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What do readers say about The Death of Ivan Ilyich?
a masterpiece novella crass moralising parables extremely psychological and painful blow by blowA vibrant translation of Tolstoy's most important short fiction by the award-winning translators of War and Peace.
Here are eleven masterful stories from the mature author, some autobiographical, others moral parables, and all told with the evocative... More details on The Death of Ivan Ilyich
1847 Inherits estate of Yasnaya Polyana. Recovering from gonorrhoea, draws up scheme for self-perfection. Leaves university without completing studies ‘on grounds of ill health and domestic circumstan...
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What do readers say about Passage?
overlong and overlabored repetive and slow attention to scientific detail witty and moving bookOne of those rare, unforgettable novels that are as chilling as they are insightful, as thought-provoking as they are terrifying, award-winning author Connie Willis's Passage is an astonishing blend of relentless suspense and cutting-edge science unl... More details on Passage
Joanna waited. Any question, even “How dark was it?” could be a leading one when it came to interviewing people about their near-death experiences, and most people, when confronted with a silence, wou...
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What do readers say about Nothing to Be Frightened of?
how internal it was facing up to death conversational and straightforward pope's essay on manNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A memoir on mortality as only Julian Barnes can write it, one that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted ... More details on Nothing to Be Frightened of
I don’t believe in God, but I miss Him. That’s what I say when the question is put. I asked my brother, who has taught philosophy at Oxford, Geneva, and the Sorbonne, what he thought of such a stateme...
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What do readers say about How to Think Like a Roman Emperor?
combining stoicism and cbt male anxiety and depression the stoic philosophy amazing pragmatic presentation"This book is a wonderful introduction to one of history's greatest figures: Marcus Aurelius. His life and this book are a clear guide for those facing adversity, seeking tranquility and pursuing excellence." -Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The ... More details on How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The year is 180 AD. As another long and difficult winter draws to a close on the northern frontier, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius lies dying in bed at his military camp in Vindobona (modern-day Vi...
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What do readers say about Everyman?
dark meditations on maleness aging and facing death an old man's life depressing and sadPhilip Roth's new novel is a candidly intimate yet universal story of loss, regret, and stoicism. The best-selling author of The Plot Against America now turns his attention from "one family's harrowing encounter with history" (New York Times) to one... More details on Everyman
Around the grave in the rundown cemetery were a few of his former advertising colleagues from New York, who recalled his energy and originality and told his daughter, Nancy, what a pleasure it had bee...
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What do readers say about Mort?
meditation on death a light enjoyable read non-watch discworld book classic pratchett humorNew York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett makes Death a central character in Mort, his fourth sojourn to Discworld, the fantasy cosmos where even the angel of darkness needs some assistance.
When inept, but well-intentioned Mort gets on... More details on Mort
A light frost began to crisp the cobblestones. In the ornamental clock tower that overlooked the square a couple of delicately-carved little automatons whirred out of trapdoors in the clockface and st...
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What do readers say about A Dirty Job?
collecting souls after death hilarious and dark finding life in death laugh out loud funnyCharlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay-until people start dropping dead around him... More details on A Dirty Job
Charlie Asher walked the earth like an ant walks on the surface of water, as if the slightest misstep might send him plummeting through the surface to be sucked to the depths below. Blessed with the B...
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What do readers say about Lincoln in the Bardo?
love, life and death grief and the afterlife creative and enchanting grief and letting go#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
The "devastatingly moving" (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforg... More details on Lincoln in the Bardo
On our wedding day I was forty-six, she was eighteen. Now, I know what you are thinking: older man (not thin, somewhat bald, lame in one leg, teeth of wood) exercises the marital prerogative, thereby ...
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What do readers say about Dying?
well written and interesting clear-eyed, unsentimental, thoughtful physically beautiful book her terminal illness"Bracing and beautiful . . . Every human should read it." -The New York Times
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and 2017 Critics' Pick
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2017
At the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-rela... More details on Dying
About two years ago I bought a euthanasia drug online from China. You can get itthat way, or you can travel to Mexico or Peru and buy it over the counter from avet. Apparently you just say you need to...
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What do readers say about Dreamtigers?
homer or shakespeare a meditation on death vastly romantic death and how to live in the face of itPoems, stories, and personal reflections reveal the interwoven existence of imagination and reality in the mind of the South American writer... More details on Dreamtigers
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