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Durch über 35 Jahre Erfahrungen in der Pflege und Begleitung von Sterbenden und deren Angehörigen erlebte die Autorin viele einschneidende Momente, die sie tief berührten. Im Laufe der Zeit wurde der Tod ihr Freund. Durch ihn erwachte ihr Bewusstsein, dass er auch sie eines Tages besuchen und von dieser Welt mitnehmen wird. Der Schmerz war jahrelang ihr Lehrer und sie machte sich selbst auf den Weg der Vergebung. Schritt für Schritt verstand sie immer mehr, wie wichtig es ist BEWUSST zu LEBEN - JETZT, um eines Tages glücklich zu sterben.

Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each month exploring the people she meets, in life and death, as well as her own growing awareness of life behind the veil. Meet Mr X Found in his apartment months after his death, Mr X has no...

If you caught a glimpse of heaven, would you choose to comeback to life?

Investigative journalist Judy Bachrach has collected accounts of those who died and then returned to life with lucid, vivid memories of what occurred while they were dead, and the conclusions are astonishing. Clinical death - the moment when the heart stops beating and brain stem activity ceases - is not necessarily the end of consciousness, as a number of doctors are now beginning to concede.

The obituaries that appear in The Economist are remarkable because of the unpredictable selection of people to be written about, the surprising lives they lead - but also for the style in which the obituary is written. The selection for this book ranges far and wide, including Jean Bedel Bokassa and Pope Jean Paul II, Pamela Harriman and Harry Oppenheimer, Akio Morita and J. K. Galbraith, Jean Baudrillard and Syd Barrett, Estee Lauder and Hunter Thomson, Bip (the legendary mime artist Marcel Marceau) and even Alex the African Grey (science's best known parrot).

Bloomsbury presents We all know how this ends by Anna Lyons and Louise Winter, read by Anna Lyons and Louise Winter. 'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' – Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast 'Encouraging and inspiring' – Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in Mind We all know how...

Why would someone want to hang out with dead bodies? With curious anecdotes and unbelievable truth, funeral director Robert Webster reveals that answer and more, offering listeners entertaining and quirky stories gleaned from a life lived around death. Webster tackles those embarrassing...

"Journalist Hayley Campbell explores the often hidden world of those who work closely with death, finding compassion in unexpected settings. Campbell’s British accent and matter-of-fact delivery take the listener on a tour of mortuaries, postmortem experimentation, death-mask artistry...

Thomas Gröbly nimmt seine Krankheit und die Zukunft seines zweijährigen Enkels als Ausgangspunkt für Fragen zu Leben und Tod. In seiner Auseinandersetzung mit dem Ende seines Lebens und den bedrohten sozialen, ökologischen sowie ökonomischen Lebensbedingungen für seinen Enkel entwickelt er Ideen, wie wir die eigenen und die Grenzen des Planeten respektieren können. Er bleibt nicht beim herkömmlichen Konzept von Nachhaltigkeit stehen, sondern skizziert ein Handwerk der Friedfertigkeit, das die Würde aller Lebewesen ins Zentrum stellt.

With our earliest utterances, we announce ourselves—and are recognized—as persons ready for social life. With our final ones, we mark where others must release us to death's embrace. In Bye Bye I Love You, linguist and author Michael Erard explores these phenomena, commonly called "first words" and "last words," uncovering their cultural, historical, and biological entanglements and honoring their deep private significance. 

An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bonds we have with our companion animals, and how to grieve them once they’ve passed. E.B. Bartels has had a lot of pets—dogs, birds, fish, tortoises. As varied a bunch as they are, they’ve...

A sixth-generation funeral director and writer of the popular ""must read"" (Time magazine) blog Confessions of a Funeral Director reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and...

At the end our lives, we look forward to eternal life. Now you can take a fascinating journey through eschatology, the theology of the Last Things. In these twelve lectures, you will join renowned theologian Dr. Peter Phan in encountering De Novissimis—the “Last Things.” You will explore...

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 communiquer avec les morts. Découvriront-ils de quels objets il s'agit ? C'est le test. Peut-on parler avec les morts ? Des femmes et des hommes le prétendent et en font même profession. Des milliers de gens les consultent. Ces capacités sont-elles réelles ou sont-elles une illusion ? Pour répondre à ces interrogations, Stéphane Allix a interrogé six médiums.

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous – tombs, graves and burial sites. Along...

Under Idas terminale sygdomsforløb oplever Kristian Ibler en eksistentiel krise. Han føler, at han har levet sit liv på en løgn og har forsømt det, der virkelig giver mening i livet. Det gælder især jagten på en skuespillerkarriere, der kollapser fuldstændigt, da Ida dør. Han står...

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction | Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize An unforgettable and inspiring true story of how one family’s grief transformed into a lifesaving gift—written by a bestselling author and palliative care doctor. The first of our organs to form and the...

A kick-in-the-pants wake-up call to start living meaningfully in light of how many Mondays you have left from longtime coach, positive psychology expert, and Penn Resilience Program instructor Jodi Wellman "Wellman poses a profound question we too often avoid: How many Mondays do you have left?...

A provocative, groundbreaking exploration of humanity's deepest question: what happens after we die? If you've ever stood beside someone who just died—a parent, a friend, a pet—you know: that being isn't there anymore. The body becomes an abandoned shell, there in form yet hollow of what...

Step into the shadowy streets of Ancient Rome to experience the atmospheric death rituals that defined a vast empire. Perfect for a reflective evening walk or an educational commute, this captivating historical journey transports you straight to the darkened rooms and crowded cremation grounds...

Every story in this audiobook begins with a life shaped by love. Assisted dying is a question that reaches into the deepest parts of us, sitting at the intersection of medicine, morality and personal liberty. For decades, debates around legalisation have played out across the world, even as...