Grappling with Death
Title | Grappling with Death PDF eBook |
Author | Roland R. Maust |
Publisher | |
Pages | 992 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN |
History of the Union 2nd Corps at Gettysburg and the action of the hospitals, along with lists of patients who died or were wounded. Also includes some biographical sketches of hospital staff.
Grappling with Grief
Title | Grappling with Grief PDF eBook |
Author | Penny Rawson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 2018-03-26 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0429914326 |
This book looks at different ways of going through a loss of any kind. The author draws examples from her experience as a psychotherapist and counsellor and offers the readers the chance to learn about different ways of grieving, as well as make them see that they are not alone in their grief. The language is free of jargon and the book manages to tackle this difficult subject with the dignity it deserves. The author also offers practical information on the "symptoms" of people faced with loss, her view on the different cycles of grief as well as advice to people close to a grieving person.
Life and Death
Title | Life and Death PDF eBook |
Author | Louis P. Pojman |
Publisher | Cengage Learning |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Death |
ISBN | 9780534508241 |
This single-authored, brief text explores the moral dilemmas in our lives from a philosophical point of view. Society is deeply divided on the matters of life and death discussed in this book: the sanctity of life versus the quality of life; the meaning of death and dying; suicide; euthanasia; abortion; artificial procreation such as in vitro fertilization and cloning; the death penalty; animal rights; world hunger; and war.
The Worm at the Core
Title | The Worm at the Core PDF eBook |
Author | Sheldon Solomon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Death |
ISBN | 1400067472 |
Demonstrates how an unconscious fear of death motivates nearly all human goals, behaviors, and cultures, examining the role of mortality awareness in prompting social unrest and war.
Before and After Loss
Title | Before and After Loss PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa M. Shulman |
Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Pages | 181 |
Release | 2018-12-14 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1421426951 |
An expert neurologist explores how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal after her personal experience with profound loss. Winner of the Best Book Award (Health: Death & Dying) by American Book Fest In Before and After Loss, neurologist Dr. Lisa M. Shulman describes a personal story of loss and her journey to understand the science behind the mind-altering experience of grief. Part memoir, part creative nonfiction, part account of scientific discovery, this moving book combines Shulman's perspectives as an expert in brain science and a keen observer of behavior with her experience as a clinician, a caregiver, and a widow. Drawing on the latest studies about grief and its effects, she explains what scientists know about how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal following traumatic loss. She also traces the interface between the experience of profound loss and the search for emotional restoration. Combining the science of emotional trauma with concrete psychological techniques— including dream interpretation, journaling, mindfulness exercises, and meditation—Shulman's frank and empathetic account will help readers regain their emotional balance by navigating the passage from profound sorrow to healing and growth.
Death by Living
Title | Death by Living PDF eBook |
Author | N. D. Wilson |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2013-05-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0849965039 |
Each of us is in the middle of a story. In this astoundingly unique book, bestselling author N.D. Wilson reminds us that to truly live we must recognize that we are dying. Cause of death: life. Death by Living is a poetic exploration of faith, futility, and the incredible joy of this mortal life. N.D. Wilson recounts stories from his life in poetic prose, giving perspective on the life we're given by God. Death by Living explores the topics of family, grappling with the death of loved ones, and how to live with intention to get the most out of our time on Earth. Wilson encourages us to live hard and die grateful, and to see Christ in every pair of eyes. To write a past we won’t regret. All of us must pause and breathe. See the past, see life as the fruit of providence and thousands of personal narratives. We did not choose where to set our feet in time, but we choose where to set them next. We stand in the now. God says create. Live. Choose. Shape the past. Etch your life in stone, and what you make will be forever. In Death by Living, you will: Experience life with renewed wonder Recognize mundane moments as opportunities Learn to live hard and die grateful Recognize death as a gift instead of something to be feared At once inspiring, humorous, and unbelievably moving, this a book that you will read again and again, finding fresh perspective each time you open it.
The Art of Death
Title | The Art of Death PDF eBook |
Author | Edwidge Danticat |
Publisher | Graywolf Press |
Pages | 199 |
Release | 2017-07-11 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1555979696 |
A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat’s The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other writers have approached death in their own work. “Writing has been the primary way I have tried to make sense of my losses,” Danticat notes in her introduction. “I have been writing about death for as long as I have been writing.” The book moves outward from the shock of her mother’s diagnosis and sifts through Danticat’s writing life and personal history, all the while shifting fluidly from examples that range from Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude to Toni Morrison’s Sula. The narrative, which continually circles the many incarnations of death from individual to large-scale catastrophes, culminates in a beautiful, heartrending prayer in the voice of Danticat’s mother. A moving tribute and a work of astute criticism, The Art of Death is a book that will profoundly alter all who encounter it.