The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying
10 best books like The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying (Lynne Ann DeSpelder): Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial, A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Is the Patient, Dying Well, Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America, Unattended Sorrow: Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart, How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, The Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness, Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Professional, Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine, The Shape of the Eye: A Memoir
| Author | Mark Harris |
| ISBN | 0743277686 |
By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of "Six Feet Under, " Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling."Grave Matters" follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and...
A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Is the Patient
| Author | Edward E. Rosenbaum |
| ISBN | 0394562828 |
"A graphic account of what it's like when a doctor crosses to the other side of the table and becomes a patient himself."Parade Magazine
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| Author | Ira Byock |
| ISBN | 1573226572 |
From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well.
Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone.
This is Ira Byock's dream, and he is dedicating his life to making it come true.
Dying Well
brings us to...
| Author | Stephen G. Bloom |
| ISBN | 0156013363 |
In 1987, a group of Lubavitchers, one of the most orthodox and zealous of the Jewish sects, opened a kosher slaughterhouse just outside tiny Postville, Iowa (pop. 1,465). When the business became a worldwide success, Postville found itself both revived and divided. The town's initial welcome of the...
| Author | Stephen Levine |
| ISBN | 1594863814 |
Unattended sorrow is unresolved grief that has never been given a chance to heal. This lovely, spiritual book from one of the nation's most trusted grief counselors offers a series of techniques to help heal this pain so readers can lead full and joyful lives. The book not only guides those who have experienced...
| Author | Therese A. Rando |
| ISBN | 0553352695 |
Mourning the death of a loved one is a process all of us will go through at one time or another. But whether the death is sudden or anticipated, few of us are prepared for it or for the grief it brings. There is no right or wrong way to grieve. Each person's response to loss will be different. Now, in this compassionate,...
With The Measure of Our Days, Dr. Jerome Groopman established himself as an eloquent new voice in the literature of medicine. In these eight moving portraits, he offers us a compelling look at what is to be learned when life itself can no longer be taken for granted.
These stories are diverse--from...
| Author | J. William Worden |
| ISBN | 0826141625 |
Praise for earlier editions:
Worden ... has again provided mental health professionals with a superb guide describing specific principles and procedures that may be helpful in working with bereaved clients undergoing normal or abnormal grief reactions .... an extremely practical...
| Author | Robert Marion |
| ISBN | 1607144603 |
Renowned pediatrician and author Dr. Robert Marion, whose bestselling book "The Intern Blues" is revered by doctors of all ages, offers a powerful and moving account of his experiences in modern genetics. His gripping stories illuminate a cutting-edge field of impossible moral complexities and...
| Author | George Estreich |
| ISBN | 0399163344 |
"A poignant, beautifully written, and intensely moving memoir" --Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone
"In this wise and moving memoir, George Estreich tells the story of his family as his younger daughter is diagnosed with Down syndrome and they are thrust into an unfamiliar...
Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron (Revised Edition)
| Author | Spencer Kansa |
| ISBN | 1906958602 |
In the first-ever biography written about her, Wormwood Star traces the extraordinary life of the enigmatic artist Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995), one of the most fascinating figures to emerge from the American Underground art world and film scene. As well as illuminating her early childhood and...
Women in the Material World
| Author | Faith D'Aluisio |
| ISBN | 0871563983 |
This book is why the printed hard copy book will never disappear. Great photographs and reporting of the different countries and lives of women working, mothering, and home keeping in an ever-changing world.
I really admired the matter-of-factness of the women whose lives I thought would...
The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient
| Author | Sheridan Prasso |
| ISBN | 1586483943 |
Few Westerners escape the images, expectations and misperceptions that lead us to see Asia as exotic, sensual, decadent, dangerous, and mysterious. Despite — and because of — centuries of East-West interaction, the stereotypes of Western literature, stage, and screen remain pervasive icons:...
The Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier Every Day of the Year
| Author | Allen Klein |
| ISBN | 1936740192 |
Allen Klein is a motivational speaker and author who believes strongly in the way words can influence how we feel mentally, physically, and spiritually. In this day of tweeting, texting, cyberspeak and the non-language of email, the written and spoken word has the power to touch our hearts and lift...
Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
| Author | Alan D. Wolfelt |
| ISBN | 1879651351 |
This book helped me tremendously when I lost my beautiful mom in 2017, and I still have it very close by me for when I feel the need. Grief is a strange, strange thing. It's different for everybody, and Wolfelt's book helps one see that grief is unique and how to live with it, no matter what form it takes. It...
The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us about Life After Loss
| Author | George A. Bonanno |
| ISBN | 0465013600 |
We tend to understand grief as a predictable five-stage process of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But in The Other Side of Sadness, George Bonanno shows that our conventional model discounts our capacity for resilience. In fact, he reveals that we are already hardwired to...
Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia
| Author | James L. Watson |
| ISBN | 0804732078 |
McDonald's restaurants are found in over 100 countries, serving tens of millions of people each day. What are the cultural implications of this phenomenal success? Does the introduction of American fast food undermine local cuisines, many of them celebrated for centuries? Does it, as some critics...
| Author | T.W. Graham Solomons |
| ISBN | 0471417998 |
This bestseller helps readers master basic skills with its clear and easy-to-follow presentation of key concepts. It focuses on the important ideas of organic chemistry and backs them up with illustrations and challenging problems. The authors' acclaimed writing style makes this thorny subject...
Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human
| Author | Michael Chorost |
| ISBN | 0618378294 |
Michael Chorost became a cyborg on October 1, 2001, the day his new ear was booted up. Born hard of hearing in 1964, he went completely deaf in his thirties. Rather than live in silence, he chose to have a computer surgically embedded in his skull to artificially restore his hearing.
This is the...
Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death
| Author | Lisa Takeuchi Cullen |
| ISBN | 0060766832 |
Cullen has created a humorous and poignant chronicle of her travels around the country to discover how Americans -- baby boomers, in particular -- are reinventing the rites of dying. What she discovered is that the people who reinvented youth, redefined careers, and reconceived middle age have created...
Molecular Biology of the Gene
The first edition of Jim Watson's classic textbook Molecular Biology of the Gene appeared in 1965. This new edition, written with five new authors, has been brought fully up to date, and incorporates insights very recently derived from genome sequencing in a variety of organisms. The book is an authoritative...
Don't Sing Songs To A Heavy Heart: How To Relate To Those Who Are Suffering
This is recommended reading for Stephen Ministers (as a Stephen Leader, frankly I think this should be required reading for our Stephen Ministers) however the information contained in this book would be beneficial to anyone providing care to or even simply interacting with a hurting or suffering...
The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer
| Author | Thierry Cruvellier |
| ISBN | 0062329545 |
Renowned journalist Thierry Cruvellier takes us into the dark heart of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge with The Master of Confessions, a suspenseful account of a Chief Interrogator's trial for war crimes.
On April 17, 1975, the communist Khmer Rouge, led by its secretive prime minister Pol Pot, took...
How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)
| Author | Henry Alford |
| ISBN | 0446196037 |
I'll be quite frank and say that although I'm madly in love with Henry Alford and am a Henry Alford completist (that is, I make a point to read pretty much everything he writes), I wasn't expecting to like this one all that much. Generally, I don't care much for books about One Man's Search for Wisdom -- they...
