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Read by the author, Into the Dark is a firsthand account of what happens to us when we die. Allison DuBois walks her listeners through death as described by "those who live again". Although death may seem like a dark, quiet, empty place to be, once you go into the dark, you will find out that death has a lot of color and a pulse! Through her ability to communicate directly with the dead, Allison DuBois relays the wants, desires, and experiences of the deceased. The dead have their own world, but it is important to them to also remain a part of ours.

Mike Gatto was an up-and-coming young lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered. The act sucked him into the world of noir: wild theories, intransigent detectives, and unimaginable violence.

Timely and profound meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize finalist Michael Ignatieff.

Grief doesn't discriminate. It will touch all of us at some point; an uninvited guest who can't be shown the door, who takes over our lives and changes us forever. In this gut-wrenchingly beautiful book, Darrelyn Gunzburg shows us how knowing the shape of grief and its consequences over time give edges and boundaries to this dark pathway, revealing that through the prickly branches and the mist, life awaits us at the edge of the forest, dressed in cloths of gold and sustained with love and warmth.

When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, Maryanne O'Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-one years later, Caitlin lost her battle with this devastating disease following an excruciating two-year wait on the transplant list and a last-minute race to locate a pair of healthy lungs. The sudden spiral of events left Maryanne in an existential crisis, searching to find an answer to the eternal question: Why we are here?