04172cam a2200517 4500 596222656 TxAuBib 20220729120000.0 080311s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781415947180 sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book 141594718X sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book feb54b50-5e59-4855-94af-68abcc641557 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 146551 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)213339374 TEFOD TEFOD JIC TxAuBib Shields, David, 1956- The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead [Bridges Audiobook] / David Shields. [New York : Books on Tape, 2008. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 183MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 183MB. Title from: Title details screen. Downloadable audio file. Duration: 6:40:20. Unabridged. Read by Don Leslie. "David Shields has accomplished something here so pure and wide in its implications that I almost think of it as a secular, unsentimental Kahlil Gibran: a textbook for the acceptance of our fate on earth." -- Jonathan Lethem. Mesmerized -- at times unnerved -- by his ninety-seven-year-old father's nearly superhuman vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an investigation of the human physical condition. The result is this exhilarating book: both a personal meditation on mortality and an exploration of flesh-and-blood existence from crib to oblivion -- an exploration that paradoxically prompts a renewed and profound appreciation of life. Shields begins with the facts of birth and childhood, expertly weaving in anecdotal information about himself and his father. As the book proceeds through adolescence, middle age, old age, he juxtaposes biological details with bits of philosophical speculation, cultural history and criticism, and quotations from a wide range of writers and thinkers -- from Lucretius to Woody Allen -- wielding a magical whole: the universal story of our bodily being, a tender and often hilarious portrait of one family. A book of extraordinary depth and resonance, THE THING ABOUT LIFE IS THAT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE DEAD will move readers to contemplate the brevity and radiance of their own sojourn on earth and challenge them to rearrange their thinking in unexpected and crucial ways. Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 95894 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-26 20:00:02. Imported from MARC file. Shields, David 1956- Shields, David 1956- Family. Authors, American 20th century Biography. Authors, American 20th century Family relationships. Fathers and sons United States. Audiobooks. Leslie, Don. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=FEB54B50-5E59-4855-94AF-68ABCC641557 http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/146551-TheThingAboutLifeIsThatOneDay.wma Excerpt https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/146551-TheThingAboutLifeIsThatOneDay.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/146551-TheThingAboutLifeIsThatOneDay.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FEB54B50-5E59-4855-94AF-68ABCC641557&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/146551-TheThingAboutLifeIsThatOneDay.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/146551-TheThingAboutLifeIsThatOneDay.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FEB54B50-5E59-4855-94AF-68ABCC641557&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)