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020			_a9781784162368 [newsprint]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aBering, Jesse, _eauthor.
245			_aA very human ending : _bhow suicide haunts our species / _cJesse Bering.
260			_aGreat Britain : _bBlack Swan / Transworld Publisher, _cc2018.
300			_a275 pages ; _c20 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
500			_a"A brave and important exploration of a subject we urgently need to demystify. It will change every reader for the better." -- Derren Brown
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents : 1 The Call to Oblivion -- 2 Unlike the Scorpion Girt by Fire -- 3 Betting Odds -- 4 Hacking the Suicidal Mind -- 5 The Things She Told Lorraine -- 7 What Doesn't Die -- 8 Gray Matter.
520			_a"'I have yet to come away from reading [Bering's] work and not feel considerably better informed than I was minutes before' (Forbes)__________________This penetrating analysis aims to demystify a subject that knows no cultural or demographic boundaries. Why do people want to kill themselves? Despite the prevalence of suicide in the developed world, it's a question most of us fail to ask. On hearing news of a suicide we are devastated, but overwhelmingly we feel disbelief. In A Very Human Ending, research psychologist Jesse Bering lifts the lid on this taboo subject, examining the suicidal mindset from the inside out to reveal the subtle tricks the mind can play when we're easy emotional prey. In raising challenging questions Bering tests our contradictory superstitions about the act itself. Combining cutting-edge research with investigative journalism and first-person testimony, Bering also addresses the history of suicide and its evolutionary inheritance to offer a personal, accessible, yet scientifically sound examination of why we are the only species on earth that deliberately ends its own life." --Provided by the publisher
521			_aAdult
541			_aDonation _xLansa, Rogelio _yGeneral Education _zGeneral Education: Literature
546			_aText in English
650			_aSuicide _xPsychological aspects.
650			_aSuicide _xSocial aspects.
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998			_cGian [new] _d11/24/2025
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