Tucson has each spring the "Festival of the Book" -- the 3rd largest book fair in the U.S. It's held on the University of Arizona campus over a weekend. Each day there are authors speaking every hour in multiple venues on campus on every topic imaginable. The mall is lined with booksellers, eateries, activities and exhibits all focusing on education and reading. My kind of heaven!
This year I listened to Sebastian Junger speak about his near-death experience he shares in this book. I know, my first thought is it's some mumbo-jumbo about the afterlife. On the contrary, it's both an objective analysis of near death experiences from multiple scientific disciplines and a subjective first-person account. I bought the book and thoroughly enjoyed his perspective and thoughtful insights. He did not "see the light" but instead shines a light on our attitudes toward death.
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"We assume that life is the most real thing we will ever experience. but it might turn out to be the least real, the least meaningful. The idea that you will appreciate life more after almost dying is a cheap bit of wisdom easily asserted by people who have never been near death. ...we are really talking about an appreciation of death rather than life."
Published: 2025 Read: March 2025 Genre: Memoir
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