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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

$24.99 USD

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
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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

$26.99 USD

**#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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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

$20.00 USD

**#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

$22.99 USD

**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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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

$44.99 USD

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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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

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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.
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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

$16.99 USD

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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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

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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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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
... 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

$17.99 USD

“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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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

$24.99 USD

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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Living into Death, Dying into Life: A Christian Theology of Life Eternal

by Peter C. Phan ...

Narrated by Peter C. Phan ...

Series series Learn25: Religion
Unabridged

5 hours 2 min

At the end our lives, we look forward to eternal life. Now you can take a fascinating journey through eschatology, the theology of the Last Things.In these twelve lectures, you will join renowned theologian Dr. Peter Phan in encountering De Novissimis—the “Last Things.” You will explore the realities that occur at the end of life (i.e., death and dying) as well as those that occur in the afterlife ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

At the end our lives, we look forward to eternal life. Now you can take a fascinating journey through eschatology, the theology of the Last Things.In these twelve lectures, you will join renowned theologian Dr. Peter Phan in encountering De Novissimis—the “Last Things.” You will explore the realities that occur at the end of life (i.e., death and dying) as well as those that occur in the afterlife
... 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

$27.99 USD

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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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

$2.99 USD 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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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

$24.99 USD

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
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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

$19.99 USD

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

$4.99 USD

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

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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