Ptolemy Tompkins
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In March 2015, millions worldwide were captivated by the dramatic rescue of Lily Groesbeck, an eighteen-month-old girl who'd somehow survived fourteen hours in an overturned car that was partially submerged in an icy-cold Utah river after her mother lost control of the vehicle. The four responding officers heard a voice: "Please hurry, there isn't much time." They assumed it was Lily's mother who was still trapped inside. Once the two victims were...
Author
Language
English
Description
After writing Proof of Heaven, Dr. Eben Alexander heard from the thousands affected by his story. He studied what the world's religious traditions and philosophers have said about the soul's survival of death, often surprised that those voices were in synch. Part metaphysical detective story, part manual for living, The Map of Heaven explores our spiritual history and the birth of modern science, showing how we forgot, and are now at last remembering,...
Author
Publisher
Howard Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This unlikely story of how a serious scientist and a broken writer, in a series of conversations stretching over several months, come to understand that the universe-from the smallest sub-atomic particles that make up everything in existence to the farthest reaches of the universe-bears evidence of a creator. In short, God not only exists, but science gives us tools to know this.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Part memoir, part history of ideas of the afterlife, and part road map to what might truly await each of us when we leave our bodies behind, The Modern Book of the Dead is a wise and courageous book that approaches the question of the afterlife in a refreshingly intimate manner. Weaving together philosophy, science, stories of near-death experiences, and theology, the author comes to one amazing and uplifting truth: that somehow, human consciousness...
Author
Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
℗2014.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando el doctor Eben alexander escribió acerca de su propia experiencia cercana a la muerte, cientos de lectores de todo el mundo lo contactaron para compartirle qué tan profundamente sus propias historias resonaban con la suya. Gracias a elos se dio cuenta de que contar su historia le permitía a las personas redescubrir aquello que nuestros antepasados tenian por seguro: que hay algo más allá de la vida y del universo que nuestra existencia...