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Book SynopsisAt Death's Door: End of Life Stories from the Bedside tells the powerful story of Sebastian Sepulveda's experiences in working with patients at the end of their lives. In some cases, death came quickly, after the patient was first diagnosed with a terminal condition and entered the hospital. In other cases, patients had a long, progressive illness that got increasingly worse over the months or years until they were in their final days. In some cases, patients were able to fight off death for many years. Hard decisions are often madewhether to resuscitate or not, whether to choose hospice or not, who makes the decisions when a patient cannot, and whose decision to follow when several family members are involved in decision making. Written from the perspective of a medical doctor from years of experience, this personal approach to the end of life explores the many options available to patients and their families and reveals how real people have come to those decisions, and how they playTrade ReviewAt Death's Door is an attempt to provide scenarios that can occur when a patient is approaching the end of life. Sepulveda, a doctor with 30-plus years of experience, and Scott, a well-known writer, describe a variety of situations that involve decision making for end-of-life care, coping mechanisms that can hinder the decision-making process, and cultural issues that are often misunderstood or ignored. Each situation is an attempt to provide a realistic view for the reader. However, the recalled dialogue would be better replaced with a summary—an interpretation would provide far more insight than the choppiness of the report. Medical terms are defined throughout, which is beneficial for non-medical readers…. Thus, the book will be best suited for laypeople seeking knowledge of the pitfalls that can occur along the end-of-life road…. This book is rich in personal experiences, which afford a level of authenticity to the work—this is difficult to find. It will prove invaluable to many who are seeking information on how to navigate the uncharted waters of end-of-life care. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers. * CHOICE *[R]eading this book would allow you to reflect on how you try to assist patients and families with end-of-life issues. * International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care *While this book could easily serve as a classroom text for medical students, families who want to avoid stressful scrambling in a crisis situation at life’s end are well-advised to invest in a copy of At Death’s Door to review and keep at home. Digesting the pages will help families prepare, which will then bring them peace of mind. It may also inspire living better. * The Caregiver’s Voice *Through several chapters of gripping anecdotal evidence, Sepulveda and Scott show how different diseases affect physical systems and the ways in which they cause loss of life; how a DNR/DNI alters a care plan; and how it might save pain on both sides of the bed. The end is near in each of Sepulveda’s tales; whether the DNR/DNI is in place or not, the outcome is the same. The difference: one offers less pain and more peace, he says. What would you want for yourself? What would you want for your loved one? Valid questions, all, from a book that forces readers to think, hard. Yes, you may be a patient someday, and you’ll be glad you’ve read At Death’s Door, in the end. * Pantagraph *From the vantage point of a highly experienced and thoughtful physician at the bedside, Dr. Sepulveda brings clarity to the decisions confronting patients, doctors and the 21st century health care system at the end of life. Using compelling case vignettes, Dr. Sepulveda writes with clarity about the pathophysiologic processes of the common fatal diseases of our time – COPD, heart disease, dementia, obesity and cancer – and how patients, their families and physicians face the dilemmas and decisions to be made at life’s end. Dr. Sepulveda brings to life how a compassionate and honest physician can help guide patients and their families in the hard decisions faced at life’s end. -- Matthew S. Ellman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale School of MedicineDr. Sepulveda provides an excellent overview of what we are likely to encounter in hospitals as we near death--whether our own or a loved one's death. This book is a worthwhile read for anyone preparing an advance directive or who is appointed to make end-of-life decisions for another. It also provides a useful introduction to end-of-life concepts and topics commonly encountered in U.S. hospitals. -- Anita J. Tarzian, PhD, RN, Program Coordinator, Maryland Health Care Ethics Committee Network (MHECN); Law & Health Care Program, Maryland Carey Law; Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing

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Book SynopsisBOOK TWO IN THE SHIRES MYSTERIES - A GRIPPING NEW COSY CRIME MYSTERY.When Maggie Kaye and Sam Dee join the Bishops Well archaeological dig, they are as surprised as everyone else to unearth a body that was buried there less than fifty years ago. It can't possibly be the remains of an ancient Celt.Maggie, with her usual flair - and psychic intuition - is convinced that there is more to this discovery than meets the eye. And some Bishops residents seem to know a lot more about the case than they are willing to let on.But nobody is as shocked as Maggie when a face from the past - a face she thought she'd never see again - appears in the village, and long-hidden secrets begin to surface.With danger at her door, and Sam by her side, can Maggie uncover the truth before it's too late?A TWISTY NEW WHODUNNIT, FOR FANS OF BETTY ROWLANDS, FAITH MARTIN AND JOY ELLIS.What readers are saying about Anna Legat:'Brilliant. I didn't want to put it down!''It's a rare author who can keep me guessing until the end - and the ending was a shocker''Plenty of twists and turns''A brilliantly complex spaghetti of unrelated sub-plots to challenge any armchair sleuth''I thoroughly enjoyed this book, reading it cover to cover in a weekend''I shall look out for more from Ms Legat'

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Book SynopsisUnravels the following mystery: how is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support? This work is a portrait of American politics as viewed through the lens of the death tax repeal saga.Trade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2005 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers "This is one of the most interesting books about politics, and power, and the way the world is going, that you are ever likely to read. What makes it so fascinating is that it is a mystery story. The mystery is this: how did the repeal of a tax that applies only to the richest 2 percent of American families become a cause so popular and so powerful that it steamrollered all the opposition placed in its way... This is not simply a story about the United States... [T]he moral of the tale is far wider than that... Instead this is a tale about the power of narrative in politics, and the increasing ease with which individual stories can be made the be-all and end-all of political debate."--David Runciman, London Review of Books "[Michael] Graetz ... And [Ian] Shapiro ... Set out to unravel what on the surface appears a mystery ... Fueled a grassroots campaign that ended up throwing Democrats on the defensive... Graetz and Shapiro make a convincing case that propaganda was not the chief reason the campaign to repeal the estate tax gathered steam. A far more important factor was that throughout the 1990s, the only people in Washington making impassioned moral arguments about it were antitax conservatives."--Eyal Press, The Nation "Public-policy reporting at its finest. But Death by a Thousand Cuts is much more. It is also an important manual on moral arguments in contemporary politics."--David Cay Johnston, The American Prospect "[A] lively legislative chronicle."--Amith Shlaes, Financial Times "An elegant exegesis of the broad-based political forces that were brought together to fight against a tax that affects only the richest 1% to 2%... There is a moral argument in favor of estate taxes that deserves to be heard above the clatter of the repeal juggernaut. This book is one of the first peeps in its defense."--Elizabeth Bailey, The New York Sun "Death by a Thousand Cuts is a timely and important book... [I]t provides an enlightening and insightful account of the American political and tax systems."--Theodore Pollack, New York Law Journal "Graetz and Shapiro are at their best when depicting the subterranean interplay between activists, think tanks, lobbyists, and donors that fuels federal politics."--Daniel Franklin, Washington Monthly "How could a tax paid by only the richest 2 percent of Americans become a cause celebre for a broad swath of middle-class farmers, businessmen and average Joes? [Graetz and Shapiro] provide a fascinating and readable explanation."--Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post "The book is engaging, enlightening, and thought-provoking... Graetz and Shapiro have written a remarkable book that deserves a wide audience. Their account of 'the fight over taxing inherited wealth' is notable not only for its sophisticated and penetrating analysis, but also for its scrupulous fairness."--Karen C. Burke and Grayson M.P. McCouch, Tax Notes "Instead of rehashing the tired arguments about whether or not the estate tax should exist, these scholars undertook an incredible series of high-level interviews with the leading actors involved in this critical debate. The result is an easily accessible but highly insightful examination of the tax climate in early 21st century America... Death by a Thousand Cuts clearly sounds a wake-up call to anyone who has not already seen how much the political center has shifted regarding the fundamental issues of what government should do and who should pay for it."--Richard L. Kaplan, National Tax Journal "However you feel about the death tax, the book will make you glad that the power that controls our deaths is not the same one that controls our taxes."--Accounting TodayTable of ContentsAn American Story 1 1. A Political Mystery 3 2. Genesis of the Repeal Coalition 12 3. Squall or Sea Change? 24 4. An Opportunity Missed 32 5. An Advocate for the Working Rich 41 6. Stories from the Grasstops 50 7. Changing the Face for Repeal 62 8. Talking the Talk 74 9. Exploiting the Think Tank Gap 85 10. Disorganized Democrats 99 11. Pushing against an Open Door 107 12. The Running Room of Public Opinion 119 The Battle for Passage 131 13. The Missing Link 133 14. Building a Strong Offense 143 15. The Birth of a New Coalition 154 16. Billionaires Battle 168 17. Paint-by-Numbers Lawmaking 178 18. The Final Four 194 19. Winners, Losers, and Uncertainty 206 Lessons Learned and Missed 219 20. Stories Trump Science 221 21. Money, Money, Money 239 22. Morals of the Mysteries 253 23. Another Storm Gathering 266 Epilogue 279 Glossary 283 Bibliographic Essay 293 Acknowledgments 357 Index 359

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Book SynopsisThrough an ethnographic study inside Japan's Buddhist goods industry, this book establishes a method for understanding change in death ritual through attention to the dynamic lifecourse of necromaterials. Deep in the Fukuyama mountainside, the grave of the graves (o-haka no haka) houses acres of unwanted headstonesthe material remains of Japan's discarded death rites. In the past, the Japanese dead became venerated ancestors through sustained ritual offerings at graves and at butsudan, Buddhist altars installed inside the home. But in twenty-first-century Japan, this intergenerational system of care is rapidly collapsing. In noisy carpentry studios, flashy funeral-goods showrooms, neglected cemeteries, and cramped kitchens where women prepare memorial feasts, Hannah Gould analyzes the lifecycle of butsudan, illuminating how they are made, circulate through religious and funerary economies, mediate intimate exchanges between the living and the dead, andas the population ages, famTrade Review“From graves for abandoned gravestones to the craft and care by which workers tend to butsudan still today, this book is an electrifying read. Ethnographically intimate, analytically astute, and refreshingly clear, When Death Falls Apart brilliantly tracks both the challenges and attachments to necro-care as once practiced and getting recrafted today.” * Anne Allison, author of Being Dead Otherwise *“When Death Falls Apart is well-crafted and thoughtful, and it significantly advances scholarship on death studies. At the same time, Gould’s excellent study is a model for rich anthropological description of particular people, places, and objects that challenge the reader to think about other places, other deaths, and other bodies.” * S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, author of A History of Religion in 5½ Objects *Table of ContentsTextual Conventions Introduction: The Stuff of Death and the Death of Stuff 1. Crafting 2. Retail 3. Practice 4. Disposal 5. Remaking Conclusion: When Death Falls Apart Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE 2019 CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE CHOSEN AS A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A dark trail of murder, political corruption and lies' i A journalist must follow the clues, no matter how far that takes her. Casey Benedict, star reporter at the Post, has infiltrated the lives and exposed the lies of countless politicians and power players. Using her network of contacts, Casey is always on the search for the next big story, no matter how much danger this might place her in, no matter what cost emotionally. Tipped off by an overheard conversation at an exclusive London nightclub, she begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a wealthy young British man, whose death has left his fiancée and family devastated. Casey’s determined hunt for the truth will take her from the glitz of St-Tropez to the deserts of Libya and on to the very darkest corners of the human mind. 'Sensational! I loved it. Superbly plotted, and what a brilliant series lead!’ Clare Mackintosh The Hunt and the Kill, the third in the Casey Benedict series, is out now.Trade ReviewSuperbly entertaining ... This promises to be an outstanding series * Telegraph *A first-rate Fleet Street novel ... equally good on the spy-like ploys used by undercover hacks as it is on tensions and teamwork in the newsroom * Sunday Times *Superbly plotted… frighteningly plausible and utterly unforgettable! This is a rollercoaster of a book… To the Lions is quite sensational * Crime Review *This fast-paced thriller follows journalist Casey Benedict on a dark trail of murder, political corruption and lies in a well-told tale that grabs you from the very first page * i *More than a touch of le Carré to this debut… Watt builds the tension magnificently -- Thrillers of the Year * The Times *This book is astonishing. Containing the most horrific concept for a crime novel I’ve ever encountered, it manages also to be beautifully written and tragic. It made me question the value we put on human life and consider what it means to be human. Utterly unforgettable -- Emma Flint, author of 'Little Deaths'Eye-popping in its revelations of undercover journalists’ tactics … Holly Watt’s knowledge and experience as an investigative reporter add a seriousness to this fast-moving [thriller] * Literary Review *An amazing book … Completely riveting ... A breath-holding rollercoaster of a read, which opens doors and windows into the way the world is that are genuinely shocking -- Manda Scott, author of 'A Treachery of Spies'Tightly plotted, frighteningly plausible and packed with insider knowledge, To The Lions is an astonishing debut -- M. W. Craven, author of 'The Puppet Show'Sensational! I loved it. Superbly plotted, and what a brilliant series lead! A sure hit -- Clare Mackintosh, author of 'Let Me Lie'

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Book Synopsis* Don''t miss ''THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH'' TV SERIES - now streaming on Paramount+ * Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter''A superbly strong read'' The Times What began as a straightforward case is about to become a twisted nightmare . . . Once a busy hospital, St Jude''s now stands derelict, awaiting demolition.When a partially mummified corpse is found in the building''s cavernous loft, forensics expert Dr David Hunter is called in to take a look. He can''t say how long the body''s been there, but he is certain it''s that of a young woman. And that she was pregnant.Then part of the attic floor collapses, revealing another of the hospital''s secrets: a bricked-up chamber with beds inside. And some of them are still occupied.And it soon becomes clear that St Jude''s hasn''t claimed its last victim . . .ChilTrade ReviewSimon Beckett’s sixth novel featuring the forensic anthropologist David Hunter is arguably his best . . . a superbly strong read. -- Marcel Berlins * THE TIMES *Beckett's masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads. -- TESS GERRITSEN

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Book SynopsisBeautiful and conceited Alicia Matcham leads us through an intriguing web of deceit in search of a killer who is, bizarrely, welcomed by her family. This exciting, gripping crime novel is full of suspense and delivers a thrilling final twist. Saturday 10 June 1933, and one of Charles’s Whitten’s bridge players collapses at the table, apparently from natural causes. Charles’s youngest daughter Patty is convinced it’s murder and pleads with her sister Alicia – a party girl with connections – to help discover the truth. Their brother William is a penniless drunkard, their mother ingenuous, Patty naïve, their father Charles all bluff and bluster and then there is John the seductive butler. It feels as though Alicia is in one of the new Agatha Christie murders: there were four people in the card room, surely one must be the murderer?

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Book SynopsisDrawing on first-hand accounts from veterans and civilians, as well as previously unpublished source material, Death on the Don tells the story of one of the greatest military disasters of the Second World War.

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Book SynopsisExperiences, observations and practical advice enabling those encountering death to meet it in an active manner, both mentally and physically.Trade Review'Provides helpful insights and experiences for all the different aspects of death that the reader may encounter. Will be useful to anyone seeking a new orientation towards death and will provide a valuable resource for counsellors.'-- Invisible News, December 2003'Inspiring. The book is a practical transitional aid and is interspersed with many says of wise people so that readers can access material which harmonizes with their own experiences.'-- The Beacon, July 2004'An informative and uplifting book written from long experience and understanding. Helpful chapters on untimely deaths and the death of children are followed by reflections on the further path of the soul and a beautiful selection of poetry and prayers.'-- Scientific and Medical Network, Winter 2003'A sensitive account.'-- The Inner Light, Autumn 2003'A gentle, practical book.'-- Caduceus, Spring 2004'This is a well-produced book. The book contains many helpful and iluminating quotations and poems throughout that have the experiences of death as their theme. […] By use of judiciously chosen quotations, interspersed with practical observations and useful interpolations, the whole of the book is presented in such a way that the reader is constantly being made aware how death has been accepted and understood by other people. This is an excellent book.'-- Peter Heathfield, New View, Autumn 2003'Often the writing is in the form of a question which leaves the reader free to make her own judgement and to awaken his thinking about important issues. The poems and prose and verses will be a spring of inspiration and comfort for many.'-- Camphill Correspondence, January 2004'Readers will almost certainly feel helped by at least parts of what John Baum has included, such as the final letters of a captured young man of the Danish resistance, facing a war-time death; or the account of the last days and after of a young woman dying of AIDS.'-- Perspectives, December 2003'A sombre yet practical book.'-- Greenock Telegraph, February 2004

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Book SynopsisFenella Kelly, widow, artist and guest house owner, faces eviction; her mortgage is about to expire. Her mother Marjorie wishes she would accept Charles Peake’s offer for Bayview, so that they can all move on… Especially incontinent, wheelchair bound Grandmother Norah, who should be in a care home. So why won’t Fenella agree? After all, Tom is moving to the other side of the island and Marjorie has a flat overlooking the Mooragh Park and lake. Marjorie resents spending time at Bayview, a place too steeped in memories. While Fenella remains stubbornly resistant to selling, she has in fact been questioning her humdrum life. Painting tourist scenes and catering for greedy guests is all very well, but celibacy is dreary, whilst the unexpected return of Peter Quilliam to the island has stirred dormant desires. While Fenella daydreams, Marjorie seethes, until an unexpected guest comes to stay. Nothing will be the same again.

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Book SynopsisWhen someone is murdered next door, it changes everything about the way you live your life. When Hugh was ten years old, he walked home from school to find his friends next door crying outside - they had just come home and discovered their mother’s body. She had been murdered. Now an adult, Hugh has a happy social life and a successful career as an artist in Oakland, California. But even so he is plagued by anxiety, anger, and panic attacks. As he attends therapy and looks back on his childhood, he comes to realize the trauma and stress that the murder next door had on his life, and how it still affects him today. Does trauma ever go away? Or does it just hang around, in the backs of our minds forever? This thoughtful, powerful memoir explores how one event in childhood can make a permanent mark on someone’s life.

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Book SynopsisSimon Beckett is the No.1 international bestselling author of the David Hunter series: The Chemistry ofDeath, Written in Bone, Whispers of the Dead, The Calling of the Grave, The Restless Dead and The Scent of Death. His books have been translated into 29 languages, appeared in the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller lists and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist, he has written for The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent on Sunday and Observer. The inspiration for the first David Hunter novel came after a visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee introduced him to the work of forensic anthropologists.Joint-winner (with Arne Dahl) of Europe's largest crime fiction prize - the Ripper Award 2018/19 - he has also won the Raymond Chandler Society's Marlowe Award and been short-listed for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library and Theakston's Crime Novel of the

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Book SynopsisSpanning sixty tumultuous years of Ukrainian history, this multigenerational saga weaves a dramatic and intricate web of love, sex, friendship, and death. At its center: three women linked by the abandoned secrets of the past—secrets that refuse to remain hidden. While researching a story, journalist Daryna unearths a worn photograph of Olena Dovgan, a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army killed in 1947 by Stalin’s secret police. Intrigued, Daryna sets out to make a documentary about the extraordinary woman—and unwittingly opens a door to the past that will change the course of the future. For even as she delves into the secrets of Olena’s life, Daryna grapples with the suspicious death of a painter who just may be the latest victim of a corrupt political power play. From the dim days of World War II to the eve of Orange Revolution, The Museum of Abandoned Secrets is an “epic of enlightening force” that explores the enduring power of the dead over the living.

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Book SynopsisOn the way home that night through south Armagh Sean Farmer and Colm McCartney were stopped at what later transpired to be a bogus security forces checkpoint. Less than an hour later, their bodies were found at the side of the road in the townland of Altnamackin, a few miles outside Newtownhamilton. This book is the first attempt to tell the men’s story. It is a vividly imagined re-creation of the time and circumstances of the murders coupled with an examination of their factual background. The murders were particularly significant because they represented the first time that the GAA had found itself targeted by terrorists in such a public and blatant way. Many more attacks on its members would follow in the next two decades. At its core this book reveals both the human stories of loss behind the headlines that the murders generated and the inadequate official investigation which followed. But above everything else this is the story of the lives and deaths on a country road in rural Armagh of Sean and Colm, two friends on their way home from a football match.

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Book SynopsisA practical and compassionate guide to physically, emotionally, and spiritually caring for the dying. Just as we might prepare a nest for one about to give birth, so can we lovingly prepare a nest for one who is dying. In this practical and compassionate guide, death doula educator Anne-Marie Keppel incorporates ancient and modern death doula techniques, mindfulness practices, and herbal support to show how anyone can physically, emotionally, and spiritually care for the dying, whether at home, in hospice, or even in the ICU. Seeking to demystify the dying process, she explains what the body physically undergoes during the end of life and shares techniques to physically care for the dying, including methods to assist bedridden individuals. She presents practices for emotional soothing, breathing techniques to reduce anxiety and pain, and ways to reduce stress during the active dying process. She shares ceremony and energetic boundary guidelines, Reiki and ancestral support techniques, and herbal care for nourishing and healing on a spirit level. Providing support for caregivers and loved ones as well, Anne-Marie explores self-care methods for moving with grief, ideas for “things to do” when there is nothing to do, and mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality. She also offers visualisations and techniques for talking with children about death and dying. Sharing glimpses into the world of spirit to reveal the poignancy of the dying process, the author shows that death is a sacred rite of passage we all experience.Trade Review“Anne-Marie uses the image of nest building to introduce ways to build protective circles of care for dying persons and their loved ones. Her writing is tender and loving. She draws on the insights of psychology, spirituality, and ancient wisdom and also includes a discussion of practical care issues stemming from her years of experience. It is refreshing to encounter an author sensitive to the need for literature on end-of-life issues to confront its rather privileged perspective and begin to address the cultural, class, gender, and racial disparities in end-of-life care. Death Nesting will be a valuable support for families facing the loss of a loved one.” * Judith L. Lief, Buddhist teacher, student and editor of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and author of *“Anne-Marie has gifted us with an informative, holistic, and comprehensive guide to tending to those who are in the dying season of their lives. The practical guidance, mindfulness practices, herbal recommendations, and storytelling offered in Death Nesting empower us to support one another to create a dying experience that reflects our unique lived experience.” * Aditi Sethi, M.D., hospice and palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, and executive director *“A resource guide that will transcend your view on death, dying, and how to be in companionship with Death. This beautiful, sensitive guide is filled with knowledge delivered with tenderness and takes the reader through a journey of learning about stages of death, ways caregivers can be supportive during the transition process, caregiver and client meditations, and calming practices. Anne-Marie has gently normalized a subject seldom addressed, so openly. Written for anyone who may be curious about death work, caregivers, and for all of us who will have that familiar, yet unfamiliar, knock on the door from the intimate stranger we call Death.” * Sonya-Prajna Patrick, Ph.D., death-tending doula, magick/conjure worker, and bone reader *“Anne-Marie’s way of navigating death and grief is intentional, nourishing, loving, meditative, and healing. With an attitude of humility and reverence for this sacred passage, her words evoke a sensuous experience for the reader, as she brings to life the essence of death doula service. I highly recommend Death Nesting to anyone interested in mindfully holding space for their loved one or for themselves through the process of death.” * Jade Brunel, founder of WAO Tea and author of Tea, Remembering the Essence of Life *“Death Nesting is a compassionate manual on approaching death consciously—both our own death and the deaths of those we love. Through the pages of this helpful book, death educator and doula Anne-Marie Keppel gives readers the tools needed to turn the end-of-life process into a beautiful and healing experience. Filled with love and spirit this is a book I will be recommending to my clients whether they are facing death or grieving the loss of a loved one.” * Salicrow, psychic medium and author of Spirit Speaker *“As explained in Death Nesting, dying can be a time of unknowing while also a journey best guided by deep wisdom and trust—both of which are bolstered by Keppel’s anecdotes and explanations. This mindfully constructed book of knowledge gently encourages readers to let go of rigid logic and control as well as embrace all that can be anticipated during the end of life, covering an array of topics from the ineffable to the highly practical and so much in between.” * Francesca Lynn Arnoldy, community doula and author of The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully *“Keppel’s heart-centered, community-based philosophy establishes her as a leader in the emerging holistic deathcare movement. I recommend Death Nesting to all aspiring death doulas, medical professionals serving in end-of-life spaces, hospice volunteers, and, most especially, home caregivers. This is a bedside companion for the tender journey as we walk one another home.” * Jade Adgate, death midwife and curator at the Farewell Library *“Anne-Marie offers loads of wise and practical guidance for helping, holding, and mindful presence through all that this passage brings for the doula, the dying, and for those who must let them go. Whatever your belief about the afterlife, whatever your previous experience with death and dying, this book invites you to the crossroads, where life meets death—a sacred place of deep gravitas, transformation, and remembrance.” * Fearn Lickfield, director of the Green Mountain Druid School and Dreamland Sanctuary *“This is the book those who gravitate toward or find themselves thrust into the death space need. Exploring age-old territory with fresh eyes, Anne-Marie Keppel has encapsulated for us the essence of active caring in full practical and loving description.” * Lee Webster, funeral reform advocate and director of New Hampshire Funeral Resources & Education *“Death Nesting is refreshing, enlightening, and captivating. It dares to talk deeply and thoroughly about a subject that’s barely touched in our society, yet it’s a reality that we are all going to have to deal with. This book gives the reader a thoughtful and human perspective on confronting death.” * Rafael Olivares, M.D., volunteer for Doctors of the World *Death Nesting: The Heart-Centered Practices of a Death Doula provides an excellent addition to a growing cannon of works revolving around the field of Death Care. Anne-Marie Keppel presents the subject in a practical yet engaging manner that draws the reader into awareness. This is a book that encourages active learning and participation on the part of caregivers and death doulas who seek to assist in the honorable act of being present and holding space for the dying. * Clio Arjana, FacingNorth.net *Table of ContentsForeword by Karen Wyatt, M.D. An Introduction to Death Nesting About This Book One Beyond Advance Directives Take NotesMore than Just Paperwork Two Preparing the Nest Establishing the Protective ShellPreparing the Inner NestCaregiving’s Inner CircleSecret NestingWeathering Our Dying Three Dying Is a Sensory ExperienceHearingSmellTasteSightTouch Four What the Physical Body Does during the Dying Process Aches and PainsTemperatureBreathing and Heart RateEating, Digestion, and EliminationHandwashingWound CareSponge BathingMoisturizingBedding and Lying in BedWhat to Pack in a Hospital Bag Five Mind, Spirit, and Emotion in the Dying Process Suggestions for Mental SoothingPsychedelics and Virtual Reality ListeningAncestor ComfortsTying Together a TimelineSleep, Rest, and SeparationTime, Space, and RhythmSpiritual SupportReiki for the DyingA Time for ShrinesSix Discomforts during Caregiving Expressing the Very DifficultWords Are Not Always What Is NeededWhen What Is Happening Is Against Your DesiresWhat to Do When There Is Nothing to DoLanguage Barriers in the Dying ProcessMedical Aid in DyingComing Upon an Accident or Sudden Death Seven Talking with Children about Death and Dying Tiny Deaths and Big DeathsA Child’s Tool KitPet and Animal Deaths Eight After the Last Breath Home Funerals and Body CareShould the DeadAttend Their Own Funerals?The Good FuneralHerbs for Remembrance and CeremonyMoving with GriefMeditation for Dissolving into the ElementsAppendix: The Ancient and Modern Death DoulaResources for Death, Dying, and Stretching Your MindAbout the AuthorIndex

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Book SynopsisThe gripping new thriller from award-winning author Andrew Klavan. When a wealthy family is murdered in their Chicago mansion, the case seems open and shut, but one man''s search for answers reveals the hidden darkness in an idyllic community...Cameron Winter has a knack for solving complicated crimes. His background spy turned English professor means he's uniquely placed to decipher the clues behind some of the most complex cases.When four members of a wealthy household are killed in their suburban Chicago mansion, shock reverberates around the community. Their bodies were pulled from the burning building but all of them had already been shot dead. It seems like an open and shut case when local police soon have the obvious culprit under lock and key. But with the only witness a child who has no memory of the events, Winter digs deeper and reveals there is more to the case than there seems. Just why does the lead detective on the case want W

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the riddle of life asked from the perspective of the near-death experience. It begins with knowledge recently acquired through scientific research, and goes on to consider the role of direct experience in answering our questions about the nature of the human soul and spirit in relation to the cosmos.Drawing on the work of Michael Sabom and Rudolf Steiner, this is an insightful exploration of a fascinating human experience.

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Book Synopsis'A master magician ... King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie

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Book SynopsisTHE OFFICIAL PUZZLE BOOK FOR HIT BBC TV SERIESOn the idyllic island of Saint Marie, there’s been a murder.Fresh off the plane, you are the island’s last hope of finding an answer to this bewildering crime that''s puzzled detective inspectors for years. Only one question matters: do you have what it takes?The official puzzle book to accompany the beloved long-running TV series, this fiendishly entertaining book - featuring 150 mind-bending puzzles - whisks you away into the world of Death in Paradise, casting you among your favourite characters and training your brain along the way.So, grab a mojito and your magnifying glass . . . it''s time to find out whodunnit.Perfect for fans of Death in Paradise, Beyond Paradise and Return to Paradise!

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the emergence and meaning of the cult of death. This book links the mounting demand for images of violent death with dramatic changes in death-related social rituals. It offers a conceptual framework that connects observations of fictional worlds with real-world sociocultural practices.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction One. The Intellectual Origins of the Cult of Death Two. The Commodification of Death Three. The Monsters and the Humans Four. Harry Potter, Tanya Grotter, and Death in the Coming-of-Age Novel Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA magnum opus from Tayler that traces the currents of our thought about time, modernity, and death from Martin Luther through Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Derrida.

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Book SynopsisDespite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This title investigates what changing burial forms reveal about the ways temple Buddhism is perceived and propagated in contemporary Japan.Trade Review"Bonds of the Dead contains a wealth of fascinating information that reminds us that human societies rely on religion to confront the insurmountable problem of death." (William Bodiford, University of California, Los Angeles)"

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Book SynopsisOffering both comfort to the fearful and confirmation to the curious, this title examines different levels of existence in the spirit realms.What happens at the point of death?Where do we go afterwards?Does one's personality survive after death?How are the good and the bad experiences of life accounted for?What is the purpose of life?These are questions everybody asks. And no one is better qualified to provide reasonable answers than Dolores Cannon. During fifteen years of detailed research, this widely experienced and well-respected American past-life regression therapist has accumulated a mass of credible information about the death experience and what lies beyond.While reliving their dying experiences, hundreds of subjects reported the same memories. The similarity and sincerity of their recollections are too convincing to be ignored. This book is a good introduction to the death experience, to guides and guardian angels; ghosts anTable of Contents1. The Death Experience 2. The Greeters 3. A Near Death Experience 4. The Schools 5. The Grand Tour 6. The Different Levels or Planes of Existence 7. So-Called 'Bad' Lives 8. Guides 9. God and Jesus 10. Satan, Possession and Demons 11. Ghosts and Poltergeists 12. Planning and Preparation 13. The General Council 14. Imprinting 15. Walk-Ins 16. The Return Trip

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Book SynopsisThe 6th and final volume of the new 'Black' edition of Death Note includes volumes 11 & 12 of the original manga.

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Book SynopsisIn R.J. Lee’s fourth Mississippi-set Bridge to Death Mystery, it’s up to newly-married reporter and bridge player Wendy Winchester Rierson to finesse a homicide investigation where the killer holds a master hand…King Kohl, scion of the Kohl and Son real estate firm, has a reputation for loving three things: the ladies, closing on properties, and playing bridge. Still, when he invites Wendy, the president of the Rosalie, Mississippi, Country Club Bridge Bunch, to a small, exclusive bridge party, her investigative instincts as a reporter for the Rosalie Citizen are on the alert. In fact, King means to use the occasion to make a surprising announcement to his selected guests. But before he can lay his cards on the table, tragedy strikes. After receiving a mysterious message to hurry to King’s home, Wendy almost collides with the man’s real-estate rival, running out the front door insisting he found King dead when he

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Book SynopsisThe Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a master criminal investigator. Frances Glessner Lee, a wealthy grandmother, founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936 and was later appointed captain in the New Hampshire police. In the 1940s and 1950s she built dollhouse crime scenes based on real cases in order to train detectives to assess visual evidence. Still used in forensic training today, the eighteen Nutshell dioramas, on a scale of 1:12, display an astounding level of detail: pencils write, window shades move, whistles blow, and clues to the crimes are revealed to those who study the scenes carefully. Corinne May Botz's lush color photographs lure viewers into every crevice of Frances Lee's models and breathe life into these deadly miniatures, which present the dark side of domestic life, unveiling tales of prostitution, alcoholism, and adultery. The accompanying line drawings, specially prepared for this volume, highlight the noteworthy forensic evidence in each case. Botz's introductory essay, which draws on archival research and interviews with Lee's family and police colleagues, presents a captivating portrait of Lee.Trade Review"The Nutshell dioramas are compelling, a bit disturbing, and engagingly weird - it never previously seemed possible to use the words 'forsenic' and 'cute' in the same sentence. Corinne May Botz has done a grand job both in exposing them to a non-specialist public and in photographing them with such fanatical verisimilitude." - Luc Sante

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Book SynopsisA guide for making sense of life--from action (good except when it's not) to thinking (depressing) to youth (a treasure).This book offers a guide to human nature and human experience--a reference book for making sense of life. In thirty-eight short, interconnected essays, Shimon Edelman considers the parameters of the human condition, addressing them in alphabetical order, from action (good except when it's not) to love (only makes sense to the lovers) to thinking (should not be so depressing) to youth (a treasure). In a style that is by turns personal and philosophical, at once informative and entertaining, Edelman offers a series of illuminating takes on the most important aspects of living in the world.

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Book SynopsisLiving alone in his single bedsit in Marylebone, young Daniel Felton is a young man in trouble. As his financial problems mount, feeling increasingly threatened and desperate, he needs to get away from London fast. With some helpful assistance from his concerned cousin, he finds a welcome bolt hole down in deepest Cornwall. At first ‘The Chough Cottage’ in Tregarris seems a welcome sanctuary. However, it’s not too long before events catch up with him, taking a sinister turn for the worse. Daniel seems to have enemies everywhere, with even the cottage itself seeming to possess malevolent dark secrets of its own…

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Book SynopsisThe Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his book Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Czech philosopher Jan Patocka's Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History and develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Lévinas, and Kierkegaard. One of Derrida's major works, The Gift of Death resonates with much of his earlier writing, and this highly anticipated second edition is greatly enhanced by David Wills's updated translation.This new edition also features the first-ever English translation of Derrida'sLiterature in Secret. In it, Derrida continues his discussion of the sacrifice of Isaac, which leads to bracing meditations on secrecy, forgiveness, literature, and democracy. He also offers a reading of Kafka's Letter to His Father and uses the story of th

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Book Synopsis* Don''t miss ''THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH'' TV SERIES - now streaming on Paramount+ * Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter''Menacing, beautifully paced'' Daily MailA serial killer is at work, and the death toll is rising . . . The victim has been bound and tortured, the body decomposed beyond recognition.Then a second body is found. A nightmare is about to begin.Once a brutal abduction takes place, it becomes a terrifying race against time for forensic expert David Hunter . . .Trade ReviewMenacing, beautifully paced and with characters that wouldn't disgrace the incomparable Michael Connelly, this marks Beckett's transition to established star * Daily Mail *Beckett is one of the country's best crime writers... His books are intelligent, beautifully written and utterly gripping * Sunday Express *

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