Death & Grief

At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer....

A courageous, life-changing memoir that teaches us to apply the lessons learned by those nearing their death to our own life....

Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we help others who have endured tragedy....

A well-written book that is a curious reminder that our in-between life with all its information lies within our subconscious....

In this inspiring masterpiece, best-selling author Susan Cain shows the power of 'bittersweetness'—a tendency towards sorrow and longing, an acute awareness of passing time and a piercing joy when beholding beauty....

After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again....

In Life After Death, Chopra draws on cutting-edge scientific discoveries and the great wisdom traditions to provide a map of the afterlife....

Following a near-death experience, Georgina Scull set out to meet others who had faced their own mortality and find out what it means to have a life well-lived....

With this stirring audiobook as a guide, feelings of anger, resentment, guilt, and victimization are healed and transformed into acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, and peace....

As an analyst working with the dying, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés has developed seminal methods to help ease the fear that can accompany the dying process....

Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer tells the story of losing her father and finding the love of her life in this profound meditation on love, grief and joy....

This guided imagery and affirmations for anyone dealing with grief provides a powerful way of coping with loss naturally and holistically, helping to release sorrow and gently move beyond the pain of bereavement to grief recovery, in whatever way and for however long it takes....

A friendly and accessible book of 75 lists that will help anyone experiencing a change or loss—for fans of Maggie Smith, Cheryl Strayed, and Katherine May—from the creators of the popular What's Your Grief website and community....

A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an 1100-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe and built her back up again....

An exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present awareness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves....

When Bozoma Saint John's husband, Peter, died of cancer, she made one big decision: to live life urgently. Bozoma was no stranger to adversity, having lost her college boyfriend to suicide, navigated an interracial marriage....

Losing our parents when we ourselves are adults is the natural order of things, a rite of passage into true adulthood. But whether we lose them suddenly or after a prolonged illness, this passage proves inevitably more difficult than we thought it would be....

When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back is about losing a child. It is about formulating a vocabulary to express the deepest kind of pain. And it's about finding a way to write about a reality invaded by grief, lessened by loss....  

Al-Ghazālī's writings were meant to help man to live a life in accordance with the sacred law, and by doing so gain a deeper understanding of its meaning....

Inspiring, passionate, deeply insightful, Chasing Daylight is a remarkable man's poignant farewell to a beloved world.... 

Picking up where Things I Don't Want to Know left off, this short, exhilarating memoir shows a writer in radical flux, facing separation and bereavement and emerging renewed from the ashes of a former life....

In You Can Heal Your Heart, self-empowerment luminary Louise Hay and renowned grief and loss expert David Kessler have come together to start a conversation on healing after loss....

Former forest monk Björn Natthiko Lindeblad shares timeless wisdom about how to handle the uncertainty that is a natural part of life. Infusing the everyday with heart and grace, I May Be Wrong is an audiobook to help us all navigate the realities of modern life....

Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood....

Pema Chödrön presents her first live talk on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Experience one of today’s most beloved spiritual teachers at her best as she helps us navigate fear, doubt, and uncertainty with a compassionate and open heart....

I 2005 mistede Julia sin mor til kræft. Hun havde brug for at tale med nogen, der kunne give hende håb om, at er var lys for enden af sorgtunnelen. I "Sig farvel – Hvad præster ved om sorg" taler forfatter Julia Lahme med danske præster om sorg og om, hvordan man får håbet og troen tilbage efter at have mistet en, man holdt af. Med udgangspunkt i sit eget tab begiver Julia sig ud i Danmark for at tale med seks præster, der kan tilbyde hende og andre sørgende mennesker hjælp på hver deres helt personlige måde.

In hun eerste gezamenlijke boek Je bent niet alleen beschrijven moeder Isa Hoes en zoon Merlijn Kamerling hoe het is om te rouwen om iemand die heel dicht bij je stond. Zo dichtbij dat door het wegvallen van die persoon je leven totaal anders wordt. In het geval van Isa en Merlijn was die persoon een echtgenoot en vader, Antonie Kamerling, maar dit boek is herkenbaar voor iedereen die een broer, zus, kind, ouder of partner verloren heeft. Isa en Merlijn reiken handvatten aan om met zulk intens verdriet om te gaan. Ze beschrijven hoe zij hun grote verlies hebben moeten verwerken.

We weten maar één ding zeker in ons leven en dat is dat we op een dag doodgaan. Toch stoppen we de gedachte hieraan bij voorkeur zo ver mogelijk weg. Toen de ouders van Barbara van Beukering ongeneeslijk ziek waren, wilde haar vader er niet over praten, terwijl haar moeder heel bewust alle tijd nam om afscheid te nemen van haar dierbaren. Hierdoor realiseerde Van Beukering zich dat de manier waarop je afscheid neemt van het leven grote impact heeft op je nabestaanden.

Onmisbare steun voor iedereen die met verlies wordt geconfronteerd. Vingerafdruk van verdriet is een kostbaar geschenk voor een ander of voor jezelf. Het is een boekje dat je zou moeten geven aan iedereen die een kind, een broer of een zus, de partner, een ouder, een vriend of een droom verliest. Het is niet alleen geschreven voor hen die het zelf moeilijk hebben, maar ook voor familieleden, vrienden en collega's van wie ze steun verwachten op hun moeilijke reis naar hernieuwd leven. Het is geen boek over dood.

A “conspiracy of improbabilities” was how Deepak Chopra described the tragic events that took the life of Joshua Rothstein in 2002 when he was struck by a car at just fifteen-and-a-half years old. That conspiracy would thrust Nancy, her husband, and their two daughters into a profound state of grief sparked by Josh’s sudden death. Yet with pure grace, the wall of death was shattered for Nancy, and she stepped back into life.

In How to Feel Better, bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shares the advice that has seen her through life's ups and downs. From her etiquette for bad news to the words of wisdom she would like to pass onto her son, How to Feel Better is full of warm, gentle guidance and comfort for when you need it most. Previously published as A Manual for Heartache, this revised edition contains a new introduction from Cathy and an inspiring addendum of advice from other authors on what they do to feel better, whatever the world throws their way.

When Bozoma Saint John's husband, Peter, died of cancer, she made one big decision: to live life urgently. Bozoma was no stranger to adversity, having lost her college boyfriend to suicide, navigated an interracial marriage, grieved a child born prematurely—a process that led to her and Peter's separation—and coparented the daughter who she and Peter shared.

In questa opera Rosanna Poluzzi presenta una parte di lavoro clinico svolto con Carolina, una paziente con cui, ad un certo punto del processo terapeutico, ha scelto di lavorare con il metodo narrativo per favorire l'elaborazione dei suoi lutti plurimi. Seguendo i presupposti fondamentali dell'orientamento sistemico relazionale, la terapeuta ha accompagnato Carolina in un viaggio dentro la storia dei suoi legami significativi a livello trigenerazionale.

Después de sobrevivir a los campos de concentración en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Auschwitz entre ellos, la finitud y el sufrimiento fueron un constante asunto de preocupación existencial y filosófica para Viktor Frankl.

Christine Hemp's debut work of nonfiction, Wild Ride Home, is a brilliant memoir, looping themes of finding love and losing love, of going away and coming home, of the wretched course of Alzheimer's, of cancer, of lost pregnancies, of fly fishing and horsemanship, of second chances, and, ultimately, of the triumph of love and family—all told within the framework of the training of a little white horse named Buddy. Wild Ride Home invites the listener into the close Hemp family, which believes beauty and humor outshine the most devastating circumstances.

In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with debilitating chronic illness, and faced death itself when seriously unwell in hospital. In spite of this he has survived, and has even learned to find joy in life in the aftermath of tragedy. In Getting Better, he shares his story and the lessons he has learned along the way. Exploring the roles that trauma and grief have played in his own life, Michael investigates the road to recovery.

Comment aborder le processus de deuil ? Il s’agit d’une traversée qui nous mène de la vallée des larmes à l’autre côté, dans la lumière de l’acceptation et de la vie.

Someday, your life story is likely to be boiled down to a few lines. If you leave things to chance, your obituary is almost sure to be solemn, formulaic, and full of errors—an obligatory final chapter written in haste by others. James R. Hagerty, longtime obit writer for The Wall Street Journal, knows how to get the job done right: Do it yourself, starting now, while you still can.

This audiobook narrated by William Hope examines how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience from devastating loss and changed the course of American thought.

When Cariad was just fifteen, her dad died. She became the person-whose-dad-had-died; a mess of emotions and questions; a grief-mess. Years later, she began trying to unravel this tightly wound grief. What had happened? What effect had it all had on who she was? She started Griefcast, the podcast that talks openly, honestly and at times cheerfully about life’s most difficult moment: its end.