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Quarks of Light

A Near-Death Experience

by Rob A. Gentile ...

Narrated by Rob A. Gentile ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

At the age of 56, Rob A. Gentile had a massive heart attack followed by a profound near-death experience. On his journey to heart transplant, he was close to death again and entered the Ethereal a second time. He found himself inside a shapeless, formless vacuum of unending and infinite vastness. He was everywhere at once, scattered across a timeless expanse and connected to the wisdom of the ... Read more

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At the age of 56, Rob A. Gentile had a massive heart attack followed by a profound near-death experience. On his journey to heart transplant, he was close to death again and entered the Ethereal a second time. He found himself inside a shapeless, formless vacuum of unending and infinite vastness. He was everywhere at once, scattered across a timeless expanse and connected to the wisdom of the
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American Afterlives

Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First Century

by Shannon Lee Dawdy ...

Narrated by Kelly Burke ...

Unabridged

8 hours 23 min

This audiobook narrated by Kelly Burke takes listeners on a mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary lifeDeath in the United States is undergoing a quiet revolution. You can have your body frozen, dissected, composted, dissolved, or tanned. Your family can incorporate your remains into jewelry, shotgun shells, paperweights, and artwork. Cremations ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook narrated by Kelly Burke takes listeners on a mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary lifeDeath in the United States is undergoing a quiet revolution. You can have your body frozen, dissected, composted, dissolved, or tanned. Your family can incorporate your remains into jewelry, shotgun shells, paperweights, and artwork. Cremations
... Read more
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The Other Side of Sadness

What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss

by George A. Bonanno ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

In this thoroughly revised and updated classic, a renowned psychologist shows that mourning is far from predictable, and all of us share a surprising ability to be resilientThe conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--is defined by a mourning process that we can only hope to accept and endure.In The Other ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

In this thoroughly revised and updated classic, a renowned psychologist shows that mourning is far from predictable, and all of us share a surprising ability to be resilientThe conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--is defined by a mourning process that we can only hope to accept and endure.In The Other
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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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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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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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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

$59.95 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

$22.23 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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With the End in Mind

Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

by Kathryn Mannix ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Carling ...

Unabridged

11 hours 47 min

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and
... Read more
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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

$32.56 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
... Read more
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Radical Acts of Love

Twenty Conversations to Inspire Hope at the End of Life

by Janie Brown ...

Narrated by Janie Brown ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

"With Radical Acts of Love, Janie Brown demonstrates the power of a book to transform, in fact to turn things upside down. She turns death into life, despair into hope, sorrow into joy, and pain into love with these twenty astonishing encounters with the dying. We all know somewhere in the back of our minds that a deeper understanding and acceptance of death is supposed to release us into an even ... Read more

$32.00 CAD

"With Radical Acts of Love, Janie Brown demonstrates the power of a book to transform, in fact to turn things upside down. She turns death into life, despair into hope, sorrow into joy, and pain into love with these twenty astonishing encounters with the dying. We all know somewhere in the back of our minds that a deeper understanding and acceptance of death is supposed to release us into an even
... 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...
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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

$27.13 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
... Read more
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End of Life Guideline Series

A Compilation of Barbara Karnes Booklets

by Barbara Karnes RN ...

Narrated by Barbara Karnes RN ...

Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

Want to learn more about caring for someone at end of life? Discover the End of Life Guideline Series by Barbara Karnes. It is a compilation of five of our most popular hospice and palliative care books that prepares its readers for the natural, normal process of dying and grief. The series includes,A Time to Live: Living with a Life Threatening Illness, for the newly diagnosed facing a life ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Want to learn more about caring for someone at end of life? Discover the End of Life Guideline Series by Barbara Karnes. It is a compilation of five of our most popular hospice and palliative care books that prepares its readers for the natural, normal process of dying and grief. The series includes,A Time to Live: Living with a Life Threatening Illness, for the newly diagnosed facing a life
... Read more
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Catinga - ep.1

by Público ...

Narrated by Nástio Mosquito e Vítor Belanciano ...

Unabridged

23 min

Isto anda tudo ligado. Público e privado, sociedade e política, arte e vida. ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Isto anda tudo ligado. Público e privado, sociedade e política, arte e vida.
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Entrevista - Sílvia Cópio sobre ensino doméstico

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, Sílvia Cópio ...

Unabridged

1 hour

Há cada vez mais alunos em regime de ensino doméstico. Sílvia Cópio é mãe de três filhos que ensinou em casa. Pensa que a escola tem que mudar de paradigma, uma das missões da Associação Movimento Educação Livre, a que preside. ... Read more

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Há cada vez mais alunos em regime de ensino doméstico. Sílvia Cópio é mãe de três filhos que ensinou em casa. Pensa que a escola tem que mudar de paradigma, uma das missões da Associação Movimento Educação Livre, a que preside.
... Read more
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#8 O médico matador

by Joana Amaral Dias ...

Narrated by Joana Amaral Dias ...

Unabridged

33 min

Tinha uma vida aparentemente perfeita, mas não era um homem perfeito. Um bom casamento, família e profissão - tudo o que um homem podia querer. Mas isto não bastou a Vicente Urbino de Freitas - o médico matador. Este caso relembra o livro (na altura contemporâneo) de Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde. Vicente era o médico que tinha tudo mas que se relevou um monstro. Cinco vítimas, todas família. E porquê? ... Read more

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Tinha uma vida aparentemente perfeita, mas não era um homem perfeito. Um bom casamento, família e profissão - tudo o que um homem podia querer. Mas isto não bastou a Vicente Urbino de Freitas - o médico matador. Este caso relembra o livro (na altura contemporâneo) de Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde. Vicente era o médico que tinha tudo mas que se relevou um monstro. Cinco vítimas, todas família. E porquê?
... Read more
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Tending Grief

Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community

by Camille Sapara Barton ...

Narrated by Camille Sapara Barton ...

Unabridged

5 hours 5 min

An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community—practical exercises, decolonized rituals, and Earth-based medicines for healing and processing lossWe live in a culture that suppresses our ability to truly feel our grief—deeply, safely, and on our own terms. But each person’s experience is as unique as the grief itself. Here, Camille Barton’s take on grief speaks directly to the ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community—practical exercises, decolonized rituals, and Earth-based medicines for healing and processing lossWe live in a culture that suppresses our ability to truly feel our grief—deeply, safely, and on our own terms. But each person’s experience is as unique as the grief itself. Here, Camille Barton’s take on grief speaks directly to the
... Read more
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Savor

A Chef's Hunger for More

by Fatima Ali, Tarajia Morrell ...

Narrated by Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa Samuel ...

Unabridged

11 hours 17 min

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in Savor, an “inspiring” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan to Manhattan and beyond.“Ali’s strength and passion for food and her culture shines through. . . . This memoir is a tribute to the ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in Savor, an “inspiring” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan to Manhattan and beyond.“Ali’s strength and passion for food and her culture shines through. . . . This memoir is a tribute to the
... Read more
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Convocatória Podcast - Maria João Leitão

by Francisco Guimarães ...

Narrated by Francisco Guimarães, Maria João Leitão ...

Unabridged

1 hour 8 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
... Read more
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Extra ep.7: Entrevista com Maria Fernanda Campos | Série "Exército de Precários"

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça, Maria Fernanda Campos ...

Unabridged

1 hour 21 min

A entrevista que vais ouvir é um conteúdo extra da série “Exército de Precários”, que disponibilizamos, em exclusivo, às pessoas da comunidade Fumaça. Maria Fernanda Campos é subinspetora geral da Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho, a número dois da estrutura da ACT. É advogada por formação, mas é inspetora do trabalho desde 1996. Começou no Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Inspecção das ... Read more

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A entrevista que vais ouvir é um conteúdo extra da série “Exército de Precários”, que disponibilizamos, em exclusivo, às pessoas da comunidade Fumaça. Maria Fernanda Campos é subinspetora geral da Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho, a número dois da estrutura da ACT. É advogada por formação, mas é inspetora do trabalho desde 1996. Começou no Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Inspecção das
... Read more
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After Death Planning Made Simple: A Detailed Guide to Final Thoughts, Personal Wishes, and Essential Records

by Lynnette Evans ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mary G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 20 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This comprehensive guide empowers individuals to navigate the complexities of end-of-life planning with clarity and confidence. Through practical guidance and insightful perspectives, the book provides a roadmap for expressing personal wishes, organizing essential records, and ensuring a seamless transition for loved ones.Readers are guided through a ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This comprehensive guide empowers individuals to navigate the complexities of end-of-life planning with clarity and confidence. Through practical guidance and insightful perspectives, the book provides a roadmap for expressing personal wishes, organizing essential records, and ensuring a seamless transition for loved ones.Readers are guided through a
... Read more
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Na Rua - Marcha Global da Marijuana: "As pessoas não deixam de consumir por ser ilegal"

by Fumaça ...

Narrated by Fumaça ...

Unabridged

22 min

A legalização da cannábis é um assunto que começa a aparecer na ordem do dia em vários países. Algo que há uns anos atrás era impensável nos Estados Unidos, concretizou-se já em alguns dos seus estados, sendo o caso mais falado e debatido, o do estado do Colorado. Outros países, como o Uruguai ou o Canadá, estudam agora modelos de legalização da marijuana. Este assunto trouxe também para a rua ... Read more

$1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A legalização da cannábis é um assunto que começa a aparecer na ordem do dia em vários países. Algo que há uns anos atrás era impensável nos Estados Unidos, concretizou-se já em alguns dos seus estados, sendo o caso mais falado e debatido, o do estado do Colorado. Outros países, como o Uruguai ou o Canadá, estudam agora modelos de legalização da marijuana. Este assunto trouxe também para a rua
... Read more
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Lev livet längre

by Johan Frostegård ...

Narrated by Anders Mossling ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

Ett långt och lyckligt liv är vad så gott som alla önskar sig. Vi gör vad vi kan för att leva så länge som möjligt. Säkerligen borde det väl evolutionärt sett vara bättre om vi levde längre än vad vi gör, så att vi kan få större spridning på våra gener? Trots detta har evolutionen byggt in ett bäst-före datum hos människan. Därmed ställs vi inför den eviga frågorna: hur hanterar vi att livet har ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ett långt och lyckligt liv är vad så gott som alla önskar sig. Vi gör vad vi kan för att leva så länge som möjligt. Säkerligen borde det väl evolutionärt sett vara bättre om vi levde längre än vad vi gör, så att vi kan få större spridning på våra gener? Trots detta har evolutionen byggt in ett bäst-före datum hos människan. Därmed ställs vi inför den eviga frågorna: hur hanterar vi att livet har
... Read more

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