OFDA Library Books

 

GENERAL - GRIEF, MOURNING, DEALING WITH DEATH, FUNERAL PLANNING
148 Motivational Minutes: Insightful ideas for Improving the Quality of Your Life (3 copies) Don Essig
A Grief Observed: A Masterpiece of Rediscovered Faith Which has Comforted Thousands C.S. Lewis
A Minister Speaks About Funerals: Minister to Minister on Making Funerals Meaningful Doug Manning
A Season of Suffering: One Family’s Journey Through Depression John Timmerman
A Silence to Be Broken: Hope For Those Caught in the Web of Incest Earl Wilson
A Tearful Celebration: Hope for Those Who Grieve James Means
After Suicide: A Ray of Hope – A Guide for the Bereaved, the Professional Caregiver, et al Eleanora Ross
Aftershock: Help, Hope, and Healing in the Wake of Suicide Cox & Arrington
An Escort for Death Richard Myers
Arlington Monument to Heroes John Hinkel
At Journey’s End: The Complete Guide to Funerals and Funeral Planning Fatteh & Fatteh
Attitudes Toward Death and Funerals Marks & Calder
Before I Wake: A Pastor Discusses the Practical Needs Surrounding Death That We Can’t Bear Paul Carlson
Beginning Again: How the Widow Can Find New Life Beyond Sorrow Maxine Dowd Jensen
Beyond Grief: A Guide for Recovering from the Death of a Loved One Carol Staudacher
Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality Thomas Lynch
Closely Watched Shadows: A Profile of the Hunter and the Hunted Ronald Turco
Concerning Death: A Practical Guide for the Living (5 copies) Earl Grollman
Daddy, I’m Pregnant a Dad Named Bill
Daughter of the Gorge Barbara Twibell
Death – the Final Stage of Growth Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Depression: Finding Hope & Meaning in Life’s Darkest Shadow Baker & Nester
Don’t Take My Grief Away: What to Do When You Lose a Loved One Doug Manning
Empty Arms: Emotional Support for Those Who have Suffered Miscarriage or Stillbirth Pam Vredevelt
For the Living Edgar Jackson
For Those Who Hurt Chuck Swindoll
Goodbye for Now Welby O’Brien
Heaven: A Glimpse of Your Future Home Don Baker
Helping Children Cope with Grief (For Caregivers, Parents, Teacher, Counselors) Alan Wolfelt
How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter Sherwin Nuland
In The Name of Submission: A Painful Look at Wife Battering Kay Marshall Strom
Invisible Wounds: What Every Woman Should Know About Sexual Assault Candace Walters
It’s Your Choice: The Practical Guide to Planning a Funeral Thomas Nelson
Living Through Mourning: Finding Comfort and Hope When a Loved One Has Died Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
Living with Death and Dying Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Living with Dying Glen Davidson
Living Without Your Twin Betty Jean Case
Lord, Heal My Hurts Kay Arthur
Loss & Anticipatory Grief Therese Rando
Loving Enough to Care – It could Change Your Life! Earl Wilson
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
One Day at a Time in Al-AnonAl-Anon Family Group 11/22/05 pg. 2
Pain’s Hidden Purpose Don Baker
Recovering From the Loss of a Child Katherine Fair Donnelly
Recovering From the Loss of a Parent Katherine Fair Donnelly
Recovering From the Loss of a Sibling Katherine Fair Donnelly
Responding to Disaster (2 copies) Vanderlyn Pine
Sad but O.K. My Daddy Died Today: A Child’s View of Death Barbara Juneau
Sarah’s Journey: One Child’s Experience with the Death of Her Father Alan Wolfelt
Starting Over: Help for Young Widows and Widowers Adele Rice Nudel
The Bereaved Parent Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
The Broken Heart: Medical Consequences of Loneliness James Lynch
The Challenge of Living: Maximum Living Bereavement Guide (15 copies) John Canine
The Dying and The Bereaved Teenager John Morgan
The Empty Chair: Handling Grief on Holidays and Special Occasions Zonnebelt-Smeenge & DeVries
The Gift of a Memory (with CD): A Keepsake to Commemorate the Loss of a Loved One Marianne Richmond
The Gift of Significance: Walking with People Through a Loss (6 copies) Doug Manning
The Last Thing We Talk About Joseph Bayly
The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die Katherine Ashenburg
The Rights of the Dying David Kessler
The Way of the Shepherd: Courage and Contentment from the 23rd Psalm Don Baker
The Widow’s Handbook: A Guide for Living Foehner & Cozart
Through Her Eyes: A True Story of Love, Miracles, and Realities Linda Rivers
Time Remembered: A Journal for Survivors (2 copies) Earl Grollman
Understanding Death Series – Discussion Guide Berg & Daugherty
Understanding Mourning: A Guide for Those Who Grieve (2 copies) Glen Davidson
Unpacking For Our Final Journey (spiral bound) Frank Clore
Walking a Thin Line: Anorexia and Bulimia, The Battle Can Be Won Vredevelt & Whitman
What Price Dying? A.R. Nanna
When Bad Things Happen to Good People Harold Kushner
Widow to Widow Phyllis Silverman
Widower: When Men are Left Alone Campbell & Silverman
Women Under Stress: Preserving Your Sanity Alcorn

CHILDREN’S BOOKS
 
Don’t Look at me: A Child’s Book About Feeling Different (2 copies) Sanford
I Can Say No: A Child’s Book About Drug Abuse (2 copies) Sanford
I Can’t Talk About It: A Child’s Book About Sexual Abuse (2 copies) Sanford
I Know the World’s Worst Secret: A Child’s Book About Living With an Alcoholic Parent (2 copies) Sanford
It Must Hurt A Lot: A Child’s Book About Death (2 copies) Sanford
Please Come Home: A Child’s Book About Divorce (2 copies) Sanford
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss Schwiebert & DeKlyen
The Fall of Freddie The Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages Leo Buscaglia

THE DOUGY CENTER BOOKS 
35 Ways to Help A Grieving Child (2 copies and 1 Spanish version) The Dougy Center
Helping Children Cope with Death The Dougy Center
Helping Teens Cope with Death The Dougy Center
Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers The Dougy Center
What About The Kids? Understanding Their Needs in Funeral Planning & Services The Dougy Center
When Death Impacts Your School: A Guide for School Administrators (2 copies) The Dougy Center 11/22/05 pg. 3

FUNERAL & CAREGIVER BUSINESS – INSTRUCTION, SELF-IMPROVEMENT, HOW-TO
A Humanist Funeral Service: A Manual and Guide For Those Who Conduct Paul Irion
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Robert Putnam
Consumer Behavior – Fifth EditionEngel Blackwell & Miniard
Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Caregivers (4 copies) Alan Wolfelt
Cremation and the Funeral Director: Successfully Meeting the Challenge (8 copies) Michael Kubasak
Days of Death – Nights of Service Mac McCormick
Death and Grief: A Guide or Clergy Alan Wolfelt
Disenfranchised Grief: Recognizing Hidden Sorrow Kenneth Doka
Do-It-Yourself Advertising: How to Produce Great Ads, Brochures, Catalogs, Direct Mail, etc Fred Hahn
Funeral Home Customer Service A-Z: Creating Exceptional Experiences for Today’s Families Alan Wolfet
Funeral Service: A Historical Perspective Howard Raether
Grief, Dying and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers Therese Rando
Hearse of a Different Color Tim Cockey
Interpersonal Skills Training: A Handbook for Funeral Home Staffs (2 copies) Alan Wolfelt
Keeping Good People: Strategies for Solving the Dilemma of the Decade Roger Herman
New Dress for Success John Molloy
Personal Excellence for Key People Don Essig
Perspectives on Death and Dying: Cross Cultural and Multi-Disciplinary Views Berger, Badham, Kutscher, etc.
Proceedings – Death and Attitudes Toward Death Various
Strategic Marketing Kollat, Blackwell and Robeson
Successful Funeral Service Management Wilber Krieger
Successful Funeral Service Practice Howard Raether
The Architecture of Creativity: Profiles Behind the Mask Ronald Turco, MD
The Best and the Rest of Redden’s Rules of Thumb: Money Saving Tips for Cemetery/Funeral J.C. Redden
The Death of a Christian: The Order of Christian Funerals (2) Richard Rutherford
The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business A Stage Pine II & Gilmore
The History of American Funeral Directing Habenstein & Lamers
The Individual, Society and Death: An Anthology of Readings Berg & Daugherty
The Secret Language of Success: Using Body Language to Get What You Want David Lewis
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade Thomas Lynch
Undertaking Ethics (2 copies) Funeral Ethics Association
Winning the Image Game: A Ten Step Master Plan to Achieving Power, Prestige and Profit Bobbie Gee
Winning Ways: The Funeral Profession’s Guide to Human Relations (2 copies) Todd Van Beck

PAMPHLETS
 
Healing Grief Amy Jensen
Helping a Father’s Grief (2) William Schatz
Suicide of a Child (7) Johnson & Wrobleski
Suicide – Questions and Answers (3) Wrobleski
Suicide – Your Child Has Died Wrobleski
Thank You for Coming to Say Goodbye Roberts & Johnson
When Hello Means Goodbye (8) - A Guide for Parents Whose Child Dies Before Birth, etc. Schwiebert & Kirk

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