The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller

This acclaimed spiritual masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. A manual for life and death and a magnificent source of sacred inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation to the nature of mind to karma and rebirth to compassionate love and care for the dying and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path.

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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness Needs and Communications of the Dying

Five years after its first publication with more than 150000 copies in print Final Gifts has become a classic. In this moving and compassionate book hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the end of life drawn from more than twenty years experience tending the terminally ill.

Through their stories we come to appreciate the near-miraculous ways in which the dying communicate their needs reveal their feelings and even choreograph their own final moments; we also discover the gifts—of wisdom faith and love—that the dying leave for the living to share.

Filled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death Final Gifts shows how we can help the dying person live fully to the very end.[]

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Preparing for Death: The Science of Dying

Death is the topic that no one wants to talk about. Yet every body dies and we all know without a doubt that our body will surely die. Are we ready for death? Do we understand what will happen when our body dies? Passing down an ancient science handed down from a long line of spiritual teachers "Preparing for Death" provides us with the solutions for dealing with our death and the death of our loved ones. It succinctly delivers the modern research along with the ancient science of dying. These reveal the facts regarding our identity and the reasons for life and death. The mysteries of death are further unraveled as we discover where we go after death - and we gain the essential wisdom to be able to navigate the journey.[]

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Worth Fighting For: Love Loss and Moving Forward

Wait a minute . . .

. . . there.

I made it to the next moment.

And that’s how you get through a bad moment of grief. You do it one moment at a time.

—from Worth Fighting For

LISA NIEMI and PATRICK SWAYZE were married for thirty-four years. They first met as teenagers at his mother’s dance studio—he was older and just a bit cocky; she was the beautiful waif who refused to worship the ground he walked on. Through the years their marriage strained under the pressures that many do but it was always a uniquely passionate and creative partnership.

When they first exchanged vows Lisa promised to be with her husband “till death do us part.” But how many couples stop and think about what that truly means? Worth Fighting For is a remarkably candid look at what losing a partner really entails—how to care for him or her how to make it through each day without falling into despair and how to move forward in the second half of your life when the person you spent the first half with is gone.

For the first time Lisa Niemi Swayze shares the details of Patrick’s twenty-one-month battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer and she describes his last days when she simply tried to keep him comfortable. She writes with heartbreaking honesty about her grief in the aftermath of Patrick’s death and she openly discusses the challenges that the years without him have posed.

While this is an emotionally honest and un-flinching depiction of illness and loss it is also a hopeful and life-affirming exploration of the power of the human spirit. Lisa shows that no matter how dark the prospect of another day may seem there are always reserves of strength to call upon. She writes “I tell you I am a different person now. One who has been thrown into the fire and forged.” Like The Year of Magical Thinking and A Widow’s Story this book is both a tribute to a marriage and a celebration of the healing power that each day holds even in the most difficult of circumstances.[]

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A Grief Observed

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment" A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life death and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man -- or at any rate a man like me -- out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself." This is a beautiful and unflinchingly homest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe and how he can gradually regain his bearings.

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The Bell Jar (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

Get your "A" in gear!

They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students since its inception SparkNotes™ has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'™ motto is Smarter Better Faster because:

· They feature the most current ideas and themes written by experts.
· They're easier to understand because the same people who use them have also written them.
· The clear writing style and edited content enables students to read through the material quickly saving valuable time.

And with everything covered--context; plot overview; character lists; themes motifs and symbols; summary and analysis key facts; study questions and essay topics; and reviews and resources--you don't have to go anywhere else!



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Three Weeks with My Brother

As moving as his bestselling works of fiction Nicholas Sparks's unique memoir written with his brother chronicles the life-affirming journey of two brothers bound by memories both humorous and tragic.In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It was to mark a milestone in their lives for at thirty-seven and thirty-eight respectively they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world and often overtaken by their feelings daredevil Micah and the more serious introspective Nicholas recalled their rambunctious childhood adventures and the tragedies that tested their faith. And in the process they discovered startling truths about loss love and hope.Narrated with irrepressible humor and rare candor and including personal photos THREE WEEKS WITH MY BROTHER reminds us to embrace life with all its uncertainties...and most of all to cherish the joyful times both small and momentous and the wonderful people who make them possible.

• ISBN13: 9780446500104


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Tear Soup

If you are going to buy only one book on grief this is the one to get! It will validate your grief experience and you can share it with your children. You can leave it on the coffee table so others will pick it up read it and then better appreciate your grieving time. Grand's Cooking Tips section at the back of the book is rich with wisdom and concrete recommendations. Better than a casserole!

Hardbound; 56 full-color pages. Affirms the bereaved. Educates the un-bereaved. A building-block for children..... WINNER! of the 2001 Theologos Book Award presented by the Association of Theological Booksellers.

• ISBN13: 9780961519766


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When Bad Things Happen to Good People

When Harold Kushner’s three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens he was faced with one of life’s most difficult questions: Why God? Years later Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi a parent a reader and a human being. Often imitated but never superseded When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a classic that offers clear thinking and consolation in times of sorrow.
Since its original publication in 1981 When Bad Things Happen to Good People has brought solace and hope to millions of readers and its author has become a nationally known spiritual leader.

• ISBN13: 9781400034727


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The Noon God

Living in the shadow of greatness can be a difficult thing. Just ask Desdemona. When her father the magnificent J. Caesar Fortune is found murdered inside the offices of the Faculty of Art there is no shortage of people who carried a grudge against him.[]

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Reflections at Sunrise

February 25 2005 dawned cold and crisp. I'd lain awake for hours that morning overcome with grief and loss. I'd been a widow for two months. Something compelled me to crawl from the warmth of my bed and find pen and paper. I will always cherish the closeness I felt to my husband that morning as I poured out my heart. It was as though he was there beside me as I wrote the words that became my lifeline and brought proof that love survives death.
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The End of Normal

An explosive heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff the first genuine inside story from a family member who has lived through- and survived-both the public crisis and her own deeply personal tragedy.

When the news of Bernard Madoff 's Ponzi scheme broke Americans were shocked and outraged perhaps none more so than the unsuspecting members of his own family. After learning that their father's legendarily successful wealth management company was "all just one big lie" Mark and Andrew Madoff turned their father in and cut off all communication with both parents. Mark and his wife Stephanie strove to make a fresh start for the sake of their two young children but Mark could not overcome his sense of betrayal and shame-he and other family members were sued for $200 million in October of 2009. He hung himself on the two-year anniversary of his father's arrest. Left to raise her children as a single mother Stephanie wrote this memoir to give them a sense of who their father really was defend his innocence and put her personal statement on record once and for all. In this candid insider account she talks about her idyllic wedding to Mark on Nantucket what it was really like to be a part of the Madoff family the build-up to Bernard's confession and the media frenzy that followed. It is about the loss of the fairytale life she knew adjusting to life with a man she hardly recognized anymore and the tragic and final loss of her husband.

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Broken Laces

Everyone deserves a second chance.

Jack "The Cannon" Kennedy thinks he's living the American Dream. A fancy house in the Houston suburbs. A promising career. And a loving wife who tolerates his long hours and selfish ways.

In one horrific instant he loses his wife. Then his job. Then his hope. And that just leaves Kellen the young son Jack hardly knows or understands.

Jack realizes he must reconnect with Kellen or they'll never get past their shared grief. But Jack's biggest obstacle is staring back from the mirror.

Desperate to reach Kellen he turns to baseball the game he once loved. With Jack a win-at-all-costs former star pitcher coaching his son's Little League team what could possibly go wrong?
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Salvation Creek : An Unexpected Life

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MY KIND OF CRAZY: Living in a Bipolar World

"The author lures us into her Bipolar world by injecting humor into the serious subject of mental illness. She acts as a tour guide and takes the reader on her manic journey and then steers us straight into the abyss of her depression." --Diane Urban PhD NYS Licensed Psychologist Adjunct Professor at Manhattan College and Westchester Community College SUNY

"MY KIND OF CRAZY is an important contribution which sheds light on the often hidden world of mental illness. The line between reality and psychosis is impossible to comprehend unless one has seen the world from both perspectives. The author unlocks the door to a locked psychiatric facility and allows the reader cross the threshold. The story is further enhanced by glimpses of her experience through the eyes of her husband and son." --William M. Dince Phd NYS Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist[]

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Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man a Young Man and Lifes Greatest Lesson

Maybe it was a grandparent or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older patient and wise who understood you when you were young and searching and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom that person was Morrie Schwartz his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe like Mitch you lost track of this mentor as you made your way and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - MItch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is a magical chronicle of their time together through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.[]

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On Berryhill Road

Fallon McKniere is a person you probably wouldn’t favor with a second glance if you saw her on the street. She’s not only petite in stature she’s toothpick-thin and her clothes say “thrift shop.” Her stance says “don’t mess with me.”

But if you take a closer look you’ll see a haunted expression in her eyes.

Donovan Pfarr takes a closer look. And can’t turn away when he realizes that she goes hungry most of the time. He feels compelled to help her.

But he wonders: how did Fallon end up living in a run-down trailer taking care of her mentally-unbalanced mother barely eking out an existence on her meager paycheck from the convenience store where she works?

The answer comes when a man involved in an event from Fallon’s childhood learns he is dying. He tries to make peace with his conscience by setting up an anonymous trust fund for Fallon. And unleashes a force that puts Fallon and Donovan in deadly peril.[]

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Seven Days To Say I Love You

Essential reading for those dealing with the loss of a loved one this is a memoir that will touch everyone who sometimes struggles to say those magic words.
Seven Days to say ‘I Love You’ is the diary of a son who finds himself at the centre of a family crisis when his Dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
In a compelling account of the last week of his father’s life the author takes the reader on an emotionally-charged journey towards the inevitable.
Poignant and insightful and written with heartfelt honesty this is a true story which you will never forget and which may just change your life.


'A stunning read’
'Beautiful in its simplicity'
'An uplifting story'
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The Last Lecture (Thorndike Nonfiction)

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow what would we want as our legacy?

When Randy Pausch a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon was asked to give such a lecture he didn't have to imagine it as his last since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles of enabling the dreams of others of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book Randy Pausch has combined the humor inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch

• The Last Lecture


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Blue Nights

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