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Verwandle existenzielle Todesangst in tiefes philosophisches Verstehen und finde Trost bei der Trauerbewältigung. Wir alle müssen sterben, doch der bewusste Umgang mit dem Lebensende bleibt ein oft schmerzhaftes Rätsel. Ob auf der persönlichen Sinnsuche oder in einer akuten Lebenskrise –...

Ce récit d'aventure extrême explore la frontière psychologique entre le dépassement de soi et l'ambition fatale. Loin des mythes héroïques, cette enquête immersive vous confronte à la réalité crue de la haute montagne. Une écoute angoissante et palpitante, parfaite pour accompagner...

Ein ungelöstes archäologisches Rätsel auf 5000 Metern Höhe fordert Wissenschaft und Mythologie gleichermaßen heraus. Perfekt für die konzentrierte Hör-Auszeit beim Pendeln oder eine abendliche Entdeckungsreise im Kopf. Diese atmosphärische Exkursion zu einem eisigen Gletschersee im...

Face à une urgence sanitaire funéraire, cette histoire urbaine révèle la création du plus vaste ossuaire souterrain. Idéale pour accompagner vos trajets quotidiens, cette immersion atmosphérique vous transporte directement sous les pavés de la capitale. Ressentez le poids de...

Erforsche in diesem tiefgründigen Sachbuch das Geheimnis der Seele und finde Orientierung angesichts der Endlichkeit. Wer in ruhigen Momenten des Pendelns oder bei nächtlichem Grübeln nach echtem Trost sucht, erhält hier keine dogmatischen Wahrheiten, sondern einen klaren Kompass...

Décrypter la mythologie antique et ses rites funéraires, c'est comprendre comment une civilisation a défié la mort. Lors de vos trajets quotidiens ou d'une session de concentration, plongez dans cette atmosphère mystérieuse pour explorer les croyances complexes entourant le grand passage...

In March of 1980, college senior Peter Panagore went ice climbing on the world-famous Lower Weeping Wall, along the Ice Fields Parkway in Alberta, Canada. His climbing partner was an experienced ice climber, but Panagore was a novice. On their descent, they became trapped on the side of the mountain. As the sun set, he was overcome by exhaustion and hypothermia. He died on the side of that mountain in 1980. In his minutes on the other side, he experienced hell, forgiveness, and unconditional love.

As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears. In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body. She meets...

Mortality is the most meditative collection of writing Hitchens has ever produced - at once an unsparingly honest account of the ravages of his disease, an examination of cancer etiquette and the coda to a lifetime of fierce debate and peerless prose. In this eloquent confrontation with mortality, Hitchens returns a human face to a disease that has become a contemporary cipher of suffering.

Smilende Smilla er en rørende børnebog af Lina Junker, der illustrerer livet med et kæledyr, døden og sorg på en let og trøstende måde. De søde illustrationer er udført af Cecilie Birk Carmona. Ole elsker at lege med sin allerbedste ven: Hunden Smilla. Smilla har et smittende smil, og...

Sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction, and for Gary Renard—bestselling author of The Disappearance of the Universe—such was the case. In 1992, two ascended masters appeared before him to impart the teachings from A Course in Miracles. Before their arrival, Renard had never...

Before he runs out of time, Irish bon vivant Malachy McCourt shares his views on death - sometimes hilarious and often poignant - and on what will or won't happen after his last breath is drawn. During the course of his life, Malachy McCourt practically invented the single's bar; was a pioneer...

Winter Gregory and her twin sister Daisy live oceans apart but they still have the ‘twin thing’ going on. Daisy is Winter’s port in the storm, the first person she calls when things go wrong. And things are wrong. Winter has travelled to a remote Yorkshire village to write her new book...

In this groundbreaking book, Anita Hannig brings us into the lives of ordinary Americans who go to extraordinary lengths to set the terms of their own death. Faced with a terminal diagnosis and unbearable suffering, they decide to seek medical assistance in dying—a legal option now available to one in five Americans. The Day I Die tackles one of the most urgent social issues of our time: how to restore dignity and meaning to the dying process in the age of high-tech medicine. 

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of David Shields 2008 New York Times Bestseller, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, read by the actor Peter Marinker. Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an...

Join Pulitzer-Prize-winning, bestselling author Jared Diamond in asking some of the biggest questions of our existence. Do you create your own destiny? Or do you merely play whatever hand the universe has dealt you? This provocative audieries will stimulate your mind by raising these and other...

Cada día, la directora de funerarias Caitlin Doughty recibe docenas de preguntas sobre la muerte. Las mejores son las de los niños. ¿Qué le pasaría al cuerpo de un astronauta si lo empujaran desde un transbordador espacial? ¿Se hace caca al morir? ¿Puede la abuela celebrar un funeral vikingo? En "¿Se comerá mi gato mis ojos?", Doughty combina sus conocimientos funerarios sobre el cuerpo y la intrigante historia que se esconde tras las ideas erróneas más comunes sobre los cadáveres para ofrecer respuestas objetivas, divertidas y sinceras.

Brought to you by Penguin. *AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* What can life’s final moments teach us about living well today? In this bestselling memoir, palliative care nurse Hadley Vlahos recounts the unforgettable tales of the hospice patients whose journeys of self-discovery inspired...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017 An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, recalling some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on. Grim Reaper sits on the...

Una invitación a plantearnos la vida que llevamos. ¿Por qué cuando aparentemente tenemos tanto nos sentimos tan vacíos? ¿Qué nos lleva a la soledad justamente cuando vivimos en un mundo hiperconectado? ¿Qué pasa cuando crecemos sin valores espirituales? ¿Por qué el suicidio es la causa...