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    When Breath Becomes Air cover art
    • When Breath Becomes Air

    • Written by: Paul Kalanithi
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Sunil Malhotra
    • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 680
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 566
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 573

    At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • It is a great book with profound moments

    • By Sandeep on 19-02-19
    When Breath Becomes Air

    Written by: Paul Kalanithi

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    • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

    • Written by: Sogyal Rinpoche
    • Narrated by: John Cleese, Susan Skipper, Peri Eagleton,
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 21
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 19
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 19

    Here is a contemporary spiritual masterpiece and source of sacred inspiration that interprets Tibetan Buddhism for the West....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Nice spiritual read

    • By Raju on 13-01-23
    The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

    Written by: Sogyal Rinpoche

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    • Bittersweet

    • How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
    • Written by: Susan Cain
    • Narrated by: Susan Cain
    • Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 9
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 9

    In this inspiring masterpiece, best-selling author Susan Cain shows the power of 'bittersweetness'—a tendency towards sorrow and longing, an acute awareness of passing time and a piercing joy when beholding beauty....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Life Changing Book

    • By Mansi on 19-07-22
    Bittersweet

    Written by: Susan Cain

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    • Ambiguous Loss

    • Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief
    • Written by: Pauline Boss PhD
    • Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1

    In this sensitive and lucid account, Pauline Boss explains that, all too often, those confronted with ambiguous loss fluctuate between hope and hopelessness. But the central message of this book is that they can move on....

    Ambiguous Loss

    Written by: Pauline Boss PhD

    Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Book Summary cover art
    • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Book Summary

    • Medicine and What Matters in the End
    • Written by: Dean Bokhari, FlashBooks
    • Narrated by: Dean Bokhari
    • Length: 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 4
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2

    This is an audio summary of Being Mortal, a book that explores the inevitable process of aging and ultimately death, and takes a critical look at how the medical profession does not yet have a firm grip on how to handle these processes well....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • summary of the book

    • By Devender Verma on 04-11-21
    Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Book Summary

    Written by: Dean Bokhari,

    Smoke Gets in your Eyes cover art
    • Smoke Gets in your Eyes

    • And Other Lessons from the Crematorium
    • Written by: Caitlin Doughty
    • Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 23
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 22
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 22

    From her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, 23-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into her curious new profession....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A humorous and profound way of understanding death & funerals

    • By NP on 12-05-22
    Smoke Gets in your Eyes

    Written by: Caitlin Doughty

    When Breath Becomes Air cover art
    • When Breath Becomes Air

    • Written by: Paul Kalanithi
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Sunil Malhotra
    • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 680
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 566
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 573

    At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • It is a great book with profound moments

    • By Sandeep on 19-02-19
    When Breath Becomes Air

    Written by: Paul Kalanithi

    The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying cover art
    • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

    • Written by: Sogyal Rinpoche
    • Narrated by: John Cleese, Susan Skipper, Peri Eagleton,
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 21
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 19
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 19

    Here is a contemporary spiritual masterpiece and source of sacred inspiration that interprets Tibetan Buddhism for the West....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Nice spiritual read

    • By Raju on 13-01-23
    The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

    Written by: Sogyal Rinpoche

    Bittersweet cover art
    • Bittersweet

    • How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
    • Written by: Susan Cain
    • Narrated by: Susan Cain
    • Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 9
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 9

    In this inspiring masterpiece, best-selling author Susan Cain shows the power of 'bittersweetness'—a tendency towards sorrow and longing, an acute awareness of passing time and a piercing joy when beholding beauty....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Life Changing Book

    • By Mansi on 19-07-22
    Bittersweet

    Written by: Susan Cain

    Ambiguous Loss cover art
    • Ambiguous Loss

    • Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief
    • Written by: Pauline Boss PhD
    • Narrated by: Rosemary Benson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1

    In this sensitive and lucid account, Pauline Boss explains that, all too often, those confronted with ambiguous loss fluctuate between hope and hopelessness. But the central message of this book is that they can move on....

    Ambiguous Loss

    Written by: Pauline Boss PhD

    Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Book Summary cover art
    • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Book Summary

    • Medicine and What Matters in the End
    • Written by: Dean Bokhari, FlashBooks
    • Narrated by: Dean Bokhari
    • Length: 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 4
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2

    This is an audio summary of Being Mortal, a book that explores the inevitable process of aging and ultimately death, and takes a critical look at how the medical profession does not yet have a firm grip on how to handle these processes well....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • summary of the book

    • By Devender Verma on 04-11-21
    Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - Book Summary

    Written by: Dean Bokhari,

    Smoke Gets in your Eyes cover art
    • Smoke Gets in your Eyes

    • And Other Lessons from the Crematorium
    • Written by: Caitlin Doughty
    • Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 23
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 22
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 22

    From her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, 23-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into her curious new profession....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A humorous and profound way of understanding death & funerals

    • By NP on 12-05-22
    Smoke Gets in your Eyes

    Written by: Caitlin Doughty

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    • Chasing My Cure

    • A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope into Action; A Memoir
    • Written by: David Fajgenbaum
    • Narrated by: David Fajgenbaum
    • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1
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      0 out of 5 stars 0
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    The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure - and became a champion for a new approach to medical research....

    Chasing My Cure

    Written by: David Fajgenbaum

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    • And Finally

    • Matters of Life and Death
    • Written by: Henry Marsh
    • Narrated by: Henry Marsh
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
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    And Finally explores what happens when someone who has spent a lifetime on the frontline of life and death finds himself contemplating what might be his own death sentence....

    And Finally

    Written by: Henry Marsh

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    • Stiff

    • The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    • Written by: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8

    An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem....

    Stiff

    Written by: Mary Roach

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    • After

    • A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond
    • Written by: Bruce Greyson
    • Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6

    Ten percent of people whose hearts stop and then restart report near-death experiences. When Dr Bruce Greyson's patients started describing events that he simply could not dismiss, he began to investigate....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Very nice account of NDE Studies

    • By Navneet Nair on 14-12-22
    After

    Written by: Bruce Greyson

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    • 33 Meditations on Death

    • Notes from the Wrong End of Medicine
    • Written by: David Jarrett
    • Narrated by: Simon Bubb
    • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
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    This unusual and important audiobook is a series of reflections on death in all its forms: the science of it, the medicine, the tragedy and the comedy....

    33 Meditations on Death

    Written by: David Jarrett

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    • All That Remains

    • Written by: Sue Black
    • Narrated by: Sue Black
    • Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1
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      5 out of 5 stars 1
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      5 out of 5 stars 1

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of All That Remains by Professor Sue Black, read by the author....

    All That Remains

    Written by: Sue Black

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    • How to Die

    • An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
    • Written by: Seneca, James S. Romm - introduction and translation
    • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
    • Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 5
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 5
    • Story
      3.5 out of 5 stars 5

    "It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die", wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to "study death always", and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again....

    How to Die

    Written by: Seneca,

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    • All the Living and the Dead

    • A Personal Investigation into the Death Trade
    • Written by: Hayley Campbell
    • Narrated by: Hayley Campbell
    • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
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    We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared....

    All the Living and the Dead

    Written by: Hayley Campbell

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    • Heavens on Earth

    • The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
    • Written by: Dr. Michael Shermer
    • Narrated by: Dr. Michael Shermer, David Smalley
    • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific attempts to achieve immortality by radical life extentionists, extropians, transhumanists....

    Heavens on Earth

    Written by: Dr. Michael Shermer

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    • The Third Man Factor

    • Surviving the Impossible
    • Written by: John Geiger
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Unabridged
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    The Third Man Factor is an extraordinary account of how people at the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them who encourages them survive....

    The Third Man Factor

    Written by: John Geiger

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    • I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye

    • Surviving, Coping, and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One
    • Written by: Brook Noel, Pamela D. Blair Ph.D.
    • Narrated by: Ellen Archer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1
    • Performance
      3 out of 5 stars 1
    • Story
      3 out of 5 stars 1

    Authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D., offer a comforting hand to hold for those who are grieving the sudden death of a loved one....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Guiding light for those in need

    • By Swapy on 21-12-21
    I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye

    Written by: Brook Noel,

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    • Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

    • Written by: Anne Case, Angus Deaton
    • Narrated by: Kate Harper
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 3

    From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class....

    Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

    Written by: Anne Case,

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    • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - Book Summary

    • Written by: Dean Bokhari, FlashBooks
    • Narrated by: Dean Bokhari
    • Length: 23 mins
    • Unabridged
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    This is the audiobook summary of the story of Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s short, outstanding life. A profound story about life, death, and living with death, it transcends to become a legacy of living life with meaning and purpose, even beyond the grave....

    When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - Book Summary

    Written by: Dean Bokhari,

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    • Recovering from the Loss of a Sibling

    • Written by: Katherine Fair Donnelly
    • Narrated by: Linda Henning
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
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    An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with deaths in their own families....

    Recovering from the Loss of a Sibling

    Written by: Katherine Fair Donnelly

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    • Fragile Lives

    • A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
    • Written by: Stephen Westaby
    • Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1
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    An incredible memoir from one of the world's most eminent heart surgeons, with some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he's worked on....

    Fragile Lives

    Written by: Stephen Westaby

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    • Final Exit

    • The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, 3rd Edition
    • Written by: Derek Humphry
    • Narrated by: Clive Chafer
    • Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 4
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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      4 out of 5 stars 3

    Final Exit is the most famous book on voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide....

    Final Exit

    Written by: Derek Humphry

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    • This Mortal Coil

    • Written by: Andrew Doig
    • Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Causes of death have changed irrevocably across time. In the course of a few centuries we have gone from a world where disease or violence were likely to strike anyone at any age and where famine could be just one bad harvest away....

    This Mortal Coil

    Written by: Andrew Doig

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    • A Beginner's Guide to the End

    • How to Live Life to the Full and Die a Good Death
    • Written by: BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger
    • Narrated by: BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
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    The end of a life can often feel like a traumatic, chaotic and inhuman experience. In this reassuring and inspiring book, palliative care physician Dr BJ Miller and writer Shoshana Berger provide a vision for rethinking and navigating this universal process....

    A Beginner's Guide to the End

    Written by: BJ Miller,

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    • Death Is but a Dream

    • Hope and Meaning at Life's End
    • Written by: Dr Christopher Kerr, Carine Mardorossian PhD
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Christopher Kerr is a hospice doctor. All of his patients die. Yet he has tended thousands of patients who, in the face of death, speak of love, meaning and grace....

    Death Is but a Dream

    Written by: Dr Christopher Kerr,

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    • Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart

    • 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies
    • Written by: Alan D. Wolfelt PhD
    • Narrated by: John Pruden
    • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Helping widows and widowers learn how to cope with the grief of losing their helpmate, their lover, and perhaps their financial provider, this guide reveals how to find continued meaning in life when doing so seems difficult....

    Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart

    Written by: Alan D. Wolfelt PhD

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    • Nothing to Be Frightened Of

    • Written by: Julian Barnes
    • Narrated by: Julian Barnes
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1
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      5 out of 5 stars 1

    Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on morality and the fear of death, a celebration of art....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • loved it

    • By Prime member on 08-08-22
    Nothing to Be Frightened Of

    Written by: Julian Barnes

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    • The Price of Immortality

    • The Race to Live Forever
    • Written by: Peter Ward
    • Narrated by: Alex Boyles
    • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Peter Ward immerses himself into an eccentric world of startups, scam artists, scientific institutions, and tech billionaires to deliver this deeply reported, nuanced, and sometimes very funny exploration of the race for immortality....

    The Price of Immortality

    Written by: Peter Ward

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    • Die Wise

    • A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul
    • Written by: Stephen Jenkinson
    • Narrated by: Stephen Jenkinson
    • Length: 18 hrs and 43 mins
    • Unabridged
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    Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well....

    Die Wise

    Written by: Stephen Jenkinson

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    • Death Interrupted

    • How Modern Medicine Is Complicating the Way We Die
    • Written by: Blair Bigham
    • Narrated by: Robert Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
    • Unabridged
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    In Death Interrupted, Dr Blair Bigham seeks to help listeners understand the options facing them at the end of their lives....

    Death Interrupted

    Written by: Blair Bigham

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