Sociology: death & dying books

4622 books were found.

Pathway to the Stars: Playing for Alexa

Pathway to the Stars: Playing for Alexa

Author: David Turner
ISBN: 9781772442847
Format: Paperback
$52.80

"In this poignant memoir, anthropologist and author David Turner tells of how he played the yiraga --- a musical...  Read More >>

The Phenomenology of Death

The Phenomenology of Death

Author: Arthur Pindle
ISBN: 9781685626648
Format: Paperback
$34.19

"Why do we prefer to say that someone has ""passed away"" rather than simply saying that the person has died? When...  Read More >>

The Phenomenology of Death

The Phenomenology of Death

Author: Arthur Pindle
ISBN: 9781685626655
Format: Hardback
$73.79

"Why do we prefer to say that someone has ""passed away"" rather than simply saying that the person has died? When...  Read More >>

Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent: Death Care, Life Extension, and the Making of a Healthier South, 1900-1955

Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent: Death Care, Life...

Author: Kristine M. McCusker
ISBN: 9780252087219
Format: Paperback
$66.99

As the twentieth century began, Black and white southerners alike dealt with low life expectancy and poor healthcare...  Read More >>

The Mindset of the Heart: Suicide Is Not The Solution (SINTS) - Don't Do It!

The Mindset of the Heart: Suicide Is Not The Solution...

Author: Grace Inyangetor
ISBN: 9781088110645
Format: Paperback
$52.80

The heart and mind of a person are directly correlated. How a mind thinks can be found in the sentiments of the...  Read More >>

Helping the Suicidal Person: Tips and Techniques for Professionals

Helping the Suicidal Person: Tips and Techniques for...

Author: Lcsc ,  Ann Sprinkle
ISBN: 9798212971416
Format: Audio
$190.05

Helping the Suicidal Person provides a highly practical toolbox for mental health professionals. The book first...  Read More >>

Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent: Death Care, Life Extension, and the Making of a Healthier South, 1900-1955

Just Enough to Put Him Away Decent: Death Care, Life...

Author: Kristine M. McCusker
ISBN: 9780252045080
Format: Hardback
$295.00

As the twentieth century began, Black and white southerners alike dealt with low life expectancy and poor healthcare...  Read More >>

Murder of Halil Dinc in Slow Motion

Murder of Halil Dinc in Slow Motion

Author: Hafza Girdap ,  E Y
ISBN: 9798399561493
Format: Paperback
$34.29

In the darkest days of Germany, the young theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested and then executed by hanging...  Read More >>

Bittersweet: How to Turn Sorrow Into Creativity, Beauty and Love

Bittersweet: How to Turn Sorrow Into Creativity, Beauty...

Author: Susan Cain
ISBN: 9780241300671
Format: Paperback
$24.99

"From the author of the megaselling phenomenon QUIET, the no. 1 NYT bestseller on how to turn sorrow into beauty...  Read More >>

Music and Death: Funeral Music, Memory and Re-Evaluating Life

Music and Death: Funeral Music, Memory and Re-Evaluating...

Author: Wolfgang Marx ,  Peter Edwards
ISBN: 9781837650644
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Music gives specific meanings to our lives, but also to how we experience death; it forms a central part of death...  Read More >>

Our Last Best ACT: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love

Our Last Best ACT: Planning for the End of Our Lives...

Author: Mallory McDuff ,  Lu Banks
ISBN: 9798874671631
Format: Audio
$52.77

How do we align our end-of-life choices with our values? In a world experiencing a climate crisis and a culture...  Read More >>

Our Last Best ACT: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love

Our Last Best ACT: Planning for the End of Our Lives...

Author: Mallory McDuff ,  Lu Banks
ISBN: 9798874671624
Format: Audio
$52.77

How do we align our end-of-life choices with our values? In a world experiencing a climate crisis and a culture...  Read More >>

Mobilities in Life and Death: Negotiating Room for Migrants and Minorities in European Cemeteries

Mobilities in Life and Death: Negotiating Room for Migrants...

Author: Avril Maddrell ,  Sonja Kmec
ISBN: 9783031282867
Format: Paperback
$131.97

This open access book focuses on migrant and minority cemetery needs through the conceptual lens of the mobilities...  Read More >>

The Plague

The Plague

Author: Jacqueline Rose
ISBN: 9781804270486
Format: Paperback
$27.99

A collection of essays imagining a world in which a radical respect for death might exist alongside a fairer distribution...  Read More >>

Finding Hope in the Darkness: Understanding and Overcoming Teenage Depression

Finding Hope in the Darkness: Understanding and Overcoming...

Author: Nicholas Roy
ISBN: 9798223780267
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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Komm zurück!: Traum oder Nahtod?

Komm zurück!: Traum oder Nahtod?

Author: Georg Sigrist
ISBN: 9783755777922
Format: Paperback
$56.76

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Death as Entertainment: Young People and Death Awareness

Death as Entertainment: Young People and Death Awareness...

Author: Gareth R. Schott (University of Waikato, NZ)
ISBN: 9781032462561
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the moral and representational issues associated with engaging young people with popular media...  Read More >>

Understanding Suicide: Prevention, Awareness, and Moving Forward

Understanding Suicide: Prevention, Awareness, and Moving...

Author: C P Kumar
ISBN: 9798223382676
Format: Paperback
$26.37

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Until Valhalla- A Veteran's Struggle with PTSD: Poetry By Bobby Love

Until Valhalla- A Veteran's Struggle with PTSD: Poetry...

Author: Bobby Love
ISBN: 9798850319069
Format: Paperback
$36.93

"It's important to understand that depression is a serious mental health issue that can affect anyone. While poetry...  Read More >>

The Telling of the Tragedy

The Telling of the Tragedy

Author: Janet Farrar
ISBN: 9798887318684
Format: Paperback
$31.55

This book acknowledges that humans are still animals, but that these animals became highly intelligent and learned...  Read More >>

Death, Grief and Loss in the Context of COVID-19

Death, Grief and Loss in the Context of COVID-19

Author: Panagiotis Pentaris (University of Greenwich, UK)
ISBN: 9780367647391
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This book provides detailed analysis of the manifold ways in which COVID-19 has influenced death, dying and bereavement....  Read More >>

Suicide Social Dramas: Life-Giving Moral Breakdowns in the Israeli Public Sphere

Suicide Social Dramas: Life-Giving Moral Breakdowns...

Author: Haim Hazan (Tel Aviv University, Israel) ,  Raquel Romberg (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
ISBN: 9780367568719
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Through an ethnohistorical chronicling of the emotionally-laden treatment of selected suicide media-events, this...  Read More >>

Political Theory on Death and Dying

Political Theory on Death and Dying

Author: Erin A. Dolgoy (Rhodes College, USA) ,  Kimberly Hurd Hale (Coastal Carolina University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367437381
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This comprehensive, encyclopedic review compiles and curates the latest scholarship, research, and debates on the...  Read More >>

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