Death category: 2756 books
by Thomas Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
“[Lynch] brings the lessons of death to life, and turns life and death into art.” —Time Out New York
Here is the voice of both witness and functionary. Lynch stands between “the living and the living who have died” with outrage and amazement, awe and calm, straining for the brief glimpse we all get of what mortality means to a vital species.
Grace and Grit
Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2001
Here is a deeply moving account of a couple's struggle with cancer and their journey to spiritual healing. Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife Treya Killam Wilber through Treya's illness, treatment, and, finally, death.
Getting Up When Life Knocks You Down
Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
The loss of a loved one, a bitter divorce, a serious injury or financial crisis—we must all, at some point, face those unavoidable moments that divide our lives into "before" and "after." How do we muscle through tough times and emerge stronger, wiser—even grateful for our...
Bearing the Unbearable
Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
If you love, you will grieve—and nothing is more mysteriously central to becoming fully human.
A 2017 Indies Finalist from Foreword Reviews.
When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable—especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, “NO!”...
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The companion guide to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous workshops on death and dying
This remarkable guide to coping with death and dying grew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's realization that she could help larger numbers of terminally ill people directly by meeting with them in groups....
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, whose books on death and dying have sold in the millions, now offers an extraordinary visual record of her work. Through the brilliant photographs of Mal Warshaw, To Live Until We Say Good-Bye gives a gripping, intimate view of Dr. Kübler-Ross's counseling work with terminally ill patients as she brings them to an acceptance of death.
The Best Care Possible
A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life.
It is harder to die in this country than ever before. Statistics show that the vast majority...
A Good Life to the End
Taking control of our inevitable journey through ageing and death
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
A huge majority of people at the end of their lives want to die at home, but only a small number manage to do this. This vital book asks why.
Many of us have experienced an elderly loved one coming to the end of their life in a hospital - over-treated, infantilised and, worst of all, facing...
Touched by Suicide
Hope and Healing After Loss
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2006
Whether you are struggling with fresh grief at a loved one’s death by suicide or your loss happened years ago, you should know that you are not alone. 5 million Americans are affected—directly or indirectly—by this tragedy each year. And it sends us on a lifelong search for answers, both to...
by JoNancy Sundberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Grief and loss affect everyone. Whether it’s a disappointment, death, or death of a dream, life’s losses can make you feel sad, hopeless and discouraged. When your world seems to be falling apart, Hope in Times of Grief is an essential resource. With encouraging Bible verses and insightful quotes...
by Jennifer Muldowney
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
There are three situations in which you may find yourself planning a funeral and hence reading this book:• A loved one has passed away suddenly; • A loved one has been diagnosed as terminally ill;• You wish to pre-plan your own funeral.Despite the fact that human beings have a 100% mortality...
A Hospital Bed at Home
Family stories of caregiving from diagnosis to death
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2014
A Hospital Bed at Home is a linked collection of true stories about the experience of being a carer during the weeks, months and years that can stretch between the day someone you love is diagnosed with an incurable, fatal disease and the day of his or her death.
Couples facing separation...
The Third Chair: The Diary Of A Daughter Coping With The Challenges Of Her Mother's Terminal Illness
The Third Chair: The Diary Of A Daughter Coping With The Challenges Of Her Mother's Terminal Illness
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
These are to be the reflections and memories of my mother’s diagnosis and subsequent death from cancer, two months later and all that fell in between. I write it for the purposes of reflection, to record diary entries, for my family and children and for those who may be just as confused as I was...
Clean Your House Before You Go
Staying Home, #3
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Aging has many of us looking to the past and focusing on loss. This book was written help families have the time to grieve without having to deal with the death twice.
Have you or someone you know had to live through the death of a close family member? That is one of the most difficult...