Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Death, Grief, Bereavement

This collection presents a ground-breaking account of the treatment and commemoration of dead bodies resulting from incidents of genocide and mass violence. Whether reburied, concealed, stored, abandoned or publicly displayed, human remains raise a vast number of questions regarding social, legal and ethical uses by communities, public institutions and civil society organisations.

Through a diverse range of international case studies, across multiple continents, this highly innovative book brings together pioneering research from social scientists, historians and...

John Rehm was 74 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Nine years later, he passed away, having made the difficult choice to end his extended illness by refusing to eat, drink, or accept medication. This process transformed Diane into an advocate for increased conversation end-of-life care and the right to die on one's own terms, as well as a brave and sympathetic voice for anyone who must...

Author and psychologist Dr. Damon A. Silas describes his own, incredible journey of powerfully overcoming loss and grief within his life. Elegantly, and with skillful humor, he guides the reader through the lessons drawn from the tragedies and challenges he has experienced. His poignant style, cleverly interwoven with lightheartedness, draws the reader into a journey that shows remarkable resilience. In addition, he provides useful resources to support readers working through their own losses, grief and trauma. The reader easily believes these losses could at any stage relate to their own...

Author and psychologist Dr. Damon A. Silas describes his own, incredible journey of powerfully overcoming loss and grief within his life. Elegantly, and with skillful humor, he guides the reader through the lessons drawn from the tragedies and challenges he has experienced. His poignant style, cleverly interwoven with lightheartedness, draws the reader into a journey that shows remarkable resilience. In addition, he provides useful resources to support readers working through their own losses, grief and trauma. The reader easily believes these losses could at any stage relate to their own...

Comfort for the tears, Light for the way, is a collection of memoirs written by those who have suffered the devastating loss of a child, before during or after birth.

These families share their courageous pregnancy journeys through miscarriage, stillbirth, IVF and premature births.

Powerfully evocate, Comfort for the tears, Light for the way is a collective memoir of grief - and hope.

Have you experienced a painful and heartbreaking miscarriage, stillbirth, or other pregnancy loss? Do you suffer silently while trying to heal on your own? Have you buried your emotions in order to escape them?

Journey to Peace allows God's word to penetrate the very depths of your soul along a 31-day path of carefully chosen bible scriptures, heartfelt prayers, and mindful exercises that help you achieve the peace that surpasses understanding. Through her own loss, Keanna shows you how to find peace through God. These pages will help you to:

- Pray: Take your anxiety,...

When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable--especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, "NO " with every fiber of our body. The process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear--and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should.

Organized into fifty-two short chapters, Bearing the Unbearable is a companion for life's most difficult times, revealing how grief can open our hearts to...

From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks.

After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void, '" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend...

The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement sets issues of death and dying in a broad and holistic social context. Its three parts explore classical sociology, developments in sociological thought, and the ways that sociological insights can be useful across a broad spectrum of grief-related topics and concerns. Guidance is given in each chapter to help spur readers to examine other topics in thanatology through a sociological lens. Scholars, students, and professionals will come away from the handbook with a nuanced understanding of the social context -cultural...

The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement sets issues of death and dying in a broad and holistic social context. Its three parts explore classical sociology, developments in sociological thought, and the ways that sociological insights can be useful across a broad spectrum of grief-related topics and concerns. Guidance is given in each chapter to help spur readers to examine other topics in thanatology through a sociological lens. Scholars, students, and professionals will come away from the handbook with a nuanced understanding of the social context -cultural...

• HARD COVER, sleek matte finish
• 8.5" x 8.5" (216mm x 216 mm)
• 100 pages total
• A few Introduction pages (see info below)
• Each page has an open layout and is headed 'Guests' & 'Thoughts & Memories'

A remembrance book to celebrate the life of your loved one. This memorial service guest book has a beautiful spiritually themed cover image and an open layout for your guests to leave their name and share their thoughts & memories of your loved one.

When loss of a loved one forces you only the Road of grief, you don't have to travel alone. Let Courage Road be your guidebook through the difficult terrain ahead. Concise and packed with practical tips and travelers' tales from others who have walked this Road before. When the desert of loneliness beckons, or you get lost in the forest of despair, Courage Road will guide you through every phase of your journey and will help you find your way from grief to hope.

Patrick Deeley's train journey home to rural East Galway in autumn 1978 was a pilgrimage of grief: his giant of a father had been felled, the hurley-making workshop silenced. From this moment, Patrick unfolds his childhood as a series of evocative moments, from the intricate workings of the timber workshop run by his father to the slow taking apart of an old tractor and the physical burial of a steam engine; from his mother's steady work on an old Singer sewing machine to his father's vertiginous quickstep on the roof of their house. There are many wonderful descriptions of the natural...