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2421) El duelo de los hermanos
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Una meditación sobre la experiencia del duelo, ante la pérdida de un hermano, escuchando a otros dolientes, contrastando sus ideas con entendidos en esta materia y tomando autores de calibre clásicos y modernos, sobre todo los «Escritos consolatorios» de san Ambrosio de Milán, compuestos con motivo de la muerte imprevista de su hermano Uranio Satiro. El libro presenta las principales consideraciones que hay que tener en cuenta desde que se inicia...
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In the powerful follow up to her critically acclaimed debut collection, poet and activist Fariha Róisín is writing, praying, clawing, and scratching her way out of the grips of generational trauma on the search for the freedom her mother never received and the kindness she couldn't give.
This collection of poetry asks a kaleidoscope of questions: Who is my family? My father? How do I love a mother no longer here? Can I see myself? What does it...
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What do you do, when your father dies by suicide, while you are in the hospital awaiting the birth of your triplets?
What do you do, when you can't attend your father's funeral because physician orders include complete bed rest?
What do you do, when you realize that you experienced a devastating loss and that you are not alone in that experience? You write a book and dedicate your life to helping others affected by suicide!
Barbara Rubel's fictional...
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Esta es la historia de Noel, quien perdió a Maris, su amada esposa de 42 años, por suicidio, después de años de luchar con la depresión.
El final abrupto de una vida por suicidio puede ser el evento más catastrófico para los que quedan atrás. Los sobrevivientes experimentan dolor intenso y culpa masiva. El duelo destierra a los supervivientes a un lugar tan alejado del ajetreo normal de la vida cotidiana que se sienten cerca de la locura....
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L'ombre a joui à nos jours heureux, la lumière s'est éteinte et les sons de la nuit s'y sont précipités. La pluie d'effort, l'étreinte, les éléments, tout ce que nous croyons sur la vie, sur l'amour, les roses, le venin, et les choses que nous nommons avec précision, avec savoir, et paradoxalement ces mêmes choses que nous ne savons pas encor. Cette caresse du temps qui s'applique à jouer des notes de musique avec nos humeurs, nos envies,...
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An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families Losing a parent is a traumatic blow, and the grief can seem unbearable. But you are not alone, and you can get through this. In this first book dedicated to the experience of adults who have lost a parent, expert-on-grief Katherine Fair Donnelly shares intimate, telling interviews with surviving sons and daughters, and...
2427) DogStar
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This children's book tackles the hard subject of loss of a beloved pet. Grieving the loss of a pet can be hard for any child, that's where DogStar is here to help you through this difficult time. We hope this book helps bring comfort to everyone who ever has or is currently in the process of losing that special family pet that brought so much joy and happiness to everyone around them.
2428) Soirs et matin
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Soirs et matin est une œuvre qui rend hommage à trois individus exceptionnels dont les destins ont croisé celui de Roman V. Sanchez durant l'année fatidique de 2009. Leur départ ou leur arrivée imprègne cette création tout autant qu'ils imprègnent chaque instant de sa vie. Deux décès, deux soirées, deux adieux…
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Roman V. Sanchez a une profonde fascination pour la science hermétique. Au travers de ruptures...
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L'ange de la poésie s'invite à la table de Bernard Fetter avec ce nouveau recueil : Je ne suis plus qu'un murmure.
On sent l'aile du temps qui passe nous frler sans cesse, délicatement, mais nous frler en insistant, longtemps... Pourtant :
Un jour
Un jour nous nous retrouverons au bord de la mer
Juste là au pied de la grande dune
J'aurais froid ce soir-là comme en hiver
Les nuages courent sur le ventre de la lune (...)
Nous nous retrouverons...
2430) The Lost Arabs
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Award-winning Arab Australian poet Omar Sakr presents a pulsating collection of poetry that interrogates the bonds and borders of family, faith, queerness, and nationality.
Visceral and energetic, Sakr's poetry confronts the complicated notion of "belonging" when one's family, culture, and country are at odds with one's personal identity. Braiding together sexuality and divinity, conflict and redemption, The Lost Arabs is a fierce, urgent collection...
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First published in 1917, "The Broken Wing - Songs of Love, Death & Destiny — 1915-1916" is collection of beautiful poetry by Indian poet and activist Sarojini Naidu. A wonderful collection not to be missed by fans and collectors of classic Indic poetry. Contents include: "The Broken Wing Songs of Life and Death", "Memorial Verses", "The Following Year", "The Peacock-lute Songs for Music", and "The Temple, A Pilgrimage of Love".
Naidu (1879—1949)...
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"Love took the words right out of my mouth." So begins the first line of Christopher Jane Corkery's poignant and unforgettable new collection of poems. Throughout the work these two themes-the power and mystery of language, especially the crafted one of poetry, and what Keats called "the holiness of the heart's affections"-intertwine, accumulating a rich panoply of associations and meanings.
The occasions for Corkery's poems are often domestic: the...
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Tea & Sprockets: A Modern American Poetry Book is the debut poetry collection by modern American poet D.L. Lang. This 150 page single author anthology spans 15 years of work encompassing poems from 1995 to 2010. Across the 106 selected poems, Lang weaves together themes of love and friendship, death and loss, war and peace.
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He Died, I Survived is a transparent peek into the life of a woman who broke through the overwhelming power of grief to conquer the journey of Life after a death. Zoretta allows a rare transparent view of her walk as she processed through the illness and subsequent death of her husband of 37 yrs. On her mission to use her own pain as pathway to help others, she shares the prayers, heartbreak and aftermath while on the road of continuous recovery....
2435) Time & Circumstance
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"The trunk of this family is lost to history / Photo fragments remain as shadows"
With subtle wit, and poignant imagery, the unrelenting passage of time connects the vignettes in Theresa Milstein's Time and Circumstance. This reflective collection of real and imagined poetry and prose, speculates on an erratic childhood, the uncertainty of adolescence, and the reality of parenthood, through flashbacks of love lost and found.
"This everyday, why...
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In today's society, sex is often portrayed as a commodity, a means of achieving pleasure and satisfaction. But as we prioritize the pursuit of physical pleasure, are we losing sight of the emotional intimacy and connection that can make sex truly fulfilling?
The concept of sex vanity, or the prioritization of physical appearance and presentation in sexual encounters, is becoming increasingly prevalent in modern times. From obsessing over our own...
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From F. Paul Wilson, the best-selling and acclaimed author of the Repairman Jack series, comes a lightning-paced, whip-smart thriller sure to please both die-hard fans and newcomers to Wilson's spellbinding world. Will Burleigh is a hard-nosed, no-nonsense M.D. totally dedicated to the health and welfare of the patients in his practice. But when he himself is diagnosed with throat cancer, he can't bear the idea of undergoing massive radiation and...
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This book is a journey into the heart and mind of a poor devil, consisting of 150 poems that talk about afterlife, dying and living again, God, human, animals and nature. She experiences a self-exploration that stands as a spiritual journey which travels us through words to dreams, thoughts, and surreality. The secret is that the poor devil is now a black flower that speaks, uttering the hope that this life form be the last.
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Face à la maladie, l'auteur recherche la sérénité dans la nature qui l'entoure et dans ses souvenirs d'amour et de jeunesse...
Quand la maladie fit son apparition et que je ne pouvais plus envisager d'avenir, alors inexorablement mes pensées se tournèrent vers mon passé, vers ses années qui étaient synonyme d'insouciance, de jeunesse. Il me fut salutaire de me replonger dans mon passé pour y retrouver la force d'affronter mon avenir. L'automne...
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Lizzie Jo seemed to always be struggling. With a tumultuous childhood behind her, adulthood seemed to be trying to keep her in the turmoil.
When her mother dies, during a three-year period of time, when her mother wasn't speaking to her, Lizzie Jo now has to face all that she had been trying to avoid.
Her mother's death hit her extremely hard, due to the circumstances, but being the oldest daughter now posed even more problematic situations for...
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