Chasing Death: Losing a Child to Suicide

Chasing Death: Losing a Child to Suicide
Author: Jan Andersen
Publisher: Jan Andersen
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2009-10-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

On Halloween 2002, Jan Andersen's 20-year-old son Kristian found a permanent solution to his misery. Suicide. He wrote two suicide notes, took an overdose of Heroine and died on Friday 1st November 2002, leaving behind a one-year-old daughter. The stigma, helplessness and unanswered questions that accompany the suicide of a loved one can isolate grieving families in a wilderness of relentless, silent torture. Chasing Death attempts to put candid, but heartrendering words but often the incommunicable pain that the surving families endure, not only through the telling of Kristian's story, but through the experiences of other families mourning the loss of a child to suicide. It covers topics that will not be found in detached and academic grief recovery books, but does include coping strategies.

Chasing Death

Chasing Death
Author: Jan Andersen
Publisher: Jan Andersen
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2009
Genre: Bereavement
ISBN:

Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows
Author: Tim Lane
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2015-10-10
Genre: Cricket players
ISBN: 1743583508

Complex, prickly and fiercely independent, Peter Roebuck became known as a first class cricketer in England, rose to fame internationally as a writer and broadcaster and ultimately divided his time between Australia and South Africa. His long-standing feud with one of the biggest names in the sport was as infamous as it was rancorous. He engendered a widespread and loyal following for fearlessly wading into controversies – match-fixing, corruption, rotten governments – that left him exposed and vulnerable. At the end, he was accused of sexual assault and the nature of his death was horrific. In this uncompromising investigation that spans multiple continents, and features unflinching testimonies from the likes of Steve Waugh, Rahul Dravid, Mike Atherton, Gideon Haigh, Ian Chappell, Jonathan Agnew and members of the Roebuck family, the authors have pieced together the fragments of an often brilliant yet uneasy life – and reveal how it all unravelled. 'In many ways, he was at his happiest talking about and writing about the game. It was the rest of life he didn't quite master.' The Times Tim Lane is a broadcaster and columnist with extensive experience in the electronic and print media. He worked alongside Peter Roebuck at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for twelve years. Elliot Cartledge is a writer and editor from Melbourne, Australia who has written extensively about sport, music and travel across the globe. This is his third sports book.

Chasing My Own Death, But God!

Chasing My Own Death, But God!
Author: Marissa Greene
Publisher:
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2018-01-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781976901027

As the Prince of the power of the air breathes down my neck, our spirits intertwine instantaneously, displaying a perfect harmony. Only in my dreams had I experience a lover such as yourself who heard my unspoken words of my inexpressible sufferings; the harbor of my wounds!Like a fish in a waterfall descending over a steep rocky surface, my ears obediently follows the current without question, it listens, it is noisy, but my ear hears your name for the very first time, butterflies in my stomach, my thoughts scramble, any former intention of my flesh becomes barricaded in the energy of its stronghold.Goosebumps covers my body as my lips touches yours; the crack pipe!Oh Sucre! Your sweet soft whisper within the smoke told me that no one else could do to me the things you could; dark future in a colorful bag marked with skeleton drawings!LETTERS BETWEEN LOVERSDear crack cocaineSummons me please, to be baptized within your circular web of sinful desires and to be captured, and to be entertained, behind the bars of addiction. The urgent plea to set my pain free and the Mission Statement of the smoke!The place in where I walk in grace in which I dwell, gone, my mind, gone, my emotions, gone, my intellect, gone, my existence, gone, me, gone, my soul for crying out loud, it is everything, I am gone. The victory statements!Yet still I say; you took an extended period of time to blow in my direction, but for the record, I must say, you were worth waiting for. The craziness!Never in my deepest imagination did I think the dream of having a most perfect lover could become reality.Spirit of addiction, you planted a seed, of your dream, within my dream.Your seed germinated, taking root in my place of dwelling.You are sparkling new to me; boy you look dazzling, and yes, impeccable I must say!In the spot where my soul stands at attention before you, your song of death covers the atmosphere magnificently; my soul becomes paralyzed, for the song is being sung flawlessly. As the manifestation of the song begins to imprison the very essence of me, my soul falls on its knees at the mercy of its master, a new me materializes.As the song of death reaches its target, all of a sudden, I realize my destiny is surrounded and under attact by the spirit of addiction.By-passing all the physical elements of me it went for what makes me, me.It punchers my existence detaining it in a hurry, you are under arrest, you have no rights, anything you do and say must be geared to finding ways and means of glorify me, there are no laws in the land in which you break that I will hold you accountable for. Representation, I am it!I blissfully became what I understood to be demon possessed!Within the hell hole of the spirit of my addiction I stood motionless in its hot and seductive seize, allowing us to become united, not expecting that I would become as flourishing as the vine, as my Prince of the Power of the air and give birth to a new evil in due season.As the orchestra plays within the hell hole of my soul, my pain, it demagnetizes; my eyes open wide, my pupils dilate, it sees the darkness as it happens. My need to stay hidden in it becomes intense as my pain makes a wish. To stay in this moment!As I absorb the emotions of the music, the emotions of death, the crack smoke, I am promptly humbled within it. I am high!My passion for the high aluminate the darkness allowing me to see clearly the reality it wants me to see.As this passion suctions the oxygen from the noisy place within my pains, I can see the true beauty of the Prince of Power of the air, conductor of the orchestra, and he is clearly caught up in the moment of falling in love. The dance floor accepts us.Hand in hand this deadly weapon and I dance to the rhythm of eternal death.

Chasing the Darkness

Chasing the Darkness
Author: Cassie Sanchez
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1631956108

Chasing the Darkness is a story about vengeance and redemption and takes place in a land called Pandaren where there are two types of people - those with magic, Spectrals, and those without. Azrael, obsessed with revenge and power, undergoes a procedure giving him magic, but an unexpected side effect causes him to feel emotions he’s blocked for years. As an assassin and second in command of the Watch Guard, he has become a liability. Azrael is betrayed by his team and rescued by the people he’s hunted. He learns his beliefs and purpose are based on lies and has to choose the path of vengeance or the road to redemption. Chasing the Darkness entertains readers who enjoy character-driven stories with twists and turns. Chasing the Darkness is a fast-paced novel with magic, sword fights, and romance that keeps readers turning the page. The underlying themes, besides redemption, include forgiveness, sacrifice, and learning that one’s worth is not defined by one’s past.

Chasing My Cure

Chasing My Cure
Author: David Fajgenbaum
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1524799629

LOS ANGELES TIMES AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER • The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed with a rare disease who spearheaded the search for a cure—and became a champion for a new approach to medical research. “A wonderful and moving chronicle of a doctor’s relentless pursuit, this book serves both patients and physicians in demystifying the science that lies behind medicine.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene David Fajgenbaum, a former Georgetown quarterback, was nicknamed the Beast in medical school, where he was also known for his unmatched mental stamina. But things changed dramatically when he began suffering from inexplicable fatigue. In a matter of weeks, his organs were failing and he was read his last rites. Doctors were baffled by his condition, which they had yet to even diagnose. Floating in and out of consciousness, Fajgenbaum prayed for a second chance, the equivalent of a dramatic play to second the game into overtime. Miraculously, Fajgenbaum survived—only to endure repeated near-death relapses from what would eventually be identified as a form of Castleman disease, an extremely deadly and rare condition that acts like a cross between cancer and an autoimmune disorder. When he relapsed while on the only drug in development and realized that the medical community was unlikely to make progress in time to save his life, Fajgenbaum turned his desperate hope for a cure into concrete action: Between hospitalizations he studied his own charts and tested his own blood samples, looking for clues that could unlock a new treatment. With the help of family, friends, and mentors, he also reached out to other Castleman disease patients and physicians, and eventually came up with an ambitious plan to crowdsource the most promising research questions and recruit world-class researchers to tackle them. Instead of waiting for the scientific stars to align, he would attempt to align them himself. More than five years later and now married to his college sweetheart, Fajgenbaum has seen his hard work pay off: A treatment he identified has induced a tentative remission and his novel approach to collaborative scientific inquiry has become a blueprint for advancing rare disease research. His incredible story demonstrates the potency of hope, and what can happen when the forces of determination, love, family, faith, and serendipity collide. Praise for Chasing My Cure “A page-turning chronicle of living, nearly dying, and discovering what it really means to be invincible in hope.”—Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grit “[A] remarkable memoir . . . Fajgenbaum writes lucidly and movingly . . . Fajgenbaum’s stirring account of his illness will inspire readers.”—Publishers Weekly

Chasing the Thrill

Chasing the Thrill
Author: Daniel Barbarisi
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2022-05-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0525566112

“Daniel Barbarisi plunges into an adventure from another era when he goes in search of buried treasure, guided only by a cryptic poem, a mischievous art collector, and the footsteps another pursuer who died on the quest… Every page draws you deeper into this no-man’s-land where fortune—or tragedy—awaits.” —Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run When Forrest Fenn was given a fatal cancer diagnosis, he came up with a bold plan: He would hide a chest full of jewels and gold in the wilderness, and publish a poem that would serve as a map leading to the treasure's secret location. But he didn't die, and after hiding the treasure in 2010, Fenn instead presided over a decade-long gold rush that saw many thousands of treasure hunters scrambling across the Rocky Mountains in pursuit of his fortune. Daniel Barbarisi first learned of Fenn's hunt in 2017, when a friend became consumed with decoding the poem and convinced Barbarisi, a reporter, to document his search. What began as an attempt to capture the inner workings of Fenn's hunt quickly turned into a personal quest that led Barbarisi down a reckless and potentially dangerous path, one that found him embroiled in searcher conspiracies and matching wits with Fenn himself. Over the course of four chaotic years, several searchers would die, endless controversies would erupt, and one hunter would ultimately find the chest. But the mystery didn't end there. Full of intrigue, danger, and break-neck action, Chasing the Thrill is a riveting tale of desire, obsession, and unbridled adventure.

Chasing Death

Chasing Death
Author: Obienda A. (author)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1901
Genre:
ISBN: 9781370413119

Cheating Death

Cheating Death
Author: Sanjay Gupta
Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2009-10-12
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0446558761

An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect . . . a skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake . . . a comatose brain surgery patient whom doctors have declared a "vegetable." Twenty years ago all of them would have been given up for dead, with no realistic hope for survival. But today, thanks to incredible new medical advances, each of these individuals is alive and well . . . Cheating Death. In this riveting book, Dr. Sanjay Gupta-neurosurgeon, chief medical correspondent for CNN, and bestselling author-chronicles the almost unbelievable science that has made these seemingly miraculous recoveries possible. A bold new breed of doctors has achieved amazing rescues by refusing to accept that any life is irretrievably lost. Extended cardiac arrest, "brain death," not breathing for over an hour-all these conditions used to be considered inevitably fatal, but they no longer are. Today, revolutionary advances are blurring the traditional line between life and death in fascinating ways. Drawing on real-life stories and using his unprecedented access to the latest medical research, Dr. Gupta dramatically presents exciting accounts of how pioneering physicians and researchers are altering our understanding of how the human body functions when it comes to survival-and why more and more patients who once would have died are now alive. From experiments with therapeutic hypothermia to save comatose stroke or heart attack victims to lifesaving operations in utero to the study of animal hibernation to help wounded soldiers on far-off battlefields, these remarkable case histories transform and enrich all our assumptions about the true nature of death and life.

Chasing Redbird

Chasing Redbird
Author: Sharon Creech
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061961310

“Intriguing, delightful, and touching.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Creech’s best yet.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) It started out as an ordinary summer. But the minute thirteen-year-old Zinny discovered the old, overgrown trail that ran through the woods behind her family’s house, she realized that things were about to change. It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie’s death, and herself, was to find out where it went. From Newbery Medal-winning author Sharon Creech comes a story of love, loss, and understanding, an intricately woven tale of a young girl who sets out in search of her place in the world—and discovers it in her own backyard. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults