For those who are interested in pondering that line between death and irreversible death, this book by Sam Parnia, M.D., who focuses on resuscitation medicine, is a compelling read, particularly in its exploration of ways that we have been able to prolong the period when cell death becomes too damaging. Parnia and his team also constructed the AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study, where they tasked multiple hospitals with placing objects that could only be seen from vantage points accessible to out-of-body-experiences, so he is interested, too, in the question of whether our soul does in fact survive death. For more from Parnia, click here.

• Paperback
• 352 pages