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2) Encourage me
Author
Publisher
Walker and Co
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
x, 102 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
6) Another path
Author
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott
Pub. Date
1963.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes-war, famine, pandemic-we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician's death becomes the catalyst for his partner's journey of self-discovery in this "enchanting" book (San Francisco Chronicle) "that is something of a magic trick in itself." (Newsweek)
When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he
...14) There, there
Author
Publisher
Templar Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Little Hansie Bear loves to pretend, but walking like a duck can be hazardous, especially when he falls into a deep- down ditch and has to be helped out by his dad. With a "There, there" and a hug, Hansie is soon off to play again. So when Dad hurts his foot, Hansie knows just what to do."--Amazon.com.
15) Mouseboat
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young girl feels lost after the death of her mother, but when she and her father visit their lake house, she takes out the small boat she and her mom built together and somehow, in the wind and rain, reconnects with her mother's love.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
viii, 120 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"While navigating his own mother's cancer diagnosis, the author explores how we might find solace in the fact that we will die. Traditionally, philosophical answers to this question center on two possibilities. First, some argue that death is not bad for the one who dies, because they won't exist after once they are dead. Second, others argue that because immortality would be bad, death has considerable upside. Finding these two answers less than...
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