Best Last Words Before Death - April 2024

When Breath Becomes Air

• ASIN: 081298840X
• UPC: 642688054472
• ASIN: 081298840X
• ISBN: 081298840X
• Manufacturer: Random House

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling's spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart--such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and dangerous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor and contempt, love and loss, and right and wrong. Fear not, you will find no spoilers in our review--to tell the plot would ruin the journey, and Harry Potter an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0545139708
• UPC: 090733305015
• ASIN: 0545139708
• ISBN: 0545139708
• Brand: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever."It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNNOriginally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by mo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014303653X
• ASIN: 014303653X
• ISBN: 014303653X
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven

The Catholic Church has always reminded her spiritual children to reflect often, even daily, on "The Four Last Things": Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. For there is nothing better conceived than this powerful meditation to bring forcefully before our minds the essential purpose of life, namely, to save our souls and avoid Hell. The saints have recommended it most highly, especially the great Doctor of the Church, St. Alphonsus Liguori (1689-1787).

• ASIN: 1494364417
• ASIN: 1494364417
• ISBN: 1494364417
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Not the Last Goodbye: On Life, Death, Healing, and Cancer

At the start of this intimate and moving memoir, Dr. David Servan- Schreiber is returning by bicycle to his Paris home from an unsettling appointment. Following several months of fatigue and fainting spells, he had scheduled an emergency MRI. The results confirm his worst fears: the return of the cancer that he was first diagnosed with nineteen years earlier.Fully aware of what the prognosis means, he redoubles his commitment to an Anticancer diet, and complements his chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and vaccine protocols with acupuncture and yoga. At the same time, he undertakes a close assessment... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0670025917
• ASIN: 0670025917
• ISBN: 0670025917
• Manufacturer: Viking

The Last Ring Home: A POW's Lasting Legacy of Courage, Love, and Honor in World War II

****The Last Ring Home has been officially announced as winner of the Book Excellence Award 2018 in the category of Biography.****Traveling forty thousand miles and inspiring love and despair in equal measure, Lt. Minter Dial’s lost Annapolis ring altered the lives of many―not just those who gazed upon its blue stone.The subject of an award-winning documentary film that was broadcast nationally on PBS and History Channel (ANZ), The Last Ring Home is a spellbinding account of one man’s obsession with a family mystery―and the product of decades of research and inquiries. The book relate... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0995500606
• ASIN: 0995500606
• ISBN: 9780995500600
• Brand: Myndset Press
• Manufacturer: Myndset Press

Death at the Little Bighorn: A New Look at Custer, His Tactics, and the Tragic Decisions Made at the Last Stand

On the hot Sunday afternoon of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer decided to go for broke. After dividing his famed 7th Cavalry, he ordered his senior officer, Major Marcus A. Reno, to strike the southern end of the vast Indian encampment along the Little Bighorn River, while Custer would launch a bold flank attack to hit the village's northern end. Custer needed to charge across the river at Medicine Tail Coulee Ford. We all know the ultimate outcome of this decision, but this groundbreaking new book proves that Custer's tactical plan was not so ill-conceived. The enemy... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1634508009
• ASIN: 1634508009
• ISBN: 1634508009
• Brand: Skyhorse
• Manufacturer: Skyhorse

Hangman

• ASIN: B077KD2N3S
• ASIN: B077KD2N3S

Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2018)Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seriesAs the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run. A few were swiftly caught, including the notorious SS leader, Heinrich Himmler. Others, however, evaded capture through a sophisticated Nazi organization designed to hide them. Among those war criminals were Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death” who performed hideous medical experiments ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250165547
• ASIN: 1250165547
• ISBN: 1250165547
• Brand: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Before You Wake: Life Lessons from a Father to His Children

"A must read."---RedStateFrom Erick Erickson, "arguably the most powerful conservative in America today" (The Atlantic), an inspiring book about life's enduring values, based on a viral essay he wrote for his children after he and his wife both faced grave medical situations.In late 2016, prompted by the news that his wife was battling cancer and his own pulmonary medical scare, Erick Erickson posted a piece to his website, The Resurgent. Styled as a letter to his young children, the piece, titled "If I Should Die Before You Wake," was a stirring message--and challenge--about how to live a lif... [Read More]

• ASIN: 031643955X
• ASIN: 031643955X
• ISBN: 031643955X
• Brand: HACHETTE
• Manufacturer: Hachette Books

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

In this moving and compassionate classic—now updated with new material from the authors—hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the end of life, drawn from more than twenty years’ experience tending the terminally ill. Through their stories we come to appreciate the near-miraculous ways in which the dying communicate their needs, reveal their feelings, and even choreograph their own final moments; we also discover the gifts—of wisdom, faith, and love—that the dying leave for the living to share.Filled with practical advice ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451667256
• ASIN: 1451667256
• ISBN: 1451667256
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The world-famous cosmologist and author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind.“Hawking’s parting gift to humanity . . . a book every thinking person worried about humanity’s future should read.”—NPRNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Forbes • The Guardian • Wired Stephen Hawking was the most renowned scientist since Einstein, known both for his groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and for his mischievous sense of humor. He educated millions of readers about the origi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1984819194
• ASIN: 1984819194
• ISBN: 1984819194
• Manufacturer: Bantam

The Last Day of a Condemned Man

"Before hearing my death sentence I was aware that my lungs breathed, that my heart beat, and that my body lived in the community of other men; now, I plainly saw that a barrier had sprung up between them and me. Nothing was the same as before." The imprisoned narrator of this profoundly moving novel awaits execution — and waits, and waits. Although his guilt is undeniable, his essential humanity emerges as he struggles with the certainty of impending death.Victor Hugo's impassioned early work carries the same power and universality as Les Misérables. A vocal opponent to the barbarity of th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486469980
• UPC: 800759469987
• ASIN: 0486469980
• ISBN: 0486469980
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Golden Age (The Last Hundred Years Trilogy: A Family Saga)

Winner of the Heartland Prize for FictionA Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, BookPageIt’s 1987, and the next generation of Langdons is facing economic, social, and political challenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered. Michael and Richie, twin sons of World War II hero Frank, work in the high-stakes worlds of government and finance—but their fiercest enemies may be closer to home. Charlie, the charmer, struggles to find his way; Guthrie is deployed to Iraq, leaving the Iowa family farm i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307744825
• ASIN: 0307744825
• ISBN: 0307744825
• Manufacturer: Anchor

After the Rain

• ASIN: B075TQC3FK
• ASIN: B075TQC3FK

A Testimony Left by Mr. Rutherfoord, to the Work of Reformation in Britain and Ireland, Before His Death : With Some of His Last Words February the Last. 1661. to Which Is Added, a Testimony of One of the Ministers of Th

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• UPC: 588155167