These are all recommended reads in the field of hospice, spiritual caregiving and palliative care. We hope to have most of the books on this list reviewed soon
Final Gifts - Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley, Bantam Books 1997
Living in the Light of Death; On the Art of Being Truly Alive - Larry Rosenberg, Shambala Books 2000
Living With the End in Mind by- Erin Tierney Kramp and Douglas H. Kramp, Three Rivers Press, NY 1998
Living in the Face of Death, the Tibetan Tradition - Glenn Mullin, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY 1998 238 pp
Lessons from the Dying - Rodney B. Smith, Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA, 1998
Grief and the Healing Arts: Creativity As Therapy Edited by Sandra L. Bertman
Bereavement - Counseling the Grieving Throughout the Lifecycle by David Crenshaw, Ph.D
The American Book of the Dead by EJ Gold
The Woman's Book of Dreams: Dreaming as a Spiritual Practice by Connie Kaplan foreword by Jamie Sams
Death and Eastern Thought - Frederick Holck, ed. NY:Abingdon Press,1974
Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness with The Dalai Lama edited and narrated by Francisco Varela, Ph.D.
The Wheel of Life Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 286 pp. Hardcover, $22.00, 1997, ISBN: 0-684-19361-2, Scribner
Facing Death and Finding Hope - Christine Longaker, Doubleday/Random House 1997
The Pattern (scroll down page) by Lynnclaire Dennis
The Undiscovered Country - Exploring the Promise of Death (scroll down page) by Eknath Easwaran
Reincarnation: A Critical Examination (scroll down page) by Paul Edwards
Beyond the Ashes: Cases of Reincarnation from the Holocaust (scroll down page) by Rabbi Yonassan Gershom
The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought (scroll down page) by Neil Gillman
My Memory Book - A Journal for Grieving Children by Gretchen Gaines-Lane
Graceful Exits; How Great Beings Die - Sushila Blackman, Weatherhill 1997
Who Dies? - Stephen and Ondrea Levine, Anchor Books,1989
Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life - Dalai Lama, Atria Books 2002
A Midwife Through the Dying Process - Timothy Quill, Johns Hopkins Press 1996
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche, Harper San Francisco 1994
Reincarnation, An East West Anthology - Josph Head and S.L. Cranston, Theosophical Publishing House 1961
Luminous Emptiness; Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead - Francesca Freemantle, Shambala Publishers 2003
Angels Healing Journey by E.J. Gold
The Beginners Guide for the Recently Deceased; A Comprehensive Travel Guide to the Only Inevitable Destination - David Staume, Llewellyn Publications 2004
In the Light of Death; Spiritual Insight to Help you Live with Death and Bereavement - Timothy Freke, Barrons 2002
The Dying Time; Practical Wisdom for the Dying and Their Caregivers - Joan Furman and David McNabb bell Tower Press 1997
Graceful Exits; How Great Beings Die - Sushila Blackman, Weatherhill 1997
Books of the Dead; Manuals for Living and Dying - Stansilav Grof, Thames and Hudson 1994
Beyond Death; The Gates of Consciousness - Stanislav and Christine Grof, Thames and Hudson 1980
Death; A Users Guide - Tom Hickman, Delta Trade Paperbacks 2002
The Bardo Guidebook - Choki Nyima Rinpoche, Rangjung Yeshe Publications 1991
Deathing; An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life - Anya Foos Graber, Nicolas-Hays Inc.(Samuel Weiser) 1989
The Meaning of Death - Edited by Herman Feifel, McGraw Hill 1959
The Tibetan Book of the Dead - translated by Robert Thurman, Bantam 1994
Sacred Passage; How to Provide Fearless, Compassionate Care for the Dying - Margaret Coberly, Shambala 2002
Caring for Patients at the End of Life; Facing and Uncertain Future Together - Timothy Quill, Oxford University Press 2001
Spirituality in Patient Care; Why, How, When, and What - Harold Koenig, M.D., Templeton Foundation Press, 2003
The Hour of Our Death - Philip Aries
Easy Death - Da Free John
The Original Handbook for the Recently Deceased - Claude Needham, Gateways Publishers
A Very Easy Death - Simon Debeauvoir
Prayer is Good Medicine - Larry Dossey. San Francisco; Harper SF 1996
The Meaning of Death - Edited by Herman Feifel, McGraw Hill 1959
Deathing; An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life - Anya Foos Graber, Nicolas-Hays Inc.(Samuel Weiser) 1989
Luminous Emptiness; Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead - Francesca Freemantle, Shambala Publishers 2003
In the Light of Death; Spiritual Insight to Help you Live with Death and Bereavement - Timothy Freke, Barrons 2002
The Dying Time; Practical Wisdom for the Dying and Their Caregivers - Joan Furman and David McNabb Bell Tower Press 1997
Books of the Dead; Manuals for Living and Dying - Stansilav Grof, Thames and Hudson 1994
Beyond Death; The Gates of Consciousness - Stanislav and Christine Grof, Thames and Hudson 1980
Concerning Death - Ira Grollman
Death; A Users Guide - Tom Hickman, Delta Trade Paperbacks 2002
Spirituality in Patient Care; Why, How, When, and What - Harold Koenig, M.D., Templeton Foundation Press, 2003
The American Way of Death - Mitford
Death and a Caring Community - Larry Richards
