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A Beginner's Guide to Dying
- By: Simon Boas
- Narrated by: Simon Boas
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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In his mid-40s, Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer - it had been caught too late, and spread around his body. But he was determined to die as he had learned to live - optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritising what really matters in life.
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Practical, philosophical and essential guide to dying
- By Stef. on 14-09-24
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A Beginner's Guide to Dying
- Narrated by: Simon Boas
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-09-24
- Language: English
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In his mid-40s, Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer - it had been caught too late, and spread around his body. But he was determined to die as he had learned to live - optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritising what really matters in life.
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Buried
- An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Professor Alice Roberts combines archaeological finds with cutting-edge DNA research and written history to shed fresh light on how people lived: by examining the stories of the dead....
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Wonderful author narration
- By Dave Baker on 12-07-22
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Buried
- An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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Professor Alice Roberts combines archaeological finds with cutting-edge DNA research and written history to shed fresh light on how people lived: by examining the stories of the dead....
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Mortal Monarchs
- 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths
- By: Suzie Edge
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to present a humorous deep-dive into the varied—and oft-gruesome—deaths of the king and queens of England and Scotland....
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Superb but with some factual errors
- By Stevie on 07-06-23
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Mortal Monarchs
- 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 29-09-22
- Language: English
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Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to present a humorous deep-dive into the varied—and oft-gruesome—deaths of the king and queens of England and Scotland....
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Sorry for Your Loss
- By: Kate Marshall
- Narrated by: Catherine Harvey
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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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....
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A great but repetitive story
- By Mrs P Teaches on 15-11-22
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Sorry for Your Loss
- Narrated by: Catherine Harvey
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 27-07-22
- Language: English
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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....
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Ashes to Admin
- Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer
- By: Evie King
- Narrated by: Evie King, Stewart Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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What happens if you die without family or money? The answer to this very three-in-the-morning question is that Evie, or someone like her, will step in and arrange your funeral....
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Wonderful!
- By Lee on 13-07-24
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Ashes to Admin
- Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer
- Narrated by: Evie King, Stewart Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 07-09-23
- Language: English
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What happens if you die without family or money? The answer to this very three-in-the-morning question is that Evie, or someone like her, will step in and arrange your funeral....
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The Madness of Grief
- A Memoir of Love and Loss
- By: Reverend Richard Coles
- Narrated by: Richard Coles
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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The Reverend Richard Coles's deeply personal account of life after grief will resonate, unforgettably, with anyone who has lost a loved one....
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Everyone needs this book
- By MS RUTH SHAW on 01-04-21
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The Madness of Grief
- A Memoir of Love and Loss
- Narrated by: Richard Coles
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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The Reverend Richard Coles's deeply personal account of life after grief will resonate, unforgettably, with anyone who has lost a loved one....
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Over Our Dead Bodies
- Undertakers Lift the Lid
- By: Todd Harra, Kenneth McKenzie
- Narrated by: Reay Kaplan, Gregory St. John, Brian Troxell
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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A literal graveyard of wild coincidences, slapstick humor, and touching moments, Over Our Dead Bodies explores the lighter side of the dead, the living, and the lone undertaker who has to make it all go as planned - even if it doesn't....
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Not quite what I expected
- By Erica Latham on 29-07-24
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Over Our Dead Bodies
- Undertakers Lift the Lid
- Narrated by: Reay Kaplan, Gregory St. John, Brian Troxell
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 30-11-21
- Language: English
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A literal graveyard of wild coincidences, slapstick humor, and touching moments, Over Our Dead Bodies explores the lighter side of the dead, the living, and the lone undertaker who has to make it all go as planned - even if it doesn't....
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Autopsy
- Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa
- 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....
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Absolutely bloody brilliant
- By Jenni king on 30-09-24
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Autopsy
- Life in the Trenches with a Forensic Pathologist in Africa
- Narrated by: Ettienne Durandt
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-08-20
- Language: English
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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....
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Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- 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....
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This is so cool!
- By Ian on 13-03-16
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Stiff
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 26-02-04
- Language: English
- An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem....
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Near Death Experiences
- The Science, Psychology and Anthropology Behind the Phenomenon
- By: Anthony Peake
- Narrated by: Anthony Peake
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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As the bestselling author of Is There Life After Death? and Cheating the Ferryman, Anthony Peake has studied the phenomena surrounding what happens when we die.
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excellent as always
- By Badly positioned hole at the centre of the chariot wheel on 21-11-24
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Near Death Experiences
- The Science, Psychology and Anthropology Behind the Phenomenon
- Narrated by: Anthony Peake
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-11-24
- Language: English
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As the bestselling author of Is There Life After Death? and Cheating the Ferryman, Anthony Peake has studied the phenomena surrounding what happens when we die.
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The Weird and the Eerie
- By: Mark Fisher
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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What exactly are the weird and the eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes....
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A fantastic view into what makes up the uncanny aspects of our media landscape
- By Amazon Customer on 14-12-21
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The Weird and the Eerie
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 13-11-19
- Language: English
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What exactly are the weird and the eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes....
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Life Lessons
- Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living
- By: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler
- Narrated by: David Kessler, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Here, in 14 accessible chapters, from the "Lesson of Love" to the "Lesson of Happiness", the authors reveal the truth about our fears....
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An emphatic interpretation of the Buddhist view.
- By Paul Billington on 06-08-24
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Life Lessons
- Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living
- Narrated by: David Kessler, Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 04-11-14
- Language: English
- Here, in 14 accessible chapters, from the "Lesson of Love" to the "Lesson of Happiness", the authors reveal the truth about our fears....
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At the End of Life
- True Stories About How We Die
- By: Lee Gutkind - editor, Francine Prose - introduction, Karen Wolk Feinstein - foreword
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix, Al Kessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Featuring 22 compelling personal-medical narratives, At the End of Life explores death, dying, and palliative care, and highlights current features, flaws, and advances in the healthcare system....
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inspiring.
- By Victoria E. on 14-04-19
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At the End of Life
- True Stories About How We Die
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix, Al Kessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 25-12-18
- Language: English
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Featuring 22 compelling personal-medical narratives, At the End of Life explores death, dying, and palliative care, and highlights current features, flaws, and advances in the healthcare system....
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A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards
- Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021
- By: Peter Ross
- Narrated by: Peter Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning journalist Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of Britain's best graveyards....
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Poignant and moving
- By AmazonCustomer on 15-09-20
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A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards
- Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021
- Narrated by: Peter Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning journalist Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of Britain's best graveyards....
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Playing Possum
- How Animals Understand Death
- By: Susana Monsó, Mark Rowlands - foreword
- Narrated by: Lisa S. Ware
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Playing Possum explores what the opossum and other creatures can teach us about how we and other species understand mortality, and demonstrates that the concept of death, far from being a uniquely human attribute, is widespread in the animal kingdom.
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Narration is unbearable
- By Anonymous User on 18-10-24
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Playing Possum
- How Animals Understand Death
- Narrated by: Lisa S. Ware
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 15-10-24
- Language: English
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Playing Possum explores what the opossum and other creatures can teach us about how we and other species understand mortality, and demonstrates that the concept of death, far from being a uniquely human attribute, is widespread in the animal kingdom.
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I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye
- Surviving, Coping, and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One
- By: Brook Noel, Pamela D. Blair Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D., offer a comforting hand to hold for those who are grieving the sudden death of a loved one....
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Must listen!
- By Linds on 28-01-19
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I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye
- Surviving, Coping, and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-05-12
- Language: English
- Authors Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D., offer a comforting hand to hold for those who are grieving the sudden death of a loved one....
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The New York Times Book of the Dead
- 320 Print and 10,000 Digital Obituaries of Extraordinary People
- By: William McDonald - editor
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Gemma Dawson, Allyson Johnson, and others
- 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....
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The New York Times Book of the Dead
- 320 Print and 10,000 Digital Obituaries of Extraordinary People
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Gemma Dawson, Allyson Johnson, Lauren Fortgang, Suzanne Toren, Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 54 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 10-11-16
- Language: English
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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....
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The Coffin Confessor
- By: Bill Edgar
- Narrated by: Bill Edgar
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace....
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Bills own life story was so touching
- By Amazon Customer on 31-10-24
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The Coffin Confessor
- Narrated by: Bill Edgar
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 02-07-21
- Language: English
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Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace....
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How to Tell When We Will Die
- On Pain, Disability, and Doom
- By: Johanna Hedva
- Narrated by: Johanna Hedva
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness shows us us that sickness is a fact of life.
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How to Tell When We Will Die
- On Pain, Disability, and Doom
- Narrated by: Johanna Hedva
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 24-09-24
- Language: English
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The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness shows us us that sickness is a fact of life.
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Recovering from the Loss of a Parent
- 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....
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A great Help!
- By Serenity on 06-12-15
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Recovering from the Loss of a Parent
- Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 03-11-15
- Language: English
- An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families....
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