Life as a Casketeer

Author: Francis Tipene
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 177549179X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
*Stars of the hit television series The Casketeers, as seen on Netflix* Francis and Kaiora Tipene aren't your typical funeral directors. With their famous humour and big-hearted personalities, the TVNZ and Netflix reality TV stars are changing the way we think about death and grief. Life as a Casketeer reveals how Francis and Kaiora grew up in families that had few possessions but were rich with love and tikanga, and how they came to work in their often misunderstood profession. It's also a book about the Maori world view and traditional funeral customs. The Tipenes make death feel less mysterious and life feel more precious. But most of all, Life as a Casketeer is a love story - for whanau, for culture and for each other. It is full of joy and sorrow, tears and laughter.

It's Your Funeral!

Author: Kathy Benjamin
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1683692950
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
You can’t attend your own funeral. But you can have a blast planning it! Death is scary—but planning your funeral doesn't have to be! It's Your Funeral! will help demystify death, decrease your anxiety, and put the fun back in funeral, whether that means a drunken bacchanal or a somber reflection on just how great you were. Every stage of the legacy planning process is considered, from a burial outfit to a funeral theme. Practical and cheeky questions alike are answered, including: • What is the most eco-friendly burial method? • Can I write my own obituary? • Can my body be shot into space after I die? • How can I manage my digital legacy? Offering a plethora of curious facts, strange stories, and inspiration to help you think outside the coffin, It’s Your Funeral! includes worksheets that will ensure your wishes are recorded for posterity. Planning for death should be the time of your life, so let’s get started!

Living Is Dying

Author: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1611808073
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
An insightful collection of teachings about death and dying to help face life's greatest mystery calmly and with equanimity. Lifetimes of effort go into organizing, designing, and structuring every aspect of our lives, but how many people are willing to contemplate the inevitability of death? Although dying is an essential part of life, it is an uncomfortable topic that most people avoid. With no idea what will happen when we die and a strong desire to sidestep the conversation, we make all kinds of assumptions. Living Is Dying collects teachings about death and the bardos that have been passed down through a long lineage of brilliant Buddhist masters, each of whom went to great lengths to examine the process in minute detail. Renowned author and teacher Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse responds to the most common questions he's been asked about death and dying--exploring how one prepares for death, what to say to a loved one who is dying, and prayers and practices to use as a handhold when approaching the unknown territory of death. Whether you are facing death today or decades from now, preparing for it can help to allay your worst fears and help you appreciate what it means to be truly alive.

The End

Author: Bianca Nogrady
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1742752055
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
The End provides a different framework through which to view death instead of the fear and mystery that so often shrouds this incredibly important moment of life.

Lessons Learned on Bay Street

Author: Don Johnson
Publisher: Barlow Publishing
ISBN: 9781988025469
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
In this memoir, one of the most successful investment bankers on Bay Street shares the lessons he learned about business and life in a long and successful career as president of Burns Fry and then as vice-chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns. Lessons Learned on Bay Street tells the inside story of how Donald K. Johnson led financing transactions involving hundreds of millions of dollars for Canadian and international corporations, deals that involved some of the biggest financial players in the world, such as Warren Buffet. Johnson shows how he applied that deal-making ability to raise millions for charities. And he illustrates his motto, "the sale begins when the customer says no," with a tale about how he convinced the government to remove the capital gains tax on donations of listed securities.

The Healer Within

Author: Ellen Morris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780645156102
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Part autobiography and journey to embracing her spiritual soul, join Ellen as she shares her life with us and how, over time she learnt to release the past to move into her shiny red shoes. By being there and helping heal others of their grief it opened her soul to be able to heal her own deeply personal childhood experiences by creating her own internal world where she was safe from harm when no one was there to listen.

The Invisible Leash

Author: Patrice Karst
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316524905
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
From the author of the picture book phenomenon The Invisible String comes a moving companion title about coping with grief when a pet dies. "When our pets aren't with us anymore, an Invisible Leash connects our hearts to each other. Forever." That's what Zack's friend Emily tells him after his dog dies. Zack doesn't believe it. He only believes in what he can see. But on an enlightening journey through their neighborhood—and through his grief—he comes to feel the comforting tug of the Invisible Leash. And it feels like love. Accompanied by tender. uplifting art by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, bestselling author Patrice Karst's gentle story uses the same bonding technique from her classic book The Invisible String to help readers through the experience of the loss of a beloved animal.

Settlers' Creek

Author: Carl Nixon
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1869794044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
A poignant and contentious novel by a rising star of New Zealand literature. Box Saxton just wants to bury his teenage stepson’s body in the churchyard near the farm where Box grew up. What happens, though, when the boy’s biological father, a Māori leader, unexpectedly turns up in the days before the funeral and forcibly takes the boy’s body? According to Māori custom the boy must be buried in the tribe’s ancestral cemetery at the small coastal town of Kaipuna. According to the law there is very little Box can do. With no plan and little hope, Box gets in his old truck and drives north, desperate and heartbroken. Settlers' Creek explores the claims of both indigenous people and more recent settlers to have a spiritual link to the land. 'Brave, bold and unflinching, Carl Nixon's Settler's Creek is one of the best novels to come out of New Zealand. It's not only a gripping, brutal, thriller but also a dissection of a country and its culture. It's the kind of book that gets you run out of town.' - Witi Ihimaera

Without My Mum

Author: Leigh; Horst Leigh Van Der;Van Der Horst
Publisher: Nero
ISBN: 9781863959278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
"When Leigh Van Der Horst lost her beloved mother to cancer in 2008, she faced her biggest battle yet. How would she cope without the wisdom and support of her role model? InWithout My Mum, Leigh reveals how she overcame her devastating grief, and in the process rediscovered herself and her inner strength. As well as exploring her own experience, Van Der Horst brings together stories from many inspiring women around the world, including contributions from Jools Oliver, Lisa Wilkinson, Megan Gale, Amanda de Cadenet and Natalie Bassingthwaighte. At times heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting, Without My Mumoffers advice, comfort and hope for anyone dealing with the loss of their mother."

Working Class Boy

Author: Jimmy Barnes
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1460707001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of Ozrock - there isn't an accolade or cliche that doesn't apply to Jimmy Barnes. But long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the tall tales of success and excess, there was the true story of James Dixon Swan - a working class boy whose family made the journey from Scotland to Australia in search of a better life. Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define, but almost destroy, the rock'n'roll legend. This is the story of how James Swan became Jimmy Barnes. It is a memoir burning with the frustration and frenetic energy of teenage sex, drugs, violence and ambition for more than what you have. Raw, gritty, compassionate, surprising and darkly funny - Jimmy Barnes's childhood memoir is at once the story of migrant dreams fulfilled and dashed. Arriving in Australia in the Summer of 1962, things went from bad to worse for the Swan family - Dot, Jim and their six kids. The scramble to manage in the tough northern suburbs of Adelaide in the 60s would take its toll on the Swans as dwindling money, too much alcohol, and fraying tempers gave way to violence and despair. This is the story a family's collapse, but also a young boy's dream to escape the misery of the suburbs with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to join a rock'n'roll band and get out of town for good.