Death & Dying

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.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 9781487008543Author Dr Blair BighamFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Walrus BooksPublisher Walrus BooksWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

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...

"Truth-filled meditations about grace in the face of mortality." -MargaretAtwood In this powerful little book, two leading intellectuals illuminate the truth about where our environmental crisis is taking us. Writing from an island on Canada's Northwest...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506487724Author Ana Claudia Quintana ArantesFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781880834725Author Lauren ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Cleveland State University Poetry CenterPublisher Cleveland State University Poetry...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806516677Author Robert T HatchFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Kensington Publishing CorporationPublisher Kensington Publishing...

A deep dive into the science behind the creative ways Shakespeare killed off his characters. William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions - shock, sadness, fear -...

Effective Grief and Bereavement Support shows how social networks, whether they be friends, colleagues or family, can provide an important source of support following sudden bereavement.Individuals in social networks surrounding bereaved people often...

Exquisitely written diary of radiation treatment for pelvic cancers that delves into literary consciousness, feminism, memory and an unquiet past.About the AuthorJanet Todd, novelist (A Man of Genus, 2016) and internationally renowned scholar, was...

Death comes to all humans, but how death is managed, symbolised and experienced varies widely, not only between individuals but also between groups. What then shapes how a society manages death, dying and bereavement today? Are all modern countries...

This is a short, illustrated introduction to the ever-fascinating topic of Egyptian mummies, by an international expert. It is a readable, short, but authoritative overview of Egyptian mummification. It deals with perennially popular topic. It is...

A victim of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, Anthony Bland lay in hospital in a coma being fed liquid food by a pump, via a tube passing through his nose and into his stomach. On 4 February 1993 Britain's highest court ruled that doctors attending him...

Based on years of fieldwork in both rural and urban Greece, The Last Word explores women's cultural resistance as they weave together diverse social practices: improvised antiphonic laments, divinatory dreaming, the care and tending of olive trees and...

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on death and funeral practices in Norway as of the 2020s.The volume begins with a short introduction and historical overview, followed by a description of the demographics and legal framework,...

The field of palliative care promises support for a dying person's physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs, as well as the needs of family and community. Has this powerful vision been achieved? This state-of-the-field book argues that...

The field of palliative care promises support for a dying person's physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs, as well as the needs of family and community. Has this powerful vision been achieved? This state-of-the-field book argues that...

James Crissman explores cultural traits related to death and dying in Appalachian sections of Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, showing how they have changed since the 1600s. Relying on archival materials, almost forty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789189696570Author Elias LindenFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Stolpe PublishingPublisher Stolpe Publishing

Grief in the Margins explores the ways in which grief manifests in the "Invisible Majority" (racialized and underrepresented groups) and how the intersections of identity shape how this community experiences loss. Through examining the cultural...

The infrastructure of death is an undeniable part of urban life, yet it is often overlooked in the study of cities. This book explores the intricate dynamics between the living and the dead in six Latin American cities: Bogota, Medellin, Lima, Buenos...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420517453Author Sebastian JungerFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Thorndike Press Large PrintPublisher Thorndike Press Large PrintWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398844131Author Anthony PeakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Discover the world's most fascinating death and funeral traditions in this illustrated modern-day memento mori.Embark on a whirlwind tour of burial, preservation, and memorial practices and landmarks from across the globe and throughout history, ranging...

Honoring relatives by tending graves, building altars, and cooking festive meals has been a major tradition among Latin Americans for centuries. The tribute, "El Dia de los Muertos," has enjoyed renewed popularity since the 1970s when Latinx activists...

In this exploration of how people lived and died in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century New Mexico, Martina Will de Chaparro weaves together the stories of individuals and communities in this cultural crossroads of the American Southwest. The wills and...

This book combines Western history of death with sociology and philosophy to explore our approach to death. It examines sociological debates, the cultural construction of death and uses existential phenomenology and Freudian psychology to examine the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806512778Author Robert WilkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 386g