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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
520 pages
Language
English
Description
When it comes to death, we are all beginners. What we could use is a clear-eyed, big-hearted friend to hold our hand and walk us through not just the practical decisions we’ll have to make in the coming months and years, but also how to engage with loved ones and face our fears. That is why a veteran hospice & palliative medicine doctor and an experienced caregiver and journalist teamed up to guide you as well as your friends and family through...
Author
Publisher
compassion & choices
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xvii, 275 pages : illustrations, 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's hard to talk about death in America. But even though the topic has been taboo, life's end is an eventual reality. So why not shape it to our values? FINISH STRONG is for those of us who want an end-of-life experience to match the life we've enjoyed. We know we should prepare, but are unsure how to think and talk about it, how to live true to our values and priorities, and how to make our wishes stick. The usual advice about advance directives...
Author
Publisher
Two Wise Ones Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Confronting a troubling past, a middle-aged man attempts to decipher the lessons of his childhood as he struggles to rescue his future from a life he once believed would save him. In the dusky shadows of his boyhood, he unearths the courage he'll need to carve the years ahead, to live the life he never believed could belong to him.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL CAUSES describes how we over-prepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. One by one, Ehrenreich topples the shibboleths that guide our attempts to live a long, healthy life -- from the importance of preventive medical screenings to the concepts of wellness and mindfulness, from dietary fads to fitness culture....
67) The Last Lecture
Author
Language
English
Description
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic.
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy Pausch
A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider
...Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
The new book by the bestselling authors of Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar is a hilarious take on the philosophy, theology, and psychology of mortality and immortality. That is, Death. The authors pry open the coffin lid on this one, looking at the Big D and also its prequel, Life, and its sequel, the Hereafter. Philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre have been wrestling with the meaning of death for as long as they have...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s—a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires.
A couple isolate themselves on a remote island in an attempt to recover from their teenage son’s death, when a mysterious young man knocks on their door during a storm…
And a man confronts his...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…. Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by...
Author
Series
Cotton Malone novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic, but now he wants the full story and asks his ex-boss, Stephanie Nelle, to secure the military files. What he learns stuns him: His fatherś sub was a secret nuclear vessel lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica. But Malone isnt́ the only one after the truth. Twin sisters Dorothea Lindauer...
Series
Criterion collection volume 101
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
The story of the lives of three sisters, one of whom is dying of cancer, and of their servant, who hears everything that happens.
Author
Series
Austin family books volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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During the summer her grandfather is dying of leukemia and death seems all around, 15-year-old Vicky finds comfort with the pod of dolphins with which she has been doing research.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling King of Christmas Fiction is back this holiday season with another heartwarming and wintery tale of rediscovering faith and love. A coming-of-age holiday tale based on Richard Paul Evans's own childhood that shows us how hope and acceptance can be found in the most unexpected of places. -- From the publisher.
It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his...
77) Spare
Author
Language
English
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Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, and healing.
“Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year)
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror....
“Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year)
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror....
78) The witch elm
Author
Language
English
Description
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life -- he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree...
Author
Series
Christmas hope volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
viii, 129 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Sometimes, the things that can change your life will cross your path in one instant-and then, in a fleeting moment, they're gone. But if you open your eyes, and watch carefully, you will believe... Robert is a successful attorney who has everything in life--and nothing at all. Focused on professional achievement and material rewards, Robert is on the brink of losing his marriage. He has lost sight of his wife, Kate, their two daughters, and ultimately...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron has spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, independent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly, he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy's unexpected appearances...
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