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An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. "Exhumation can divide...

In partnership with Texas Monthly, Skip Hollandsworth's "Still Life" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program. Thirty-five years ago, Dallas--and the country--was gripped by the tragic...

Caleb Wilde, author of the acclaimed memoir Confessions of a Funeral Director, was a skeptic. The baffling stories people told him—deathbed visions of long-dead parents, visits from the other side—must be hallucinations or wishful thinking, he thought. But the more stories he heard, and the more he learned about non-Western understandings of body and spirit, the less sure he was. 

A unique new series that takes an unflinching look at living with severe disability. Told by a man who has beaten the odds to live with it. This is his story, in his own words.In 1984, Simon Shaw survived a catastrophic car accident which left him paralysed from the neck down. He was just 16 years old and doctors said he had only 6 months to live.Forty years on, Simon is a man with a message about how to overcome the most challenging of times.It hasn't been easy - in the series Simon will reveal not just the physical trauma that living with severe disability engenders, but the emotional strain...

Marsali Taylor returns with the eighth enthralling mystery in her gritty and thrilling Shetland Sailing Mystery series. 'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' Ann Cleeves As summer draws to a close in Shetland, indomitable...