Death & Dying

In his new book, DEAD, A Celebration of Mortality, Charles Saatchi confronts the inescapable subject of death, decay and mortality in a series of perversely entertaining essays written in his characteristically dry, sardonic and amusing style . The 52...

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not always the best or only way to help the bereaved. In a radical...

Children experience death differently from adults and therefore need different kinds of help when they are bereaved. Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement is a highly practical book for teachers and parents that explains how best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826173324Author Darcy L. HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Springer Publishing Co IncPublisher Springer Publishing Co Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835609401Author Janet WehrFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400096114Author Dick TeresiFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997567472Author Adrian DannattFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Sequence PressPublisher Sequence Press

Like other groups with dangerous occupations, mariners have developed a close-knit culture bound by loss and memory. Death regularly disrupts the fabric of this culture and necessitates actions designed to mend its social structure. From the ritual of...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the tombs of Pompeii and its immediate environs, examining the funerary culture of the population, delving into the importance of social class and self-representation, and developing a broad understanding of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541645721Author Thomas AbtFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 155mm * 30mm

-- How can we prepare ourselves for meeting with death?-- How can we help those experiencing the death of someone close to them?Anyone who has been present at the death of a human being will sense that a door into another world is opened for a moment. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506464466Author Mallory McDuffFormat PaperbackPage Count 211Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

An eye-opening look at the inevitable moral choices that come along with tremendous medical progress, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die is a primer for all Americans to talk more honestly about health care. Beginning in the 1950s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399588600Author Suleika JaouadFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

The Routledge Companion to Death and Literature seeks to understand the ways in which literature has engaged deeply with the ever-evolving relationship humanity has with its ultimate demise. It is the most comprehensive collection in this growing field...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620408551Author Angelo E. VolandesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 258g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455535897Author Barbara EhrenreichFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

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Practical and inspiring, Corr/Corr/Doka's DEATH & DYING, LIFE & LIVING, 9th EDITION, helps you learn how to navigate encounters with death, dying and bereavement. The authors emphasize ways that individuals and families can cope with life-threatening...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543163Author Ingemar Patrick LindenFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944328481Author Lynda Cheldelin FellFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Alyblue MediaPublisher Alyblue MediaWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

With intense and violent portrayals of death becoming ever more common on television and in cinema and the growth of death-centric movies, series, texts, songs, and video clips attracting a wide and enthusiastic global reception, we might well ask...

How the legalization of assisted dying is changing our lives. Over the past five years, medical aid-in-dying (also known as assisted suicide) has expanded rapidly in the United States and is now legally available to one in five Americans. This growing...

For the Romans, the manner of a person's death was the most telling indication of their true character. Death revealed the true patriot, the genuine philosopher, even, perhaps, the great artist-and certainly the faithful Christian. Catharine Edwards...

"What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that-the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt...

Anatomy museums contain some of the most compelling and challenging displays of the human body. This innovative book focusing on one such museum - in Scotland's northeast - opens up a wide-ranging history of deceased bodies on display, from medieval...

This book provides detailed analysis of the manifold ways in which COVID-19 has influenced death, dying and bereavement. Through three parts: Reconsidering Death and Grief in Covid-19; Institutional Care and Covid-19; and the Impact of COVID-19 in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060758769Author Marilyn JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945419201Author Korttany FinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Fawkes Press, LLCPublisher Fawkes Press, LLCWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

How Non-being Haunts Being reveals how the human world is not reducible to "what is." Human life is an open expanse of "what was" and "what will be," "what might be" and "what should be." It is a world of desires, dreams, fictions, historical figures,...

Death in Custody considers the participation of bereaved families in an inquest following a death in custody. It looks at the legal frameworks governing participation, as well as relevant theories of justice, participation, procedural fairness and grief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345499646Author Harold SchechterFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 507gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974347226Author Charles TandyFormat HardbackPage Count 404Imprint Ria University PressPublisher Ria University PressWeight(grams) 661gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451642940Author Erika HayasakiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Contemporary audiences are often shocked to learn that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, medical students around the world posed for photographic portraits with their cadavers; a genre known as dissection photography. Featuring previously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250015655Author Sarah MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 25mm

In contextualizing the Dutch funerary practice in its wider legal, national and local governance framework, this book describes the historical context for current practices, provides data on trends in burial and cremation, and examines recent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538730928Author Barbara EhrenreichFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 150mm * 30mm

Why do we embalm the deceased? Why are funerals so expensive? Is there a reason coffins are shaped the way they are? Where does the tradition of viewing the body come from? Ceremonies for honoring the deceased are crucial parts of our lives, but few...

This book sustains a critical glance at the ways in which we attend to the corpse, tracing a trajectory from encounter toward considering options for disposal: veneered mortuary internment, green burial and its attendant rot, cremation and alkaline...