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| Best Funeral Meditations, an anthology. IBN 0788011596 |
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RRP $18.50, weight 140 grams, PB, Stock.
A collection of 20 funeral sermons and meditations, for ceremonies with a religious influence.  |
| Coping with Death, Leslie Scrase. ISBN |
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Our price $20.00, weight 140 grams, PB, Out of Stock
A practical booklet which leads the bereaved through the processes and strategies of dealing with death, and devising a meaningful funeral. Contains many readings and verses that are appropriate for use within the funeral ceremony. A valuable and compact resource.  |
| Creating Meaningful Funeral Experiences: A guide for Caregivers, Alan Wolfelt, ISBN 1879651386 |
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Our Price $21.75, weight 200 grams, PB, In Stock
Alan Wolfelt has provided affirmation of funeral ritual as a resource for constructive grieving. He offers a practical format, solidly founded on knowledge of the grief process, for planning funeral rituals responsive to the needs of the bereaved.  |
| Creating Meaningful Funeral Experiences: A Guide for Families, Alan Wolfelt, ISBN 1879651203 |
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Our Price $21.75, weight 175 grams, PB, In Stock
This compassionate, friendly workbook affirms the importance of the personalized funeral ritual and helps families create a ceremony that will be both healing and meaningful for years to come. Designed to complement the clergy and funeral directors role in the funeral planning process, A Guide for Families walks readers through the many decisions they will make at the time of death. It is just the right amount of information at just the right time.  |
| Death Warmed Over, Lisa Rogak, ISBN 0062515160 |
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Our Price $32.50, weight 360 grams, PB, Ordered on Demand
Funeral food, rituals and customs from around the world. This recipe-enriched approach to funeral customs around the world reminds us that these rites are for the living. It is an amazing tour, with a synopsis of different rites and the different foods that fuel them. It all sounds delicious, but I'll pass on the Eskimo Seal Flippers. |
| Funerals without God: A Practical Guide to Non-Religious Funerals, Jane Wynne Willson, ISBN 0879756411 |
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Our Price $18.00, weight 110 grams, PB, In Stock
A down-to-earth 'How to' book, dealing with sensitivity and practicality on issues relating to the development of funerals for the non-religious. Guidelines are given for composing the ceremony, and there are suggestions as well for the inclusion of poetry and prose readings, and music.  |
| Goodbye, friend, Gary Kowalski, ISBN 1883478227 |
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Our Price $21.00, weight 200 grams, PB, In Stock
For pet lovers, the loss of a cherished pet ranks almost as high as the loss of a close family member in terms of grief experienced. This book takes the reader on a journey of healing offering warmth, guidance, and practical advice on how to deal effectively with death by nonorith an animal companion's life. |
| In Memoriam, Edward Searl, ISBN 155896407X |
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Our Price $30.00, weight 350 grams, PB, On Order
A guide to modern funeral and memorial services. Searl offers sensitive, practical advice for one of life's most difficult ceremonial passages. This book includes new materail on writing obituaries, alternative settings, interment of ashes, cremation and selecting monuments and memorials. Also offers information on writing a eulogy, traditional and non-traditional memorial customs and grieving. Features eleven sample services. A useful resource for both the secular and the religious celebrant.  |
| Pet Loss, Julia Harris, ISBN 1590560280 |
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Our Price $25.00, weight 275 grams, PB, In Stock
This insightful and helpful book will help anyone: -- Discover the many emotional reactions and responses to the loss of a pet. -- Learn what happens at a pet cemetery burial, cremation, or home burial. -- Find out arrangements that are legally available that your veterinarian may not tell you. -- Follow the rituals provided or get ideas for developing your own ceremony to honor your pet. -- Cope with the trauma of a terminally ill or runaway pet. -- Assist your children in coping with and recovering from their loss. -- Understand how different spiritual belief systems recognize and counsel pet loss. |
| Remembering Well, Sarah York , ISBN 0787955078 |
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Our Price $36.00, weight 460 grams, HC, In Stock
An essential resource for those who are planning a funeral, who are dealing with grief, and who are dealing with devastating loss. Appropriate for either secular or religious ceremonies.  |
| The Pagan Book of Living and Dying, Starhawk, IBN 0062515160 |
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Our Price $30.00, weight 450 grams, PB, On Order
Both spiritual counsel and practical tools in honoring death in the cycle of life, including planning a funeral or memorial service. This book is written with a Pagan emphasis, but still contains anecdotes and readings of value to all who plan funerals. |

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