Saying Goodbye Your Way
Planning or buying a funeral or cremation for yourself or someone you love
John F. Llewellyn
Helps consumers personalize and be in control of their funeral services by giving them information rather than prejudging what they should do. The author’s long experience in the field and pro-consumer views make this book a must read for anyone interested in the subject of funerals and prearrangement. ORDER

A Cemetery Should Be Forever
The challenge to managers and Directors
John F. Llewellyn
A leading cemetery CEO explains the unique challenges of managing and governing cemeteries. Presents a clear analysis of the day-to-day challenges as well as the long-term responsibilities. Perfect for new senior managers or members of cemetery governing bodies; also very useful for anyone wanting to understand more about the operation of cemeteries. Reviews More Information ORDER

The Last Great Necessity
Cemeteries in American History (Creating the North American Landscape)
David Charles Sloane
A history of American cemeteries. In the "intersections of past lives and public symbols we meet rest and suffering, civic pride and private grief, patriotism and commerce...Today’s circle of hand-holding friends, poetry and scattered ashes is but the latest attempt to quiet a turmoil that can never find a resting place." An outstanding work tracing the development of cemeteries. ORDER

Saying Goodbye Your Way
Planning or buying a funeral or cremation for yourself or someone you love
John F. Llewellyn
Helps consumers personalize and be in control of their funeral services by giving them information rather than prejudging what they should do. The author’s long experience in the field and pro-consumer views make this book a must read for anyone interested in the subject of funerals and prearrangement. ORDER

Final Celebrations
A guide for personal and family funeral planning
Kathleen Sublette (Contributor), Martin Flagg
"Everyone should have a copy of Final Celebrations. It will help you make informed choices because it tells everything about planning for your or your loved one's death. Give one as a gift to those you love!" ORDER

In Memoriam
A practical guide to planning a memorial service
Amanda Bennett, Terrance B. Foley, Terence Foley (Contributor)
"a comprehensive planning guide to help ease the difficult responsibilities involving honoring a life that has ended....Bennett and Foley encourage readers to consider what the deceased person was known for, to take into account the person's close friends and how they can be a part of the service, to think of religious issues (if appropriate), and to remember the hobbies and interests of the loved one." ORDER

Remembrances and Celebrations
A book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
Jill Werman Harris (editor)
This is a collection of powerful and inspirational responses to loss and to the age-old impulse to honor and memorialize the uniqueness of each human being. "So often it takes a person's death to understand the totality of life that preceded it....fascinating reading and a learning experience." ORDER

What Am I Going to Do With Myself When I Die?
John D. Canine
A creative and thought-provoking look at funeralization in America, this unique book explores our society's system and the transition and life choices involved in preparing for the end of life. Stresses the need for planning for end of life choices, including creating a death plan. "If you want to know about your local funeral home and funeral director—this book will tell you." ORDER

How Different Religions View Death and Afterlife
Christopher Jay Johnson (editor), Marsha G. McGee (editor)
Presents the thoughts, doctrines, and customs of some of the largest and fastest growing Christian and non-Christian religious groups in North America and synthesizes their beliefs about death into one highly readable volume. A practical "Questions & Answers" section offers a quick way to find out what each faith believes about specific issues. ORDER

Saying Goodbye Your Way
Planning or buying a funeral or cremation for yourself or someone you love
John F. Llewellyn
Helps consumers personalize and be in control of their funeral services by giving them information rather than prejudging what they should do. The author’s long experience in the field and pro-consumer views make this book a must read for anyone interested in the subject of funerals and prearrangement. ORDER

Purified By Fire
A history of cremation in America
Stephen Prothero
"At once an exploration of the changing meaning of religious rituals, a witty piece of reporting on the machinations of the death industry, and a very serious piece of scholarship on the origins and popularization of a cultural practice." (P. Harvey Price, Choice) ORDER

Saying Goodbye Your Way
Planning or buying a funeral or cremation for yourself or someone you love
John F. Llewellyn
Helps consumers personalize and be in control of their funeral services by giving them information rather than prejudging what they should do. The author’s long experience in the field and pro-consumer views make this book a must read for anyone interested in the subject of funerals and prearrangement. Reviews • More Information • ORDER

Rest In Peace
A cutural history of death and the funeral home in twentieth-centure America
Gary Laderman
Does away with streotypes about Americans as death deniers and funeral directors as con men. Traces origins of American funeral rituals to current practices. "He shows that far from manipulating vulnerable mourners...funeral directors are highly respected figures whose services reflect the community's deepest needs and wishes." ORDER

A Cemetery Should Be Forever
The challenge to managers and Directors
John F. Llewellyn
Funeral service professionals frequently interact with cemeteries. A knowledge of the "why" and "how" of cemeteries--helps to understand the day-to-day challenges as well as the long-term responsibilities that are unique to cemetery management. A very usefu bookl for anyone wanting to understand more about the operation of cemeteries. Reviews • More Information • ORDER

Winning Ways
The funeral profession's guide to Human Relations
Todd W. Van Beck
"Written for the funeral service industry by a funeral service professional, this unique book teaches effective methods of interacting with people....Emphasizing service excellence and communications skills, this text takes an easy-to-read, common sense approach to the funeral profession." ORDER

After the Funeral
The posthumous adventures of famous corpses
Edwin Murphy
"It is commonly thought that after death and burial the remains of the individual are left to ’rest in peace’—but history reveals that in many instances this has most definitely not been the case." Demonstrates that unusual funerals and thing happening after death have long been part of the human experience. ORDER

Awakening From Grief
Finding the road back to joy
John E. Welshons
Richard Carlson, Ph.D., describes this as "A MUST READ for the soul. If you are grieving, this book will comfort you. If not, it will prepare you for that which is not small stuff." ORDER

When There Are No Words
Finding Your Way to Cope With Loss and Grief
Charlie Walton
"If Grief is a journey, the author takes our hand to help us along the path...."
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Nobody's Child Anymore
Grieving, Caring and Comforting When Parents Die
Barbara Bartocci
"Barbara uses personal experience...to point up a wide range of reactions-from feeling a parent has died 'too young,' to grief that lasts beyond the 'acceptable' period of time, to guilt arising out of relief at the passing. She validates all these emotions and gives valuable insights, as well as warm, sometimes humorous advice."
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Inside the Board Room
Governance by directors and trustees
William G. Bowen
"...this timely book...explores the role of the board of directors in today´s for-profit and nonprofit corperation and offers...recommendations on how boards can better serve the interests of organizations and their stakeholders."
Highly recommended. This should be "must reading" for all directors—particularly those serving on nonprofit organizations´ boards. ORDER

Leading Without Power
Finding hope in serving community
Max De Pre
From the best selling author of Leadership Is An Art "...most successful organizations...operate not as controlled collections of human resources but as dynamic communities of free people...leaders must know how to lead without power, because free people follow willingly—or not at all." ORDER

Managing In A Time Of Great Change
Peter F. Drucker
"No thinker in the world today understands the art and science of business and management better than Peter Drucker.... Here is Peter Drucker at his most cogent and compelling...showing us what is rather than what is supposed to be...." ORDER