Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Advantages: Graceful and gifted insight into a difficult subject
Disadvantages: Won’t be read by enough people, alas

...Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s book, 'On Death and Dying', is one of the classic works in the field, still used to educate and inform medical, counseling, and pastoral professionals since its original publication in the 1960s. Kübler-Ross did extensive research in the field by actually talking to those in the process of dying, something that had hitherto been considered taboo and an unthinkable, uncaring thing to do. Kübler-Ross asked for volunteers, and never pressured people to do or say anything they didn’t want to. One of her unexpected discoveries was that the medical professionals were more reluctant to participate than were the patients, who quite often felt gratitude and relief at being able to be heard. Kübler-Ross also spoke to families, and followed people through their ailments, sometimes to recovery, but most often... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to learn the signs in the book
Disadvantages: Book designed more for parents than children

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Advantages: romantic, exciting, adventerous, and fun
Disadvantages: That you can't read it again for the first time.

...This is one of the best books that I have ever read. I had to read it for English Honors class and have enjoyed it ever since. The characters are lovable. This book also moves you. Sometimes you want to jump for joy and other parts you're ready to smack someone in the book. It starts out with these 5 girls, unmarried, living with Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. What the family wants is to get all of their daughters married and out of the house. This causes problems though. The story is mostly about Elisabeth Bennet. She is a very out spoken person. Not many guys, in that day and time, were attracted to those kind of ladies. She was highly favored by her father and many gentleman. She then meets a proud man by the name of Mr. Darcy. He is an unagreeable man that hardly anyone likes. He's the kind of guy that won't express his... Read review

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