The Martinsey Isle Trust

and the Glaston Rose Humane Company

Creating an idyll of
Martinsey and Lidney Islands

Natural Burial honouring
life's sacred thresholds

CURRENT BOOK LIST

Here are some of the books that we recommend, and some of them we have in stock. Please telephone us first to check availability and to order any books that we have.

ADULT REFERENCE BOOKS:

Funeral choice

THE NATURAL DEATH HANDBOOK - ed. Stephanie Wienrich and Josefine Speyer, The Natural Death Centre - £12.99 (help and advice on all aspects of death and dying in depth)

DON'T DROP THE COFFIN - Barry Albin Dyer, £7.99, (based on the TV documentary series following Barry's work as a Funeral Director)

FINAL DEPARTURES Barry Albin Dyer - £9.99 (death traditions from around the world encountered by Barry)

THE NEW GREEN CONSUMERS GUIDE - Julia Hailes - £14.99 (a section on Green burials)

THE DEAD GOOD FUNERALS BOOK - Sue Gill and John Fox - £12.55 (help and advice in depth)

TIME TO GO - Jean Francis - £10 (alternative funerals)

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNERAL -Jane Morrell and Simon Smith - £14.99 (a general Introduction, full of easily accessible information)

Healing into Dying:

ON DEATH AND DYING - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Scribner

DEATH - The Final Stages of Growth, Touchstone

BENJAYA'S GIFTS - Carmella B'Hahn - £8.50 (a true, inspirational account of loss)

MOURNING HAS BROKEN - Carmella B'Hahn - £11.99 (help in bereavement)

A YEAR TO LIVE - Steven Levine (Dying and Living)

SACRED DYING - Megory Anderson (being with the dying - true accounts)

INTIMATE DEATH (out of print), Marie de Hennezel, a Warner Book

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH - Iona Heath, Radcliff Publishing

A CELTIC BOOK OF DYING - Phyllida Anam-Aire - £9.95 (letting go/being with the dying)

THE ART OF DYING - A Journey to Elswhere, Peter and Elsizabeth Fenwick, Continuum Books

THE CHOICE - Finding Life In The Face Of Death, Jan Hatanaka, Bastian Books (Canada)

(my) DYING IS FUN - Christopher Day, Trafford Publishing

A novel...
BEING DEAD - Jim Crace £7.99 (looking at how a body returns to the earth)

Books for young adults

GET DEAD - Jamie Oliver (no not that one!) - £9.99 also highly suitable for older children (facts, figures and interviews concerning death)

CHILDREN'S BOOKS:

BADGER'S PARTING GIFTS - Sue Varley - £4.99/5.99 (for young children)

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT - Margery Williams - £4.99 (for young children)

GOODBYE MOG - Judith Kerr - £4.99 (for young children)

WATER BUGS: The Dragonfly - Doris Stickney (spiritually-based transformation story at death)

SEPARATIONS: DEATH - Janine Amos (For slightly older children)

SAD BOOK - Michael Rosen - £10.99 (Suitable for all)

A colleague also recommends:
What On Earth Do You Do When Somebody Dies?, Trevor Romain, and Funerals and How To Improve Them by Dr Tony Walter (out of print).

There are many other lovely books for children and Winston's Wish can help at winstonswish.org.uk.

There are many other books for adults too and we will try to suggest some if you telephone - but we are not an authority on this, so do let us know of any books that have helped you and we will attempt to include them later.

Contact us: The Martinsey Isle Trust
Ivy Cottage, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 1DU.
Tel: 01258 475 125

Photos by Palden Jenkins

The Martinsey Isle Trust

Ivy Cottage, Bath Road
Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 1DU, UK

Telephone: 01258 475 125 |