Death category: 2756 books
by James L. Ramsey
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
The "Who Am I Now That I Am Alone?" program began after my divorce. I gathered others who had experienced divorce into a group to explore our situation and how we could move forward with our lives. This group became one of the first in the country to help people going through divorce, remember...
by Cheri Swalwell
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2019
Have you ever dealt with the pain of infertility? Heard the devastating words, "I'm so sorry but your child is no longer alive?" Lived with a heartache so deep it feels as though there will never be any relief?
By answering yes to any of these questions, you know how it feels to belong...
Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty
Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalakaua Dynasties, 1819-1953
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
The bones of Hawaii’s King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched by thousands. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Death Across Oceans: Archaeology of Coffins and Vaults in Britain, America, and Australia brings together the leading researchers in historic mortuary practice from Britain, North America, and Australia. It is the first book dedicated to the material culture associated with burial in the historic,...
The Truth
Is the Art of Being
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
This is the amazing true story of how one young woman transformed her life following the devastating and unexpected deaths of three partners – all vibrant men in their 40s. After years of struggling, Dee Delaney finds her way back to her true self and leaves her past behind in England, to start...
All the Ghosts in the Machine
Illusions of Immortality in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2019
'As charming and touching as it is astute and insightful'
Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink
'This a very useful book, even perhaps for people who have never been near a computer in their lives'
Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph
Seen any ghosts...
Give Sorrow Words
Working With a Dying Child, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Give Sorrow Words gives an overview of children’s attitudes toward death and considers the moral and ethical issues raised by treatments for life-threatening illnesses in children. In this new edition, available for the first time in the United States, Dorothy Judd draws on her increasing experiences...
by Aviva Boxer
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Outlive your end. Leave something for your Family. Leave something they can't buy, rent, trade, or ignore in your Family. Join us for the secret to their knowing you're around them whether you are alive or dead. You are more than your achievements, resume, accomplishments, or triumphs over adversity....
Handbook for Those Who Grieve
What You Should Know and What You Can Do during Times of Loss
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
• How can I best help someone who has lost a loved one?
• How do I talk to a child about the death of a family member?
• What do I need to think about before I plan a funeral?
Confusion, bewilderment, and a lack of direction commonly surface in the aftermath of a death. It’s also the time...
by Sheila Hollins, Lester Sireling
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
When Dad Died takes a gentle, honest and straightforward approach to death in the family. The pictures tell the story of the death of a parent in a simple but moving way. The approach is non-denominational. This book will be helpful to adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities as well...
Beyond Earth Through Heaven’S Gates
Communication and Insights from Our Spiritual World
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
Ward Barcafer Jr. was naturally filled with grief and desolation after Suzette, his wife of thirty-three years passed away following a brain tumor operation. Certain he would never see or hear from her again, Ward was shocked when, on the second night after her death, he began receiving inexplicable...
The Power of Death:
A Caregiver’S Story of Life, Love, and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
As our parents age, our role often changes to primary caregiver. This true story reveals an account of a caregivers struggle to balance work, life, family, and friends. The narrative includes unexpected life and death decisions and describes the effect caregiving has on the people involved. This emotional journey forever changes lives.
Things Jon Didn’t Know About
Our Life After My Husband’s Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
"Jon, my husband, took his own life at the age of 35. He left for work at 7.30, as usual. He kissed me, and our two children, as usual. He told me he loved me, which was not usual, but that didn't occur to me until later."
Sue Henderson candidly recounts the experience of raising...
by Calvin Trillin
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2006
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Calvin Trillin's Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin.
In Calvin Trillin’s antic tales of family life, she was portrayed as the wife who had “a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day” and the mother who thought that if you...