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Facing Death: Where Culture, Religion, and Medicine Meet
ISBN: 9780300076677 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We have learned a great deal in recent years about keeping death at bay through medical technology. We are less well informed, however, about how to face death and how to understand or articulate the emotional and spiritual needs of the dying. This profound and eloquent book brings together medical experts and distinguished authorities in the humanities to reflect on medical, cultural, and religious responses to death. The book helps both medical personnel and patients to view death less as an adversary and more as a defining part of life. In the first half of the book, physicians and the...
We have learned a great deal in recent years about keeping death at bay through medical technology. We are less well informed, however, about how to f...
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To Begin Again: The Journey Toward Comfort, Strength, and Faith in Difficult Times
ISBN: 9780345413833 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Words that come from the heart enter the heart, an ancient rabbinic proverb instructs us. The words in this book come from the heart--mine and the hearts of others. I pray that you will find within them a spark that will ignite the flame of hope and the passion for healing that lies within us all." Naomi Levy was a spirited fifteen-year-old when her father was murdered in a senseless holdup that destroyed not only his life but her trust in a loving God. Healing took a long time, yet from her struggles with grief, anger, and depression, she forged the wisdom that made her, at twenty-six,...
"Words that come from the heart enter the heart, an ancient rabbinic proverb instructs us. The words in this book come from the heart--mine and the he...
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
ISBN: 9780375701214 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a...
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for hi...
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Remembrances and Celebrations: A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
ISBN: 9780375701252 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 from the seventeenth century to the present are mourned and celebrated in the memorable eulogies, condolence letters, poems and epitaphs collected in these pages.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;New to the paperback edition are eulogies of writer Andre Dubus, by his son Andre Dubus III,...
This rich anthology of memorial tributes serves as a welcome reminder that, although words cannot necessarily assuage grief, they can provide tremendo...
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Healing After Loss:: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief
ISBN: 9780380773381 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss For those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are thoughtful words to strengthen, inspire and comfort. The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss For those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are thoughtful w... |
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Embracing Life: Growing Through Love and Loss
ISBN: 9780385230018 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of Celebrate Your Self addresses the changes that everyone must face in life including death, aging, retirement, and separations from people and places.
In today s increasingly complex world, change is one of the few constants. A new job. Remarriage. Relocation. Divorce. Death. Growing up. Moving out and moving on. Dramatic, and often traumatic, each change can leave us feeling confused, anxious, wondering if we can cope. But there can be another way to meet the challenge of change. Rather than resist it, we can embrace it wholeheartedly and use all of life its losses... The author of Celebrate Your Self addresses the changes that everyone must face in life including death, aging, retirement, and separations fro...
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Afterlife: An Investigation
ISBN: 9780385237666 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is there life after death? This is a question that has intrigued mankind since the beginning of history. Now Colin Wilson, author of The Outsider and The Psychic Detectives, assesses the evidence for this widely held and much contested belief. From Adam Crabtree's patients who heard "voices inside their heads" to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross on death and dying, from Rudolf Steiner and Madame Blavatsky to Kenneth Ring and Raymond Moody, Colin Wilson examines theories, trends, and phenomena in an effort to reach a conclusion to this most perplexing issue. Wilson includes hundreds of...
Is there life after death? This is a question that has intrigued mankind since the beginning of history. Now Colin Wilson, author of The Outsider
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Meetings at the Edge: Dialogues with the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the Healed
ISBN: 9780385262200 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on his extensive counseling work with the terminally ill, Levine's book integrates death into the context of life with compassion, skill, and hope.Capturing the range of emotions and challenges that accompany the dying process, he offers unique support to readers dealing with this difficult experience."
Based on his extensive counseling work with the terminally ill, Levine's book integrates death into the context of life with compassion, skill, and ho...
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How It Feels When a Parent Dies
ISBN: 9780394758541 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 18 children from age 7 - 17, speak openly of their experiences and feelings. As they speak we see them in photos with their surviving parent and with other family members, in the midst of their everyday lives.
18 children from age 7 - 17, speak openly of their experiences and feelings. As they speak we see them in photos with their surviving parent and with ...
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Working with the Dying and Bereaved: Systemic Approaches to Therapeutic Work
ISBN: 9780415919944 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Working with the Dying and Bereaved illustrates how therapists can use a systemic approach to help families facing death and bereavement. This approach considers the individual in a broader, more holistic concept than traditional theories. This book provides a broad theoretical framework and practical strategies for systemic therapeutic work. Each chapter demonstrates how each approach has been applied by the therapist to work within a particular model, carefully outlining the particular technique used.
Working with the Dying and Bereaved illustrates how therapists can use a systemic approach to help families facing death and bereavement. This approac...
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Pregnancy After a Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death
ISBN: 9780425170472 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For a woman who has experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant, conceiving another child can be fraught with mixed emotions. This guide, filled with up-to-date medical information and written by a woman who herself experienced a successful pregnancy after the loss of her first baby, can help women cope with their anxiety. It offers guidance for women asking such questions as:
For a woman who has experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant, conceiving another child can be fraught with mixed emotions. Thi...
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About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope
ISBN: 9780452287990 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this intimate anthology, twenty writers explore the grief and sadnessand hopethat living through a miscarriage can bring.
Featuring such notable writers as Pam Houston, Joyce Maynard, Caroline Leavitt, Susanna Sonnenberg, and Julianna Baggott, among many others, About What Was Lost is the only book that uses honest, eloquent, and deeply moving narrative to provide much-needed solace and support on the subject of pregnancy loss. Today, as many as one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. And yet, many women are surprised to find that instead of simply... In this intimate anthology, twenty writers explore the grief and sadnessand hopethat living through a miscarriage can bring.
Featuring such... |
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Angels on the Bonfire
ISBN: 9780595130689 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Christmas in Heaven
ISBN: 9780595320189 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the true story of the tragic, unexpected death of my daughter Laura on Christmas Eve.
During her twenty-one years of life, I always tried to protect her. Her death made me feel so helpless. I was at the mercy of the unknown. This cancer-eating pain in my heart was destroying me. She was not of earth anymore, so now I began to desperately search all of creation to find her. I could not rest until I had answers. Did I really need to find God? Do angels really come and assist us? Do miracles really happen? Do dreams really take you into another dimension? Was... This book tells the true story of the tragic, unexpected death of my daughter Laura on Christmas Eve.
During her twenty-one years of life, I always... |
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Is Death The End?: Where do we go from here?
ISBN: 9780595351053 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In these troubling times when terrorism and war bring death close to home, "Is Death the End?" addresses that universal anxiety that lies just below the surface of our conscious acts and decision making. Even persons with religious affiliation often think about death with terror and believe it is the end of everything. This essay is a bold reflection that opens doors for hope, sharing an enriched vision of the miracle of life.
Portuguese author Reverend Manuel Pedro Cardoso brings a new voice to the Western Hemisphere by examining several key Christian concepts and skillfully blending them... In these troubling times when terrorism and war bring death close to home, "Is Death the End?" addresses that universal anxiety that lies just below t...
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Coming To Life's Terms
ISBN: 9780595369027 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Coming to Life's Terms" by author Linda Petosa, straps you in and takes you on a roller coaster ride through reality. In her first published book, you will joyfully embark on a journey through life's experiences from childhood to adulthood. Each chapter will engage you in laughter and capture your emotions. It will help you conquer the many milestones encountered in all of our lives from day to day. From road rage, to parenting and dealing with the loss of a loved one, the author will help you embrace life's challenges as you try to cope. You will be delightfully inspired. "Coming to Life's...
"Coming to Life's Terms" by author Linda Petosa, straps you in and takes you on a roller coaster ride through reality. In her first published book, yo...
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Marco's Gift: A Mother's Reflections on Life, Love, and Destiny
ISBN: 9780595404506 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Waiting for the Morning: A Mother and Daughter's Journey through Alzheimer's Disease
ISBN: 9780595746545 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the creator of the award-winning Web site,
From the creator of the award-winning Web site,
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The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying
ISBN: 9780684846316 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Life and Living
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D., is the woman who has transformed the way the world thinks about death and dying. Beginning with the groundbreaking publication of the classic psychological study On Death and Dying and continuing through her many books and her years working with terminally ill children, AIDS patients, and the elderly, Kubler-Ross has brought comfort and understanding to millions coping with their own deaths or the deaths of loved ones. Now, at age seventy-one facing her own death, this world-renowned healer tells the story of her extraordinary... On Life and Living
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D., is the woman who has transformed the way the world thinks about death and dying. Beginning... |
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How to Survive the Loss of a Parent
ISBN: 9780688137915 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many people who usually function well are thrown for a loop when a parent dies. They're surprised at the complex feelings of love, loss, anger, and guilt, and at the unresolved issues that emerge. Therapist Lois Akner explains why the loss of a parent is different from other losses and, using examples from her experience, shows how it is possible to work through the grief. Anyone who is going through or trying to prepare for this natural, normal, inevitable loss will find How to Survive the Loss of a Parent a powerful, healing message.
Many people who usually function well are thrown for a loop when a parent dies. They're surprised at the complex feelings of love, loss, anger, and... |
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