1971 Greenwood Publishing. Not ex-lib. See photos. DJ has significant moisture staining with little wrinkling. It also has some scuffs, rips, chips, and has tanned, but is now in protective mylar. Cloth boards are in VG shape with only mild shelf wear to bottom edge and are otherwise bright and firm. End papers are yellowed with very light damp stains. Text is very clean with no markings, highlighting, or underlining. Top page edges have light dust and damp stains as shown, but neither has made it to page faces and do not affect text at all. Pages have slightly yellowed, but no rips, creases, wrinkles, stains, and are complete. Binding still strong and sturdy. While the jacket has seen better days, this is a nice vintage copy. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Peter Koestenbaum has written that death reveals us to ourselves as individuals and as finite. This insight has considerable consequences for those of us who would be wise about our end. As he points out, we realize that: Man cannot escape death. He must construct his life with the clear realization of that fact. He must accept the fact that he has been condemned to death. Then he can start living. He will neutralize fear. Once he has recognized death, the individual is on his way to becoming decisive. By remembering death, man concentrates on essentials. Through the awareness of death an individual achieves integrity. The person who knows he will die finds meaning in life. Death makes man honest. The realization of death leads to strength. To accept death means to take charge of one's life. The thought of death helps one to assume a total plan for life. Awareness of death breaks the stranglehold of failure.