Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Counseling Children and Adolescents through Grief and Loss

Counseling Children and Adolescents through Grief and...

Author: Jody J. Fiorini ,  Jodi Ann Mullen
ISBN: 9780878225538
Format: Paperback
$71.15

Provides developmentally appropriate interventions for counselling children and adolescents who have experienced...  Read More >>

Children Remembered: Responses to Untimely Death in the Past

Children Remembered: Responses to Untimely Death in...

Author: Robert Woods
ISBN: 9781846310218
Format: Hardback
$130.68

While the work is firmly grounded in demography, it is especially concerned with current debates in social and cultural...  Read More >>

And in the End: A Guide to the World's Weirdest Funerals

And in the End: A Guide to the World's Weirdest Funerals...

Author: Keith R Lindsay
ISBN: 9786610963379
Format: Electronic book text
$88.18

From the Stone Age onwards, humans have added a personal touch to our endings with ceremonies, burials and services....  Read More >>

Mummies

Mummies

Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman
ISBN: 9781410924810
Format: Hardback
$76.56

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Stepping Stone Journey: Personal Short Story about Detours in Life, Friendships and Self Discovery

Stepping Stone Journey: Personal Short Story about Detours...

Author: Alan Blain Cunningham, Dr.
ISBN: 9780977707270
Format: Paperback
$42.11

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best we find in our travels is an honest friend. Robert...  Read More >>

Mummies

Mummies

Author: Jennifer M Besel ,  Barbara J Fox (North Carolina State University)
ISBN: 9780736864411
Format: Hardback
$66.84

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War Dead: Western societies and the casualties of war

War Dead: Western societies and the casualties of war...

Author: Luc Capdevila (Lecturer in Contemporary History) ,  Daniele Voldman (Director of Research, Institut d’histoire du temps présent)
ISBN: 9780748622986
Format: Paperback
$79.99

As a historical account of the way in which war and death intersect, this book describes the complex attitude societies...  Read More >>

War Dead: Western societies and the casualties of war

War Dead: Western societies and the casualties of war...

Author: Luc Capdevila (Lecturer in Contemporary History) ,  Daniele Voldman (Director of Research, Institut d’histoire du temps présent)
ISBN: 9780748622979
Format: Hardback
$276.00

As a historical account of the way in which war and death intersect, this book describes the complex attitude societies...  Read More >>

Gifts from Shane: A True Story of Love and Loss

Gifts from Shane: A True Story of Love and Loss

Author: Marie Bartlett
ISBN: 9780595405152
Format: Paperback
$52.67

True account of a powerful story about a special needs boy and the remarkable gifts he left behind. Foreword by...  Read More >>

Will's Choice: A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery

Will's Choice: A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother,...

Author: Gail Griffith
ISBN: 9780060598662
Format: Paperback
$39.57

This timely and compelling family memoir candidly tells the story of one family, an attempted teen suicide, and...  Read More >>

Death in Ancient China: The Tale of One Man's Journey

Death in Ancient China: The Tale of One Man's Journey...

Author: Constance Cook
ISBN: 9789004153127
Format: Hardback
$385.44

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

Living Images: Funerary Portraits at the Petrie Museum

Living Images: Funerary Portraits at the Petrie Museum...

Author: Jan Picton ,  Paul Roberts
ISBN: 9781844721535
Format: Paperback
$84.00

Presents a full catalogue of the items at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. This book includes...  Read More >>

Death-and After?

Death-and After?

Author: Annie Besant
ISBN: 9781406800548
Format: Paperback
$26.14

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Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death

Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics,...

Author: Karma Lekshe Tsomo
ISBN: 9780791468319
Format: Hardback
$220.44

""Into the Yama, Lord of death"" offers a look at Buddhist, especially Tibetan, views of death and their implications...  Read More >>

Dreams about the Dead: Glimpses of Grief

Dreams about the Dead: Glimpses of Grief

Author: Dennis Raymond Ryan
ISBN: 9780761834960
Format: Paperback
$50.95

Selected from more than 1,000 interviews, this book presents edited interviews with individuals who had dreams about...  Read More >>

The Psychology of Death

The Psychology of Death

Author: Robert J. Kastenbaum
ISBN: 9780826102638
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Examining issues of dying and the ways in which we shape and reshape our conceptions of death, this third edition...  Read More >>

Dying, Death and Bereavement

Dying, Death and Bereavement

Author: Inge B. Corless ,  Barbara B. Germino
ISBN: 9780826126566
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Based on practice knowledge of the authors rather than on research, this book may be particularly useful for those...  Read More >>

Older Adults Views on Death

Older Adults Views on Death

Author: Victor G. Cicirelli
ISBN: 9780826170132
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Presenting an empirically-based study of older adults ranging in age from 70 - 90 years, this title examines the...  Read More >>

Dealing with Death: A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law

Dealing with Death: A Handbook of Practices, Procedures...

Author: Michael Green ,  Jennifer Green
ISBN: 9781843103813
Format: Paperback
$113.00

Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures,...  Read More >>

Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief

Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief

Author: Victoria Whipple
ISBN: 9781560233305
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Aims to reveal the personal stories of twenty-five women, including the author, who were widowed at a young age...  Read More >>

Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia

Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's...

Author: Neal Nicol ,  Harry Wylie
ISBN: 9780299217105
Format: Hardback
$57.20

Dr. Jack Kevorkian--the enigmatic and intrepid physician dubbed ""Dr. Death""--has for years declined public interviews...  Read More >>

Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief

Lesbian Widows: Invisible Grief

Author: Victoria Whipple
ISBN: 9781560233312
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Aims to reveal the personal stories of twenty-five women, including the author, who were widowed at a young age...  Read More >>

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