Resources: Books

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Nora’s Top Ten Books

Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love by Lisa Carlson



The current update for the must-have book Caring for the Dead by Lisa Carlson is now available for download (PDF). The material in this book is currently being researched for a revised publication next year, but for those of you who have the current copy, don't be caught without these laws, standards and regulations that have changed since the book was first published!

Dealing Creatively With Death-A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial
by Ernest Morgan and Jennifer Morgan


Grave Matters - A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry by Mark Harris


Lifetimes - The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen


Sacred Dying - Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life by Megory Anderson and Thomas Moore


The American Book of Dying - Lessons in Healing and Spiritual Pain by Richard F Graves and Henriette Ann Klauser


The American Way of Death - Revisited by Jessica Mitford


The Pagan Book of Living and Dying - Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings and Meditations on Crossing Over by Starhawk and M. Macha NightMare and The Reclaiming Collective


The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrick D. Gaffney, and Andrew Harvey


Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Burry the Dead and Mourn as a Jew by Anita Diamant

Nora’s Library and Suggested Reading

"Creating Home Funerals" Guidebook by Jerrigrace Lyons of Final Passages

The Last Adventure of Life: Sacred Resources for Transition by Maria Dancing Heart

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

Spirituality, Health and Healing by Caroline Young

The Shamanic Guide to Death and Dying by Kristin Madden

Glimpse After Glimpse, Daily Devotions on Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche

The Link Between Religion and Health by Harold Koening and Harvey J Cohen

Sacred Passage: How to Provide Fearless Compassionate Care for the Dying by Margaret Coberly

Caring for Patients of Different Cultures by Geri-Ann Galanti

Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan by William Colby

Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice by Kenneth J. Doka

The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Maurice Lamm

Good Grief Rituals: Tools for Healing : A Healing Companion by Elaine Childs-Gowell

Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders by Mary Pipher

I Died Laughing: Funeral Education With a Light Touch by Lisa Carlson

Don't Ask for the Dead Man's Golf Clubs : What to Do and Say (and What Not to) When a Friend Loses a Loved One by Lynne Kelly

Women Pray: Voices Through the Ages, from Many Faiths, Cultures, and Traditions by Monica Furlong

Bhagavad-Gita As It Is by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha (Oxford World's Classics) by John Ross Carter and Mahinda Palihawadana

The Oxford Book of Prayer (Oxford Books of Prose) by George Appleton

Five Wishes

The Sacred Art of Dying: How the World Religions Understand Death by Kenneth Kramer

Spirituality in Nursing: From Traditional to New Age, Second Edition by Barbara Stevens Barnum

Before I Go, You Should Know My Funeral and Final Plans