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  • 當呼吸化為空氣:一位天才神經外科醫師最後的生命洞察(揪心感動暢銷版)

    When Breath Becomes Air

    Translated by 唐勤 ...
    Series series 人生顧問
    人終將一死,但當死亡迫近時,我們才會開始學習如何好好活著。*蟬聯亞馬遜書店長銷榜的經典動人之作。*榮獲紐約時報暢銷書。*入選普立茲獎決選名單、比爾.蓋茲2017年推薦書單。「這本小書擁有非常多層次的意義及諸多的對比關係,比如生與死、病人與醫生、兒子與父親、工作與家庭、信仰與理智。在保羅短暫的一生中,他透過書籍、寫作、醫學、手術、科學等各種方式探尋生命的意義。我非常有幸能閱讀這本書,得以見證這段旅程的一小部分。」──比爾.蓋茲「患病後,棘手之處在於,你的價值觀不斷在變……你決定要把時間花在當神經外科醫師,可是兩個月後,你不那麼想了。再過兩個月,你也許想去學吹薩克斯風,或想全心服事教會。死亡是個單一事件,可是身罹絕症地活下去,卻是個歷程。」──保羅.卡拉尼提即將攀上充滿希望的人生巔峰,死亡的陰影卻突然橫亙身前,一位三十七歲的... ... Read more

    Was $7.76 USD Now $6.58 USD

  • When Breath Becomes Air

    Pulitzer Prize Finalist

    **#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

    $9.99 USD

  • The Grieving Body

    How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing

    Series series The Grieving Brain Series
    “No one has done more for the science of grief than Mary-Frances O’Connor. Deeply human and wise, The Grieving Body delivers a grounded, logical understanding of the effects of stress and loss on our bodies. O’Connor doesn’t just explain what happens and why, she offers hopeful, beautiful solutions to support ourselves and our world.” - Megan Devine, author of It’s Ok that You’re Not OkThe follow ... Read more

    Was $18.49 USD Now $4.79 USD

  • The Lost Art of Dying

    Reviving Forgotten Wisdom

    by L.S. Dugdale ...
    A Columbia University physician comes across a popular medieval text on dying well written after the horror of the Black Plague and discovers ancient wisdom for rethinking death and dying, gaining insight today on how we can learn the lost art of dying well in this wise, clear-eyed book that is as compelling and soulful as Being Mortal, When Breath Becomes Air, and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.As a ... Read more

    Was $11.29 USD Now $4.79 USD

  • Del Mictlán al Día de Muertos

    Un viaje donde la vida y la muerte dialogan

    ¿De dónde proviene el Día de Muertos y la misteriosa calidez de un altar? ¿Por qué el mundo entero —y Latinoamérica en particular— ha vuelto la mirada hacia México para fascinarse con su forma de celebrar la muerte entre música, color, flores de cempasúchil y pan de muerto? ¿Qué verdades profundas se esconden detrás de esta celebración?Del Mictlán al Día de Muertos es una invitación a descubrir la ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Opioids and Organs

    A heartwrenching memoir of a daughter losing her father and a scathing indictment of the medical industryArizona grieves at the hospital bed of her father, a man she hardly knew, brain dead after a fentanyl overdose. Doctors encourage her to act quickly to recast him as a hero by way of organ donations. Distraught, Arizona makes a decision that will haunt her for the rest of her life. As she ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Why We Die

    The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

    "Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson"An incredible journey." —Siddhartha Mukherjee*WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY**2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER FOR SCIENCE AND COSMOLOGY*A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity and mortality—from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan... ... Read more

    Was $20.09 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Lessons on Living

    Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from the respected New Zealand psychologist and bestselling author

    by Nigel Latta ...
    Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs.What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every conceivable conundrum the world could throw at you (the small ones and the big ones).After three decades ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

    And Other Questions About Dead Bodies

    **New York Times bestsellerWinner of a Goodreads Choice Award"Funny, dark, and at times stunningly existential." —Marianne Eloise, Guardian**Everyone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she’s ever received about what happens to our bodies when we die. In a brisk, informative, and ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • The Other Side of the Straitjacket

    A Daughter's Story of Mental Illness and Assisted Dying

    by Alicia Duncan ...
    As a psychiatric nurse, Donna Duncan knew how to convince authorities that she had the capacity to choose a medically assisted death. Did she?When Donna Duncan chose assisted dying, her daughter Alicia searched for understanding. How had a woman without a terminal illness and who was struggling with mental health challenges been allowed to make such a choice?Looking for answers, Alicia succeeded ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Recovering from the Loss of a Sibling

    An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own familiesWhen a brother or sister dies, surviving siblings often receive little support or recognition of their pain. But their grief is real, and there is a way to recover from it. Through intimate, true stories and interviews with brothers and sisters who have lost a sibling, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 人為什麼要自殺?:從真實遺書、臨床案例到心理剖析,拆解絕望背後的行為邏輯

    by 春日武彥 ...
    Series Book 385 - 綠蠹魚Read It
    一份脫離普通視角、最具穿透力的人性觀察報告。為何有人選擇離去,而有人選擇留下?除了「自殺不可取」之外,我們還能如何直視死亡的真面目?——來自第一線精神科醫師,最誠實也最不安的生命論考。※警告※本書涉及敏感議題,閱讀前請優先評估自身心理狀態。----自殺不能解決問題,為什麼仍有這麼多人做出這個選擇?在那轉身一刻的心理黑盒中,究竟發生了什麼?當面對自殺,社會往往習慣以悲傷、自責,或是急著歸納理由,例如:負債、失戀、憂鬱症……等來包裝恐懼。然而,精神科名醫春日武彥尖銳地指出:在這些「正確反應」背後,其實潛藏著一種難以啟齒的好奇心,以及對神... ... Read more

    $10.51 USD

  • The Dead Have Never Died

    "The Dead Have Never Died" was written by Edward C. Randall and published in 1917. This work is a classic about life after death and the relation between dead and living human beings.Excerpt from "The Dead Have Never Died":"I tell you with all the strength and conviction I can utter that we do persist, that people over there still take an interest in what is going on here; that they still help us ... Read more

    $0.59 USD

  • Somebody I Used to Know

    A Memoir

    “A brave and illuminating journey inside the mind, heart, and life of a person with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.”—Lisa Genova, author of Still AliceWendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends running and climbing mountains. Then, slowly, a mist settled deep inside the mind she once knew so well, blurring the ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Remember Me When I'm Gone

    The Rich and Famous Write Their Own Epitaphs and Obituaries

    by Larry King ...
    “Show me Heaven! I have seen hell.” —Patricia NealLarry King, world-famous radio and television personality, has asked the talented, the beautiful, the wise, and the rich a question all of us have pondered: How would you like to be remembered after your death? The result is REMEMBER ME WHEN I'M GONE, an entertaining and eloquent collection of “last words” from people in the arts, in politics, in ... Read more

    $13.19 USD

  • Morbid

    Debunking Modern Longevity Science

    A darkly comedic journey into the science of aging—where ethics are irrelevant, the studies are a sales pitch, and the “world's oldest living people” all turn out to be dead.Our morbid fascination with death and dying has created an opening for all manner of skullduggery in the science of aging—an area of study that Morbid reveals to be rife with misleading claims, mistaken assumptions, and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Ghostland

    An American History in Haunted Places

    by Colin Dickey ...
    **One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country’s most infamously haunted places—and deep into the dark side of our ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Comfort

    A Journey Through Grief

    by Ann Hood ...
    “Rarely do memoirs of grief combine anguish, love, and fury with such elegance.” — Entertainment WeeklyIn 2002, Ann Hood’s five-year-old daughter Grace died suddenly from a virulent form of strep throat. Stunned and devastated, the family searched for comfort in a time when none seemed possible. Hood—an accomplished novelist—was unable to read or write. She could only reflect on her lost daughter— ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Memento Mori

    The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life

    A transformative guide to embrace your own mortality and live a more fulfilling lifeTalking about death has been deemed morbid, taboo, or even pathological. But in order to fully embrace life, scientists, psychologists, and spiritual leaders all agree—contemplating death is the key to living a life with meaning.This life-changing book will give you a 12 week program to befriend death in your own ... Read more

    $5.49 USD

  • Do We Have the Right to Die?

    Series series Think Again
    Two expert thinkers tackle one of the most difficult and divisive issues of our times: assisted dying'Absolutely fantastic. It gives you a deep sense of the morality, the legality, the technicality. Invaluable' XAND VAN TULLEKEN'Nuanced and thoughtful' OBSERVERAs pressure grows to legalise assisted dying in the UK, this book illuminates the legal and ethical fault lines at the heart of the debate. ... Read more

    $10.19 USD

  • When We Spoke to the Dead

    How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice

    Ghosts spoke. Women listened. Everything changed.It began with whispers in a dimly lit room. In the 1840s, the Fox Sisters—and the legions of mediums they inspired—ignited the Spiritualist movement that swept through Victorian parlors and presidential campaigns alike. Contacting the dead wasn't merely a parlor trick: It was a political statement, a declaration of self that still echoes. Séances ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, Fifth Edition

    A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner

    Gain Clinical Clarity and Confidence for Complex Loss.About This TextThe gold-standard resource on the tasks of mourning and evidence-based interventions, connecting theory to practice across settings, cultures, and the lifespan.*"In the fields of death education, research, and counseling/psychology, surely Bill Worden is a giant. ALL of us, personally and professionally, are indebted to [him]. ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Between Two Kingdoms

    A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

    **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

    $9.99 USD

  • Death on Earth

    Adventures in Evolution and Mortality

    There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms.Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of starvation, drought, volcanic eruptions, meteorites, plagues, parasites, predators, freak weather events, tussles and scraps, and our bodies are shaped ... Read more

    $11.59 USD