Sociology: death & dying books

This book contains a 1821 pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, on the death of John Keats. It is widely...  Read More >>

By the time Josh Rivedal turned twenty-five, he thought he'd have the perfect life-a few years singing on Broadway,...  Read More >>

Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to...  Read More >>

While much has been written in recent years on death and dying, there has been little treatment of how people cope...  Read More >>

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective,...  Read More >>

When Evelyn Waugh wrote The Loved One (1948) as a satire of the elaborate preparations and memorialization of...  Read More >>

During the past decade there has been a rapid growth in literature on traumatic experience, but what remains missing...  Read More >>

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Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours...  Read More >>

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""When I started this journey I had no idea what I was about to face. It is my hope, if you find yourself faced...  Read More >>

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Will enrich the funeral ministry both of those in the Anglican tradition and those from other Churches. A valuable...  Read More >>

'In 'The Realistic Joneses,' we meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors, John and Pony, two suburban couples...  Read More >>

By the time Josh Rivedal turned twenty-five, he thought he'd have the perfect life-a few years singing on Broadway,...  Read More >>

This fascinating work explores the meaning of death in the digital age, showing readers the new ways digital technology...  Read More >>

Commemorating traumatic events means attempting to activate collective memory. By examining images, metonymic invocations,...  Read More >>

Two plays by one of America's brightest young playwrights.  Read More >>

In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that...  Read More >>

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Drawing on the unfamiliar genre of the death liturgy, he arrives at a remarkably comprehensive view of the religion...  Read More >>

Death is a destination of finality. We are all headed towards this destination, which, depending on beliefs, leads...  Read More >>

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