Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the 'why'

'It made me rethink the roots of our deepest fears and insecurities, and why we often disappoint ourselves in how we manifest them' Bill Clinton, Guardian Winne

Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.

Analysis of Zen therapy and its relevance to the Western world presented by a psychoanalyst, emphasizing Zen's denial of a logical view of reality.

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying. Modern medical technol