Sociology: death & dying books

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Rhythms of Life: Enacting the World with the Goddesses of Orissa

Rhythms of Life: Enacting the World with the Goddesses...
Author: Frederique Apffel-Marglin (, Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts) ISBN: 9780195694192 Format: Hardback	$48.00
The essays focus on two sets of rituals; those in and around the temple of Jagannath in Puri mostly through the... Read More >>

Wake People Wake: The Sacred and the Profane

Wake People Wake: The Sacred and the Profane
Author: Rawle Winston Titus ISBN: 9781906190040 Format: Paperback	$38.79
An insight into the funeral rites and customs of early Tobago folk. Read More >>

Curious Epitaphs

Curious Epitaphs
Author: William Andrews ISBN: 9781408680179 Format: Paperback	$35.51
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and... Read More >>

Dying and Death in Canada

Dying and Death in Canada
Author: Herbert Northcott , Donna Wilson ISBN: 9781551118734 Format: Paperback	$79.07
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Discourses on Aging and Dying

Discourses on Aging and Dying
Author: Suhita Chopra Chatterjee , Priyadarshi Patnaik ISBN: 9780761936442 Format: Paperback	$86.99
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Rest in Peace: Insider's Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral

Rest in Peace: Insider's Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress...
Author: R Brian Burkhardt , Matt Bacak ISBN: 9781600373985 Format: Paperback	$22.99
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Cemeteries of San Diego County

Cemeteries of San Diego County
Author: David M. Caterino , Seth Mallios ISBN: 9780738558219 Format: Paperback	$52.77
From its Native American and mission graveyards to its modern megacemeteries, San Diego County's historical landscape... Read More >>

Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death

Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's...
Author: Mark S. Schantz ISBN: 9780801437618 Format: Hardback	$65.87
Essential reading for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the Civil War and the ways in which antebellum Americans... Read More >>

Cemeteries of San Diego County

Cemeteries of San Diego County
Author: David M Caterino , Seth Mallios ISBN: 9781531637415 Format: Hardback	$64.66
From its Native American and mission graveyards to its modern megacemeteries, San Diego County's historical landscape... Read More >>

Last Rights: Thirteen Fatal Encounters with the State's Justice

Last Rights: Thirteen Fatal Encounters with the State's...
Author: Joseph B. Ingle ISBN: 9781402754494 Format: Paperback	$34.19
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Life and Death Matters: Seeking the Truth About Capital Punishment

Life and Death Matters: Seeking the Truth About Capital...
Author: Robert L. Baldwin ISBN: 9781588382344 Format: Hardback	$65.87
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Who Goes to the Door and Then What

Who Goes to the Door and Then What
Author: Katie Conner Reese , Timothy Vernon Conner ISBN: 9781434300539 Format: Paperback	$55.44
This book is the first and only comprehensive work designed and written for organizations that may face the daunting... Read More >>

Suicidal Behavior: A Developmental Perspective: An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics

Suicidal Behavior: A Developmental Perspective: An Issue...
Author: J. John Mann , Maria Oquendo ISBN: 9781416058700 Format: Hardback	$261.36
Examine the subject of suicide from a developmental perspective, emphasizing familial transmission and early onset... Read More >>

Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary Archaeology for the New Millennium

Interacting with the Dead: Perspectives on Mortuary...
Author: University Press of Florida , Jane E. Buikstra ISBN: 9780813033174 Format: Paperback	$60.50
""The impressive geographical, temporal, and topical coverage makes this volume by far the best of its kind to appear... Read More >>

Dying City

Dying City
Author: Christopher Shinn ISBN: 9781559363297 Format: Paperback	$36.83
""A stunning drama about life in the shadow of September 11th and the Iraq war.""--Time Read More >>

The Children Who Lived: Using Harry Potter and Other Fictional Characters to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents

The Children Who Lived: Using Harry Potter and Other...
Author: Kathryn A. Markell (Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Minnesota, USA) , Marc A. Markell, PhD (St. Cloud State University, Minnesota, USA) ISBN: 9780415957656 Format: Paperback	$83.99
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Poetry and Parental Bereavement in Early Modern Lutheran Germany

Poetry and Parental Bereavement in Early Modern Lutheran...
Author: Anna Linton (Department of German, King's College London) ISBN: 9780199233366 Format: Hardback	$248.00
This study of Lutheran funeral booklets - verse written to console bereaved parents - adds to our understanding... Read More >>

Why Men Die First: How to Lengthen Your Lifespan

Why Men Die First: How to Lengthen Your Lifespan
Author: Marianne J Legato, M.D. ISBN: 9786611845094 Format: Electronic book text	$52.75
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Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide: Psychoanalytic Perspectives...
Author: Stephen Briggs , Alessandra Lemma ISBN: 9780415422574 Format: Paperback	$73.99
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Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention

Relating to Self-Harm and Suicide: Psychoanalytic Perspectives...
Author: Stephen Briggs , Alessandra Lemma ISBN: 9780415422567 Format: Hardback	$252.00
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The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds

The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History...
Author: Marilyn Yalom , Reid S Yalom ISBN: 9780618624270 Format: Hardback	$79.20
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Death and Dying, Life and Living

Death and Dying, Life and Living
Author: Charles A Corr, PH.D., RN, Msn , Clyde M Nabe, PH.D. ISBN: 9780495506461 Format: Paperback	$446.03
Practical and inspiring, this best-selling book helps you learn to cope with encounters with death, dying, and bereavement.... Read More >>

Big Death: Funeral Planning in the Age of Corporate Deathcare

Big Death: Funeral Planning in the Age of Corporate...
Author: Doug Smith ISBN: 9781552662403 Format: Paperback	$31.95
"In an overview of the last 20 years, this account shows how the corporate deathcare industry has bought up countless... Read More >>

The Dying Game: A Curious History of Death

The Dying Game: A Curious History of Death
Author: Melanie King ISBN: 9781851685929 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Offers a history of everything that has, could, and does befall a corpse - from the bizarre and macabre death rituals... Read More >>

Sacred Grief: Exploring a New Dimension to Grief

Sacred Grief: Exploring a New Dimension to Grief
Author: Leslee Tessmann ISBN: 9781932690538 Format: Paperback	$47.39
""Sacred Grief"" offers an intriguing exploration of the far-reaching ripple effect of present-day opinions about... Read More >>

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