialistas convidados pela Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos conversam sobre temas relevantes da sociedade.
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Convocatória Podcast - Mafalda Ribeiro

by Francisco Guimarães ...

Narrated by Francisco Guimarães, Mafalda Ribeiro ...

Unabridged

49 min

Convocatória é um livro que rompe as barreiras da norma. E, por essa razão, não é fácil de o definir. Não é um livro sobre futebol, ainda que o seu autor seja treinador, e também não é um livro de entrevistas. É, antes disso, um livro que nasceu por causa do futebol, que é uma das mais belas maneiras de replicar a vida, e que brotou da curiosidade pelo mundo e por quem nele vive. A importância da ... Read more

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Convocatória é um livro que rompe as barreiras da norma. E, por essa razão, não é fácil de o definir. Não é um livro sobre futebol, ainda que o seu autor seja treinador, e também não é um livro de entrevistas. É, antes disso, um livro que nasceu por causa do futebol, que é uma das mais belas maneiras de replicar a vida, e que brotou da curiosidade pelo mundo e por quem nele vive. A importância da
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Смерть в цифровую эпоху. Как мы воспринимаем смерть в 21 веке

by Ксения Чакилева ...

Narrated by Евгений Шокин ...

Series series Социальная психология
Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

Ксения Чакилева — социолог, автор и ведущий подкаста «Смерть на все случаи жизни», читает лекции про цифровую смерть, исследователь Death Studies. В книге Ксения расскажет о том, что такое виртуальные кладбища, какой цифровой след остается после человека, зачем делают селфи на кладбище и какие существуют компании и приложения по очистке вашего цифрового следа. ... Read more

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Ксения Чакилева — социолог, автор и ведущий подкаста «Смерть на все случаи жизни», читает лекции про цифровую смерть, исследователь Death Studies. В книге Ксения расскажет о том, что такое виртуальные кладбища, какой цифровой след остается после человека, зачем делают селфи на кладбище и какие существуют компании и приложения по очистке вашего цифрового следа.
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Mutante - ep.6

by Público ...

Narrated by Diogo Queiroz de Andrade ...

Unabridged

23 min

O mundo está em mutação. Aqui falam os guerreiros que estão na linha da frente das revoluções digitais, biológicas e virtuais. ... Read more

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O mundo está em mutação. Aqui falam os guerreiros que estão na linha da frente das revoluções digitais, biológicas e virtuais.
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Editorial - A imprensa precisa de mais tempo para ser mais livre

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça ...

Unabridged

7 min

Este é um ano perigoso para se ser jornalista. Segundo o Comité para a Proteção de Jornalistas (CPJ), já 26 jornalistas foram mortos ou mortas enquanto trabalhavam. Mais de metade, ao dia de hoje, dos que morreram em 2017 (46) e em 2016 (48). Nos últimos 10 anos, foram assassinados 600 jornalistas e milhares foram perseguidos. Por dizer a verdade, por contar uma história, por escrutinar quem tem ... Read more

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Este é um ano perigoso para se ser jornalista. Segundo o Comité para a Proteção de Jornalistas (CPJ), já 26 jornalistas foram mortos ou mortas enquanto trabalhavam. Mais de metade, ao dia de hoje, dos que morreram em 2017 (46) e em 2016 (48). Nos últimos 10 anos, foram assassinados 600 jornalistas e milhares foram perseguidos. Por dizer a verdade, por contar uma história, por escrutinar quem tem
... Read more
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É Apenas Fumaça - David Vale sobre mobilidade e dependência automóvel

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, David Vale ...

Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

Em 2016, entravam todos os dias em Lisboa 370 mil automóveis, que se juntavam aos 160 mil dos residentes da cidade. Mais de meio milhão de veículos. No Porto, a situação não é muito diferente. “Não há espaço” para todos – di-lo David Vale, professor na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa e especialista em mobilidade e planeamento urbano. Este problema torna-se ainda mais evidente ... Read more

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Em 2016, entravam todos os dias em Lisboa 370 mil automóveis, que se juntavam aos 160 mil dos residentes da cidade. Mais de meio milhão de veículos. No Porto, a situação não é muito diferente. “Não há espaço” para todos – di-lo David Vale, professor na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa e especialista em mobilidade e planeamento urbano. Este problema torna-se ainda mais evidente
... Read more
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Piménio Ferreira sobre as comunidades ciganas em Portugal

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, Piménio Ferreira ...

Unabridged

59 min

A 1 de Março de 2017 a comunidade cigana de Santo Aleixo da Restauração acordou com os muros e paredes da sua freguesia pintados. Nesses muros lia-se "Morte aos Ciganos". Mas as ameaças não ficaram por aqui. Um cavalo foi envenenado, uma igreja incendiada, casas e carros queimados, caixões colocados à porta das casas, e bombas lançadas para os quintais, segundo uma denúncia da SOS Racismo. Nesta ... Read more

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A 1 de Março de 2017 a comunidade cigana de Santo Aleixo da Restauração acordou com os muros e paredes da sua freguesia pintados. Nesses muros lia-se "Morte aos Ciganos". Mas as ameaças não ficaram por aqui. Um cavalo foi envenenado, uma igreja incendiada, casas e carros queimados, caixões colocados à porta das casas, e bombas lançadas para os quintais, segundo uma denúncia da SOS Racismo. Nesta
... Read more
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Cristina Tavares: "Trabalhar é o que eu sei fazer"

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, Cristina Tavares ...

Unabridged

34 min

Entrevista completa à operária corticeira Cristina Tavares, que denunciou o assédio moral e o despedimento ilícito de que foi alvo. Depois da realização desta entrevista, na segunda semana de junho, Cristina chegou a acordo com a empresa e foi reintegrada no seu posto de trabalho. ... Read more

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Entrevista completa à operária corticeira Cristina Tavares, que denunciou o assédio moral e o despedimento ilícito de que foi alvo. Depois da realização desta entrevista, na segunda semana de junho, Cristina chegou a acordo com a empresa e foi reintegrada no seu posto de trabalho.
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Suicidio

by Arnoldo Kraus ...

Narrated by Bobby Sánchez, Yopa Ponce ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

Según datos de la OMS, el suicidio es la segunda causa de defunción entre las personas jóvenes, con un total aproximado de 800 000 muertes al año a nivel mundial. Esto lo convierte en uno de los problemas de salud mental más preocupantes del presente, situación que se agrava debido a la creciente desigualdad económica y social, así como a la depresión debida a la pandemia por covid-19.En este ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

Según datos de la OMS, el suicidio es la segunda causa de defunción entre las personas jóvenes, con un total aproximado de 800 000 muertes al año a nivel mundial. Esto lo convierte en uno de los problemas de salud mental más preocupantes del presente, situación que se agrava debido a la creciente desigualdad económica y social, así como a la depresión debida a la pandemia por covid-19.En este
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Jéssica Lopes sobre Imigração em Portugal

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, Jéssica Lopes ...

Unabridged

48 min

Uma crise humanitária. É assim que a Jéssica Lopes define o que passam hoje os imigrantes indocumentados em Portugal na sua procura pela regularização no país. Falamos de quem viaja para cá à procura de uma vida melhor. De quem chega e encontra trabalho, de quem se esforça por ter um contrato, por descontar para a Segurança Social, e por pagar os seus impostos enquanto espera por notícias do ... Read more

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Uma crise humanitária. É assim que a Jéssica Lopes define o que passam hoje os imigrantes indocumentados em Portugal na sua procura pela regularização no país. Falamos de quem viaja para cá à procura de uma vida melhor. De quem chega e encontra trabalho, de quem se esforça por ter um contrato, por descontar para a Segurança Social, e por pagar os seus impostos enquanto espera por notícias do
... Read more

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