Death Dying category: 510 books
Confessions of a Funeral Director
How the Business of Death Saved My Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
**The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director—what Time magazine called a "must read"—reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets in...
At the End of Life
True Stories About How We Die
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?The modern healthcare system has become proficient at staving off death with aggressive interventions. And yet, eventually everyone dies—and although most Americans say they would prefer to die peacefully at home, more than half of all deaths take...
Sacred Grief
Exploring A New Dimension to Grief
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Are you ready to discover what lies beyond the ordinary experience of grief?
Sacred Grief offers an intriguing exploration of the far-reaching ripple effect of our present-day opinions about surviving grief's emotional roller-coaster and the unnecessary suffering our judgments unconsciously...
Graceful Exits
How Great Beings Die
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Death is a subject obscured by fear and denial. When we do think of dying, we are more often concerned with how to avoid the pain and suffering that may accompany our death than we are with really confronting the meaning of death and how to approach it. Sushila Blackman places death—and life—in...
Life or Death
A Matter of Choice?
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2015
A understandable overview of the laws regarding euthanasia, end-of-life treatment, and medication of those who may be unable to decide for themselves if the treatment is necessary.
Our bodies are ours to control, free from state interference — or so it appears. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms...
by Jack Riemer
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Forward by Sherwin B. Nuland
As Jack Riemer demonstrates in this collection of Jewish resources for mourning and healing, the Jewish tradition has much to offer those who seek its help in time of need. Here are personal as well as practical writings by contemporary authors about the Shivah...
Funeral Rights
What the Australian 'death-care' industry doesn't want you to know
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2007
How can a funeral director charge $700 for a chipboard coffin worth only $80?Why are there moves afoot to re-use graves in cemeteries?Can we choose to be buried in a cardboard coffin?Australia's 'death-care' industry is worth a staggering $700 million a year, and despite the fact that each of us will...
Life Lessons
Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Is this really how I want to live my life?
Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters.
In this, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross joins with David Kessler to...
by Carol Orsborn
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Saying the wrong thing in a delicate situation is a widespread fear. Its difficult for most people to find the right words when confronted with lifes most troubling moments: illness or death of a loved one. Many self-help books deal with the aftermath of death, but in Nothing Left Unsaid Carol Orsborn...
Field Notes from Elsewhere
Reflections on Dying and Living
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
In the fall of 2005, Mark C. Taylor, the controversial public intellectual and widely respected scholar, suddenly fell critically ill. For two days a team of forty doctors, many of whom thought he would not live, fought to save him. Taylor would eventually recover, but only to face a new threat: surgery...
Who Dies?
An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Who Dies? is the first book to show the reader how to open to the immensity of living with death, to participate fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. The Levines provide calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death.
by Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Elyshia Aseltine
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Medical advances prolong life. They also sometimes prolong suffering. Should we protect life or alleviate suffering? This dilemma formed the foundation for a powerful right-to-die movement and a counterbalancing concern over an emerging culture of death. What are the qualities of a life worth living?...
Angelic Attendants
What Really Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
For Julie Ryan is an inventor, entrepreneur, medical intuitive and psychic whose learned skills have helped many families understand the glorious side of the dying process. It This process involves angels, multitudes of deceased family and friends, the spirits of deceased pets, and countless serendipitous...
by Kenneth J. Doka, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
"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...