Nogrady, Bianca.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Australia 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.5 NOGCampbell, Hayley
Summary: "A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people-morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners-who work in it and what led them there. We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we're so afraid of,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "Accidental injury is the leading cause of death for Americans under forty-five. Those who have caused accidents walk among us. They are us. Episcopal priest David W. Peters unintentionally killed someone in a traffic accident as a young man, and in Accidental, he guides readers through the aftermath of these tragedies toward healing and recovery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadleaf Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 PETBourne, Brianna
Summary: Flint Larson has known when he was going to die since he was eight because of the Half-Life Institute, and he is spending the last forty-one days quietly with his divorced parents; September is a vibrant aspiring scientist who wants to cure "half-life", especially since she has met Flint--but their time together is getting short.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BOULee, Barbara Coombs
Summary: "...Finish Strong is for those of us who want an end-of-life experience to match the life we've enjoyed. We know we should prepare, but are unsure how to think and talk about it, how to live true to our values and priorities, and how to make our wishes stick. The usual advice about advance directives and conversations is important but woefully inadequate. This book describes concrete action in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compassion & Choices 2022
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Summary: "Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All That Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLACK, SUE BLAWarner, Jan
Summary: In Grief Day by Day, Jan Warner draws on her own extensive experience and the experiences of the 2 million followers on her Grief Speaks Out Facebook page to offer hope in its most practical form. This book does not look to offer a solution to grief. Rather, it provides supportive, useful guidance to help you create a life in which peace, and even gratitude, can coexist with your grief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Althea Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 WARWolfelt, Alan D.
Summary: Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's need to acknowledge death and embrace the pain of loss. Also explored are the many factors that make each person's grief unique and the many normal thoughts and feelings mourners might have.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 155 WOLRing, Kenneth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 RINHebb, Michael
Summary: "Of the many critical conversations we will all have throughout our lifetime, few are as important as the ones discussing death--and not just the practical considerations, such as DNRs and wills, but what we fear, what we hope, and how we want to be remembered. Yet few of these conversations are actually happening. Inspired by his experience with his own father and countless stories from others...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.09 HEBRing, Kenneth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 RINByock, Ira.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.88 BYOJones, Constance
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 JONKearney, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 KEARiggs, Nina
Summary: "Built on her wildly popular Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a breathtaking memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38 year old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years, after her terminal cancer diagnosis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIGGS, NINA RIGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio RiggsSummary: Birth is not inevitable. Life certainly isn't. The sole inevitability of existence, the only sure consequence of being alive, is death. In these eloquent and surprising essays, twenty writers face this fact, among them Geoff Dyer, who describes the ghost bikes memorializing those who die in biking accidents; Jonathan Safran Foer, proposing a new way of punctuating dialogue in the face of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9 SHIWolfelt, Alan.
Summary: This companion workbook to Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart is designed to help mourners explore the many facets of their unique grief through journalling. Ten essential touchstones for mourners are covered, including being open to the presence of loss, dispelling misconceptions about grief, embracing the uniqueness of grief, seeking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Companion Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self H Grief WolfeltKübler-Ross, Elisabeth.
Summary: One of the most famous psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of an interdisciplinary seminar on death, originated and conducted by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. In On Death and Dying, Dr. Kübler-Ross first introduced and explored the now-famous idea of the five stages of dealing with death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 KUBNoel, Brook.
Summary: Explores unexpected death and its role in the cycle of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 NOEKerr, Christopher
Summary: "The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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Summary: This intimate and powerful book offers ground-breaking techniques and concrete strategies to help children of any age, such as: Games, activities, and play-based exercises that help children and teens process their emotions when they don't have the words to describe what they are feeling. Inspiring stories from two decades of Rainbows groups will comfort and encourage adults trying to cope and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 MARPausch, Randy.
Summary: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Audiobooks 2008
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 004.092 PAUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 004.092 PAUVan Dyke, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: High Tide Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 VANBernstein, Judith R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews and McMeel 1997