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The
funeral is one of the most important ceremonies marking the passing
of a partner, relative or friend.
We have books which will assist you in making informed choices about
the structure of a funeral, whether you are planning your own at
leisure or making unexpected arrangements for your nearest and dearest.
There are books for the bereaved, and also useful books for the
funeral celebrant, ranging from the spiritual to the secular.
| A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals , Aubrey Malphurs & Keith Willhite ISBN 0825431867 |
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Our Price $28.00, Weight 450 grams, PB, In Stock
A compilation of tested ideas and resources by pastors, this handbook provides just the tool pastors need. Written by experienced, familiar authors, this book deals with difficult situations, like the death of a child and second marriages.  |
| A Minister's
Treasury of Funeral & Memorial Messages, Jim
Henry ISBN 0805425756 |
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Our
Price $29.00, weight 330 grams, HC, In Stock
Over the last two decades, Jim Henry's "The Pastor's Wedding
Manual has become a perennial success in the CBA market-place.
"A Minister's Treasury of Funeral and Memorial Messages is sure
to follow suit as it fills a current need on the bookstore shelves
and in the church libraries, providing a valuable resource for
a tremendous and always-present need. |
| Best
Funeral Meditations, an anthology. IBN 0788011596 |
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RRP $18.00,
weight 140 grams, PB, Stock.
A collection of 20 funeral sermons and meditations, for
ceremonies with a religious influence. |
| Beyond Absence, Edward Searl, ISBN 1558964924 |
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Our Price $22.00, weight 220 grams, PB, In Stock
Beyond Absence is an inpiring volume on the mystery and meaning of death, and features more than 300 poems, reflections and meditations from many cultures, both ancient and modern. |
| Ceremonies
& Celebrations, Dally Messenger, ISBN
0734400136 |
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Our
Price $27.00, weight 300 grams, PB, In
Stock.
This handbook contains vows, tributes and readings suitable
for all manner of contemporary occasions - namings, weddings,
funerals, graduations, stepfamily unions, even divorce! Each
occasion is handled with sensitivity and relevance, guaranteeing
the handbook remains a classic for civil celebrants and those
seeking a ceremony with a personal touch. |
| Coping
with Death,
Leslie Scrase. ISBN |
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Our
price $23.00, weight 160 grams, PB, In 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 $22.50, 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 $22.50, 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. |
| Exit Strategy, Michelle Cromer, ISBN 1585425052 |
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Our Price $22.00, weight 300 grams, PB, In Stock
Thinking outside the box. Here are a plethora of creative alternatives to traditional funerals. Have your remains shot into space or turned into a piece of jewelry. Be sifted into the roots of a tree, spread across the sky in a display of fireworks, or scattered over a bushland setting. Be a true environmentalist and have a green burial. Turn your funeral into a celebration. |
| The
Funeral and Wedding Handbook, Robert
Blair , ISBN 0788018825 |
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Our
Price $37.00, weight 440 grams, PB, In
Stock
A resource book for Pastors who are called upon to provide both
wedding and funeral services. It shares a wealth of ideas that
help you tailor services to individual needs, making these cojplecated
occasions ones of impact and success, both for the couple or
family involved, and for the ministry.
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| Funeral Services, Cynthia Danals, ISBN 9780687335060 |
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Our Price $16.00, weight 170 grams, PB, In Stock
The pain of loss comes to people of all ages and life situations. 'Funeral Services' helps pastors prepare for especially difficult funerals. Services are included for infants, children, youth, younger adults, and elderly persons in a wide variety of tragic circumstances, including miscarriage, infant death due abuse, child accident, youth murdered, youth suicide, prison death, death in a work accident, and older adult dies alone. Christian readings are provided for each situation.. |
| Funerals
without God: A Practical Guide to Non-Religious Funerals,
Jane Wynne Willson, ISBN 0879756411 |
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Our
Price $23.00, 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. Note: the latest delivery of this title has been with a significant price increase. |
| Goodbye,
friend, Gary Kowalski, ISBN 1883478227 |
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Our
Price $20.00, 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.
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Grief
- for assistance in dealing with grief, see
Self
Development
| in memoriam, Amanda Bennett & Terence Foley, ISBN 0684819023 |
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Our Price $25.00, weight 200 grams, PB, In Stock
A practical and informative guide, providing ways to make life's final passage an experience filled with dignity, compassion, and imagination. Details what to expect in a religious service, a formal secular service, and an informal creative service. Which aspects of a service are performed within a chapel and which take place at the graveside. How to find imanigative ways to commemeorate a person's life. Written in an accessible easy-to-read format. |
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Memoriam, Edward Searl, ISBN 155896407X |
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Our
Price $32.00, weight 350 grams, PB, In Stock
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. |
Inspirational - for readings and inspirational words
in composing ceremonies, look in Poetry
& Inspiration
| Inventions of Farewell, Sandra M Gilbert, ISBN 0393049728 |
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Our Price $40.00, weight 625 grams, HC, Limited Stock
A book of Elegies. Inventions of Farewell collects English-language poems of mourning from the late Middle Ages to the present. It is a collection of work that makes for interesting reading in itself. Although written by an American, it also includes a poem by Australia's Judith Wright. |
| 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.
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| Pet
Loss, Herbert Nieburg & Arlene Fischer, ISBN
0060926783 |
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Our
Price $20.00, weight 120 grams, PB, On Order
The
death of a pet can cause enormous feelings fo sorrow, guilt
and loneliness for children and adults alike. Pet Loss
offers unique advice for owners faced with an animal's passing,
from the difficult decision to put a pet to sleep to making
funeral or cremation arrangements. |
Poetry
- suitable for weddings, funerals or other ceremonies - look in
the Poetry Category.
| 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. |
| Remembrances
& Celebrations, Jill
Werman Harris, ISBN 0375701257 |
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Our Price $22.50, weight 300 grams,
PB, In Stock
A book of eulogies, elegies, letters, and epitaphs. The memoralble
writings collected in these pages give voice to many of history's
great wits and minds, and in so doing provide us with a valuable
touchstone to rely on when remembering - and celebrating - those
we have loved and lost. |
| Sacred Dying, Megory Anderson, ISBN 1569244340 |
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Our Price $28.50, weight 460 grams, PB, In Stock
Creating Rituals for embracing the end of life. Death may be inevitable, but dying alone or in fear does not have to be Sacred Dying is theologian megory Anderson's essential testimonial and handbook for creating a dignified, peaceful and more sacred end to life. Intended for those who are going through the death of a loved one as well as those facing death personally. This text is based on religious beliefs. |
| Sasha's Legacy, Nicola Daly, ISBN 1877338567 |
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Our Price $28.50, weight 210 grams, PB, In Stock
A guide to funerals for babies, for celebrants, funeral directors, social workers and healathcare professionals who, along side grieving parents, face the difficult task of organising a baby's funeral. It describes parents' experiences, raises issues to consider, gives practical advice from celebrants and funeral directors, and offers guidelines for the ceremony. With poetry, music, and websites parents may find helpful, this is a resource for grieving parents and those who help them. |
| Tell it Like it Was, Dianna Edwards , ISBN 9781921240256 |
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Our Price $19.95, weight 125 grams, PB, In Stock
A guide to eulogy writing, written by an Australian celebrant. Writing the story of someone's life is almost always done under pressure and in a limited time frame. Here you have the tips and pointers that minimise the stress from the situation show how to craft a eulogy that captures the essence of the person, delivering an interesting and rewarding tribute to the deceased. There is guidance on structure, questions to ask and suggestions for putting it all together, intersperced with examples from real eulogies. . |
| Time to Go, Jean Frances, ISBN 0595318592 |
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Our Price $35.00, weight 295 grams, PB, In Stock
Alternative Funerals. When it is time to go, we all have to make this journey, whether it is by a conventional route or a more unusual one. This book will stimulate conversation on that has been a taboo subject, and includes ideas for pre-planning a funeral or memorial gathering relievieng loved ones of making decisions while in a state of grief. Plenty of ideas for funeral ceremonies that allow the bereaved to freely express their emotions and to bid their final farewell in a style that suits them all. |
| The
Book of Eulegies;
Phyllis Theroux ISBN: 0684822512 |
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Our
Price $42.00, weight 660 grams, HC, In Stock .
This invaluable anthology of eulogies, both a celebration of
remarkable lives and a sourcebook for the grieving, features
efforts by some of the world's greatest writers, including Mark
Twain's reminiscence of his daughter, William Styron's tribute
to James Baldwin, and Robert Kennedy's extemporaneous remarks
upon hearing of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| The
Funeral: A Pastor's Guide,
John S Mansell, ISBN 0687067901 |
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Our
Price $17.50, Weight 130 grams, PB, Limited
Stock
For the religious practitioner, this book details the interview
process, preparing the ceremony, and provides sample ceremonies.
It also touches on pastoral care. |
| The
Pagan Book of Living and Dying, Starhawk, IBN
0062515160 |
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Our
Price $32.50, weight 450 grams, PB, In Stock
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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Abbreviations:
HC Hard
Cover
PB Paper Back
RRP Recommended Retail Price
S Spiral
Bound
SH Second Hand
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