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Terry Pratchett - Shaking Hands with Death - 9780552172776 - 9780552172776
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Shaking Hands with Death

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Description for Shaking Hands with Death Paperback. When the author was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this book, he argues for our right to choose - our right to a good life, and a good death too. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 112 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 48.

Why we all deserve a life worth living and a death worth dying for

‘Most men don’t fear death. They fear those things – the knife, the shipwreck, the illness, the bomb – which precede, by microseconds if you’re lucky, and many years if you’re not, the moment of death.’

When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this essay, broadcast ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552172776
SKU
9780552172776
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple ... Read more

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