A Year to Live: How to Live this Year as If it Were Your Last

A Year to Live: How to Live this Year as If it Were Your Last
ISBN-10
0783883269
ISBN-13
9780783883267
Category
Death
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Macmillan Reference USA
Author
Stephen Levine

Description

For our society, obsessed with a struggle against mortality, this remarkable book steers us toward an earthiness and humility necessary for a full life.

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