Best Sellers
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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
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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....
Written by: Anne Case,
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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
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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....
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Life is enjoy not hate.
- By Tukaram Shetty on 17-07-21
Written by: Dean Bokhari,
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Savor
- A Chef's Hunger for More
- Written by: Fatima Ali, Tarajia Morrell - contributor
- Narrated by: Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa Samuel
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in this stunning, lyrical memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan to New York City and beyond....
Written by: Fatima Ali,
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Extreme Measures
- Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
- Written by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Narrated by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care....
Written by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
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Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Written by: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 8 hrs
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An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem....
Written by: Mary Roach
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Heaven Is Beautiful
- How Dying Taught Me That Death Is Just the Beginning
- Written by: Peter Baldwin Panagore
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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Based on the author's real-life story of dying on a mountain, this enthralling audiobook combines the thrills of a wilderness adventure with the awe inspiring elements of a paranormal novel....
Written by: Peter Baldwin Panagore
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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
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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....
Written by: Anne Case,
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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
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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....
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Life is enjoy not hate.
- By Tukaram Shetty on 17-07-21
Written by: Dean Bokhari,
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Savor
- A Chef's Hunger for More
- Written by: Fatima Ali, Tarajia Morrell - contributor
- Narrated by: Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa Samuel
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in this stunning, lyrical memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan to New York City and beyond....
Written by: Fatima Ali,
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Extreme Measures
- Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
- Written by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Narrated by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care....
Written by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
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Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Written by: Mary Roach
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 8 hrs
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An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem....
Written by: Mary Roach
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Heaven Is Beautiful
- How Dying Taught Me That Death Is Just the Beginning
- Written by: Peter Baldwin Panagore
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on the author's real-life story of dying on a mountain, this enthralling audiobook combines the thrills of a wilderness adventure with the awe inspiring elements of a paranormal novel....
Written by: Peter Baldwin Panagore
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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
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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....
Written by: Dean Bokhari,
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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
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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....
Written by: David Fajgenbaum
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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
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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....
Written by: John Geiger
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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
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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....
Written by: Stephen Jenkinson
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The Other Side of Sadness
- What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss
- Written by: George A. Bonanno
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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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 resilient....
Written by: George A. Bonanno
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The New York Times Book of the Dead
- 320 Print and 10,000 Digital Obituaries of Extraordinary People
- Written by: William McDonald - editor
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Gemma Dawson, Allyson Johnson,
- Length: 54 hrs and 54 mins
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The obituary page of The New York Times is a celebration of extraordinary lives. This groundbreaking package includes 300 obits in the audiobook with exclusive online access to 10,000 more of the most important and fascinating obituaries the Times has ever published....
Written by: William McDonald - editor
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Merits of the Plague
- Written by: Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Joel Blecher - editor introduction translator, Mairaj Syed - editor introduction translator
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Six hundred years ago, the author of this landmark work of history and religious thought—an esteemed judge, poet, and scholar in Cairo—survived the bubonic plague, which took the lives of three of his children, not to mention tens of millions of others throughout the medieval world....
Written by: Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani,
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Nobility in Small Things
- A Surgeon's Path
- Written by: Craig R. Smith MD
- Narrated by: Braden Wright, Craig R. Smith MD
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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His routine was the same every day for 38 years: up at 4:15, make a turkey-on-rye, drive the deserted Henry Hudson Parkway to the hospital, check the schedule, scrub, cut, reattach, save a life or two, repeat. Until March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut hospital surgeries....
Written by: Craig R. Smith MD
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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
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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....
Written by: Blair Bigham
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Understanding Your Grief
- Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
- Written by: Alan D. Wolfelt
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss....
Written by: Alan D. Wolfelt
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Autopsy
- Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa
- Written by: Ryan Blumenthal
- Narrated by: Ettienne Durandt
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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As a medical detective of the modern world, forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal’s chief goal is to bring perpetrators to justice. He has performed thousands of autopsies, which have helped bring numerous criminals to book....
Written by: Ryan Blumenthal
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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
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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....
Written by: Peter Ward
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Heaven Is Real
- Lessons on Earthly Joy - from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven
- Written by: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey
- Narrated by: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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On January 18th, 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story....
Written by: Don Piper,
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The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared
- An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey
- Written by: Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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If you are preparing for the end of life—or simply looking to bring more meaning to the here and now—The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared imparts valuable insight to nurture clarity and your internal strength on your journey....
Written by: Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
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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
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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....
Written by: Dr. Michael Shermer
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Death by Shakespeare
- Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts
- Written by: Kathryn Harkup
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters. Kathryn Harkup turns her discerning scientific eye to the Bard and the varied and creative ways his characters die....
Written by: Kathryn Harkup
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Stay
- A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
- Written by: Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Narrated by: Jennifer Michael Hecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing statistics that show suicide rates rising, the subject, long a taboo, is infrequently talked about....
Written by: Jennifer Michael Hecht
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Spoiler Alert: You're Gonna Die
- Unveiling Death One Question at a Time
- Written by: Jacquie Purcell, Korttany Finn
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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Most people diligently ignore the reality of their future demise. Thinking about death somehow seems wrong. Luckily, a real life coroner challenged a few thousand internet strangers to do the thinking for you....
Written by: Jacquie Purcell,
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On the Fear of Death
- Written by: William Hazlitt
- Narrated by: William Arthur Anderson
- Length: 25 mins
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British writer William Hazlitt was the most brilliant essayist of his day. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell....
Written by: William Hazlitt
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Le Test. Une enquête inouïe - la preuve de l'après-vie ?
- Written by: Stéphane Allix
- Narrated by: Benoît Allemane
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Lorsque mon père est décédé j'ai placé des objets dans son cercueil. Je n'en ai parlé à personne. Puis j'ai interrogé des médiums qui disent...
Written by: Stéphane Allix
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Todo lo que queda
- Lo que la ciencia forense nos enseña sobre la naturaleza humana
- Written by: Sue Black
- Narrated by: Adriana Galindo
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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Dame Sue Black es una de las científicas forenses más reconocidas del mundo y se enfrenta a la muerte todos los días: analiza...
Written by: Sue Black
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Recovering from the Loss of a Parent
- Written by: Katherine Fair Donnelly
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families....
Written by: Katherine Fair Donnelly
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Death on Earth
- Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
- Written by: Jules Howard
- Narrated by: Jon Caruth
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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In this wide-ranging exploration of death, Jules Howard attempts to shed evolutionary light on one of our biggest and most unshakable taboos....
Written by: Jules Howard
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Life After Death
- A Fascinating Exploration of Afterlife Concepts and Experiences
- Written by: Diane Ahlquist
- Narrated by: Candida Gubbins
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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A belief in the afterlife is common to almost every faith and culture around the world. Even people who don't consider themselves spiritual share a fascination in life after death....
Written by: Diane Ahlquist
New Releases
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2020
- Das Jahr, das die Welt veränderte [The Year that Changed the World]
- Written by: Eric Klinenberg
- Narrated by: Sven Ofner
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Mit 2020 Das Jahr, das die Welt veränderte legt Eric Klinenberg eine schonungslose ethnologische und soziologische Analyse vor, die eine Frage stellt: Wer hat überlebt, wer ist gestorben, und warum? Ein Muss für alle Leser:innen von Ethnographien und Sachbüchern, die nicht nur eine Pandemie, sondern auch eine veränderte Welt verstehen wollen.
Written by: Eric Klinenberg
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Preserved
- A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America
- Written by: Dean G. Lampros
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer landscape and reveal how buildings can help construct identities.
Written by: Dean G. Lampros
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After the Worst Day Ever
- What Sick Kids Know About Sustaining Hope in Chronic Illness
- Written by: Duane R. Bidwell
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hope can sometimes be hard to come by. For parents and caregivers of children with serious illness, there can be a real struggle to move beyond one's own grief, fear, and suffering to see what hope means for these kids.
Written by: Duane R. Bidwell
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The Price of Life
- In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides
- Written by: Jenny Kleeman
- Narrated by: Jenny Kleeman
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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We say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on anything – including life itself. For philanthropists, judges, criminals, healthcare providers and government ministers, it’s just part of the job. In The Price of Life, journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on an adventure to meet some of the people who decide what we're worth.
Written by: Jenny Kleeman
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The Unclaimed
- Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
- Written by: Pamela Prickett, Stefan Timmermans
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In this extraordinary work of narrative nonfiction, eight years in the making, sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans uncover a hidden social world. They follow four individuals in Los Angeles, tracing the twisting, poignant paths that put each at risk of going unclaimed, and introducing us to the scene investigators, notification officers, and crematorium workers who care for them when no one else will.
Written by: Pamela Prickett,
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Cloistered
- My Years as a Nun
- Written by: Catherine Coldstream
- Narrated by: Catherine Coldstream
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Finding an apparently perfect world at Akenside Priory, and a haven after the loss of her father, Catherine Coldstream trusts herself to a group of twenty silent women, believing she is trusting herself to God. As the beauty and mystery of an ancient way of life enfolds her, she surrenders herself wholly to its power, only to find that all is not as it seems behind the Order's closed doors. Cut off from the wider world for decades, the community has managed to evade accountability to any authority beyond itself.
Written by: Catherine Coldstream
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2020
- Das Jahr, das die Welt veränderte [The Year that Changed the World]
- Written by: Eric Klinenberg
- Narrated by: Sven Ofner
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Mit 2020 Das Jahr, das die Welt veränderte legt Eric Klinenberg eine schonungslose ethnologische und soziologische Analyse vor, die eine Frage stellt: Wer hat überlebt, wer ist gestorben, und warum? Ein Muss für alle Leser:innen von Ethnographien und Sachbüchern, die nicht nur eine Pandemie, sondern auch eine veränderte Welt verstehen wollen.
Written by: Eric Klinenberg
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Preserved
- A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America
- Written by: Dean G. Lampros
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these spaces emerged remains largely untold. In Preserved, Dean Lampros uses the history of this uniquely American architectural icon to explore the twentieth century's expanding consumer landscape and reveal how buildings can help construct identities.
Written by: Dean G. Lampros
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After the Worst Day Ever
- What Sick Kids Know About Sustaining Hope in Chronic Illness
- Written by: Duane R. Bidwell
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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As anyone with a chronic illness knows, hope can sometimes be hard to come by. For parents and caregivers of children with serious illness, there can be a real struggle to move beyond one's own grief, fear, and suffering to see what hope means for these kids.
Written by: Duane R. Bidwell
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The Price of Life
- In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides
- Written by: Jenny Kleeman
- Narrated by: Jenny Kleeman
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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We say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on anything – including life itself. For philanthropists, judges, criminals, healthcare providers and government ministers, it’s just part of the job. In The Price of Life, journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on an adventure to meet some of the people who decide what we're worth.
Written by: Jenny Kleeman
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The Unclaimed
- Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
- Written by: Pamela Prickett, Stefan Timmermans
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In this extraordinary work of narrative nonfiction, eight years in the making, sociologists Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans uncover a hidden social world. They follow four individuals in Los Angeles, tracing the twisting, poignant paths that put each at risk of going unclaimed, and introducing us to the scene investigators, notification officers, and crematorium workers who care for them when no one else will.
Written by: Pamela Prickett,
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Cloistered
- My Years as a Nun
- Written by: Catherine Coldstream
- Narrated by: Catherine Coldstream
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Finding an apparently perfect world at Akenside Priory, and a haven after the loss of her father, Catherine Coldstream trusts herself to a group of twenty silent women, believing she is trusting herself to God. As the beauty and mystery of an ancient way of life enfolds her, she surrenders herself wholly to its power, only to find that all is not as it seems behind the Order's closed doors. Cut off from the wider world for decades, the community has managed to evade accountability to any authority beyond itself.
Written by: Catherine Coldstream