Grief Science

It’s hard to imagine anyone else being able to make understanding the grieving process...well, funny, while also being genuine and compassionate. As always, Faith nails it. This zine contains words of solace and helpful wisdom for when you’re dealing with grief…but most of all it’s full of helpful advice for when you are trying to figure out how to support someone else in their grief and what to say. Grieving is a natural part of life, and having the space to do it the way you need to is vital.

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK In a dazzling ode to human inventiveness and desire for meaning, four lives are entangled across time by one unfinished story, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across the centuries. “A joy...and a...

NPR SciFri Book Club Pick Next Big Idea Club's "Top 21 Psychology Books of 2022" Behavioral Scientist Notable Books of 2022 A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love...

Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments", A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period.

Until We Meet Again On Grief, Love, and the Science of Lasting Connections by Maria Baiu-Păvăleanu What happens when the person you love most disappears from your life? Until We Meet Again is a deeply moving and insightful book about grief, loss, and the enduring power of love. Written after the sudden death of the author’s husband, this book speaks to anyone who has lost someone dear—a partner, a parent, a child, a friend—and has struggled to understand what comes next. Blending personal memoir with modern psychology and neuroscience, Maria Baiu-Păvăleanu explores grief not as a ...

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson "An incredible journey." —Siddhartha Mukherjee *WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY* *2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER FOR SCIENCE AND COSMOLOGY* A groundbreaking exploration of the science of...

This House of Grief is a heartbreaking audiobook by one of Australia's most admired authors. Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and keep going west in the direction of Colac. Late in August 2006, soon after I had watched a magistrate commit Robert Farquharson to stand trial before a jury on three charges of murder, I headed out that way on a Sunday morning, across the great volcanic plain.

Based partly on the author's experience, partly on her in-depth interviews, and partly on a questionnaire she developed with psychologist Holly Barrett to which almost 600 women responded, Father Loss provides the clearest portrait yet of a very special group of women. As a group, they express their insecurities ("Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever be able to love a man totally...because that would mean I didn't love my father anymore." - Leslie).

With only a few dollars to her name and her beloved dog Copper by her side, Selena flees her past in the city to claim her late aunt’s house in the desert town of Quartz Creek. The scorpions and spiders are better than what she left behind. Because in Quartz Creek, there’s a strange beauty to everything, from the landscape to new friends, and more blue sky than Selena’s ever seen. But something lurks beneath the surface. Like the desert gods and spirits lingering outside Selena’s house at night, keeping watch.

Have you ever wondered what truly lies beyond the veil of this life? What if death is not an end, but a profound transformation? This book is not about speculation; it's about testimony. NDE - Near Death Experiences brings you an extraordinary collection of powerful, deeply personal accounts from people who have journeyed to the other side and returned. From a pragmatic engineer who became a being of pure light to a skeptical neurosurgeon whose own experience shattered his scientific worldview, these true stories offer a stunning glimpse into the afterlife. You will travel alongside ...

When loss turns your world upside down, there’s no “right” way to grieve—only your way. Grief doesn’t follow rules, timetables, or stages. It doesn’t care how strong you are or how much advice you’ve heard about “moving on.” Whether you’re mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a health crisis, or any invisible loss that reshapes your life, A Grief and Loss Companion is here to meet you where you are. Rooted in compassion, honesty, and practical wisdom, this book offers a gentle and realistic approach to surviving what feels impossible—without ...

Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world with Peter Wohlleben's personal experiences in forests and fields. Horses feel shame, deer grieve, and goats discipline their kids. Ravens call their friends by name, rats regret bad choices, and butterflies choose the very best places for their children to grow up.

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart “It’s Doty’s ability to describe his journey so lyrically, and then his willingness to share his methods, that make this book a gem...

For twenty years, Greta Davenport has lived with the guilt of surviving the accident that killed her parents. She’s tested the limits of her own mortality ever since, but little gives her the dopamine rush she craves. Not until the night she almost drunkenly crashes her car into a tree, and a peculiar blank card slides under her front door—an invitation to the Found Object Society. What she discovers there is beyond comprehension: an opulent, subterranean playground filled with aisles of objects from different eras and regions of the world.

After the near-extinction of humanity, a new kind of alien-human hybrid must come to terms with their identity—before their powers destroy what is left of humankind, in this thought-provoking science fiction novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of The Sower. Since a...

Unlock the power of your intuition to achieve the life of your dreams with the empowering guide from the acclaimed neuroscientist and bestselling author of The Source. THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AS SEEN ON THE DIARY OF A CEO Have you ever experienced a coincidence that felt too...

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting - he’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It’s ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth.

A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original debut. Dr. Jo Ness prefers jellyfish to people. Her best friend, Aldo, was the exception, but he...

This book is about understanding or coming to terms with dying process from a cultural perspective, psychological process of mourning and modern attitudes towards death.