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First published in 1980, The Survivors is a detailed and original study of the experiences of homeless young people in central London. The book is based on in-depth interviews with 107 ‘newcomers’, ……続きを見る

No hay una sola definición de la muerte, ni una sola interpretación, aunque sí un hilo conductor basado en nuestra compresión científica de la realidad mortal. Podría decirse que no hay una, sino mu……続きを見る

The book Approaches to Death and Dying: Bioethical and Cultural Perspectives, edited by Marta Szabat and Jan Piasecki, is part of a still too narrow catalogue of works devoted to end-of-life themes.……続きを見る

If you're intrigued by the question "What makes us human?", strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of anthropology From the first steps of our prehistoric ancestors, to the development o……続きを見る

La cattiveria dipende dalla specie e dall’individuo. A differenza degli altri animali, nell’uomo il dono del libero arbitrio predomina sull’istinto, dono che però spesso utilizza per il proprio egoi……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | New York Times' Staff Favorite Book of the Year | Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can ……続きを見る

Morir es un proceso que está finamente diseñado, en el que se repite un patrón en el cuerpo, las emociones y el espíritu. ¿En qué consiste ese patrón? ¿Por qué hay fenómenos que se repiten en el lec……続きを見る

Pallen rammer ham, og hans fjerde halshvirvel bliver knust. I et halvt år kæmper han for livet, lam fra halsen og ned. Da han endelig bliver udskrevet, er det til et radikalt anderledes liv: I køres……続きを見る

Хейли Кэмпбелл выгребала кости и пепел вместе с работником крематория, одевала мертвеца, проводила вскрытие мозга, посещала центр крионики и работала со следователем, ведущим дела об убийствах. Три ……続きを見る

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound and persistent impact – a tragic loss of life, changes to established patterns of life and social inequalities laid bare. It brought out the good in many and the……続きを見る

The slow violence being inflicted on our environmentーthrough everything from carbon emissions to plastic pollutionーalso represents an impending public health catastrophe. Yet standard health care ……続きを見る

This book examines necropolitics and performance art, with a particular focus on the black body and the African diaspora. In this book, Myron M. Beasley situates artists as cultural workers and theo……続きを見る

This book explores the moral and representational issues associated with engaging young people with popular media depictions of death and dying. Emotionally charged depictions of death play an impor……続きを見る

On any given day, the remains of countless deceased migrants are shipped around the world to be buried in ancestral soils. Others are laid to rest in countries of settlement, sometimes in cemeteries……続きを見る

¿Te cuesta trabajo dejar ir muchas cosas de tu pasado? ¿Cuándo sé que es el momento adecuado para dejar ir las cosas? ¿Por qué solemos aferrarnos a ciertas ideas negativas? Entonces sigue leyendo… "……続きを見る

¿Acabas de sufrir la pérdida de un ser querido y no sabes por dónde ir para seguir adelante? ¿Acaso es normal para algunos el no haber llorado aún? Entonces sigue leyendo… "Cuando alguien a quien am……続きを見る

West tells the story of Jim Perrin's life against the lives and deaths of his cherished wife and son, and the landscapes through which they travelled together. It is a complex and sensual love-story……続きを見る

BOOK OF THE YEAR IN SPECTATOR AND TIMES 'Fascinating.... Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' Sunday Times 'Powerful and moving.' Louis Theroux Meet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attr……続きを見る

Im Jahr 2020 erklärte das Bundesverfassungsgericht den § 217 StGB für nichtig. Die Autorin setzt sich mit diesem Urteil auseinander und geht der Frage nach, ob neue Gesetzesentwürfe zur Suizidbeihil……続きを見る

A new conversation is starting on this most universal of topics. But to know where we are heading, we need to know where we have come from... Death is the one subject we will all confront; it touche……続きを見る

Addressed to a petrified Victorian society, this spine-chilling volume, long of out print and here republished in a modern edition, brings together a collection of unnerving stories of live burials ……続きを見る

Why does the UK abandon dying people and outsource this problem to facilities in Switzerland while legislators across the USA, Canada and Australia have drafted laws to give dying people choice over……続きを見る

Despite seven out of ten people in Scotland choosing cremation, in many ways crematoria are 'invisible' buildings, visited only by necessity, and they have not received the attention they deserve. C……続きを見る

'I would get out of the car at every shopping centre and want to ask the stranger walking by with their trolley: "Why are you still shopping? Someone I love has died."' – Dela Gwala Death is a fact ……続きを見る

Basing her approach on historical sources, Rosalie Osmond explores the way the soul has been represented in different cultures and at different times, from ancient Egypt and Greece, through medieval……続きを見る

A profound and fascinating exploration of death and the afterlife! Christian and other religious beliefs, rituals from around the world, quests for immortality, scientists’ conclusions, ghosts, and ……続きを見る

An irreverent book of morbid curiosities that leaves no headstone unturned This isn’t your average walk through the graveyard. Filled with facts that will tickle your gray matter, You’ll Leave This ……続きを見る

Eine Sterbeamme nimmt uns die Angst vor dem Tod Wir haben Angst vor dem Tod. Nicht alle von uns, aber doch die meisten. Wäre es nicht beruhigend, eine Art Gebrauchsanweisung für das Sterben zu haben……続きを見る

Omar Suleiman is one of America's most influential Muslims. He has over 2.7 MILLION Facebook followers and regularly appears on television and social media arguing for justice. He is listed as one ……続きを見る

Über die Hälfte der jungen Generation glaubt heute, die Menschheit sei dem Untergang geweiht. Nicht nur wegen des Klimawandels: Die Krisen ballen sich und untergraben den Glauben an die Gestaltbarke……続きを見る