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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

$29.99 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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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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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
... Read more
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Die Wise

A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul

by Stephen Jenkinson ...

Narrated by Stephen Jenkinson ...

Unabridged

18 hours 43 min

A fierce, lyrical manifesto that dares readers to face death without sentimentality—and reveals dying well as one of the deepest acts of living, loving, and human responsibility.Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

A fierce, lyrical manifesto that dares readers to face death without sentimentality—and reveals dying well as one of the deepest acts of living, loving, and human responsibility.Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two
... Read more
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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,
... Read more
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Dark Archives

A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

by Megan Rosenbloom ...

Narrated by Justis Bolding ...

Unabridged

6 hours 58 min

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand?In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy—the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering.
... Read more
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Being Old...and learning to love it!

by Prue Leith ...

Narrated by Prue Leith ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MARCH 2026'I devoured it.' - NIGELLA LAWSON'Few people have aged so gracefully and enterprisingly as Prue. How she's done it is a revelation, full of humour and practical advice.' - DELIA SMITH'Oh my days, this book is an absolute JOY! It is like sitting down with your fabulous, straight-talking auntie who tells it exactly how it is... but with a big c... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MARCH 2026'I devoured it.' - NIGELLA LAWSON'Few people have aged so gracefully and enterprisingly as Prue. How she's done it is a revelation, full of humour and practical advice.' - DELIA SMITH'Oh my days, this book is an absolute JOY! It is like sitting down with your fabulous, straight-talking auntie who tells it exactly how it is... but with a big c...
... Read more
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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
... Read more
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Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave

My Cemetery Journeys

by Mariana Enriquez ...

Narrated by Annette Amelia Oliveira ...

Unabridged

13 hours 45 min

An enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world—part travelogue, part memoir, part “excursions through death,” by the author of Our Share of Night and “queen of horror” (Los Angeles Times)**“Not a travelogue so much as a grave-a-logue, Somebody is Walking on Your Grave is an exuberant, witty wander among the dead. You could not have a better friend to take ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

An enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world—part travelogue, part memoir, part “excursions through death,” by the author of Our Share of Night and “queen of horror” (Los Angeles Times)**“Not a travelogue so much as a grave-a-logue, Somebody is Walking on Your Grave is an exuberant, witty wander among the dead. You could not have a better friend to take
... Read more
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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

$36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Immortality, Inc.

Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever

by Chip Walter ...

Narrated by Graham Winton ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death. We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are
... Read more
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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...
... Read more
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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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The Coffin Confessor

by Bill Edgar ...

Narrated by Bill Edgar ...

Unabridged

6 hours 42 min

Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace. Now imagine there's a man who can take care of all that, who has no respect for the living, who will do anything for the dead.Bill Edgar is the Coffin Confessor - a one-of-a-kind professional, a man on a mission to ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace. Now imagine there's a man who can take care of all that, who has no respect for the living, who will do anything for the dead.Bill Edgar is the Coffin Confessor - a one-of-a-kind professional, a man on a mission to
... Read more
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When A Loved One Dies

What to do, Who to Call, and How to Cope

by Alice Truman ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Brian E, Digital Voice Corinne E ...

Unabridged

1 hour 31 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When a loved one dies, grief collides with responsibility. In the middle of shock and sorrow, families are often left asking: What do I do now? Who do I call? Where do I even begin?This book gives you the clear, step-by-step answers you need. Written with both practicality and compassion, When a Loved One Dies is your essential guide for the critical ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When a loved one dies, grief collides with responsibility. In the middle of shock and sorrow, families are often left asking: What do I do now? Who do I call? Where do I even begin?This book gives you the clear, step-by-step answers you need. Written with both practicality and compassion, When a Loved One Dies is your essential guide for the critical
... Read more
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Modern Loss

Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome.

by Rebecca Soffer, Gabrielle Birkner ...

Narrated by Josh Bloomberg, Meredith Mitchell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as ""redefining mourning,"" this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices.At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as ""redefining mourning,"" this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices.At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where
... Read more
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¿El gato se comerá mis ojos?

Y otras preguntas sobre cadavers (Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death)

by Caitlin Doughty ...

Narrated by Pilar Corral ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

Cada día, la directora de funerarias Caitlin Doughty recibe docenas de preguntas sobre la muerte. Las mejores son las de los niños. ¿Qué le pasaría al cuerpo de un astronauta si lo empujaran desde un transbordador espacial? ¿Se hace caca al morir? ¿Puede la abuela celebrar un funeral vikingo? En "¿Se comerá mi gato mis ojos?", Doughty combina sus conocimientos funerarios sobre el cuerpo y la ... Read more

$21.97 CAD

Cada día, la directora de funerarias Caitlin Doughty recibe docenas de preguntas sobre la muerte. Las mejores son las de los niños. ¿Qué le pasaría al cuerpo de un astronauta si lo empujaran desde un transbordador espacial? ¿Se hace caca al morir? ¿Puede la abuela celebrar un funeral vikingo? En "¿Se comerá mi gato mis ojos?", Doughty combina sus conocimientos funerarios sobre el cuerpo y la
... Read more
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The Denial of Death

by Ernest Becker ...

Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Denial of Death explores how people and cultures around the world have reacted to the concept of death from celebrated cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life’s work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker’s brilliant and impassioned answer to the “why” of human existence. In bold contrast to the ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Denial of Death explores how people and cultures around the world have reacted to the concept of death from celebrated cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life’s work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker’s brilliant and impassioned answer to the “why” of human existence. In bold contrast to the
... Read more
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Reportagem - Pombal, esta cidade não é para ciganos

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça ...

Unabridged

34 min

A guetização é um processo deliberado. Não acontece sem querer. É preciso querer que aconteça. A Porto Editora define-a como a “colocação ou isolamento em guetos como forma de afastar ou mesmo excluir do contacto social determinados setores da sociedade”. Em 2007, a Câmara Municipal de Pombal, cidade do distrito de Leiria, inaugurou um novo bairro para realojar dezenas de famílias ciganas que, até ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A guetização é um processo deliberado. Não acontece sem querer. É preciso querer que aconteça. A Porto Editora define-a como a “colocação ou isolamento em guetos como forma de afastar ou mesmo excluir do contacto social determinados setores da sociedade”. Em 2007, a Câmara Municipal de Pombal, cidade do distrito de Leiria, inaugurou um novo bairro para realojar dezenas de famílias ciganas que, até
... Read more
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The End of the Road

A journey around Britain in search of the dead

by Jack Cooke ...

Narrated by Paul Hilliar ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites.Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites.Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of
... Read more
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Entrevista - João Carlos Correia sobre imprensa regional

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, João Carlos Correia ...

Unabridged

1 hour 10 min

Nos últimos 20 anos Portugal perdeu perto de quatro centenas de jornais, revistas e rádios locais. Que importância têm os média locais? Terão futuro? João Carlos Correia, professor na Universidade da Beira Interior, na Covilhã, ensaia algumas respostas. Lê mais em: http://apenasfumaca.pt/entrevista-joao-carlos-correia-sobre-imprensa-regional/ ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Nos últimos 20 anos Portugal perdeu perto de quatro centenas de jornais, revistas e rádios locais. Que importância têm os média locais? Terão futuro? João Carlos Correia, professor na Universidade da Beira Interior, na Covilhã, ensaia algumas respostas. Lê mais em: http://apenasfumaca.pt/entrevista-joao-carlos-correia-sobre-imprensa-regional/
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Sofia Branco sobre mutilação genital feminina, a tortura chamada tradição

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, Sofia Branco ...

Unabridged

51 min

Em 1999, a Sofia Branco, com quem conversamos no episódio de hoje e que na altura trabalhava no Público, foi a única jornalista a assistir a uma conferência de imprensa em Lisboa. Falava-se de Mutilação Genital Feminina. A partir desse dia trabalhou o tema afincadamente, que na época era completamente desconhecido na sociedade Portuguesa. Meninas em África eram mutiladas, cortavam-lhes os genitais ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Em 1999, a Sofia Branco, com quem conversamos no episódio de hoje e que na altura trabalhava no Público, foi a única jornalista a assistir a uma conferência de imprensa em Lisboa. Falava-se de Mutilação Genital Feminina. A partir desse dia trabalhou o tema afincadamente, que na época era completamente desconhecido na sociedade Portuguesa. Meninas em África eram mutiladas, cortavam-lhes os genitais
... Read more
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A People’s Guide to the End of Life

by A. Joseph Layon MD ...

Narrated by A. Joseph Layon MD ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

This book is about death: how we approach it, how families, and those breathing their last, might deal with it. While the author has been surrounded by death for decades—in the operating rooms, the intensive care unit, the burn unit, in the US, Latin America, and Africa—putting these words to “paper” was the result of the impending death of a friend and colleague, a professor of political science ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is about death: how we approach it, how families, and those breathing their last, might deal with it. While the author has been surrounded by death for decades—in the operating rooms, the intensive care unit, the burn unit, in the US, Latin America, and Africa—putting these words to “paper” was the result of the impending death of a friend and colleague, a professor of political science
... Read more
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#11 | A Teoria dos Transumanistas: Alex Jones e o negócio do medo

by Renato Rocha ...

Narrated by Renato Rocha ...

Unabridged

32 min

Ouvinte do Teorias da Conspiração: responde às nossas perguntas em menos de 5 minutos e ganha um wallpaper EXCLUSIVO do podcast no final! É completamente anónimo! Vai a este link - http://bit.ly/InqueritoTeoriasdaConspiracao - antes ou depois de ouvires este episódio e ajuda-nos a saber mais sobre ti e a conseguir melhorar os episódios do podcast! Alex Jones, com a sua voz rouca e os seus ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ouvinte do Teorias da Conspiração: responde às nossas perguntas em menos de 5 minutos e ganha um wallpaper EXCLUSIVO do podcast no final! É completamente anónimo! Vai a este link - http://bit.ly/InqueritoTeoriasdaConspiracao - antes ou depois de ouvires este episódio e ajuda-nos a saber mais sobre ti e a conseguir melhorar os episódios do podcast! Alex Jones, com a sua voz rouca e os seus
... Read more

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