22 books in Self Help - Death, Grief, Bereavement
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The American Book of Living and Dying
Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain
Written by Richard F. Groves and Henriette Anne Klauser
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $16.99
For most people, the thought of dying or caring for a terminally ill friend or family member raises fears and questions as old as humanity: What is a “good death”? What appropriate preparations should be made? How do we best support our loved ones as life draws to its close? In... Read more >
Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain
Written by Richard F. Groves and Henriette Anne Klauser
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $16.99
For most people, the thought of dying or caring for a terminally ill friend or family member raises fears and questions as old as humanity: What is a “good death”? What appropriate preparations should be made? How do we best support our loved ones as life draws to its close? In... Read more >
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Intimate Death
How the Dying Teach Us How to Live
Written by Marie DeHennezel
Translated by Carol Janeway
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2009
Price: $13.95
An extraordinary book and an immediate bestseller abroad, Intimate Death tells readers how to help those who are dying face the end squarely and with acceptance, bringing back both peace and dignity to death. 224 pp. Author tour. 40,000 print.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
How the Dying Teach Us How to Live
Written by Marie DeHennezel
Translated by Carol Janeway
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2009
Price: $13.95
An extraordinary book and an immediate bestseller abroad, Intimate Death tells readers how to help those who are dying face the end squarely and with acceptance, bringing back both peace and dignity to death. 224 pp. Author tour. 40,000 print.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Lessons for the Living
Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life
Written by Stan Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $14.95
When Stan Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer, he was afraid and deeply saddened by his prognosis, as anyone in his situation would be. Unlike many, however, he chose to face his fear by helping others in the process of dying—he signed up as a hospice volunteer to be at the bedsides... Read more >
Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life
Written by Stan Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $14.95
When Stan Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer, he was afraid and deeply saddened by his prognosis, as anyone in his situation would be. Unlike many, however, he chose to face his fear by helping others in the process of dying—he signed up as a hospice volunteer to be at the bedsides... Read more >
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Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond
A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Written by Jane Brody
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.
An invaluable road map to putting your affairs in order–or helping your loved ones do the same–this comprehensive... Read more >
A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Written by Jane Brody
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.
An invaluable road map to putting your affairs in order–or helping your loved ones do the same–this comprehensive... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond
A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Written by Jane Brody
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.
An invaluable road map to putting your affairs in order–or helping your loved ones do the same–this comprehensive... Read more >
A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life
Written by Jane Brody
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the beloved New York Times columnist, trusted authority on health, and bestselling author comes this complete guide to everything you need to know–emotionally, spiritually, and practically–to prepare for the end of life.
An invaluable road map to putting your affairs in order–or helping your loved ones do the same–this comprehensive... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Gift of Grief
Finding Peace, Transformation, and Renewed Life after Great Sorrow
Written by Matthew D. Gewirtz
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $14.95
Death, divorce, illness, disaster, personal loss, and financial disappointment. Crisis, tragedy, and suffering are among the most universal human experiences-and they can also be our most powerful catalysts for positive change. Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz offers a graceful, insightful, and inspiring education on the true meaning of grief: how it breaks... Read more >
Finding Peace, Transformation, and Renewed Life after Great Sorrow
Written by Matthew D. Gewirtz
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $14.95
Death, divorce, illness, disaster, personal loss, and financial disappointment. Crisis, tragedy, and suffering are among the most universal human experiences-and they can also be our most powerful catalysts for positive change. Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz offers a graceful, insightful, and inspiring education on the true meaning of grief: how it breaks... Read more >
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The End Is Just the Beginning
Lessons in Grieving for African Americans
Written by Arlene Churn
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
A nationally revered minister and certified grief specialist shares words of comfort for Africans Americans in mourning.
Every culture has unique ways of coping with the devastating loss of a loved one, but in some households these important traditions have succumbed to the modern emphasis on returning to the business of life... Read more >
Lessons in Grieving for African Americans
Written by Arlene Churn
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
A nationally revered minister and certified grief specialist shares words of comfort for Africans Americans in mourning.
Every culture has unique ways of coping with the devastating loss of a loved one, but in some households these important traditions have succumbed to the modern emphasis on returning to the business of life... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Mrs. Hunter's Happy Death
Lessons on Living from People Preparing to Die
Written by John Fanestil
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $23.95
What is the secret of people who die contented and fulfilled? What makes it possible for them to attain such spiritual heights as they approach their physical demise? What enables them to make death a completion of life, rather than a tragic end? And what can they teach us about life... Read more >
Lessons on Living from People Preparing to Die
Written by John Fanestil
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $23.95
What is the secret of people who die contented and fulfilled? What makes it possible for them to attain such spiritual heights as they approach their physical demise? What enables them to make death a completion of life, rather than a tragic end? And what can they teach us about life... Read more >
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Remembrances and Celebrations
A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
Written by Jill Werman Harris
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
This is a collection of powerful and inspirational responses to loss and to the age-old impulse to honor and memorialize the uniqueness of each human being.
For the bereaved, the ritual of delivering a eulogy can seem insurmountably difficult. Remembrances and Celebrations provides gentle guidance in this profoundly important task, with... Read more >
A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
Written by Jill Werman Harris
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
This is a collection of powerful and inspirational responses to loss and to the age-old impulse to honor and memorialize the uniqueness of each human being.
For the bereaved, the ritual of delivering a eulogy can seem insurmountably difficult. Remembrances and Celebrations provides gentle guidance in this profoundly important task, with... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Saying Kaddish
How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew
Written by Anita Diamant
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $13.95
Anita Diamant's knowledge, sensitivity, and clarity have made her one of the most respected writers of guides to Jewish life. In Saying Kaddish, she shows how to make Judaism's time-honored rituals into personal, meaningful sources of comfort. Diamant guides the reader through Jewish practices that attend the end of life, from... Read more >
How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew
Written by Anita Diamant
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $13.95
Anita Diamant's knowledge, sensitivity, and clarity have made her one of the most respected writers of guides to Jewish life. In Saying Kaddish, she shows how to make Judaism's time-honored rituals into personal, meaningful sources of comfort. Diamant guides the reader through Jewish practices that attend the end of life, from... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Wind That Destroys and Heals
Trusting the God of Sorrow and Joy
Written by Stephen E. Broyles
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $10.99
Why would a loving, all-powerful God allow so much pain and suffering? It’s a question everyone asks–from skeptics to spiritual seekers to confirmed believers. In The Wind That Destroys and Heals, theologian and educator Stephen Broyles wrestles with it personally, powerfully, and poignantly.
After enduring the horror of his young wife’s death... Read more >
Trusting the God of Sorrow and Joy
Written by Stephen E. Broyles
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $10.99
Why would a loving, all-powerful God allow so much pain and suffering? It’s a question everyone asks–from skeptics to spiritual seekers to confirmed believers. In The Wind That Destroys and Heals, theologian and educator Stephen Broyles wrestles with it personally, powerfully, and poignantly.
After enduring the horror of his young wife’s death... Read more >
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The End Is Just the Beginning
Lessons in Grieving for African Americans
Written by Arlene Churn
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 14, 2003
Price: $12.95
A nationally revered minister and certified grief specialist shares words of comfort for Africans Americans in mourning.
Every culture has unique ways of coping with the devastating loss of a loved one, but in some households these important traditions have succumbed to the modern emphasis on returning to the business of life... Read more >
Lessons in Grieving for African Americans
Written by Arlene Churn
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 14, 2003
Price: $12.95
A nationally revered minister and certified grief specialist shares words of comfort for Africans Americans in mourning.
Every culture has unique ways of coping with the devastating loss of a loved one, but in some households these important traditions have succumbed to the modern emphasis on returning to the business of life... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Final Exit (Third Edition)
The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
Written by Derek Humphry
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2002
Price: $17.00
As the legal controversy continues--this newly revised and updated third edition of the landmark bestseller contains new, critically important information for patients, loved ones, and medical personnel.
The original publication of Final Exit stunned the nation by offering people with terminal illness a choice on how--and when--to end their suffering. It helped... Read more >
The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
Written by Derek Humphry
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2002
Price: $17.00
As the legal controversy continues--this newly revised and updated third edition of the landmark bestseller contains new, critically important information for patients, loved ones, and medical personnel.
The original publication of Final Exit stunned the nation by offering people with terminal illness a choice on how--and when--to end their suffering. It helped... Read more >
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
Written by Studs Terkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2002
Price: $15.95
“IT’S THE UNGUARDED VOICES HE PRESENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU. . . . Terkel’s interviews may not allay fears about death. But reading them certainly encourages life while we have it.”
–The New York Times
Whether it’s Working or The Great War, the legendary oral histories of Studs Terkel have offered indispensable insights... Read more >
Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
Written by Studs Terkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2002
Price: $15.95
“IT’S THE UNGUARDED VOICES HE PRESENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU. . . . Terkel’s interviews may not allay fears about death. But reading them certainly encourages life while we have it.”
–The New York Times
Whether it’s Working or The Great War, the legendary oral histories of Studs Terkel have offered indispensable insights... Read more >
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Embraced by the Light
Written by Betty J. Eadie
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 29, 2002
Price: $14.00
On the night of November 19, 1973, following surgery, thirty-one-year-old wife and mother Betty J. Eadie died...
This is her extraordinary story of the events that followed, her astonishing proof of life after physical death. She saw more, perhaps than any other person has seen before and shares her almost photographic... Read more >
Written by Betty J. Eadie
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 29, 2002
Price: $14.00
On the night of November 19, 1973, following surgery, thirty-one-year-old wife and mother Betty J. Eadie died...
This is her extraordinary story of the events that followed, her astonishing proof of life after physical death. She saw more, perhaps than any other person has seen before and shares her almost photographic... Read more >
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paperback.
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Body Wisdom
Light Touch for Optimal Health
Written by Sharon Giammatteo
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2002
Price: $16.95
Sharon Giammatteo teaches readers a self-healing method that can return life to areas deadened by shock or trauma. The technique is based on the Neurofascial Process, a calculated laying on of hands and subsequent release of emotional and physical pain. The author widens her scope to include any pain, strain, or... Read more >
Light Touch for Optimal Health
Written by Sharon Giammatteo
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2002
Price: $16.95
Sharon Giammatteo teaches readers a self-healing method that can return life to areas deadened by shock or trauma. The technique is based on the Neurofascial Process, a calculated laying on of hands and subsequent release of emotional and physical pain. The author widens her scope to include any pain, strain, or... Read more >
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When Bad Things Happen
God Is Big Enough to Handle Your Questions… and Strong Enough to Deliver You from Pain and Doubt
Written by Kay Arthur
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2002
Price: $10.99
Chaos, tragedies, broken relationships, wars, disasters, plagues–in this world there is no end to bad news. Hard questions haunt us: If God really is who He says He is, how can He allow these things? If He’s God, why doesn’t He intervene? If we can’t find hope and help in the... Read more >
God Is Big Enough to Handle Your Questions… and Strong Enough to Deliver You from Pain and Doubt
Written by Kay Arthur
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2002
Price: $10.99
Chaos, tragedies, broken relationships, wars, disasters, plagues–in this world there is no end to bad news. Hard questions haunt us: If God really is who He says He is, how can He allow these things? If He’s God, why doesn’t He intervene? If we can’t find hope and help in the... Read more >
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How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days
A Day-by-Day Guide to Saying Good-bye and Getting On With Your Life
Written by Howard Bronson and Mike Riley
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $13.99
“It’s over. Now what?”
Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you’ll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will.
Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken... Read more >
A Day-by-Day Guide to Saying Good-bye and Getting On With Your Life
Written by Howard Bronson and Mike Riley
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2002
Price: $13.99
“It’s over. Now what?”
Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you’ll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will.
Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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How to Heal a Broken Heart in 30 Days
A Day-by-Day Guide to Saying Good-bye and Getting On With Your Life
Written by Howard Bronson and Mike Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2002
Price: $13.99
“It’s over. Now what?”
Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you’ll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will.
Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken... Read more >
A Day-by-Day Guide to Saying Good-bye and Getting On With Your Life
Written by Howard Bronson and Mike Riley
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2002
Price: $13.99
“It’s over. Now what?”
Suffering from a broken heart? Afraid you’ll never get over this feeling of emptiness and loss? You can, and with the help of this easy-to-follow program of action, you will.
Follow Howard Bronson and Mike Riley as they lead you through their thirty-day plan for recovering from your broken... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Crash Course
A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma and Recovery
Written by Diane Heller and Laurence Heller
Foreword by Peter Levine
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2001
Price: $16.95
Trauma following automobile accidents can persist for weeks, months, or longer. Symptoms include nervousness, sleep disorders, loss of appetite, and sexual dysfunction. In Crash Course, Diane Poole Heller and Laurence Heller take readers through a series of case histories and exercises to explain and treat the health problems and trauma brought... Read more >
A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma and Recovery
Written by Diane Heller and Laurence Heller
Foreword by Peter Levine
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2001
Price: $16.95
Trauma following automobile accidents can persist for weeks, months, or longer. Symptoms include nervousness, sleep disorders, loss of appetite, and sexual dysfunction. In Crash Course, Diane Poole Heller and Laurence Heller take readers through a series of case histories and exercises to explain and treat the health problems and trauma brought... Read more >
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Victims of Cruelty
Somatic Psychotherapy in the Healing of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Written by Maryanna Eckberg
Foreword by Peter Levine
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2000
Price: $18.95
In Victims of Cruelty, Maryanna Eckberg incorporates work with Vietnam veterans (the first to be diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder) and the Chowchilla kidnapping victims. This personal testimony of how people can heal after trauma is also a professional book describing the effects of personal and political repression and how we... Read more >
Somatic Psychotherapy in the Healing of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Written by Maryanna Eckberg
Foreword by Peter Levine
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2000
Price: $18.95
In Victims of Cruelty, Maryanna Eckberg incorporates work with Vietnam veterans (the first to be diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder) and the Chowchilla kidnapping victims. This personal testimony of how people can heal after trauma is also a professional book describing the effects of personal and political repression and how we... Read more >
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Remembrances and Celebrations
A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
Edited by Jill Werman Harris
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2000
Price: $14.00
This rich anthology of memorial tributes serves as a welcome reminder that, although words cannot necessarily assuage grief, they can provide tremendous comfort and perspective during our times of loss. The likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Benjamin Franklin, W.H. Auden and Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as ordinary folk... Read more >
A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
Edited by Jill Werman Harris
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2000
Price: $14.00
This rich anthology of memorial tributes serves as a welcome reminder that, although words cannot necessarily assuage grief, they can provide tremendous comfort and perspective during our times of loss. The likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Benjamin Franklin, W.H. Auden and Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as ordinary folk... Read more >
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