Peters, David W.

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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Van Bronkhorst, Jeanne

Summary: Explores the important role that dreams can play for those who are in an end-of-life process, those providing support, and loved ones whose lives are touched by the transition.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 2015

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Warner, 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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Noel, 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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Wolfelt, 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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Wolfelt, 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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Van Dyke, Linda.

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Publisher / Publication Date: High Tide Press 2003

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Marta, Suzy Yehl.

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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Nowak, Pat.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 1stBooks 2003

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Bernstein, Judith R.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews and McMeel 1997

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Campbell, 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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Nogrady, Bianca.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Australia 2013

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Kearney, Michael

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1996

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Becvar, Dorothy Stroh.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Guilford Press 2001

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Kübler-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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Logsdon, Gene.

Summary: A cancer survivor and farmer writes about the struggles of his childhood and life as a parent, the resilience of nature, and nature's cycles of life and death.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub Co 2014

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Hebb, 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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Berger, Susan A.

Contents: Loss changes you forever -- The nomad -- The memorialist -- The normalizer -- The activist -- The seeker -- Transforming your grief: finding your personal path to healing -- Hope for the future -- Support for healing.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Trumpeter 2009

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Black, Sue M.

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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Price, Steven D.

Contents: The death -- The funeral home -- The service -- Grief counseling and therapy -- Housekeeping -- Probate: an overview -- The probate process -- Estate planning -- Appendixes : A checklist -- Funeral practices -- A sample basic will -- Small estate affidavit -- The primary provision of a Living trust -- A bouquet of quotations.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Welshons, John E.

Summary: "In this remarkable book, Welshons weaves together his own personal awakening with those of others he's counseled to create a deeply felt & beautifully expressed primer on dealing with grief. A must read for the soul. If you are grieving, this book will comfort you. If not, it will prepare you for that which is not small stuff. Personal awakening."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Ocean 2003

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Bourne, 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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