Death & Dying

The meaning of our concern for mortal remains-from antiquity through the twentieth centuryThe Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what...

Living Through Loss provides a foundational identification of the many ways in which people experience loss over the life course, from childhood to old age. It examines the interventions most effective at each phase of life, combining theory, sound...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688158927Author Malcolm MacPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams)...

With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the nature of old age, Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard reveal the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061137594Author David KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Ice Age. The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial takes a novel...

An in-depth look at how mortuary cultures and issues of death and the dead in Africa have developed over four centuries In My Time of Dying is the first detailed history of death and the dead in Africa south of the Sahara. Focusing on a region that is...

A conflict arises in the clinic over the care of a critically ill, incapacitated patient. The clinicians and the patient's family confront a difficult choice: to treat or not to treat? Decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment feature...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908733603Author Tricia J. RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint White Crow BooksPublisher White Crow ProductionsWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm)...

Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of daycare and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death.Placing the bodily realities of dying very firmly...

This book provides an historical archaeology of death, burial and bereavement from the Reformation to the present.About the AuthorSarah Tarlow is a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where she teaches courses in the archaeology...

- How do the living maintain ongoing relationships with the dead in Western societies? - How have the residual belongings of the dead been used to evoke memories? - Why has the body and its material environment remained so important in memory-making?...

When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers and why we...

The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593239056Author Pamela PrickettFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578343099Author Bobbie RenfroFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Bobbie RenfroPublisher Bobbie RenfroWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950382705Author Gary RoeFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Gary RoePublisher Gary RoeWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

When a family member or close friend dies, it can be difficult to know how best to help the children and teenagers involved. Someone Very Important Has Just Died is a practical book written for those caring for children and teenagers suffering a close...

Six hundred years ago, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - an esteemed Islamic scholar and poet - survived the bubonic plague, which took the lives of three of his children, as well as millions of others throughout the medieval world. Holding up an eerie mirror to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996860000Author Bernice H HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Luminous Moon Press, LLCPublisher Luminous Moon Press, LLCWeight(grams)...

Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children. The volume presents major findings from the Harvard Child...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America's most visible death doula."A truly unique, inspiring perspective on the...

Few people have the opportunity to change the face of modern medicine. However, Raymond Moody achieved precisely this with the publication in 1975 of Life After Life, which introduced the phrase 'near death experience' (NDE) into popular use. In that...

When everything you hold dear is torn apart by war, can love put you back together again? It's 1943, and the Second World War is raging. Ruby Mottram works for her local newspaper, the Bartonford Herald, typing up adverts and obituaries, whilst...

In most of the world, the transition from life to death is a time of intense presence of states and other forms of authority. Focusing on the relationship between bodies and sovereignty, Governing the dead explores how, by whom and with what effects dead...

This book recognizes and legitimizes the significance of pet and animal loss by exploring the various expressions of trauma and grief experienced by those who work with, live with, or own an animal or pet. The chapters of Pet Loss, Grief, and Therapeutic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999422816Author Kurt Christiansen Psy DFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Empathy WorksPublisher Empathy WorksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 280mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732780606Author Francesca Lynn ArnoldyFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Contemplative DoulaPublisher Contemplative DoulaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910121306Author Stafford BettyFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint White Crow BooksPublisher White Crow Productions

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work,The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063096226Author Rod NordlandFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 644g

In our contemporary Western society, death has become taboo. Despite its inevitability, we focus on maintaining youthfulness and well-being, while fearing death's intrusion in our daily activities. In contrast, observes Maria Serena Mirto, the ancient...

'Haunting and enchanting by turns. This book will stay with me for a long time. Utterly magnificent' Jenni Keer? Can the truth about her family's past unlock her future? Normandy, 1937. Sixteen-year-old Elise embarks on a whirlwind romance with a...

Though death is universal, how we respond to it depends on when and where we live. Dying and grieving continually evolve: new preparations for dying, new kinds of funerals, new ways of handling grief and new ways to memorialise are developing all the...

An essential grief guide and recovery workbook for those who have said, "I thought I'd feel better by now."Grief does not follow a timeline or a set path. It is nonlinear and messy, doubling back on itself just when you thought you were out of the woods...

'I have yet to come away from reading [Bering's] work and not feel considerably better informed than I was minutes before' (Forbes)__________________This penetrating analysis aims to demystify a subject that knows no cultural or demographic boundaries...

75 Worst Ways to Die reveals the intriguing facts behind the many ways humans bite the dust in encounters with deadly insects, hungry predators, natural disasters, and freak occurrences. Thoroughly researched and illustrated, not to mention thoroughly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735223325Author Sunita PuriFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 141mm *...

Death in England provides the first ever social history of death from the earliest times 500,000 BC to Diana, Princess of Wales.. The book reveals how attitudes, practices and beliefs about death have undergone constant change: how, why and at what ages...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399588587Author Suleika JaouadFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 584gDimensions(mm)...