Death category: 2756 books

“A nonfiction romp that rivals Evelyn Waugh's classic The Loved One as a laugh-a-minute examination of death rituals and customs.” LIBRARY JOURNAL Greg Palmer was an award-winning writer and broadcaster (the Peabody Award and thirteen regional Emmys).  www.gregpalmer.com

Praise for the First Edition: "[This book] represents a significant advance because it looks at the issues from a bio-psychosocial perspective. To a social worker who has worked mainly in a medical and nursing environment, this is a great step forward." --Bereavement Care "[Offers]...

Death is a part of life, but for a mother who has suffered the death of a child, life can suddenly become unbearable. She finds herself completely shatteredknocked to her knees and unable to get up. Her pain is horrible, beyond anything she has ever felt or experienced before. In Mothers with Broken...

Cindy Marks is a hospice nurse who has unfortunately witnessed heartbreaking fear and desperation in her patients and family members as they attempt to come to grips with death. In her guide to facing death peacefully, Marks reveals what she has learned while providing comfort and enlightenment. Death...

Champion of Hope describes a journey of healing through grief and loss. It is about choosing the light of hope and forgiveness over the darkness of despair and bitterness. In the wake of grieving the death of a mother who suffered from heart disease; a husband who fought and lost the battle with cancer;...

For bereaved parents the development of a continuing bond with the child who has died is a key element in their grieving and in how they manage the future. Using her experience of working in a children's hospital as a counsellor with bereaved parents, Catherine Seigal looks at how continuing bonds...

When death knocked at their doors, their husbands departed, and they realized the true meaning of those words they all had uttered, Till death do us part. Gone from Our Sight offers a personal and engaging collection of reflections from widows who loved their husbands and now share their personal...

This book is about human beings and their lives after death. It also talks about how to meditate simply. Zohreh wrote this book based on her own meditation, and opinion. If you want to see The truth for yourself the best thing is to meditate on each subject until you get the result. Because what is truth...

Free Yourself From Your Loss Forever… Discover How A Grieving Hopeful Moved On And Took Back Control Of His Life Using These Secret Strategies For Coping Well! Finally You Can Fully Equip Yourself With These “Must Have” Tools For Moving And Live A Life Of Freedom That You Deserve! Introducing…...

The death of an adult sibling precipitates a flood of emotions in the surviving sisters and brothers.  Feelings of grief are not easily "gotten over" in neatly ordered stages.  Neither are efforts to make sense of the loss and come to terms with an irreparable hole in one's family constellation....

Anticipated or not, death comes to all and treasures of the estate must be distributed. Sami and Buddy are two outdoor enthusiasts. This is the step by step process they take as they prepare one to be the Executor after the death of the other. Buddy’s task of distributing a lifetime of assets while...

"Counseling Individuals with Life-Threatening Illness provides a practical guide for counselors who work with clients and families impacted by life-threatening illness. The language and content are appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as workshops and trainings for professionals....As...

"This is a story about two people, but I'm the only one telling it." Many authors have wrestled with the death of a father in their writing, but few have grappled with the subject as fiercely, or as powerfully, as the brilliant Spanish writer Marcos Giralt Torrente does in Father...

Japan’s suicide phenomenon has fascinated both the media and academics, although many questions and paradoxes embedded in the debate on suicide have remained unaddressed in the existing literature, including the assumption that Japan is a "Suicide Nation". This tendency causes common misconceptions...