Death & Dying

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 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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593355190Author Fatima AliFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if you held it in your hand? In Dark Archives, Megan...

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...

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of...

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...

This book is the first of its kind to examine key topics in death, dying, and bereavement through a critical lens, highlighting how the understanding and experience of death can vary considerably, based on social, cultural, historical, political, and...

Pandemexplosion shares positive journeys through the pandemic, contrasted with the horror of the 2020 Port of Beirut explosion, as a verbatim play. Commissioned by International School of London, Pandemexplosion offers a diverse ensemble cast ample...

In the final days of 2019, a new and deadly virus was quietly spreading through the city of Wuhan, China. Within six months it would kill half a million people worldwide, infect a further 10 million, and change the way all of us live, work and play...

'As charming and touching as it is astute and insightful'Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink'This a very useful book, even perhaps for people who have never been near a computer in their lives'Jake Kerridge,...

This book is the first of its kind to examine key topics in death, dying, and bereavement through a critical lens, highlighting how the understanding and experience of death can vary considerably, based on social, cultural, historical, political, and...

'I have quite a bit of understanding of white man's ways, but it is difficult for me to understand this one.' An Australian Senate committee investigation of the Northern Territory's Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995, the first legislation in the...

When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and...

'As charming and touching as it is astute and insightful'Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink'This a very useful book, even perhaps for people who have never been near a computer in their lives'Jake Kerridge,...

"As a doctor, I make every effort to strengthen the belief in immortality, especially with older patients when such questions come threateningly close. For, seen in correct psychological perspective, death is not an end but a goal, and life's inclination...

Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects and stages of bereavement and offers useful insights into the...

In this wickedly humorous book, Geoffrey Abbott describes the effectiveness of instruments of torture and reveals the macabre origins of phrases such as gone west or drawn a blank. From the preparation of the victim to the disposal of the body, "What a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627311250Author Adam ParfreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Bram Stoker Awards (Nonfiction) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780060817411Author Michael LargoFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854114761Author Meic StephensFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Death and the Migrant is a sociological account of transnational dying and care in British cities. It chronicles two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912914135Author Guy KennawayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Mensch PublishingPublisher Mensch PublishingWeight(grams) 220g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542425Author Nicole PiemonteFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortalityAs long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583335123Author Ira ByockFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393301342Author David HendinFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 287gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 122mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934297209Author Charles TandyFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Ria University PressPublisher Ria University PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786770592Author William Stainton MosesFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint White Crow ProductionsPublisher White Crow ProductionsWeight(grams)...

Simultaneously real and unreal, the dead are people, yet they are not. The society of medieval Europe developed a rich set of imaginative traditions about death and the afterlife, using the dead as a point of entry for thinking about the self,...

Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care provides a comprehensive overview of good practice in caring for terminally-ill children, young people and their families.Drawing from extensive personal experiences of working in...

Exploring both principles and best practice of the spiritual care of sick children and young people, this remarkable and inspiring book equips the reader to think critically and creatively about how to provide care in hospitals, hospices and other care...

The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive...