https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ALLENQ?QRY=GENSU%3A%20SUICIDE&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20Suicide%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=MAIN.CREATED_DATE.DESC%5DMAIN.CREATED_TIME.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5729078 Are we more like a coffee bean, a carrot or an egg? What happens to us when we are boiled in the trials and tribulations of life? Jessica Miller is fascinated by the somewhat perplexing tendency of humans to end their own lives, but she secretly believes such acts may not be that bad after all. Or at least, she did. Jessica is coming to terms with her own relationships, and reflecting on what it means to be queer, when a single event throws everything she once believed into doubt. Can she still defend the act? Are we more like a coffee bean, a carrot or an egg? What happens to us when we are boiled in the trials and tribulations of life? Jessica Miller is fascinated by the somewhat perplexing tendency of humans to end their own lives, but she secretly believes such acts may not be that bad after all. Or at least, she did. Jessica is coming to terms with her own relationships, and reflecting on what it means to be queer, when a single event throws everything she once believed into doubt. Can she still defend the act?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Black, Effie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[United Kingdom] : Epoque Press, 2023<br />192 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult fiction - This item cannot be reserved (Set: 20 Mar 2024) - 95100000372604<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5544060 From the acclaimed writer and thinker, a moving memoir about losing her mother to suicide as well as honouring the legacy of a family whose members struggled bravely against some of the worst crises of the twentieth century. From the acclaimed writer and thinker, a moving memoir about losing her mother to suicide as well as honouring the legacy of a family whose members struggled bravely against some of the worst crises of the twentieth century.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Walter, Natasha, 1967-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Virago, 2023.<br />242 pages ; 23 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2 reserves</span><br /><br />Winslow Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B WAL WAL - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 04 May 2024) - 95100000418000<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5490158 Eli Hagin can?t finish anything. He hates his job, but can?t seem to quit. He doesn?t want to be with his girlfriend, but doesn?t know how end things with her, either. Eli wants to write a novel, but he?s never taken a story beyond the first chapter. Eli also has trouble separating reality from fiction. When his best friend kills himself, Eli is motivated, for the first time in his life, to finally end something himself, just as Mike did ? Except sessions with his therapist suggest that Eli?s most recent ?first chapters? are not as fictitious as he had intended ? and a series of text messages that Mike received before his death point to something much, much darker ?. Eli Hagin can?t finish anything. He hates his job, but can?t seem to quit. He doesn?t want to be with his girlfriend, but doesn?t know how end things with her, either. Eli wants to write a novel, but he?s never taken a story beyond the first chapter. Eli also has trouble separating reality from fiction. When his best friend kills himself, Eli is motivated, for the first time in his life, to finally end something himself, just as Mike did ? Except sessions with his therapist suggest that Eli?s most recent ?first chapters? are not as fictitious as he had intended ? and a series of text messages that Mike received before his death point to something much, much darker ?.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Carver, Will<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2022.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 10 Jan 2023) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5482592 One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushed the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. Reacher follows the killer on foot, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger ... a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed. But when the threat is Reacher, there is no plan B ... One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushed the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. Reacher follows the killer on foot, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger ... a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed. But when the threat is Reacher, there is no plan B ...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Child, Lee<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2022.<br />Jack Reacher ; 27.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 16 Dec 2022) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5475803 In 1996 and 1999, two elderly couples died in the small town of Wilmslow, Cheshire. In each case the husband was blamed for turning berserk and killing his wife using a horrifying level of violence. The police failed to make a link between the deaths - despite the similarities. That might have been the end of the matter. But when two coroner's officers began to piece together the evidence, it revealed a pattern which may prove the existence of a sadistic attacker known as 'the silver killer'. Using interviews with dozens of witnesses, David Collins pieces together the clues in an attempt to solve the mystery of what really happened. In 1996 and 1999, two elderly couples died in the small town of Wilmslow, Cheshire. In each case the husband was blamed for turning berserk and killing his wife using a horrifying level of violence. The police failed to make a link between the deaths - despite the similarities. That might have been the end of the matter. But when two coroner's officers began to piece together the evidence, it revealed a pattern which may prove the existence of a sadistic attacker known as 'the silver killer'. Using interviews with dozens of witnesses, David Collins pieces together the clues in an attempt to solve the mystery of what really happened.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Collins, David (Investigative reporter)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2023.<br />253 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 364.15232 COL - Available - 95100000406837<br />Winslow Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 364.15232 COL - Available - 95100000407081<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5473343 In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his hand. Brian was terminally ill and for the last year of his life Amy had struggled to find a way to support his wish to take control of his death, to not submerge 'into the darkness of an expiring existence'. Written with piercing insight and wit, 'In Love' is Bloom's intimate, authentic and startling account of losing Brian, first slowly to the disease of Alzheimer's, and then on becoming a widow. In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his hand. Brian was terminally ill and for the last year of his life Amy had struggled to find a way to support his wish to take control of his death, to not submerge 'into the darkness of an expiring existence'. Written with piercing insight and wit, 'In Love' is Bloom's intimate, authentic and startling account of losing Brian, first slowly to the disease of Alzheimer's, and then on becoming a widow.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bloom, Amy, 1953-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Granta Books, 2023.<br />240 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BLO BLO - Available - 95100000400701<br />Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BLO BLO - Available - 95100000400686<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5411574 During the pandemic, Roman's life changed when his best friend - the producer who'd nurtured his career every step of the way - tragically took his own life. Amidst the shock, loss and confusion, Roman bravely made a moving BBC3 documentary about the alarming rates of suicide amongst young males. He's well aware he too, could have been a statistic. In this page-turning book - peppered with hilarious and surprising anecdotes from his youth - Roman also unflinchingly tackles the taboo of suicide, in the hope that by talking about his own struggles and sharing advice, he can help others. Roman shares all the experiences that have shaped him, and why love, marriage and having his own family one day are so important to his future dreams. During the pandemic, Roman's life changed when his best friend - the producer who'd nurtured his career every step of the way - tragically took his own life. Amidst the shock, loss and confusion, Roman bravely made a moving BBC3 documentary about the alarming rates of suicide amongst young males. He's well aware he too, could have been a statistic. In this page-turning book - peppered with hilarious and surprising anecdotes from his youth - Roman also unflinchingly tackles the taboo of suicide, in the hope that by talking about his own struggles and sharing advice, he can help others. Roman shares all the experiences that have shaped him, and why love, marriage and having his own family one day are so important to his future dreams.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kemp, Roman<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Mirror Books, 2022.<br />viii, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B KEM KEM - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - 95100000396118<br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B KEM KEM - Available - 95100000396383<br />Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B KEM KEM - Available - 95100000396312<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5247587 ?One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. But sadly, for the most part, we are reluctant to talk about it. It is one of the last remaining taboos.? Professor Rory O?Connor is here to change this. He believes it is crucial we all talk about suicide so that no one ever has to feel alone again. Bringing together decades of work on suicide prevention research, Professor O?Connor?s own experience and other peoples stories, When It Is Darkest gets to the heart of the most tragic of human outcomes. Shedding light on why suicide happens - and what we can do to prevent it, it will support you to listen to someone vulnerable without judgement. For those struggling to get through the tragedy of suicide, it will help you find strength in the darkest of places. ?One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. But sadly, for the most part, we are reluctant to talk about it. It is one of the last remaining taboos.? Professor Rory O?Connor is here to change this. He believes it is crucial we all talk about suicide so that no one ever has to feel alone again. Bringing together decades of work on suicide prevention research, Professor O?Connor?s own experience and other peoples stories, When It Is Darkest gets to the heart of the most tragic of human outcomes. Shedding light on why suicide happens - and what we can do to prevent it, it will support you to listen to someone vulnerable without judgement. For those struggling to get through the tragedy of suicide, it will help you find strength in the darkest of places.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>O'Connor, Rory<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2022.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 31 Jan 2022) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5234485 In 1996 and 1999, two elderly couples died in the small town of Wilmslow, Cheshire. In each case the husband was blamed for turning berserk and killing his wife using a horrifying level of violence. The police failed to make a link between the deaths - despite the similarities. That might have been the end of the matter. But when two coroner's officers began to piece together the evidence, it revealed a pattern which may prove the existence of a sadistic attacker known as 'the silver killer'. Using interviews with dozens of witnesses, David Collins pieces together the clues in an attempt to solve the mystery of what really happened. In 1996 and 1999, two elderly couples died in the small town of Wilmslow, Cheshire. In each case the husband was blamed for turning berserk and killing his wife using a horrifying level of violence. The police failed to make a link between the deaths - despite the similarities. That might have been the end of the matter. But when two coroner's officers began to piece together the evidence, it revealed a pattern which may prove the existence of a sadistic attacker known as 'the silver killer'. Using interviews with dozens of witnesses, David Collins pieces together the clues in an attempt to solve the mystery of what really happened.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Collins, David<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2022.<br />253 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 364.15232 COL - Available - 95100000360916<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4982007 When you are faced with the unthinkable, this is the book you can turn to. Suicide is baffling and devastating in equal measures, and it can affect any one of us: one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. Yet despite the scale of the devastation, for family members and friends, suicide is still poorly understood. Drawing on decades of work in the field of suicide prevention and research, and having been bereaved by suicide twice, Professor O'Connor is here to help. This book will untangle the complex reasons behind suicide and dispel any unhelpful myths. For those trying to help someone vulnerable, it will provide indispensable advice on communication, stressing the importance of listening to fears and anxieties without judgment. When you are faced with the unthinkable, this is the book you can turn to. Suicide is baffling and devastating in equal measures, and it can affect any one of us: one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. Yet despite the scale of the devastation, for family members and friends, suicide is still poorly understood. Drawing on decades of work in the field of suicide prevention and research, and having been bereaved by suicide twice, Professor O'Connor is here to help. This book will untangle the complex reasons behind suicide and dispel any unhelpful myths. For those trying to help someone vulnerable, it will provide indispensable advice on communication, stressing the importance of listening to fears and anxieties without judgment.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>O'Connor, Rory C., 1973-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vermilion, 2021.<br />vi, 346 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 OCO - Available - 95100000323244<br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 OCO - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000322164<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 OCO - Available - 95100000323137<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4967651 Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. Mostly because they're nervous. By definition they're all first-timers. There are twelve things to look for: No one who has worked in law enforcement will ever forget them. New York City. The subway, two o'clock in the morning. Jack Reacher studies his fellow passengers. Four are OK. The fifth isn't. The train brakes for Grand Central Station. Will Reacher intervene and save lives? Or is he wrong? Will his intervention cost lives - including his own?. Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. Mostly because they're nervous. By definition they're all first-timers. There are twelve things to look for: No one who has worked in law enforcement will ever forget them. New York City. The subway, two o'clock in the morning. Jack Reacher studies his fellow passengers. Four are OK. The fifth isn't. The train brakes for Grand Central Station. Will Reacher intervene and save lives? Or is he wrong? Will his intervention cost lives - including his own?.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Child, Lee<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2020.<br />Jack Reacher ; 13.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 18 Oct 2020) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4967328 Meet Martha. It's the first day of her new job as an intern at Edinburgh's The Standard. But all's not well at the ailing newspaper, and Martha is carrying some serious baggage of her own. Put straight onto the obituary page, she takes a call from a former employee who seems to commit suicide while on the phone, something which echoes with her own troubled past. Setting in motion a frantic race around modern-day Edinburgh,The Dead Beat traces Martha's desperate search for answers to the dark mystery of her parents' past. Meet Martha. It's the first day of her new job as an intern at Edinburgh's The Standard. But all's not well at the ailing newspaper, and Martha is carrying some serious baggage of her own. Put straight onto the obituary page, she takes a call from a former employee who seems to commit suicide while on the phone, something which echoes with her own troubled past. Setting in motion a frantic race around modern-day Edinburgh,The Dead Beat traces Martha's desperate search for answers to the dark mystery of her parents' past.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnstone, Doug<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda/Audible audio, 2016.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 18 Oct 2020) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4966993 In 2008, twenty-year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision that saved Jonny's life. Fast forward to 2014 and Jonny, together with Rethink Mental Illness launch a campaign with a short video clip so that Jonny could finally thank that stranger who put him on the path to recovery. More than 319 million people around the world followed the search. ITV's breakfast shows picked up the story until the stranger, whose name is Neil Laybourn, was found and - in an emotional and touching moment - the pair re-united and have remained firm friends ever since. The Stranger on the Bridge is a memoir of the journey Jonny made both personally, and publicly to not only find the person who saved his life, but also to explore how he got to the bridge in the first place and how he continues to manage his diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. Using extracts from diaries Jonny has been writing from the age of thirteen, this book is a deeply personal memoir with a unique insight on mental health. Jonny was recognised for his work as an influential activist changing the culture around mental health, when he was awarded an MBE in 2017. He and Neil now work full-time together visiting schools, hospitals, prisons and workplaces to help end the stigma by talking about mental health and suicide prevention. The pair ran the London Marathon together in 2017 in aid of HeadsTogether. Following the global campaign to find the stranger, in 2015 Channel 4 made a documentary of Jonny's search which has now been shown in 14 territories. In 2008, twenty-year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision that saved Jonny's life. Fast forward to 2014 and Jonny, together with Rethink Mental Illness launch a campaign with a short video clip so that Jonny could finally thank that stranger who put him on the path to recovery. More than 319 million people around the world followed the search. ITV's breakfast shows picked up the story until the stranger, whose name is Neil Laybourn, was found and - in an emotional and touching moment - the pair re-united and have remained firm friends ever since. The Stranger on the Bridge is a memoir of the journey Jonny made both personally, and publicly to not only find the person who saved his life, but also to explore how he got to the bridge in the first place and how he continues to manage his diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. Using extracts from diaries Jonny has been writing from the age of thirteen, this book is a deeply personal memoir with a unique insight on mental health. Jonny was recognised for his work as an influential activist changing the culture around mental health, when he was awarded an MBE in 2017. He and Neil now work full-time together visiting schools, hospitals, prisons and workplaces to help end the stigma by talking about mental health and suicide prevention. The pair ran the London Marathon together in 2017 in aid of HeadsTogether. Following the global campaign to find the stranger, in 2015 Channel 4 made a documentary of Jonny's search which has now been shown in 14 territories.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Benjamin, Jonny<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Hampshire] : Macmillan Digital Audio, 2018.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 18 Oct 2020) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4966637 You went to bed at home, just like every other night. You woke up in the back of a taxi, over 250 miles away. You have no idea how you got there and no memory of the last 10 hours. You have no phone, no money; just a suicide note in your coat pocket, in your own writing. You know you weren?t planning to kill yourself. Your family and friends think you are lying. Someone knows exactly what happened to you. But they?re not telling ?. You went to bed at home, just like every other night. You woke up in the back of a taxi, over 250 miles away. You have no idea how you got there and no memory of the last 10 hours. You have no phone, no money; just a suicide note in your coat pocket, in your own writing. You know you weren?t planning to kill yourself. Your family and friends think you are lying. Someone knows exactly what happened to you. But they?re not telling ?.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dawson, Lucy<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2017.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 18 Oct 2020) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4966357 Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet?s suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace?s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge - something history has forgotten but Grace never could. Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The Shifting Fog is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story. Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet?s suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace?s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge - something history has forgotten but Grace never could. Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The Shifting Fog is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Morton, Kate, 1976-<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2011.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 18 Oct 2020) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4966354 Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet?s suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace?s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge - something history has forgotten but Grace never could. Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The Shifting Fog is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story. Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet?s suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace?s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge - something history has forgotten but Grace never could. Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The Shifting Fog is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Morton, Kate, 1976-<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2011.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 18 Oct 2020) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4769314 When 15-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al, has taken his own life, his whole world is torn apart. Al was special. Al was talented. Al was full of passion and light - so why did he do it? Convinced that his brother was in trouble, Nathan decides to retrace Al's footsteps. As he does, he meets Megan, Al's former classmate, who is as determined as Nathan to keep Al's memory alive. Together they start seeking answers, but will either of them be able to handle the truth about Al's death when they eventually discover what happened? When 15-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al, has taken his own life, his whole world is torn apart. Al was special. Al was talented. Al was full of passion and light - so why did he do it? Convinced that his brother was in trouble, Nathan decides to retrace Al's footsteps. As he does, he meets Megan, Al's former classmate, who is as determined as Nathan to keep Al's memory alive. Together they start seeking answers, but will either of them be able to handle the truth about Al's death when they eventually discover what happened?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jawando, Danielle<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2020.<br />391 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />15 copies <br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4767667 On a cold December day in 2013 Catherine Simpson received the phone call she had feared for years. Her little sister Tricia had been found dead in the farmhouse where she, Catherine and their sister Elizabeth were born - and where their family had lived for generations. Tricia was 46 and had been stalked by depression all her life. Yet mental illness was a taboo subject within the family and although love was never lacking, there was a silence at its heart. After Tricia died, Catherine found she had kept a lifetime of diaries. The words in them took her back to a past they had shared, but experienced so differently, and offered a thread to help explore the labyrinth of her sister's suicide. On a cold December day in 2013 Catherine Simpson received the phone call she had feared for years. Her little sister Tricia had been found dead in the farmhouse where she, Catherine and their sister Elizabeth were born - and where their family had lived for generations. Tricia was 46 and had been stalked by depression all her life. Yet mental illness was a taboo subject within the family and although love was never lacking, there was a silence at its heart. After Tricia died, Catherine found she had kept a lifetime of diaries. The words in them took her back to a past they had shared, but experienced so differently, and offered a thread to help explore the labyrinth of her sister's suicide.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Simpson, Catherine (Fiction writer)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : 4th Estate, 2020.<br />372 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SIM SIM - Available - 95100000286563<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SIM SIM - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - 95100000285893<br />Iver Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SIM SIM - Available - 95100000286247<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4715539 A unique, intimate and beautiful exploration of grief, loss, healing and faith, that looks back to the childhood moment when Marie-Elsa Bragg's mother committed suicide. A unique, intimate and beautiful exploration of grief, loss, healing and faith, that looks back to the childhood moment when Marie-Elsa Bragg's mother committed suicide.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bragg, Marie-Elsa<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Chatto & Windus, 2019.<br />114 pages ; 19 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 155.937 BRA - Available - 95100000257486<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4589259 Suicide remains one of the biggest killers in the Western world, yet we struggle to talk about the factors that lead someone to take their own life. More often than not, it is negative social evaluations - real or imagined - that drive us to such an extreme course of action. So what is it about the human brain that means that we may not only entertain suicidal thoughts but, in some cases, actually act upon them? Here, psychologist Jesse Bering dispels the silence and shame that surround the subject of suicide. Combining cutting-edge scientific research with investigative journalism and first-person testimony, Bering seeks to provide a better understanding of the suicidal mind. Suicide remains one of the biggest killers in the Western world, yet we struggle to talk about the factors that lead someone to take their own life. More often than not, it is negative social evaluations - real or imagined - that drive us to such an extreme course of action. So what is it about the human brain that means that we may not only entertain suicidal thoughts but, in some cases, actually act upon them? Here, psychologist Jesse Bering dispels the silence and shame that surround the subject of suicide. Combining cutting-edge scientific research with investigative journalism and first-person testimony, Bering seeks to provide a better understanding of the suicidal mind.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bering, Jesse<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Black Swan, 2019.<br />275 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 BER - Available - 95100000241593<br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 BER - Available - 95100000241625<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 BER - Available - 95100000241579<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4589026 One of the last major stories on the Third Reich that remains largely untold is that of the extraordinary wave of suicides, carried out not just by much of the Nazi leadership, but by thousands of ordinary Germans, in the War's closing period. Some of these were provoked by straightforward terror in the face of advancing Soviet troops or by personal guilt, but many could not be explained in such relatively straightforward terms. Florian Huber's remarkable book confronts this terrible phenomenon. Other countries have suffered defeat, but not responded in the same way. What drove whole families, who in many cases had already withstood years of deprivation, aeriel bombing and deaths in battle, to do this? One of the last major stories on the Third Reich that remains largely untold is that of the extraordinary wave of suicides, carried out not just by much of the Nazi leadership, but by thousands of ordinary Germans, in the War's closing period. Some of these were provoked by straightforward terror in the face of advancing Soviet troops or by personal guilt, but many could not be explained in such relatively straightforward terms. Florian Huber's remarkable book confronts this terrible phenomenon. Other countries have suffered defeat, but not responded in the same way. What drove whole families, who in many cases had already withstood years of deprivation, aeriel bombing and deaths in battle, to do this?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Huber, Florian, 1967-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Allen Lane, 2019.<br />292 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 943.086019 HUB - Available - 95100000242274<br />Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 943.086019 HUB - Available - 95100000242196<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4566504 Gary Speed's tragic death on November 27 2011 rocked the football world. Aged just 42, he was found hanged in the garage of his home. A long-standing legend of the game and manager of Wales, he appeared to have everything to live for. Here, his family and friends speak honestly about the man they knew and loved. Gary Speed's tragic death on November 27 2011 rocked the football world. Aged just 42, he was found hanged in the garage of his home. A long-standing legend of the game and manager of Wales, he appeared to have everything to live for. Here, his family and friends speak honestly about the man they knew and loved.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Richardson, John (Football correspondent)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Liverpool : Reach Sport, 2019.<br />287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SPE RIC - Available - 95100000234573<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SPE RIC - Available - 95100000234504<br />Stokenchurch Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SPE RIC - Available - 95100000234795<br />Wing Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SPE RIC - Available - 95100000234646<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4540319 In 2008, 20 year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision that saved Jonny's life. Fast forward to 2014 and Jonny, together with Rethink Mental Illness launch a campaign with a short video clip so that Jonny could finally thank that stranger who put him on the path to recovery. More than 319 million people around the world followed the search. ITV's breakfast shows picked up the story until the stranger, whose name is Neil Laybourn, was found and - in an emotional and touching moment - the pair reunited and have remained firm friends ever since. 'The Stranger on the Bridge' is a memoir of the journey Jonny made both personally, and publicly to not only find the person who saved his life, but also to explore how he got to the bridge in the first place and how he continues to manage his diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. In 2008, 20 year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision that saved Jonny's life. Fast forward to 2014 and Jonny, together with Rethink Mental Illness launch a campaign with a short video clip so that Jonny could finally thank that stranger who put him on the path to recovery. More than 319 million people around the world followed the search. ITV's breakfast shows picked up the story until the stranger, whose name is Neil Laybourn, was found and - in an emotional and touching moment - the pair reunited and have remained firm friends ever since. 'The Stranger on the Bridge' is a memoir of the journey Jonny made both personally, and publicly to not only find the person who saved his life, but also to explore how he got to the bridge in the first place and how he continues to manage his diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Benjamin, Jonny<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bluebird Books for Life, 2019.<br />209 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BEN BEN - Available - 95100000230493<br />Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BEN BEN - Available - 95100000231026<br />Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BEN BEN - Available - 95100000230454<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4512582 On a cold December day in 2013 Catherine Simpson received the phone call she had feared for years. Her little sister Tricia had been found dead in the farmhouse where she, Catherine and their sister Elizabeth were born - and where their family had lived for generations. Tricia was 46 and had been stalked by depression all her life. Yet mental illness was a taboo subject within the family and although love was never lacking, there was a silence at its heart. After Tricia died, Catherine found she had kept a lifetime of diaries. The words in them took her back to a past they had shared, but experienced so differently, and offered a thread to help explore the labyrinth of her sister's suicide. On a cold December day in 2013 Catherine Simpson received the phone call she had feared for years. Her little sister Tricia had been found dead in the farmhouse where she, Catherine and their sister Elizabeth were born - and where their family had lived for generations. Tricia was 46 and had been stalked by depression all her life. Yet mental illness was a taboo subject within the family and although love was never lacking, there was a silence at its heart. After Tricia died, Catherine found she had kept a lifetime of diaries. The words in them took her back to a past they had shared, but experienced so differently, and offered a thread to help explore the labyrinth of her sister's suicide.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Simpson, Catherine (Fiction writer)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : 4th Estate, 2019.<br />372 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SIM SIM - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - 95100000221348<br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SIM SIM - Available - 95100000221873<br />Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B SIM SIM - Available - 95100000221645<br />Wing Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult non fiction - B Sim Sim - Available - 95100000014328<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4464533 Deborah Binner suffered the heartbreak of losing a child to cancer and within two years, her beloved husband to assisted suicide after a MND diagnosis. In 'Yet Here I Am', she describes how she managed to pick herself up from the depths of despair and forge a new life for herself, never giving up hope of once more finding something to live for. Deborah Binner suffered the heartbreak of losing a child to cancer and within two years, her beloved husband to assisted suicide after a MND diagnosis. In 'Yet Here I Am', she describes how she managed to pick herself up from the depths of despair and forge a new life for herself, never giving up hope of once more finding something to live for.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Binner, Deborah<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Croydon : Splendid Publications, 2018.<br />304 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BIN BIN - Available - 95100000198052<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4416909 Suicide remains one of the biggest killers in the Western world, yet we struggle to talk about the factors that lead someone to take their own life. More often than not, it is negative social evaluations - real or imagined - that drive us to such an extreme course of action. So what is it about the human brain that means that we may not only entertain suicidal thoughts but, in some cases, actually act upon them? Here, psychologist Jesse Bering dispels the silence and shame that surround the subject of suicide. Combining cutting-edge scientific research with investigative journalism and first-person testimony, Bering seeks to provide a better understanding of the suicidal mind. Suicide remains one of the biggest killers in the Western world, yet we struggle to talk about the factors that lead someone to take their own life. More often than not, it is negative social evaluations - real or imagined - that drive us to such an extreme course of action. So what is it about the human brain that means that we may not only entertain suicidal thoughts but, in some cases, actually act upon them? Here, psychologist Jesse Bering dispels the silence and shame that surround the subject of suicide. Combining cutting-edge scientific research with investigative journalism and first-person testimony, Bering seeks to provide a better understanding of the suicidal mind.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bering, Jesse<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Doubleday, 2018.<br />275 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 BER - Available - 95100000185865<br />Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.28 BER - Available - 95100000185643<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4405756 Part of a set of study guides written with secondary school students in mind, the books that comprise this series explore a wide range of issues. This volume focuses upon the sensitive issues of suicide and self-harm, especially amongst teenagers and young adults. Part of a set of study guides written with secondary school students in mind, the books that comprise this series explore a wide range of issues. This volume focuses upon the sensitive issues of suicide and self-harm, especially amongst teenagers and young adults.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cambridge : Independence Educational Publishers, [2018]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2018<br />44 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 30 cm.<br />Issues ; volume 330.<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000146209<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4346005 In 2008, 20 year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision that saved Jonny's life. Fast forward to 2014 and Jonny, together with Rethink Mental Illness launch a campaign with a short video clip so that Jonny could finally thank that stranger who put him on the path to recovery. More than 319 million people around the world followed the search. ITV's breakfast shows picked up the story until the stranger, whose name is Neil Laybourn, was found and - in an emotional and touching moment - the pair reunited and have remained firm friends ever since. 'The Stranger on the Bridge' is a memoir of the journey Jonny made both personally, and publicly to not only find the person who saved his life, but also to explore how he got to the bridge in the first place and how he continues to manage his diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. In 2008, 20 year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision that saved Jonny's life. Fast forward to 2014 and Jonny, together with Rethink Mental Illness launch a campaign with a short video clip so that Jonny could finally thank that stranger who put him on the path to recovery. More than 319 million people around the world followed the search. ITV's breakfast shows picked up the story until the stranger, whose name is Neil Laybourn, was found and - in an emotional and touching moment - the pair reunited and have remained firm friends ever since. 'The Stranger on the Bridge' is a memoir of the journey Jonny made both personally, and publicly to not only find the person who saved his life, but also to explore how he got to the bridge in the first place and how he continues to manage his diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Benjamin, Jonny<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bluebird Books for Life, 2018.<br />209 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.898009 BEN - Onloan - Due: 12 Mar 2024 - 154150949<br />Chalfont St Peter Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.898009 BEN - Available - 95100000228395<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B BEN BEN - Reading Well: Mood boosting books - Available - 95100000196981<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4064677 On 6 October 2014, a video of Brittany Maynard was posted to YouTube. The first words she utters, 'The thoughts that go through your mind when you find out you have so little time is everything you need to say to everyone that you love'. Wearing a simple black sweater, face rounded and puffy from the prescribed steroids to alleviate the pain, Brittany explains why she has chosen to end her life by her own hand, rather than waiting for the brain tumour to rob her of everything that defines who she is. Less than a month later, Brittany died in her bed surrounded by close family and friends, having taken the lethal drugs provided to her by the State of Ohio in accordance with their 'Death with Dignity' laws. 'Wild and Precious Life' is Brittany's moving and heart-breaking true story as told by her mother, who travelled with her on the painful journey towards accepting and embracing mortality. On 6 October 2014, a video of Brittany Maynard was posted to YouTube. The first words she utters, 'The thoughts that go through your mind when you find out you have so little time is everything you need to say to everyone that you love'. Wearing a simple black sweater, face rounded and puffy from the prescribed steroids to alleviate the pain, Brittany explains why she has chosen to end her life by her own hand, rather than waiting for the brain tumour to rob her of everything that defines who she is. Less than a month later, Brittany died in her bed surrounded by close family and friends, having taken the lethal drugs provided to her by the State of Ohio in accordance with their 'Death with Dignity' laws. 'Wild and Precious Life' is Brittany's moving and heart-breaking true story as told by her mother, who travelled with her on the painful journey towards accepting and embracing mortality.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ziegler, Deborah, 1956-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Ebury Press, 2016.<br />xiii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B-MAY ZIE - Available - 153520703<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3887670 This novel follows 18-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months following her best friend's shocking suicide. As Cody numbly searches for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey of self-discovery which takes her to a terrifying precipice, and forces her to question not only her relationship with the Meg she thought she knew, but her own understanding of life, love, death and forgiveness. This novel follows 18-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months following her best friend's shocking suicide. As Cody numbly searches for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey of self-discovery which takes her to a terrifying precipice, and forces her to question not only her relationship with the Meg she thought she knew, but her own understanding of life, love, death and forgiveness.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Forman, Gayle<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon and Schuster, 2015.<br />1 online resource (270 pages)<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - 813.6 - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 24 Mar 2016) - EDZ0001019284BUCCS<br />