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Denial of Death

Denial of Death more books like this

by Ernest Becker

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Challenging the Freudian school of thought, this book portrays humans as constantly struggling against inherent ambiguities in themselves and the world, while trying to define themselves to achieve immortality. It sees the denial of death as man's attempt to distinguish himself beyond the grave.

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On Death and Dying

On Death and Dying more books like this

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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This classic text, which opened up the field of death and dying for laymen and professionals alike, made it possible for countless people to cope with death. Dr. Kubler-Ross introduces her now famous five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

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How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter more books like this

by Sherwin B Nuland

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In an age when death occurs in sterile seclusion and is cloaked in euphemi sm and taboo, How We Die is a vital revelation. Clearly, frankly, yet compassionately, it tells us how most of us are likely to die--and in doing so , suggests how we may live more fully and meaningfully. Written by a distinguished surgeon, How We Die succeeds in restoring ...

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Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss

Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss more books like this

by Hope Edelman

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An instant bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, Hope Edelman's Motherless Daughters explores the myriad ways that losing a mother can affect almost every aspect and passage of a woman's life. First published a decade ago, it is still the book that motherless daughters of all ages look to for understanding and comfort and that they press ...

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Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying

Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying more books like this

by Derek Humphry

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Physician aid-in-dying is available to an elite few who have a close relationship with a doctor. For those who do not, or wish to handle their departure from this world themselves, this book charts the do's & dont's of autoeuthanasia.

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Nothing to Be Frightened of

Nothing to Be Frightened of more books like this

by Julian Barnes

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'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him.' Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that 'this is not my ...

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The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying

The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying more books like this

by Lynne Ann Despelder

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The best-selling textbook in the field, "The Last Dance" offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of death and dying. Integrating the experiential, scholarly, social, individual, emotional, and intellectual dimensions of death and dying, the eighth edition of this acclaimed text has been revised to offer cutting-edge and comprehensive ...

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Death and Dying, Life and Living

Death and Dying, Life and Living more books like this

by Charles A Corr, PH.D., Clyde M Nabe, PH.D., Donna M Corr, R.N.

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This text provides an in-depth look at how experiences associated with death, dying, and bereavement shape and are shaped by human life and culture. The authors integrate classical and contemporary material, present task-based approaches for individual and family coping, and offer practical guidelines for constructive communication, all of which ...

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Widow to Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life

Widow to Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life more books like this

by Genevieve Davis Ginsburg, M.S.

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A compassionate guide to enduring the death of a husband and learning to carry on. In this remarkably useful guide, widow, author, and therapist Genevieve Davis Ginsburg offers fellow widows-as well as their family and friends-sage advice for coping with the loss of a husband. From learning to travel and eat alone to creating new routines to ...

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The Summer of the Great-Grandmother

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother more books like this

by Madeleine L'Engle

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"Anyone who has dealt with, or will soon deal with, the death of a parent will find some solace, understanding, and companionship in this perceptive book, which is, in the end, more about living than about dying".--The Washington Post.

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The American way of death revisited more books like this

by Professor Jessica Mitford

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An examination of American burial customs, written by an Englishwoman who resided in California for many years. Mitford finds the funeral industry infested with corruption, price-fixing, and outright fraud, and she writes scathingly of those who profit from it.

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The Saddest Time more books like this

by Norma Simon, Jackie Rogers (Photographer)

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Explains death as the inevitable end of life and provides three situations in which children experience powerful emotions when someone close has died.

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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith more books like this

by Studs Terkel

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In Terkel's powerful new book a wide range of people address that final experience and its impact on the present in which they live. In talking about the ultimate and unknowable culmination of life, these people give voice to their deepest beliefs and hopes, reflecting on the lives they have led and what still lies before them.

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Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial more books like this

by Mark Harris

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The first book ever written about "green" burials follows the fast-moving trend that embraces affordable, personal, eco-friendly alternatives to the highly toxic, mass-produced modern method.

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The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries more books like this

by Marilyn Johnson

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In wry and lucid prose, Johnson takes a mordantly funny look at the history and practice of "the ultimate human-interest story," the obituary.

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Understanding Dying, Death & Bereavement more books like this

by Michael Leming

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The Third Edition, with its expanded coverage, maintains its social-psychology approach and is appropriate as a primary text in death and dying, thanatology, sociology of dying, death and bereavement, psychology of death, and relating to the terminally ill courses. The teaching and field experience of Leming and Dickinson add a realism and ...

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The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade more books like this

by Thomas Lynch, M.H

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The American poet, Thomas Lynch, is also hired to bury the dead, to cremate them and to tend to their families in a small Michigan town where he serves as the funeral director. In the conduct of these duties he has kept his eyes open and his ears tuned to the vernacular sound of love and grief. In these 12 essays is the voice of both witness and ...

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Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die more books like this

by Michael Largo

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Largo takes an eye-opening and irreverent look at the truth behind kicking the bucket--the definitive A-to-Z illustrated sourcebook on the ways people die. 400+ medical and historical illustrations.

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Living Out Loud more books like this

by Anna Quindlen

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Quindlen's New York Times columns of the 1980s.

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Jewish Way in Death and Mourning more books like this

by Maurice Lamm

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This is a very detailed guide to the traditional aspects of Jewish observances of Death and Mouring. It is a must for every Jew -- Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or un-affiliated!

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And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life more books like this

by Sharon R Kaufman

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A penetrating examination of how most Americans die today--how the patients and their families' conflicting desires about a "good death" collide with the politics and routines of American hospitals.

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Dying, Death, and Bereavement more books like this

by George E Dickinson, Michael R Leming

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This ninth edition of "Annual Editions: Dying, Death, And Bereavement" provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews ...

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Death and Dying: Life and Living (with Infotrac(r)) more books like this

by Clyde M Nabe, PH.D., Donna M Corr, R.N., Charles A Corr, PH.D.

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Helps students learn to cope with encounters with death, dying and bereavement. The authors integrate classical and contemporary material, present task-based approaches for individual and family coping, and included four substantial chapters devoted to death- related issues faced by children, adolescents, adults and elderly.

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Live from Death Row more books like this

by Mumia Abu-Jamal, John Edgar Wideman (Introduction by)

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A Peabody Award-winning radio reporter and convicted prisoner awaiting the death penalty presents an scathing account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life while criticizing the racism and political bias in the American judicial system. Reprint.

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The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead more books like this

by Heather Pringle

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Pringle's thoroughly researched survey into the preserved dead reveals not only the religious and cultural compulsion to mummify in, for example, the Egyptian tradition, but also time-worn mummification practices, the phenomenon of natural mummification, historical mummies, and the modern mummy black market.

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