Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Lost to the Collective: Suicide and the Promise of Soviet Socialism, 1921–1929

Lost to the Collective: Suicide and the Promise of Soviet...

Author: Kenneth M. Pinnow
ISBN: 9780801447662
Format: Hardback
$131.87

In this landmark book, suicide becomes an incredibly revealing lens through which to interpret how experts and Bolsheviks...  Read More >>

A Study of Death

A Study of Death

Author: Henry Mills Alden
ISBN: 9781144977748
Format: Paperback
$86.46

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters,...  Read More >>

Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services in Canadian Higher Education

Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services...

Author: Donna Hardy Cox ,  C. Carney Strange
ISBN: 9780773536227
Format: Paperback
$105.47

A comprehensive introduction to professional student services that support student success in Canada's post-secondary...  Read More >>

Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services in Canadian Higher Education

Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services...

Author: Donna Hardy Cox ,  C. Carney Strange
ISBN: 9780773536210
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Presents an overview of student services dealing with the matriculation of post-secondary students - through enrolment...  Read More >>

Final Acts: Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make

Final Acts: Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make

Author: Nan Bauer-Maglin ,  Donna Perry
ISBN: 9780813546285
Format: Paperback
$69.30

Today most people die gradually, from incremental illnesses, rather than from the heart attacks or fast-moving diseases...  Read More >>

Funeral Book, The: An Insider Reveals How to Save Money and Reduce Stress While Planning a Funeral

Funeral Book, The: An Insider Reveals How to Save Money...

Author: Clarence W. Miller ,  Clarence W Miller
ISBN: 9781885003027
Format: Paperback
$20.99

A professional in the funeral industry for over 35 years, the author reveals ways to save money and reduce stress...  Read More >>

PERFECTLY STILL

PERFECTLY STILL

Author: Patricia Moran, (Patricia L.)
ISBN: 9781581770636
Format: Paperback
$36.83

As a young professor sits with a student and then her own mother through their illnesses and deaths, she experiences...  Read More >>

Concious Acts of Grace: Gifts of Love and Kindness at the End of Life

Concious Acts of Grace: Gifts of Love and Kindness at...

Author: Liza Ely
ISBN: 9780615329475
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Conscious Acts of Grace are those words, actions, and touches that let our loved ones know we are there for them...  Read More >>

Issues of the Ends of Life: The Segelberg Lectures

Issues of the Ends of Life: The Segelberg Lectures

Author: Segelberg Trust
ISBN: 9781426912504
Format: Paperback
$40.02

The Segelberg Lecture Series explores the intersection of religious faith and public policy. This book contains...  Read More >>

Death and Memory in Early Medieval Britain. Cambridge Studies in Archaeology.

Death and Memory in Early Medieval Britain. Cambridge...

Author: Howard Williams (University of Exeter University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Exeter University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9781280703249
Format: Electronic book text
$396.00

Addresses the commemorative functions of funerary ritual between 400-1100 AD using archaeological remains as its...  Read More >>

Why We Kill: Understanding Violence Across Cultures and Disciplines

Why We Kill: Understanding Violence Across Cultures...

Author: Nancy Loucks (Families Outside, UK) ,  Sally Smith Holt (William Jewell College, USA)
ISBN: 9781904750420
Format: Paperback
$99.00

This book examines violence in many of its manifestations, exploring how culture plays a role in people's understanding...  Read More >>

Issues of the Ends of Life: The Segelberg Lectures

Issues of the Ends of Life: The Segelberg Lectures

Author: Segelberg Trust
ISBN: 9781426912511
Format: Hardback
$66.42

The Segelberg Lecture Series explores the intersection of religious faith and public policy. This book contains...  Read More >>

Death, Modernity, and the Body: Sweden 1870-1940

Death, Modernity, and the Body: Sweden 1870-1940

Author: Eva Åhrén (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781580463126
Format: Hardback
$198.00

A provocative study that explores medical, social, cultural, and aesthetic customs and practices of treating the...  Read More >>

The Truth About Death and Dying

The Truth About Death and Dying

Author: Facts On File ,  Robert N. Golden
ISBN: 9780816076314
Format: Hardback
$71.50

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Final Resting Places: Orange County's Dead and Famous

Final Resting Places: Orange County's Dead and Famous...

Author: Michael Thomas Barry
ISBN: 9780764334214
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Tour 24 graveyards in Orange County, California. Photos help identify burial locations and 200 life stories include...  Read More >>

Burial in Later Anglo-Saxon England, C.650-1100 Ad

Burial in Later Anglo-Saxon England, C.650-1100 Ad

Author: Jo Buckberry ,  Annia Cherryson
ISBN: 9781299485051
Format: Electronic book text
$79.20

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Strategisches Management Bei Gesetzlichen Krankenkassen

Strategisches Management Bei Gesetzlichen Krankenkassen...

Author: Anne-Katrin Meckel
ISBN: 9783834960481
Format: Electronic book text
$131.97

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Land Is Dying

Land Is Dying

Author: Paul Wenzel Geissler ,  Ruth Jane Prince
ISBN: 9781282662346
Format: Electronic book text
$380.16

Based on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores life in and around a Luo-speaking village in...  Read More >>

Dominion of the Dead

Dominion of the Dead

Author: Professor Robert Pogue Harrison
ISBN: 9781282584792
Format: Undefined
$118.80

How do the living maintain relations to the dead? Why do we bury people when they die? And what is at stake when...  Read More >>

Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials

Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials...

Author: Newton C Farr Professor of History Michael Kammen (Cornell University)
ISBN: 9781282584815
Format: Undefined
$118.80

With Digging Up the Dead, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen reveals a treasure trove of fascinating,...  Read More >>

Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes

Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes

Author: William Montell
ISBN: 9781282937512
Format: Electronic book text
$65.87

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Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief

Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief

Author: Rabbi Maurice Lamm
ISBN: 9781283806145
Format: Electronic book text
$28.51

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Death, Dying and Bereavement: Issues for Practice

Death, Dying and Bereavement: Issues for Practice

Author: Jacqueline H. Watts
ISBN: 9781906716080
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Dr Watts considers the social context of death and dying in Britain today and the ways in which this influences...  Read More >>

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