Death category: 2756 books
Unforgettable
A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
"I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU.
We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?"
UNFORGETTABLE is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child.
When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting...
Saying Goodbye to Someone You Love
Your Emotional Journey Through End of Life and Grief
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Named a 2010 Self Help Best Book by Library Journal
Saying Goodbye To Someone You Love consists of moving narratives about end of life and grief. These personal histories are complemented by practical guidelines for those caring for their loved ones through the last stages of life. For those...
Afterlife
Uncovering the Secrets of Life After Death
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
For the thousands of people who loved To Heaven and Back, Heaven is for Real, and Proof of Heaven,
a warm and detailed account of life between lives—and our lives to come
What happens when someone dies? What does it feel like? What exactly is the light at the end of the tunnel? Is reincarnation...
by Amy Yasbeck
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
With Love and Laughter is actress Amy Yasbeck’s most enduring memory of the life she shared with her husband, John Ritter. He was one of America’s most popular and beloved film and television actors. We welcomed him into our homes weekly with his Emmy Award–winning portrayal of Jack Tripper...
The Book of Immortality
The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
A “wonderful” (Harper’s), “engrossing” (Parade) exploration of the most universal of human obsessions: immortality—from an author who is “part Mary Roach, part Joe Strummer of The Clash” (The Wall Street Journal).
What have we not done to live forever? Adam Leith Gollner, the...
Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond
A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.
An invaluable road map to putting your affairs in order–or...
Choosing How We Die
The Experiences of Those Who Did
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Choosing How We Die compels the reader to see his or her own journey through the dying process as something we can only consider when we are healthy and as a gift to those we leave behind after we are physically dead. These true stories of four people who made the choice of facing their own death...
Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites
Seventeen Driving Tours with Directions and the Full Story, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
For more than a century, people have been drawn to sites of tragedy involving the rich, beautiful and notorious of Hollywood. Tourists at the center of the movie universe flock to Rudolph Valentino’s grave, the house where Marilyn Monroe died, the “O.J. murders” condo, the hotel where John Belushi...
Modern Loss
Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome.
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays...
The Five Ways We Grieve
Finding Your Personal Path to Healing after the Loss of a Loved One
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
In this new approach to understanding the impact of grief, Susan A. Berger goes beyond the commonly held theories of stages of grief with a new typology for self-awareness and personal growth*.* She offers practical advice for healing from a major loss in this presentation of five basic ways, or types,...
Companioning You!
A Soulful Guide to Caring for Yourself While You Care for the Dying and the Bereaved
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Based on Dr. Wolfelt's unique and highly regarded philosophy of "companioning" versus treating mourners, this self-care guide for professional and lay grief caregivers emphasizes the importance of taking good care of oneself as a precursor to taking good care of others. Bereavement care...
The Party of Your Life
Get the Funeral You Want by Planning It Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
The Party of Your Life is a lively, irreverent guide to putting the F-U-N back in funeral. This upbeat book will appeal to adults of all ages who want a send-off that reflects their interests, achievements, and taste.
The Party of Your Life will help readers explore the full range of creative,...
Body Brokers
nside America's Underground Trade in Human Remains
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2006
“You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.” —Epictetus
“Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will follow.” —Matthew 24:28
Body Brokers is an audacious, disturbing, and compellingly written investigative exposé of the lucrative business of procuring, buying, and selling...
Seven Steps for Handling Grief
Because You Care
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
“Let me know if there is anything I can do.” This well-meaning offer is frequently expressed when a relative or friend suffers a death or other heart-wrenching loss such as divorce, termination of a job, having to put a parent in a nursing home or Alzheimer’s facility, loss of one’s home,...