| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
| Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlWritten by Herself
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| Remembering Sean
| My brother Sean took his life at the age of 39, leaving behind his extended family which included five siblings. This is a book written specifically to help suicide survivors, as there are many of us out there. In particular, if you are a sibling survivor, my heart goes out to you. I know exactly what you are going through.
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| Rising Tides
| Facing death is easy for Kelly Jamison because her heart is as broken as her body. Her life is a lie with a husband who cannot be trusted and too many broken dreams to count. Enter Tyler Adams, a man as comfortable with the world as he is with Kelly. He'll prove that life isn't numbered by days and love cannot be measured by years because when it comes down to it, we only remember the rise of the tides, not the fall.The Kindle edition contains a teaser chapter from A Sleep of Years.
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| The Job
| The Job is a story of self-discovery, set in the context of the relationship between Eric and his grandfather, and the changes that followed when death affected that relationship.This story will move you.It is the kind of book you will read again and share with others to help them in times of loss and grieving.
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| The Last Lecture (Thorndike Nonfiction)
| A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it a...More
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| Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
| Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like ...More
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| Broken Laces
| Everyone deserves a second chance.Jack "The Cannon" Kennedy thinks he's living the American Dream. A fancy house in the Houston suburbs. A promising career. And a loving wife who tolerates his long hours and selfish ways. In one horrific instant, he loses his wife. Then his job. Then his hope. And that just leaves Kellen, the young son Jack hardly knows or understands.Jack realizes he must reconnect with Kellen or they'll never get past their shared grief. But Jack's biggest obstacle is staring ...More
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| Wherever You Go, There You Are (ROUGH CUT)
| When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. In honor of the book's 10th anniversary, Hyperion is proud to be releasing the book with a new afterword by the author, and to share this wonderful book with an even larger audience.
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| Blue Nights
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| It Rains In February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss
| On the 24th of February 2007 my husband, Stuart, drowned himself at sea, leaving me widowed with two young daughters aged six and four. I knew it wasn't an accident, even though the medics and police never suspected suicide. Stuart had been talking about ending his life for a year. His most recent suicide attempt had been only three weeks earlier. Afterwards, he explained that day as the most peaceful day of his life. Sitting next to the dam, he smoked his last cigarette. He drank a hundred slee...More
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| Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward
| Wait a minute . . . . . . there. I made it to the next moment. And that’s how you get through a bad moment of grief. You do it one moment at a time. —from Worth Fighting For LISA NIEMI and PATRICK SWAYZE were married for thirty-four years. They first met as teenagers at his mother’s dance studio—he was older and just a bit cocky; she was the beautiful waif who refused to worship the ground he walked on. Through the years their marriage strained under the pressures that many do, bu...More
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| Preparing for Death: The Science of Dying
| Death is the topic that no one wants to talk about. Yet every body dies, and we all know without a doubt that our body will surely die. Are we ready for death? Do we understand what will happen when our body dies? "Preparing for Death" provides us with the solutions for dealing with our death and the death of our loved ones. It succinctly delivers the modern research along with the ancient science of dying. These reveal the facts regarding our identity and the reasons for life and death. The mys...More
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| Three Weeks with My Brother
| As moving as his bestselling works of fiction, Nicholas Sparks's unique memoir, written with his brother, chronicles the life-affirming journey of two brothers bound by memories, both humorous and tragic.In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother, Micah, set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at thirty-seven and thirty-eight respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of t...More
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| Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief
| For those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are strength and thoughtful words to inspire and comfort.
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| When Bad Things Happen to Good People
| When Harold Kushner’s three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life’s most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi, a parent, a reader, and a human being. Often imitated but never superseded, When Bad Things Happen to Good People...More
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| Thomas Jefferson, Rachel & Me
| What if Thomas Jefferson returned to life, penniless, powerless, and without a single slave? What if he meets a beautiful mixed-race woman he takes to be Sally Hemings reborn? “Thomas Jefferson, Rachel & Me” is a tale told by retired history teacher, Jack Arrowsmith, a man numbed by the deaths of his wife and son. It's about his — and his late son's girlfriend, Rachel Carter's — adventures with the writer of the Declaration of Independence. They meet the ghost of Jefferson at Monticell...More
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| Silent Scream
| Ten years ago, Gabriel Martin's sister was brutally murdered. He and his brother, Sam, have struggled to overcome the guilt, resulting in both of them taking dangerous jobs. As a fireman, Gabriel's devoted his life to protecting others. Yet no matter how many people he saves, he can't resurrect Jessie. The pain never leaves, keeping him from understanding his own goodness. It's only when he's the first responder to a brutal attack against Dr. Maddie Gilcrest that he realizes he can make a differ...More
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| The Bell Jar (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
| Get your "A" in gear!They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes™ has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'™ motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:· They feature the most current ideas and theme...More
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| Tear Soup
| If you are going to buy only one book on grief, this is the one to get! It will validate your grief experience, and you can share it with your children. You can leave it on the coffee table so others will pick it up, read it, and then better appreciate your grieving time. Grand's Cooking Tips section at the back of the book is rich with wisdom and concrete recommendations. Better than a casserole! Hardbound; 56 full-color pages. Affirms the bereaved. Educates the un-bereaved. A building-block fo...More
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| The End of Normal
| An explosive, heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff, the first genuine inside story from a family member who has lived through- and survived-both the public crisis and her own deeply personal tragedy. When the news of Bernard Madoff 's Ponzi scheme broke, Americans were shocked and outraged, perhaps none more so than the unsuspecting members of his own family. After learning that their father's legendarily successful wealth management com...More
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