Sociology: death & dying books

This richly illustrated book provides a glimpse into the belief system and the material wealth of the social elite...  Read More >>

In The Curse on Self-Murder, the second volume of Suicide in the Middle Ages, Alexander Murray explores the origin...  Read More >>

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Tour the final resting places of Hollywood's Oscar-winning legends of the Golden Age (1927 to 1950). Visit burial...  Read More >>

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Though still reeling from their daughter's untimely death, Rosenblatt and his wife Ginny carry on, reconstructing...  Read More >>

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In this fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure, a Pulitzer Prize-winning popular science writer asks,...  Read More >>

This book explores the themes of memory and mourning from the Roman deathbed to the Roman cemetery, drawing subject...  Read More >>

This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal...  Read More >>

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Accomplished physician and researcher Dr. Lewis Cohen writes the untold story of two Massachusetts nurses, their...  Read More >>

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play is now a major motion picture.  Read More >>

Examines mummies, including how a mummy is formed, a history of mummies, and examples of mummies from around the...  Read More >>

This book explores the themes of memory and mourning from the Roman deathbed to the Roman cemetery, drawing subject...  Read More >>

This is the first published summary of the entire complex of the great necropoles of Rome, which were situated on...  Read More >>

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This commentary is based on the six bardos teachings from a series of hidden treasure texts known as the Profound...  Read More >>

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From the acclaimed poet and novelist comes an exploration of her sister's suicide and its lifelong impact on those...  Read More >>