Death category: 2756 books
A Far Cry...From Home
A Mother's Journey of Love, Loss and Healing...Through the Eyes of an Angel
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Reeling from initiation into a club for which no one seeks to belong…forced into a membership that lasts a hundred lifetimes…a club that is reserved for parents thrust into surviving the death of a child…paying dues with the extreme price tag of a shattered heart; A Far Cry...From Home enlists...
When Your Child Dies
Tools for Mending Parents' Broken Hearts
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
The death of your child is devastating. No parent feels that he or she should outlive his or her child. However, the sad fact is that every minute around the world, some 15 children die according to the WHO. The psychological and emotional impact following sudden and traumatic death can inhibit parents'...
The Grief Survival Guide
How to navigate loss and all that comes with it
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Jeff Brazier has experienced bereavement in many forms: In his childhood, helping his two boys through the devastating death of their mother, Jade Goody, witnessing the anguish of his own mum when she lost both of her parents, and hearing the stories of his coaching clients who are coming to terms...
Life with My Son
A Motherýs Journey Through Death, Grieving and Healing
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2006
A mother's heart should never have to grieve over the death of her child. Yet it happens all the time. I have gone through the traumatic experience of the illness and death of my adult son, but God gives me strength and comfort to continue with my life, taking it one day at a time. As I grieve for...
Mourning Men
A Journey Through Grief
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Men grieve differently than women. We tend to withdraw while women reach out to others for help. Maybe they are on to something. A Swedish proverb teaches, “A joy shared is doubled; a sorrow shared is halved.” It is true. Sharing our grief will lighten...
by Felicity Warner
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Have you ever sat with someone as they were dying and wished that you could make it a better experience? Helping others face death with dignity and positivity is an act of profound kindness that also helps give the caregiver a chance to come to terms with this critical moment in our life’s journey.
Felicity...
What Children Need When They Grieve
The Four Essentials: Routine, Love, Honesty, and Security
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
GIVE YOUR CHILDREN WHAT THEY NEED MOST
When Julia Wilcox Rathkey lost her husband, her three children lost their father. Within hours, it became sharply clear that each child--a twelve-year-old daughter and twin ten-year-old sons--would grieve the loss in a radically different way. While one...
Art of Living, Art of Dying
Spiritual Care for a Good Death
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Without an appropriate spiritual care model, it can be difficult to discuss existential questions about death and dying with people who are confronted with life-threatening or incurable diseases. This book offers a simple framework for interpreting existential questions with patients and helping them...
by Allan Kellehear
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
This unique book recounts the experience of facing one's death solely from the dying person's point of view rather than from the perspective of caregivers, survivors, or rescuers. Such unmediated access challenges assumptions about the emotional and spiritual dimensions of dying, showing readers that—along...
Finding Peace Without All The Pieces
After a Loved One's Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Launched with a powerful narrative thrust of the suicide of her son in 1978, LaRita Archibald leads the reader from the initial trauma of violent death, through the ragged, brutal and unknown psychological and emotional landscape that must be traversed to find eventual healing and peace. Using lessons...
by Guy Newland
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Amid the world-shattering pain of loss, what helps?
“After the death of his beloved partner from cancer, Newland finds himself asking how effective his long years of Buddhist practice have been in helping him come to terms with overwhelming grief. This finely written book offers a lucid meditation...
The Dying Time
Practical Wisdom for the Dying & Their Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
"One of the best books available on caring for the dying, The Dying Time combines deep insight and down-to-earth practicality. All caregivers need to know what's between these covers. This book demystifies the process of death, yet honors the sacredness of life's final transition. Highly recommended."
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by John Barber
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
As Shakespeare once said: ‘We all have our exits and our entrances.’
This is a collection of news stories from the 1980’s. They are real news items from around the world. The one common factor is that they all have a reference to death. Not just deaths of people and animals and the strange...
Immortality, Inc.
Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2020
This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death.
We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes...