What do we learn about death from the Holocaust and how does it impact our responses to mortality today? Facing Death: C......more
As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based......more
As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based......more
"What Churchill has written is a striking memento mori for an age without faith; and although her play is brief, that in......more
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In Death, Materiality and Mediation, Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in b......more
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Recent years have brought public mourning to the heart of American politics, as exemplified by the spread and power of t......more
The obituary page of The New York Times isa celebration of extraordinary lives. This groundbreaking package includes 300......more
They are found in tiny parcels of land squeezed among Manhattan buildings and in large rolling tracts of land in Brookly......more
There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in......more
On an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death o......more
On an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death o......more
On an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death o......more
Winner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas PrizeShortlisted for the 2017 Hurston/Wright Foundation AwardFinalist for the 2017 H......more
A grand survey of the world s death and afterlife traditions throughout history - Examines beliefs from many different c......more
Someone dies. What happens next? One family inters their matriarch s ashes on the floor of the ocean. Another holds a me......more
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Elmwood Cemetery was founded in August 1852 by 50 prominent Memphians who resolved to create a new burial site just two ......more
In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide ......more
Paul Kalanithi, a young and promising neurosurgeon, received a devastating diagnosis of stage IV lung cancer at the age ......more
In Denying to the Grave, authors Sara and Jack Gorman explore the psychology of health science denial. Using several exa......more
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Numerous reports of cancer villages have appeared in the past decade in both Chinese and Western media, highlighting t......more
A penetrating and provocative exploration of human mortality, from Epicurus to Joan Didion For those who don t believe i......more
Slavery, lynching and capital punishment were interwoven in the United States and by the mid-twentieth century these con......more
Can you imagine swapping your body for a virtual version? This technology-based look at the afterlife chronicles America......more
The slate gravestones of southern Maine bear evidence to the region s fascinating history, from shipwrecks and famous wa......more
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In this illuminating collection of oral-history style interviews, Casey Jarman talks to a funeral industry watchdog abou......more
Death - A Survival Guide offers a unique insight into the biggest threats to life and limb in the industrialized world. ......more
Tree burial, a new form of disposal for the cremated remains of the dead, was created in 1999 by Chisaka Genpo, the head......more
As you read these words, planet Earth teems with trillions of life-forms, all going about their own business: eating, re......more
How can children begin to understand death and cope with bereavement? And how can we, as adults, support and engage with......more
If any anthropologist living today can illuminate our dim understanding of death s enigma, it is Robert Desjarlais. With......more
If any anthropologist living today can illuminate our dim understanding of death s enigma, it is Robert Desjarlais. With......more
His mother’s last word was his name. His father’s was "Wonderful." Together they inspired the title for this true story ......more
Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing stati......more
In most of the world, the transition from life to death is a time of intense presence of states and other forms of autho......more
Philosophical discussions on the ways that death makes life meaningful and sacred - Reveals how being conscious of death......more
Mortuary Dialogues presents fresh perspectives on death and mourning across the Pacific Islands. Through a set of rich e......more
Chilling True Crime Cases Of The Worlds Most Twisted Serial Killers And Criminals A lot of people have hobbies - most of......more
The issue of death has loomed large in Chinese cities in the modern era. Throughout the Republican period, Shanghai swal......more
Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra sausage going to kill you? We......more
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A deeply personal look at death, mourning, and the afterlife in Jewish tradition After One-Hundred-and-Twenty provides a......more
This book is a definitive study of love-death-afterlife movies from the 1920s to the present. Scholars of film will appr......more
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The story of one of the Boston area s most famous attractions, the Mount Auburn Cemetery, and how its founders and resi......more
The entertainment world lost many notable talents in 2015, among them actors Christopher Lee, Leonard Nimoy and Maureen ......more
Simultaneously real and unreal, the dead are people, yet they are not. The society of medieval Europe developed a rich s......more
Conventional coping strategies can be pushed to their limits when people find themselves in situations of suffering, ill......more
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In Hidden History, Lynn Rainville travels through the forgotten African American cemeteries of central Virginia to recov......more
When her husband’s ill health forces them to move into an assisted living facility, Anne M. Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds h......more
Sitting in an oncologist s waiting room is one of life s more sobering experiences. The first thing that hit her was tha......more
Decision Making near the End of Life provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments that have impacted dec......more
First published in 2002. Egyptian Mummies is regarded by Egyptologists as the classic account of mummification in ancien......more
Travelogue, literary autobiography, and journalistic exposé of the mores of capital punishment, Rue Rilke chronicles its......more
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Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die......more
In the five state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri, 1027 men and women are known to have been le......more
Japan’s suicide phenomenon has fascinated both the media and academics, although many questions and paradoxes embedded i......more
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Gift Ideas for All Ages Relax and bring a smile to your face with this hand drawn mandala style coloring book from bests......more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ - A landmark in......more
Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s family owns a Buddhist temple 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In March ......more
Gravestones, cemeteries, and memorial markers offer fixed points in time to examine Americans’ changing attitudes toward......more
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beau......more