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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow Publisher Comments "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 their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death by Joan Halifax Publisher Comments In this long-awaited book of inspiring and practical teachings, Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax offers the fruits of her many years of work with dying people. Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work is a source of wisdom for all those who are... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Staff Pick In her remarkable debut, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach explored what happens to the body after death, and in the process brought the corpse to glittering life. In her follow up, she stakes out similar terrain. What happens to the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan Publisher Comments Filled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death, this book shows readers how to help the dying person live fully to the very end. "A hopeful, helpful work... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life by Ira Byock Publisher Comments A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life. It is harder to die in this country than ever before.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Tuesdays with Morrie" comes a novel that explores the unexpected connections of readers' lives and the idea that heaven is more than a place--it's an answer._Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 4.7, 6... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $1.38 Used - Hardcover
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Dream New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss by Jai Pausch Publisher Comments A remarkably frank, deeply moving, and inspiring memoir by Jai Pausch, whose husband, Randy, wrote the bestseller The Last Lecture while battling pancreatic cancer. "Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself," Randy Pausch... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Death Without Denial Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss by Barbara K Roberts Publisher Comments When her husband was dying from prostate cancer, Governor Barbara Roberts had to look inside herself to survive. What she found in that journey fills the pages of this frank but inspiring book, written for both the patient facing death and those he or... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Morrie in His Own Words by Morrie Schwartz Publisher Comments "Learn how to live and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll know how to live." In these remarkable pages are the profound, life-affirming words of Morrie Schwartz as he faced his own imminent death. In 1994, at the age of seventy-seven... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-ross Publisher Comments On Life and Living Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D., is the woman who has transformed the way the world thinks about death and dying. Beginning with the groundbreaking publication of the classic psychological study On Death and Dying and continuing... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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No Time To Say Goodbye (97 Edition) by Carla Fine Staff Pick Written from the suicide survivor's point of view, Carla Fine's compassionate book, No Time to Say Goodbye, helps readers identify their feelings and find comfort in the assembled stories of other survivors. There are no "answers," but at least you come... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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IO #71: Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death by Victoria (edt) Zackheim Publisher Comments There’s nothing funny about dying … or is there? Malachy McCourt, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and 22 more share hilarious and moving stories of confronting death. Exit Laughing makes death more approachable as it reveals the funny side of &ldquo... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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No One Has to Die Alone: Preparing for a Meaningful Death by Lani Leary Publisher Comments 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. The experience of caring for a loved one through terminal illness and eventual... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch Publisher Comments Here is the voice of both witness and functionary. Lynch stands between 'the living and the living who have died' with outrage and amazement, awe and calm, straining for the brief glimpse we all get of what mortality means to a vital species.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Last Words by George Carlin Publisher Comments As one of America's preeminent comedic voices, George Carlin saw it all throughout his extraordinary fifty-year career and made fun of most of it. Last Words is the story of the man behind some of the most seminal comedy of the last half century... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Before I Say Goodbye: Recollections and Observations from One Woman's Final Year by Ruth Picardie Publisher Comments By turns humorous and heart-rending, an unforgettable account of a young woman's spiritual triumphs over breast cancer in the last year of her life Ruth Picardie was only thirty-three when she died, a month after her twins' second birthday and just under... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Upside of Undertaking by Catherine Olen Synopsis Ever wonder what goes on behind closed doors at your local cemetery or funeral home? You won't want to put down this delicious collection of real-life tales of mortuary experiences. Read hilarious stories of the dead and living that will keep you... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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