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Death & Dying

  • Determined to Matterby Jen O'Hara; Dan O'Hara

    Scarletta Press 2013; US$ 12.95

    Shannon O'Hara, skating down the ice chasing after the puck, comes face to face with a larger-than-life opposing team player. Never one to back down from anything, barely five feet fall, Shannon tangles with the player and ends up with a penalty. As she sits in the penalty box?only thinking about getting out in two minutes?no one would ever imagine... more...

  • Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012by Harris M. Lentz

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 49.95

    The entertainment world lost several legendary stars and a host of other men and women involved in the performing arts in 2012. Notables who died include actor Larry Hagman, astronaut Neil Armstrong, voice actor Jerry Nelson (The Count of Sesame Street), comedian Phyllis Diller, singer Whitney Houston, and actor George Lindsey. Obituaries of these... more...

  • Violent Deathby Edward K. Rynearson

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95

    This book pulls together a definitive collection of work on the theory and practice of clinical, spiritual, and emotional support after the experience of violent death - counseling beyond the crisis. Over the past decade, there have been countless publications devoted to crisis response, crisis intervention and counseling, disaster mental health... more...

  • African American Griefby Paul C. Rosenblatt; Beverly R. Wallace

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 34.95

    African American Grief is a unique contribution to the field, both as a professional resource for counselors, therapists, social workers, clergy, and nurses, and as a reference volume for thanatologists, academics, and researchers. This work considers the potential effects of slavery, racism, and white ignorance and oppression on the African American... more...

  • Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents: What Care Receivers Wantby Cheryl A. Kuba

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 19.95

    Navigating the Journey of Aging Parents proposes an entirely unique approach to the field of gerontology, giving dependent care receivers a voice.   Caregivers will be made aware of what care receivers truly want during life's final chapters. Exploring issues of housing, spirituality, personal care and death, Cheryl Kuba has created a testament... more...

  • The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burialby Paul Pettitt

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 38.95

    Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Ice Age. The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial takes a novel approach to the long-term development of human mortuary activity ? the various ways we deal with... more...

  • Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudesby Adrian Tomer; Grafton T. Eliason; Paul T. P. Wong

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95

    Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes provides: an in-depth examination of death attitudes, existentialism, and spirituality and their relationships; a review of the major theoretical models; clinical applications of these models to issues such as infertility, bereavement, anxiety, and suicide; and an introduction to meaning management... more...

  • Being Dead Is No Excuseby Gayden Metcalfe; Charlotte Hays

    Hyperion 2013; US$ 14.99

    " Being Dead Is No Excuse is sure to have Southern hostesses nodding their perfectly coiffed heads in unison." -- USA TODAY Folks in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belonging to it. Down South, they don't forget you when you've up and died--in fact, they visit you more often. But there are quintessential... more...

  • The Therapist in Mourningby Anne Adelman; Kerry Malawista

    Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 28.99

    The unexpected loss of a client can be a lonely and isolating experience for therapists. While family and friends can ritually mourn the deceased, the nature of the therapeutic relationship prohibits therapists from engaging in such activities. Practitioners can only share memories of a client in circumscribed ways, while respecting the patient?s... more...

  • The Faithful Executionerby Joel F. Harrington

    Random House 2013; US$ 26.69

    Welcome to the world of Frantz Schmidt: citizen of Nuremberg, executioner of 394 unfortunates, and torturer of many hundreds more. Most unusually for his times, Frantz was also a diarist. Drawing deeply on this exceptional and overlooked record that he kept for over forty-five years, The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside his... more...