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Tag Archives: Book Reviews
“Life After Death The Burden of Proof” by Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra's Life After Death: The Burden of Proof offers more parable than proof
It is challenging, this whole living in the face of death thing. Our consciousness — which takes in all the incoming stimuli from the internal and external environments at whirling speeds and processes it into a cohesive structure we call … Continue reading
Internal Medicine: A Doctor’s Stories by Terrence Holt
Terrence Holt talks about the most surprising stories of his early medical career in this suspenseful page-turner
When you’ve worked in a hospital’s ICU as long as Terrence Holt has, you learn a thing or two about death. His book, Internal Medicine: A Doctor’s Stories, takes a parabolic twist to gritty stories from hospital residents. While plenty … Continue reading
Death Warmed Over: Funeral Food, Rituals, and Customs from Around the World by Lisa Rogak
One woman’s idea for a cookbook is more like a glimpse into the customs that various cultures partake in surrounding food during funerals
One evening, as I was trying to research the Internet for a topic for my Cultural Perspectives article, I stumbled upon a book called Death Warmed Over: Funeral Food, Rituals, and Customs from Around the World. The concept intrigued me … Continue reading
The Conversation by Angelo E. Volandes, M.D.
The Conversation follows Dr. Angelo Volandes' revolutionary insight into what it means to die peacefully
Metastatic lung cancer had wreaked havoc on 78-year-old Taras Skripchenko’s body, yet Dr. Angelo E. Volandes had the impossible task of trying to save his life. The Ukrainian man had worked in coal mines his entire life, which would later … Continue reading
