Death is of Vital Importance

Death is of Vital Importance
Author: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1995
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Latest book from this well known author on death & dying.

On Death and Dying

On Death and Dying
Author: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1969
Genre: Death
ISBN: 9780020891307

Life Lessons

Life Lessons
Author: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1476775532

A guide to living life in the moment uses lessons learned from the dying to help the living find the most enjoyment and happiness.

Death Is Not the End

Death Is Not the End
Author: Ines Beyer
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-12-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1504369858

Do you wonder what happens to your consciousness after your body dies? Are you hoping for or believing in an afterlife, but just arent sure? Would you prefer more evidence that leads beyond religion, mediums, or blind faith? Inside youll discover research that suggests consciousness exists outside the human brain and body; insights out-of-body and near-death experiences can provide; how we continue to live after physical death and what to expect; the three types of deaths (or deactivations) and how they affect our awareness; how we spend the period between lives and the importance of a life mission; and ways to come to peace with leaving this life and letting family, friends, or partners go. Navigating this difficult phase in your life and being able to help your loved ones transition can be challenging. We all have to go through it and this book will assist you! If youre curious about exploring lifes most existential questions and what research is available in this field, perhaps because you had to face a serious illness, an accident, the passing of someone close to you, or harbor any fear of dying, this book is for you (Luis Minero, author of Demystifying the Out-of-Body Experience). Personally, I have walked out-of-body in the afterlife, traveling well beyond the horizon of our perceived physical reality during my own near-death experience. So I know that the concepts of OBE and NDE are valid. I welcome this new model and will use it in my work (Alan R. Hugenot, PhD, author of The Death Experience: What it is like when you die).

FOREVER GRATEFUL: The Vital Role of Parents in Our Lives

FOREVER GRATEFUL: The Vital Role of Parents in Our Lives
Author: Shujath Hussain
Publisher: Shujath Hussain
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2023-12-31
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9334002034

Watch the Book Trailer on YouTube: Forever Grateful Shujath Hussain Experience the immeasurable influence of parents as you delve into "Forever Grateful: The Vital Role of Parents in Our Lives." Let Shujath Hussain's powerful words and heartfelt reflections deepen your understanding of the enduring bond between parents and children. Get ready to be inspired, uplifted, and motivated to express deep gratitude to those who shape our lives and leave a lasting impression. Written in a simple and engaging style, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the vital role parents play in our lives. Falling within the genres of Parenting and Relationships, Family and Relationships, Personal Growth and Self-Improvement, Memoirs, Inspirational and Motivational. It offers valuable perspectives on parenthood, emotional well-being, empathy, and personal reflection. Themes of Parenthood, Gratitude, Family Relationships, Love, Sacrifice, Support, and Understanding perfectly encapsulate the essence of this impactful book. "Forever Grateful: The Vital Role of Parents in Our Lives" is a heartfelt exploration of the enduring significance of parents in the 21st century. Shujath Hussain takes readers on a transformative journey through the various stages of life, delving into the influence of parents from early childhood through the challenges of adolescence and into adulthood, shaping their children's values, beliefs, and character, leaving behind an appreciative, meaningful, and exemplary experience for generations ahead. This book goes beyond conventional discussions, addressing diverse topics such as parenting styles and children's development, cultural variations in parenting, and the challenges of caring for ageing parents. Shujath also explores the intersectionality of parenting with themes like social justice, faith, and gender, making this work a comprehensive guide for readers navigating the complexities of familial relationships. "Forever Grateful" is more than a book - it is a legacy, touching on topics ranging from the experiences of special needs children to the evolving relationship between different generations in the 21st century. Shujath Hussain's writing is characterised by a deep commitment to cultural diversity, resilience, and the enduring power of familial bonds. Available in Paperback, Hardcover and eBook editions, each featuring unique aesthetic designs. Typesetting includes Garamond for the Paperback and Georgia for the Hardcover and eBook. Order your copy today and let 'Forever Grateful' be the companion on your quest to embrace the beauty of family ties, offering a narrative that will resonate in your heart long after the last page!

The Art of Dying Well

The Art of Dying Well
Author: Katy Butler
Publisher: Scribner
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1501135473

This “comforting…thoughtful” (The Washington Post) guide to maintaining a high quality of life—from resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breath—by the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door is a “roadmap to the end that combines medical, practical, and spiritual guidance” (The Boston Globe). “A common sense path to define what a ‘good’ death looks like” (USA TODAY), The Art of Dying Well is about living as well as possible for as long as possible and adapting successfully to change. Packed with extraordinarily helpful insights and inspiring true stories, award-winning journalist Katy Butler shows how to thrive in later life (even when coping with a chronic medical condition), how to get the best from our health system, and how to make your own “good death” more likely. Butler explains how to successfully age in place, why to pick a younger doctor and how to have an honest conversation with them, when not to call 911, and how to make your death a sacred rite of passage rather than a medical event. This handbook of preparations—practical, communal, physical, and spiritual—will help you make the most of your remaining time, be it decades, years, or months. Based on Butler’s experience caring for aging parents, and hundreds of interviews with people who have successfully navigated our fragmented health system and helped their loved ones have good deaths, The Art of Dying Well also draws on the expertise of national leaders in family medicine, palliative care, geriatrics, oncology, and hospice. This “empowering guide clearly outlines the steps necessary to prepare for a beautiful death without fear” (Shelf Awareness).

Aurelia, Aurélia

Aurelia, Aurélia
Author: Kathryn Davis
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1644451689

An eerily dreamlike memoir, and the first work of nonfiction by one of our most inventive novelists. Aurelia, Aurélia begins on a boat. The author, sixteen years old, is traveling to Europe at an age when one can “try on personae like dresses.” She has the confidence of a teenager cultivating her earliest obsessions—Woolf, Durrell, Bergman—sure of her maturity, sure of the life that awaits her. Soon she finds herself in a Greece far drearier than the Greece of fantasy, “climbing up and down the steep paths every morning with the real old women, looking for kindling.” Kathryn Davis’s hypnotic new book is a meditation on the way imagination shapes life, and how life, as it moves forward, shapes imagination. At its center is the death of her husband, Eric. The book unfolds as a study of their marriage, its deep joys and stinging frustrations; it is also a book about time, the inexorable events that determine beginnings and endings. The preoccupations that mark Davis’s fiction are recognizable here—fateful voyages, an intense sense of place, the unexpected union of the magical and the real—but the vehicle itself is utterly new. Aurelia, Aurélia explodes the conventional bounds of memoir. It is an astonishing accomplishment.

This Republic of Suffering

This Republic of Suffering
Author: Drew Gilpin Faust
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0375703837

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • An "extraordinary ... profoundly moving" history (The New York Times Book Review) of the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation. An estiated 750,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be seven and a half million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust describes how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen, generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality. With a new introduction by the author, and a new foreword by Mike Mullen, 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Art of Dying

The Art of Dying
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Ars moriendi
ISBN: 9780935372717

The Medicalization of dying and the disregard for the life of the soul within contemporary health care prompt the return of the Ars moriendi, or The Art of Dying. This widely influential fifteenth-century text was designed to guide dying persons and their loved ones in Catholic religious practices at a time when access to a priest and the sacraments was similarly limited. This remarkable and inspiring work serves as a valuable resource for Catholic today, encouraging their full participation in the rich sacramental and liturgical tradition of the Church and challenging them to keep their eyes fixed on Christ and the promise of eternal life with him. This new translation includes illuminating annotations on its theological and pastoral content. A scholarly introduction examines the book's history, use, and present application. The book contains exact reproductions of the original medieval woodblock prints. Additional prayers have been incorporated from the longer version of the work, newly translated with Latin originals. The appendix presents confessions of faith, explanations of the sacraments, and guides to the examination of conscience, the rosary, and the divine mercy chaplet.

The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition

The Four Things That Matter Most - 10th Anniversary Edition
Author: Ira Byock
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2004-03-08
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0743258606

“This beautiful book, full of wisdom and warmth, teaches us how to protect and preserve our most valuable possessions—the relationships with those we love. It shows that the things that matter definitely aren’t ‘things,’ and how to empower your life in the right direction.” —Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Four simple phrases—“Please forgive me,” “I forgive you,” “Thank you,” and “I love you”—carry enormous power to mend and nurture our relationships and inner lives. These four phrases and the sentiments they convey provide a path to emotional wellbeing, guiding us through interpersonal difficulties to life with integrity and grace. Newly updated with stories from people who have turned to this life-altering book in their time of need, this motivational teaching about what really matters reminds us how we can honor each relationship every day. Dr. Ira Byock, an international leader in palliative care, explains how we can practice these life-affirming words in our day-to-day lives. Too often we assume that the people we love really know that we love them. Dr. Byock demonstrates the value of “stating the obvious” and provides practical insights into the benefits of letting go of old grudges and toxic emotions. His stories help us to forgive, appreciate, love, and celebrate one another and live life more fully. Using the Four Things in a wide range of life situations, we can experience emotional healing even in the wake of family strife, personal tragedy, divorce, or in the face of death. With practical wisdom and spiritual power, The Four Things That Matter Most gives us the language and guidance to honor and experience what really matters most in our lives every day.