Recommended Readings

Essential

If you could only read three books, we recommend the following ():

Dying Well: A Prospect for Growth at the End of Life. New York: Riverhead Books, 1997.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Hyperion, 1993.

Dass, Ram and Gorman, Paul. How Can I Help? Stories and Reflections on Service.

Death and Dying & Hospice

Aries, Philippe. The Hour of Our Death. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Death and Dying. MacMillan, 1979.

Le Shan, Eda. Learning to Say Goodbye: When a Parent Dies. MacMillan, 1974.

Lynne, Joanne and Harrold, Joan. Handbook for Mortals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Newland, Sherwin B. How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1993.

Stoddard, Sandol. The Hospice Movement: A Better Way to Care for the Dying. New York: Vintage Books Random House, 1991.

Tatelbaum, Judy. The Courage to Grieve. New York: Lippincott & Crowell, 1980.

Death and Spirituality

Brown, Rebecca. The Gifts of the Body. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1994.

Dowling-Singh, Kathleen. The Grace in Dying. San Francisco: Harper Books, 1998.

Duda, Deborah. Coming Home: A Guide to Dying at Home with Dignity. New York: Aurora Press, 1987.

Grosz, Anton. Letters to a Dying Friend. Guest Books, 1989.

Japanese Death Poems. Charles Tuttle Co, 1985.

Levine, Stephen. Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. Anchor Books, 1992.

Healing into Life and Death. Anchor Books, 1987

A Year to Live. Bell Towers, 1997.

Longaker, Christine. Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying. Doubleday, 1998.

Remen, Rachel Naomi. Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal. Riverhead Books, 1996.

Sogyal Rinpoche. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Harper, San Francisco, 1992.

Illness and Caregiving

De Hennezel, Marie. Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us to Live. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1997.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. AIDS The Ultimate Challenge. New York: MacMillan, 1987.

Mace, Nancy and Rabins, Peter. The 36 Hour Day. New York: Warner Books, 1992.

Peabody, Barbara. The Screaming Room. San Diego: Oak Tree, 1986.

Quill, Timothy. A Midwife Through the Dying Process. John Hopkins Press, 1996.

Shilts, Randy. And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic. New York: Viking Penguin, 1993.

Taylor, Kylea and Mead, Hanfold. The Ethics of Caregiving: Honoring the Web of Life in Our Professional Healing Relationship. Santa Cruz, 1995.

Wilber, Ken. Grace and Grit, Spirituality and Healing in the life and death of Treya Killam Wilber. Shambala, 1991.

General Dharma and Spirituality

Aitken, Robert. Taking the Path of Zen. North Point Press, 1982.

Beck, Charlotte Joko. Everyday Zen. Harper SanFrancisco, 1989.

NothingSpecial. Harper SanFrancisco, 1993.

Chodron, Pema. The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness. Shambhala, 1991.

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living. Shambhala, 1994.

Gyatso, Tenzin His Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The Opening of the Wisdom Eye. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House.

Gyatso, Tenzin and Cutler, Howard. Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.

Goldstein, Joseph & Kornfield, Jack. Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation. Shambhala, 1987.

Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom. Shambhala, 1994.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. The Miracle of Mindfulness! Boston: Beacon Press, 1976.

Being Peace. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1987.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living. Delta, 1990.

Kornfield, Jack. A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. Bantam Doubleday, 1993.

Merton, Thomas. Contemplative Prayer. Image Books, Doubleday, 1971.

Mitchell, Stephen. ed. The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry. Harper and Row,1989.

Salzberg, Sharon. Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Shambhala, 1995.

Steindl-Rast, David. Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness. Paulist Press, 1984.

Steindl-Rast, David and Aitken, Robert. The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice Buddhist and Christian. Boston: Shambala, 1996.

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1970.

Psychology

Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness and the Searchfor Meaning. New York: Scribner, 1996.

Epstein, M.D., Mark. Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective. Basic Books, 1995.

Keleman, Stanley. Living Your Dying. Center Press: 1974.

Satir, Virginia. Peoplemaking. Science & Behavior Press, 1972.

Worden,1. William. Grief Counseling & Grief Therapy. (Second Edition) New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1991.

Other

Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays With Morrie New York: Doubleday, 1997.

Bauby, Jean Dominique. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Knopf.

Frankl, Viktor. A Man's Search for Meaning. 1963.