Wisdom Without Borders: Resource List
The following book resource list is not in any way meant to be a comprehensive list of materials related to facing one's mortality -- though some do address this subject directly. Rather it is designed simply as an aid to further reflection for those who may wish to explore the matter with greater depth.
For meaning
Robert Spitzer, The Spirit of Leadership: Optimizing Creativity and Change in Organizations
(Provo: Executive Excellence Publishing, 2000)
Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy
(New York: Touchstone, many printings)
C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses
(New York: Touchstone, 1980)
Robert Grudin, The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation
(New York: Ticnor, 1990)
Margaret Somerville, The Ethical Imagination: Journeys of the Human Spirit
(Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2006)
Essays
Rachel Naomi Remen, My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging
(New York: Riverhead Books, 2000)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
(New York: Bantam Books, 1992)
Short stories/ novels with wisdom
Mark Helprin, The Pacific and Other Stories
(New York: Penguin Press, 2004)
Mark Helprin, A Soldier of the Great War
(New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994)
Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
(New York: Vintage, 1992)
Poetry
Wendall Berry, The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
(Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1998).
Mary Oliver, Red Bird
(Boston: Beacon Press, 2008)
Mary Oliver, Thirst
(Boston: Beacon Press, 2006)
Philosophy
E.F. Schumacher, A Guide for the Perplexed
(New York: Harper & Row, 1978)
Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
(New York: Macmillan, 2000)
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion
(New York: The Noonday Press, 21st printing, 1997)
Death and dying: life and living
Ira Byock, The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living
(Simon and Schuster, 2004)
Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
(Hyperion, 2008.) Also found on You Tube: Google Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture.
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
(New York: Random House, 2002)
Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley, Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
(Bantam Books 1992)