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The Daughter's Way: Canadian Women's Paternal Elegies
ISBN: 9781554583621 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Daughter's Way investigates negotiations of female subjectivity in twentieth-century Canadian women's elegies with a special emphasis on the father's death as a literary and political watershed. The book examines the work of Dorothy Livesay, P.K. Page, Jay Macpherson, Margaret Atwood, Kristjana Gunnars, Lola Lemire Tostevin, Anne Carson, and Erin Moure as elegiac daughteronomies--literary artifacts of mourning that grow from the poets' investigation into the function and limitations of elegiac convention. Some poets treat the father as a metaphor for socio-political power,... The Daughter's Way investigates negotiations of female subjectivity in twentieth-century Canadian women's elegies with a special emphasis o... |
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Transitions: A Nurse's Education about Life and Death
ISBN: 9780984744503 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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49,22 |
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Hold to God's Unchanging Hands: A Story of Faith, Forgiveness, and Victory
ISBN: 9780982700136 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While trying to deal with the deaths of her two youngest children, Boston remained determined to hold to god's unchanging hands. She shares the story of her journey to recovery after the loss, which has led to a road of faith, forgiveness, and victory.
While trying to deal with the deaths of her two youngest children, Boston remained determined to hold to god's unchanging hands. She shares the story ...
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49,37 |
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Last Flight Out: Living, Loving & Leaving
ISBN: 9780982726228 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Above all, Phyllis Langton's memoir, Last Flight Out: Living, Loving & Leaving, is a passionate love story, one that deepens as she and her husband George Thomas live their way into the experience of ALS, its unremitting losses and its surprising gifts, with dignity, keen humor, a fighter pilot's courage and a nurse's unsentimental pragmatism. "I know what's going to be on my death certificate. That's more than you can say," George tells her after receiving his diagnosis. How they are going to live the time that remains to them as a couple is also not in question, for they are equally...
Above all, Phyllis Langton's memoir, Last Flight Out: Living, Loving & Leaving, is a passionate love story, one that deepens as she and her husband Ge...
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85,14 |
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You Can Afford to Die; Sensible Advice from a Practical Funeral Director
ISBN: 9780983172604 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,83 |
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When a Loved One Dies: The Complete Guide to Preparing a Dignified & Meaningful Goodbye
ISBN: 9780983232438 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If Your Loved One Died Today Would You Know What to Do? When a Loved One Dies, by author Katherine Mariaca-Sullivan is a how-to book for families and friends struggling to create a dignified and meaningful goodbye for their loved ones. Born out of necessity when first her father, Peter Mariaca, died of pancreatic cancer, and then her niece, Jahmila Kyla Bertie-Mariaca, was killed in a car accident, the book examines the funeral industry from one who has been embroiled in it and who wants to help others navigate through it. Understanding Your Options When confronted with the death of a loved...
If Your Loved One Died Today Would You Know What to Do? When a Loved One Dies, by author Katherine Mariaca-Sullivan is a how-to book for families and ...
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67,81 |
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Precious Son : The Impact of AIDS on an Evangelical Christian Family
ISBN: 9781432779726 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,90 |
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Daddy Fixes Everything: An Insightful Family Story about Pet Loss and Departure
ISBN: 9780615490977 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Daddy Fixes Everything provides children and their parents with tools to cope with departure and loss; so doing in language and register that are age-appropriate (5-14). The story introduces a father who is ever-busy fixing broken toys and household sundries while surrounded by his children's commotion. All is well until one child (Danielle) discovers that the pet hamster is not moving. Figuring dad, who can fix just about anything, can fix the hamster as well; Danielle arranges a rescue operation, only to find out that resurrection is not included in the father's repertoire of skills... The...
Daddy Fixes Everything provides children and their parents with tools to cope with departure and loss; so doing in language and register that are age-...
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55,67 |
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Forget not the Sparrows...Unfinished conversations with my Grandmother
ISBN: 9780615509419 / Angielski / Miękka / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forget not the Sparrows is a heartfelt book based on the author's relationship with her beloved grandmother, an Ethiopian sage. Through this relationship, Yene describes life in Ethiopia before the communist revolution and the subsequent impact of exile, immigration, and the challenges of establishing a new life in a host country. Interwoven with these events is a rich portrayal of her vibrant relationship with her grandmother, her family and community, and her difficulty accepting the loss of Almazesha from this world. When a loved one passes, those left behind often wish for one more minute...
Forget not the Sparrows is a heartfelt book based on the author's relationship with her beloved grandmother, an Ethiopian sage. Through this relations...
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79,62 |
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In Case I Die
ISBN: 9780615547749 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Case I Die - A Planning Guide is a detailed summary of instructions for your family in the event of your untimely death. This guide allows your family to know your wishes, instructions, and location of critical information. Written by a CPA with over twenty years experience, this guide is the most valuable gift you will ever give your family
In Case I Die - A Planning Guide is a detailed summary of instructions for your family in the event of your untimely death. This guide allows your fam...
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47,69 |
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The White Rose of Truth, A Mother's Story of Love, Loss and Justice
ISBN: 9780615563213 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young man, a bouncer, is murdered violently, stabbed in the throat while trying to defuse a fight at a popular sports bar. With one middle-of-the-night phone call, his family is thrust into a horrific nightmare, forced to come to grips with the unimaginable loss of their son, the raw-gut-wrenching emotion of a murder trial, and the tormenting path to justice. This is a true life saga, as told from the broken heart of the young man's mother. Candidly written, she suppressed her grief as she battled with the concept of forgiveness. Besides sharing the essence of who her son was to her and...
A young man, a bouncer, is murdered violently, stabbed in the throat while trying to defuse a fight at a popular sports bar. With one middle-of-the-ni...
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43,86 |
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Asahi: A Million Thank-Yous
ISBN: 9780983640202 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A nine-year-old girl passed away. She was born with tricuspid atresia, a rare condition that affects only 1 in 100,000, and spent most of her short life in hospital rooms. "Asahi," which means "the morning sunshine" in Japanese, truly shined like the sun, always smiling and savoring each moment of her life. The author watches the girl very closely as a hospital volunteer, eventually becoming her very best friend. This is a touching true story of the strong bond created between her, the medical team, her family and the author, who supported Asahi all the way.
A nine-year-old girl passed away. She was born with tricuspid atresia, a rare condition that affects only 1 in 100,000, and spent most of her short li...
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71,84 |
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Once I Was Lost
ISBN: 9780983827603 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Earthly events that show a glimpse of heavenly truths.
Earthly events that show a glimpse of heavenly truths.
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39,87 |
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My Daddy Lives with God
ISBN: 9781438913766 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,84 |
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You Mean I Have to Look at the Body?!: Stories of Dying and Living
ISBN: 9781439204030 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By sharing initmate, personal stories, Reverend Marcia M. Cham confronts her own fear of death through her pastoral experiences. Through the stories, Cham discusses some nagging questions around death: Are we ever ready to die? Did Dad know he was going to die? Are our days numbered? Does God willy-nilly strike us dead? She and a grieving wife create bumper stickers and t-shirt slogans for the grieving out of the frustrating remarks from those unfamiliar with the grief process. As Cham journeys "through the valley of the shadow," she shares about accidental deaths, good deaths, celebrations...
By sharing initmate, personal stories, Reverend Marcia M. Cham confronts her own fear of death through her pastoral experiences. Through the stories, ...
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43,86 |
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Journey with an Angel, Our daughter
ISBN: 9781453778456 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A little girl born with no imperfections develops a sudden terminal illness at about 8 weeks old.. The family was very close to each other and the illness of this child has its challenges with her care. Eventually the illness takes her life and the sorrow continues
A little girl born with no imperfections develops a sudden terminal illness at about 8 weeks old.. The family was very close to each other and the ill...
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30,25 |
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Mourning Has Broken
ISBN: 9781461029274 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mourning Has Broken offers a moving and poignant look at grief and loss. Giving herself a year of mourning after her sister's untimely death, the author goes about her life as memories and myriads of emotions assail her. In this collection of narrative non-fiction essays, the author does an exceptional job finding words to capture and express some very raw feelings and emotions not only about the death of a dear sister but also about the mourning of a mother, a father, a close friend, a career and a religion. Readers who have known loss - not just of loved ones but of marriages, jobs,...
Mourning Has Broken offers a moving and poignant look at grief and loss. Giving herself a year of mourning after her sister's untimely death, the auth...
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42,66 |
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It Is Well With My Soul!: Watching Daddy Live!
ISBN: 9781463552961 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1996 Robert Pruitt receives a call from his father which would take his breath away and forever change his life. At twenty-nine, he is unemployed, healing from a divorce and has just become his father's caretaker. As the days drag along painfully moving him closer to his father's death from cancer, he is tormented by the finality of life and the uncertainty of what the next moment would offer. Relying on his journaling he deepens his relationship with God and prays for the strength to let go and say, "It is well with my soul "
In 1996 Robert Pruitt receives a call from his father which would take his breath away and forever change his life. At twenty-nine, he is unemployed, ...
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119,73 |
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Sharing the Journey: The First 30 Years of Hospice of the Piedmont, 1980-2010
ISBN: 9781463649920 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SHARING THE JOURNEY chronicles the growth of a major regional hospice - Hospice of the Piedmont in Charlottesville, Virginia - from its origins in the idealistic aspirations of a few dedicated individuals, through the difficult but exhilarating process of creating a viable organization, to the equally challenging process of sustaining and developing it. Haynes sets the story of Hospice of the Piedmont firmly within the broader context of the birth of the hospice movement, beginning with the first hospice established by Dame Cicely Saunders in Britain in 1967, the efforts that followed in...
SHARING THE JOURNEY chronicles the growth of a major regional hospice - Hospice of the Piedmont in Charlottesville, Virginia - from its origins in the...
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47,89 |
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Believing is Seeing: A Story of Loss, Faith, and Hope
ISBN: 9781466246010 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the moment that my nineteen-year old daughter, Katelyn, left this earth, I wanted to know all about her new life. Could she see us even if we couldn't see her? Could she reach out to us? Soon after her accident, I began feeling that she was communicating with me. Was I really hearing her voice or was this part of grief? I didn't tell anyone close to me about the experiences so I kept a journal. The pages in this book represent a journey that my daughter took me on in 2010 from the depths of sadness through faith to a life of hope.
From the moment that my nineteen-year old daughter, Katelyn, left this earth, I wanted to know all about her new life. Could she see us even if we cou...
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47,69 |