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Het woord euthanasie komt uit het Grieks en betekent goede dood of genadedood. De term kent vanuit de geschiedenis verschillende betekenissen en invullingen. Meestal wordt met euthanasie het volgende bedoeld: het op hun eigen verzoek beëindigen van het leven van patiënten die ondraaglijk en uitzichtloos lijden. In de meeste landen is euthanasie bij wet verboden en wordt het vervolgd als een misdrijf. In enkele landen, waaronder Nederland en België, is euthanasie gelegaliseerd.

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...

From the authors of the bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . ., a new book on the meaning of death (and life, too)...

“We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love,” Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood. When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more...

'Brilliant, unpredictable and endlessly fascinating' IAN MORTIMER 'I love this book' TRACY BORMAN 'Gunn and Gromelski cast a brilliant light into a lost world' SUSAN BRIGDEN A unique new window onto Tudor life, told through ordinary people's untimely deaths. How did ordinary people live in Tudor...

In his most ambitious work yet, 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, cryonicists, and mind uploaders, along with utopians who have attempted to create heaven on earth.

On his deathbed, Plato was asked to summarize his life's work. He replied: "Practice dying." In the 2,000 years since Plato offered this wise admonition, we have developed many practices associated with living. But what of the practices associated with dying? Being with Dying is a response to...

Archaeology professor Carla James is reeling following the death of her husband. Desperate for a change of scene, she takes a job at an elite New England college. On her first day, Carla is asked to represent the department at a murder site. She initially believes there is nothing notable about the scattered debris that surrounds the body, but there is more to the case than meets the eye. This victim is just the latest in a series of unsolved deaths. Nothing obvious links them but Carla is convinced - there is a methodical killer operating in the shadows.

From the celebrated author of Nickel and Dimed, an exploration of how we are killing ourselves to live longer—not necessarily better. "Sharp and fearless." —Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City A...

当死亡切断了现实的联结，人类对哀痛的本能抵抗与对记忆的执着，催生了跨越全球文化的亡者归来传说。无论是在通勤途中凝视窗外思索存在的意义，还是试图在失去挚爱的悲痛中寻找心灵慰藉，这种对彼岸的好奇始终伴随...

Reis door deze fascinerende cultuurgeschiedenis van het hiernamaals en ontdek hoe beschavingen de dood betekenis gaven. Voor iedereen die zingeving zoekt bij het omgaan met verlies of verlangt naar intellectuele verdieping, biedt deze ontdekkingstocht een bezinnende blik op onze diepste angsten...

رحلة فلسفية وتاريخية عميقة تستكشف اللغز الأكبر للوجود البشري، وتغوص في أساطير ما بعد الموت وطقوس العبور نحو المجهول. يرافقك هذا العمل الصوتي التأملي في أوقات...

تأمل عميق في سيكولوجية الفقد يفكك أسطورة الأرواح العائدة لفهم كيف نعالج حزننا ومخاوفنا عبر الأساطير الشعبية. يقدم هذا السرد الفلسفي الهادئ مساحة استماع تأملية...

غص في التاريخ العمراني لمدينة الموتى الجوفية، حيث تحولت أزمة صحية طاحنة إلى أعظم نصب تذكاري يخلد الذاكرة الجماعية. يأخذك هذا السرد التاريخي المليء بالتأملات عبر...

Mergulhe em uma investigação fascinante de antropologia cultural sobre como o luto e a memória invocam os mortos. Perfeito para momentos de reflexão profunda durante o trajeto noturno para casa, este áudio atmosférico não questiona se os espíritos existem, mas por que a humanidade...

Explore o maior ossuário do mundo e descubra como uma crise sanitária moldou a fascinante história urbana de Paris. Deixe-se envolver pela atmosfera silenciosa e intrigante do submundo europeu enquanto transforma o seu deslocamento diário em uma viagem no tempo. Muito além de um cenário...

Zbadaj tajemnicę doświadczeń z pogranicza śmierci i odkryj, czy wizje zaświatów to obietnica nieba, czy gra umysłu. Kiedy szukasz sensu istnienia lub próbujesz oswoić lęk przed ostatecznym, ten obiektywny przewodnik wprowadzi kojący spokój do twoich refleksji. Zanurzysz się w...

当中世纪东欧村庄将对未知疾病与高死亡率的极度恐惧投射于坟墓时，一部交织着暗黑民俗与生死焦虑的文化史便悄然拉开序幕。如果你曾对那些长生不老、嗜血魅惑的暗夜传说感到着迷，或是试图在充满不确定性的现代生活...

Svelare il mistero dei morti che tornano unisce l'antropologia del lutto al fascino oscuro delle credenze popolari. Anziché cercare prove del paranormale, questa indagine culturale analizza il fenomeno umano delle apparizioni attraverso la storia globale, i riti e il linguaggio. Ideale per un...

Il terrore ancestrale della morte si evolve da macabra superstizione contadina a seducente mito gotico dell'immortalità. Lasciati avvolgere da un'atmosfera oscura e riflessiva, perfetta per accompagnare le tue notti insonni o i lunghi tragitti di pendolarismo, esplorando l'abisso tra nascente...