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Our Daily Bread Publishing Our Ultimate Refuge: Job and the Problem of
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Acadian House Publishing Dog Love & Dog Loss
Book SynopsisA 100-page softcover book in which the author happily recounts her experiences with the dogs she has shared her home with for most of her adult life. She speaks with love for her dogs and explains her fascination with their varied personality traits and behaviours. A nationally recognised expert in thanatology (the study of death and dying), the author also explores the delicate subject of losing a beloved pet and offers understanding and support for grieving pet owners. The book includes appendices: Funeral Services for a Pet and The Rainbow Bridge, a poem about the joyful reunion with our pets in the afterlife.Table of ContentsPreface; Cast of Characters; A growing fascination with dogs; Pete Moss: Always the digger; Andy: 80 pounds of sweetness; Buddy: Dog-Wonder; A J: Chief of Hospitality; Heidi: Enigma Lou; Dog Loss; Appendix 1: My Dogs Favorite Things; Appendix 2: Rainbow Bridge; Appendix 3: Funeral Service for a Pet; Acknowledgements; About the Author.
£12.34
University of Alberta Press A Year of Days
Book Synopsis“As soon as she was gone from this earth, I felt an overwhelming need for more of her. I had to find her again. But how do you find someone after they’re gone for good?” After her mother succumbed to a rare form of dementia, Myrl Coulter turned the eulogy she had written for the funeral into a series of meditations on absence. The result is fifteen personal narrative essays that move through the vacations, holidays, special occasions, and ordinary days each year brings. Coulter reaches for the mother who is gone, yet ever-present, no matter where she is or what she is doing. In every captivating detail of Coulter’s world, A Year of Days offers readers an intimate odyssey of experience and catharsis.Trade Review"The book spans a single calendar year, but Coulter says what it’s really about is the process of living through the same dates and events, time and time again, even as our experiences of them change dramatically as we age." [Full article at http://bit.ly/1E0p6TF] -- Michael Hingston * Edmonton Journal *On the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list (Edmonton Nonfiction) for the week of May 8, 2015 * Edmonton Journal *#3 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list (Edmonton Nonfiction) for the week of May 22, 2015 * Edmonton Journal *"A Year of Days is light without ever treading Hallmark grounds, funny while still acknowledging the gravitas of death and full of the remembered warmth or loss of not only the 'special' days, but also the days that lie around them by the hundreds: days at the lake, Mexican holidays and days in which we simply move and live. 'Keep moving,' Coulter writes. 'Movement is life.'" -- Kimmy Beach * Alberta Views *Table of ContentsGut Feelings Twenty-Eight Magnificent Mexican Sunsets Those Pesky Natal Days Death by Dementia Perforated Hearts Giant Bunnies Don’t Deliver Chocolate Eggs Gym Interrupted, Again The Parent Days May Long is Tee Time Lakes I Have Known Cornucopia Soup Survival Gear Wearing Black Music on the Hill Current Crossings Epilogue Author’s Note Acknowledgements
£19.79
Companion Press,US The Wilderness of Grief: Finding Your Way
Book SynopsisBased on the author's previous guides to a 10-touchstone method of grief therapy, this book takes an inspirational approach to the material, presenting the idea of wilderness as a sustained metaphor for grief—and likening the death of a loved one to the experience of being wrenched from normal life and dropped down in the middle of nowhere. Feeling lost and afraid in this uncharted territory, people are initially overwhelmed, the book explains, but they begin to make their way through the new landscape by searching for trail markers—or touchstones—until they emerge as intrepid travelers climbing up out of despair. The touchstones for each step are described in short chapters such as "Embrace the Uniqueness of Your Loss," "Recognize You Are Not Crazy," and "Appreciate Your Transformation."
£13.25
Companion Press,US Understanding Your Suicide Grief
Book SynopsisFor anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound loss, this compassionate guide explores the unique responses inherent to their grief. Using the metaphor of the wilderness, the book introduces 10 touchstones to assist the survivor in this naturally complicated and particularly painful journey. The touchstones include opening to the presence of loss, embracing the uniqueness of grief, understanding the six needs of mourning, reaching out for help, and seeking reconciliation over resolution. Learning to identify and rely on each of these touchstones will bring about hope and healing.Table of ContentsForeword; Introduction & Welcome; Touchstone One: Open to the Presence of Your Loss; Touchstone Two: Dispel the Misconceptions About Suicide & Grief & Mourning; Touchstone Three: Explore the Uniqueness of Your Suicide Grief; Touchstone Four: Explore Your Feelings of Loss; Touchstone Five: Recognise You Are Not Crazy; Touchstone Six: Understanding the Six Needs of Mourning; Touchstone Seven: Nurture Yourself; Touchstone Eight: Reach Out for Help; Touchstone Nine: Seek Integration -- Not Resolution; Touchstone Ten: Appreciate Your Transformation; Contacts to Create Support Groups & Additional Resources; The Suicide Survivor's Bill of Rights; Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal.
£12.56
Linden Publishing Co Inc Death for Beginners: Your No-Nonsense,
Book SynopsisWith efficiency and a touch of humour, this valuable guidebook offers information on the difficult subject of planning for one''s own death or organising funerals for loved ones. Topics ranging from cremation, burial, caskets, services, and organ donation are explored, and each section offers data, definitions, examples, pros and cons, and helpful worksheets for narrowing down the best options. Numerous sidebars that offer engaging and occasionally bizarre facts on the death industry are also included. Emphasising practicality and frugality, a bevy of money-saving steps are explored, citing that if smart choices are made beforehand then expensive choices made in grief can be avoided. Ideal for the time-constrained, this comprehensive resource presents fast facts in an easy-to-read format, while helpful links for each topic are compiled in an accompanying website. Readers will benefit from the peace of mind that follows the creation of a structured plan to reduce the financial burdens and emotional distress on loved ones left behind.
£16.19
Mandrake of Oxford A Contemporary Western Book Of The Dead: An
Book Synopsis''I was musing on Singapore in all its affluent glory still having shrines for the dead on every street corner during The Festival of the Hungry Ghosts''. Then I was musing on how the socially mobile of modern western society eschew death rites and grieving in the name of ''holding it together'' and being progressive. I thought of which civilizations are falling and which are rising again, and wondered whether acknowledging death and the ancestors is a vital part of a maintaining personal identity and our place in society. I remember how my grieving father mourned for all the information he had relied on his deceased wife remembering; information which was now lost. I recalled Michael Crichton''s words If you don''t know (your family''s) history, then you don''t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn''t know it is part of a tree.'' Then I thought maybe someone should write about the cults of the ancestors and death, perhaps an anthology, perhaps cross relate experiences of loss to personal spirituality and magick and history. I know that years of working with the dead in the name of art and spirituality, didn''t prepare me for the death of my mother. What helped me was the advice of someone from a long tradition of working with the ancestors. I think that collecting the experiences of spiritual practitioners in their working with grief and death is part of a living and necessary tradition that will give respect to the dead and strength, identity and support to our own personal spirituality.'' Within this book are rituals, stories, traditions and experiences of magicians'' scholars and artists who work with death. Some of the contributors such as Nema, Mogg Morgan, Louis Martine and Nevill Drury (to name but a few) have helped define contemporary transformative spirituality. Others are less well known but just as learned. As there should be in such a collection there is comedy, anger confrontation and practicality. This anthology is about who we are, and where we come from. It is also about how we change. A Contemporary Western Book of the Dead contains voices and visions that acknowledge our past, feed our present and guide the direction of our future.
£12.34
Splendid Publications Limited Alone Again: Coping with the Loss of a Partner
Book SynopsisLosing a life partner is one of the most traumatic experiences anyone can go through. Whether a person has enjoyed a lengthy marriage or a short relationship, the loss of a partner can spell the end of a planned future together, with many hopes and dreams dashed forever. This book is aimed at men and women faced with such a loss. The author has used her personal experiences to help others who find themselves alone again. This is a practical and helpful guide for surviving partners who are struggling to deal with bereavement.
£7.44
Splendid Publications Limited Yet Here I Am: One Woman's Story of Life After
Book SynopsisDeborah Binner believed the stage was set for a contented midlife after a rocky childhood. A happy marriage, good job, lovely home and three daughters moving relatively peacefully towards adolescence and beyond. What more could she ask for?Then in 2013 her world came crashing down when an 'innocuous' pain in her 15 year-old daughter's leg turned into a cancer diagnosis. And despite an agonising three-year battle with bone cancer, Chloe died aged just 18 and two weeks.Flung into a tsunami of grief, the small family tried to navigate a path to survival. But fate intervened again. Just 18 months after Chloe's death, Deborah's beloved husband Simon was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. As a man who was adamant that 'the endgame of motor neurone disease is not for me', he ended his life in a Swiss suicide clinic within months of diagnosis. Their family's story was the subject of a BAFTA-nominated BBC documentary, How to Die: Simon's Choice.In Yet Here I Am, Deborah looks back at a life ripped apart by so much loss out of the natural order of things. Brutally frank, searingly honest and heartbreakingly poignant, she charts her remarkable journey from suicidal grief to some kind of survival and eventually, to a new form of happiness. This is a book about the resilience of the human spirit, hope in the face of agonising despair and the power of love.
£9.99
Rocky Mountain Books,Canada Finding Jim
Book SynopsisFinding Jim describes Susan Oakey-Baker''s struggle to confront the realities of life after the death of her husband, renowned mountain guide Jim Haberl, the first Canadian to summit the most difficult mountain in the world: K2. For fifteen years they had spent time adventuring together around the world: skiing the Himalaya, rafting in Nepal and mountaineering in North America. In time, they got married, solidified a home for themselves in Whistler, British Columbia, and planned on starting a family. But the future Susan had imagined was not meant to be, and when Jim was killed in an avalanche in the University Range of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska, she was faced with a loss greater than anything she ever could have expected. After Jim''s death, Susan spent time retracing the adventures they took together, in a desperate and obsessive attempt to gather and hold on to as many memories of him as she could. She travelled to the place in Alaska where he lost his life; searched the Queen Charlotte Islands where they had first met; trekked to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro where they had journeyed the year before his death; and scoured the hills around their Whistler home for traces of the man she had expected to spend the rest of her life with. In the spirit of books like Joan Didion''sThe Year of Magical Thinking and Maria Coffey''s Fragile Edge, Susan Oakey-Baker writes eloquently of her efforts to relive and reanalyze her husband''s death, to defy the pain that such a loss causes and embrace the healing power of mountains, adventure and wilderness as she reimagines her new life.
£22.09
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Joys of Death: How to Conquer The Fear of Death
Book SynopsisDeath is often feared and seen as painful and dehumanizing, but this book challenges those beliefs. It teaches how to conquer fear, remove trauma and superstition, make death painless, find inner peace, face God, and embrace death as a sweet dream and blessing.
£12.00
HarperCollins Publishers MOTHER MISSING
Book SynopsisFrom one of America’s best loved and most prolific novelists: the story of a woman coming to terms with the violent death of her mother, and uncovering all the hidden secrets stowed away over the years.Trade ReviewPraise for Joyce Carol Oates and ‘Mother, Missing’: ‘One of the female frontrunners for the title of Great American Novelist.' Maggie Gee, Sunday Times 'A writer of extraordinary strengths…she has dealt consistently with what is probably the great American theme – the quest for the creation of self…Her great subject, naturally, is love.' Ian Sansom, Guardian ‘Unlike anything else she has ever written…A very strong and readable novel; the rivalry between the two sisters is especially well observed.’ Edmund White, Books of the Year, Time Literary Supplement 'This is a wonderfully engaging story about the difficult relationship between mothers and daughters, sibling dynamics, family secrets and, of course the larger themes of love and loss from one of America's most prolific and interesting writers who never fails to deliver.' Daily Mail 'Her prose is peerless and her ability to make you think as she re-invents genres is unique. Few writers move so effortlessly from the gothic tale to the psychological thriller to the epic family saga to the lyrical novella. Even fewer authors can so compellingly and entertainingly tell a story.' Jackie McGlone, Scotland on Sunday 'Novelists such as John Updike, Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe and Norman Mailer slug it out for the title of the Great American Novelist. But maybe they're wrong. Maybe, just maybe, the Great American Novelist is a woman.' The Herald
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers A SONG FOR JENNY A Mothers Story of Love and Loss
Book SynopsisOn 7 July 2005, Julie Nicholson's life was changed forever. Her daughter, Jenny, was killed on her way to work in the London bombings, shaking Julie's beliefs. With heartbreaking honesty and integrity, Julie tells her story of love, tragedy and heartache for the first time.Trade Review"A Song for Jenny is a raw and riveting account of a mother's anguish at her daughter's death" – The Times "…an extraordinarily moving memoir…" – The Daily Mail "…an unflinching book…Nicholson takes us into every mother's worst nightmare – the fruitless vigil, the DNA test…" – The Sunday Times "A Song for Jenny…examines intimately the terrain of that strange hostile land [of grief]: every exhausting hill and dangerous pothole, and conversely, every breathtaking viewpoint" – Scotland on Sunday
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers The 13th Gift HarperTrue Life A Short Read
Book SynopsisA true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.Trade Review‘The 13th Gift is the kind of Christmas book whose message is much bigger than the holiday. This memoir is written from the heart and for the heart.’ Jason Wright, New York Times-bestselling author of CHRISTMAS JARS
£8.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc When Children Grieve For Adults to Help Children
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Unthinkable
Book SynopsisA #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life?and his family?s?as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation?s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable forinciting the political violence.On December 31, 2020, Tommy Raskin, the only son of Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, tragically took his own life after a long struggle with depression.Seven days later on January 6, Congressman Raskin returned to Congress to help certify the 2020 Presidential election results, when violent insurrectionists led by right wing extremist groups stormed the U.S. Capitol hoping to hand four more years of power to President Donald Trump. As our reeling nation mourned the deaths of numerous people and lamented the injuries of more than 140 police officers hurt in the attack, Congressman Raskin, a Constitutional law professor, was called upon to put aside his overwhelming grief?both personal and professional?and lead the impeachment effort against President Trump for inciting the violence. Together this nine-member team of House impeachment managers riveted a nation still in anguish, putting on an unprecedented Senate trial that produced the most bipartisan Presidential impeachment vote in American history.Now for the first time, Congressman Raskin discusses this unimaginable convergence of personal and public trauma, detailing how the painful loss of his son and the power of Tommy?s convictions fueled the Congressman?s work in the aftermath of modern democracy?s darkest day.Going inside Congress on January 6, he recounts the horror of that day, a day that he and other Democrats had spent months preparing for under the correct assumption that they would encounter an attempted electoral coup?not against a President but for one. And yet, on January 6, he faced the one thing he had failed to anticipate: mass political violence designed to block Biden?s election. With an inside account ofleading the team prosecutingPresident Trump in the Senate, Congressman Raskin shares never before told stories of just how close we came to losing our democracy that fateful day and lays out the methodical prosecution that convinced Democrats and Republicans alike of Trump?s responsibility for inciting insurrectionary violence against our government.Through it all, he reckons with the loss of his brilliant, remarkable son, a Harvard Law student whose values and memory continually inspired the Congressman to confront the dark impulses unleashed by Donald Trump. At turns, a moving story of a father coping with his pain and a revealing examination of holding President Trump accountable for the violence he fomented, this book is a vital reminder of the ongoing struggle for the soul of American democracy and the perseverance that our Constitution demands from us all.
£23.79
HarperCollins The Probability of Everything
Book Synopsis“One of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever).” —Colby Sharp, Nerdy Book ClubNPR Books We Love 2023 Publishers Weekly Best of 2023 Winner of the Governor General''s Literary Awards for Young People''s LiteratureA heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and facts, as she navigates grief and loss at a moment when life as she knows it changes forever.Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It''s how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out.But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of colliding
£16.99
Penguin Putnam Inc On Death How to Find God
Book SynopsisFrom New York Times bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller, a book about facing the death of loved ones, as well as our own inevitable deathSignificant events such as birth, marriage, and death are milestones in our lives in which we experience our greatest happiness and our deepest grief. And so it is profoundly important to understand how to approach and experience these occasions with grace, endurance, and joy.In a culture that does its best to deny death, Timothy Keller--theologian and bestselling author--teaches us about facing death with the resources of faith from the Bible. With wisdom and compassion, Keller finds in the Bible an alternative to both despair or denial.A short, powerful book, On Death gives us the tools to understand the meaning of death within God's vision of life.
£9.50
Lulu.com free Feeling Real Emotions Everyday Without Pictures
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Zondervan The Color of Rain
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Little Brown and Company The Good Death
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Little, Brown & Company Start the Conversation The Book About Death You Were Hoping to Find
Book SynopsisCombining Eastern spiritualism with Western science, the founder of the national charity God''s Love We Deliver creates an inspiring, practical, and hopeful approach to facing death. Uplifting without being sentimental, Stone explores such important issues as fear and grief, near-death experiences, survival, and preparation for death.
£15.19
Grupo Nelson Seguro en los brazos de Dios La verdad celestial acerca de la muerte de un nio
Book Synopsis'¿Está mi bebé en el cielo?'. Esa es la pregunta más importante que un padre o madre que sufre puede hacerse.
£13.26
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc How to Go on Living
Book SynopsisAn inspiring guide to help you through the mourning process, including a comprehensive resource listing and a chapter on finding professional help and support groups.“The most comprehensive, insightful, and helpful volume on loss and survival.”—Rabbi Dr. Earl A. Grollman, author of Living When a Loved One Has DiedMourning the death of a loved one is a process all of us will go through at one time or another. But wherever the death is sudden or anticipated, few of us are prepared for it or for the grief it brings. There is no right or wrong way to grieve; each person's response to loss will be different. Now, in this compassionate, comprehensive guide (previously published as Grieving), Therese A. Rando, Ph.D., bereavement specialist and author of Loss and Anticipatory Grief, leads you gently through the painful but necessary process of grieving and helps you find the best way for yourse
£16.00
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp A FAX from HEAVEN
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Healing to Prosperity Restoration Through Gods Way
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iUniverse Why My Lynn Upstairs
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iUniverse You Can Help Someone Whos Grieving A HowTo Healing Handbook
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iUniverse Embraced In Love We Reach Heaven The Path to Happiness Stopping Grief
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iUniverse 1 Mensch How I Survived the Death of My Husband
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iUniverse From Mourning to Morning A Journey Of Self Discovery and Recovery
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iUniverse The Delicate Kingdom of Heaven
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iUniverse Walk In The Desert Two true stories
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iUniverse Death and the Human Condition
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iUniverse Before Their Time The Death of a Child
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iUniverse 101 Ways To Heal The Hurt Dealing with the death of a loved one
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iUniverse HOPE FOR A WIDOWS SHATTERED WORLD Rebuilding Life Out of the Ashes of Grief
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