Random House, January 2016. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question.....
Findhorn Press, February 2021. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. Practical guidance and compassionate support for pet owners before, during, and after the death of a beloved companion animal - Explores how best to prepare for the death of your pet, including recognizing changes in your animal's well-being, palliative care.....
Flatiron Books, January 2019. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and pioneer behind the compassionate care movement shares an inspiring exploration of the lessons dying has to offer about living a fulfilling life. Death is not waiting for us at the end of a......
Parallax Press, July 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. In this comforting book that will offer relief to anyone moving through intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, healing words of wisdom to transform our suffering. In the immediate aftermath of a loss, sometimes it is.....
Shambhala, April 2019. Trade Paperback. Remainder Copy - like new. Integrating two decades of hospice care and social science research, this heartfelt book offers practical lessons on the transformative possibilities of end-of-life caregiving. Contemplative Caregiving is an indispensable guide for end-of-life caregivers and for anyone seeking to transform experiences of.....
Scribner, June 1997. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). On Death and Dying is one of the most important books ever written on the subject and is still considered the bench-mark in the care of the dying. It became an immediate bestseller, and Life magazine called it "a profound.....
Knopf, May 2021. Hardcover. A new copy. From the globally acclaimed, best-selling novelist and author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father. Essential. --Booklist Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the.....
Paradigm Press, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [24] pages. 4-1/8 by 7 inches. One of 400 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled red wrappers (paperback).
Riverhead Books, October 2017. Trade Paperback. A poetic and philosophical and brave and uplifting meditation on how important it is to make peace and meaning of our lives while we still have them." -Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat Pray Love Illuminating, unflinching and ultimately inspiring... A book to treasure.".....
N/A, September 1995. Hardcover. "A good old age, " Helen Nearing writes in her introduction to this superb collection, "can be the crown of all our life's experiences, the masterwork of a lifetime. There is much speculation about life after death. What about life before death?" At 91, Nearing reflects.....
Penguin Books, May 2008. Trade Paperback. A gleaming, humane (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class. Entering a room with.....
Little, Brown and Company, March 2018. Hardcover. For readers of Atul Gawande and Jerome Groopman, a book of beautifully crafted stories about what life is like for patients kept alive by modern medical technology. Modern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. To the public.....
Atria Books/Beyond Words, April 2012. Trade Paperback. No One Has to Die Alone offers meaningful insights and practical tools to rise above fear and make a difference in how we face the transition of death, dying, and bereavement. Caring for a terminally ill loved one can be the single biggest.....
Vintage, January 1995. School & Library Binding. New Edition With a new chapter addressing contemporary issues in end-of-life care A runaway bestseller and National Book Award winner, Sherwin Nuland's How We Die has become the definitive text on perhaps the single most universal human concern: death. This new edition includes.....
Perseus Books Group, August 2003. Trade Paperback. Facing death results in more fear and anxiety than any other human experience. Though much has been done to address the physical pain suffered by those with a terminal illness, Western medicine has been slow to understand and alleviate the psychological and spiritual.....
Da Capo Press, February 2008. Trade Paperback. Knowing our rights to refuse treatment, and ways to bring death earlier if pain or distress cannot be alleviated, will spare us the frightening helplessness that can rob our last days of meaning and personal connection. Drs. Wanzer and Glenmullen clarify what patients.....