Sociology: death & dying books

4926 books were found.

A Hand to Hold: All I’Ve Learnt About Grief

A Hand to Hold: All I’Ve Learnt About Grief

Author: Coleen Nolan ,  Julie Shaw
ISBN: 9780008716202
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her...  Read More >>

A Hand to Hold: All I’Ve Learnt About Grief

A Hand to Hold: All I’Ve Learnt About Grief

Author: Coleen Nolan ,  Julie Shaw
ISBN: 9780008705978
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her...  Read More >>

Confronting Death

Confronting Death

Author: Luis Moris ,  Murray Stein
ISBN: 9781685035020
Format: Hardback
$129.36

The essays collected for this book demonstrate how Jungian analysts and scholars find Jung`s concepts useful companions...  Read More >>

Death and Funeral Practices in Russia

Death and Funeral Practices in Russia

Author: Sergei Mokhov
ISBN: 9780367721534
Format: Paperback
$52.99

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Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal

Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal

Author: Rafaela Ferraz Ferreira ,  Ana Júlia Almeida Miranda
ISBN: 9780367721572
Format: Paperback
$52.99

This book is the first to offer a broad look at the evolution and current status of Portuguese funerary practice....  Read More >>

One More Day: Find Strength and Resilience through Your Darkest Times with Life-Saving Tools from Positive Psychology

One More Day: Find Strength and Resilience through Your...

Author: Niyc Pidgeon
ISBN: 9781401977474
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Discover science-backed positive psychology tools, exercises, and interventions to boost your mental well-being,...  Read More >>

Exploraciones del Alma

Exploraciones del Alma

Author: Alexa Murphy
ISBN: 9798227941572
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Exploraciones del Alma es más que un simple libro; es una guía íntima para todos aquellos que buscan un entendimiento...  Read More >>

Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death

Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death

Author: Spencer Henry ,  Madison Reyes
ISBN: 9780593475287
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Based on the popular podcast, Obitchuary- The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American culture...  Read More >>

My Father's ALS: A Son's Healing Journey

My Father's ALS: A Son's Healing Journey

Author: Kenneth Kann
ISBN: 9798888244067
Format: Paperback
$47.39

"". . . a tale with many dimensions told with novelistic confidence"" -Peter Booth Wiley, author and publisher ""....  Read More >>

The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation in Timor-Leste

The Unruly Dead: Spirits, Memory, and State Formation...

Author: Lia Kent
ISBN: 9780299349301
Format: Hardback
$185.00

“What might it mean to take the dead seriously?” asks Lia Kent in this exciting new contribution to critical human...  Read More >>

Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies of Disappearance

Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies...

Author: Ege Selin Islekel
ISBN: 9780810147485
Format: Paperback
$84.48

Focusing on forms of improper burial in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel argues that a political technology...  Read More >>

Losing Young: How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning

Losing Young: How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning...

Author: Rachel Wilson
ISBN: 9780008508104
Format: Paperback
$24.99

‘An incredibly useful take on facing grief as a young person’ CARIAD LLOYD 'Brilliantly, brilliantly written...  Read More >>

Just Live: A Guide to Preventing Suicide and Managing Mental Illness

Just Live: A Guide to Preventing Suicide and Managing...

Author: Dr Jeffrey D Morris
ISBN: 9781958000823
Format: Paperback
$39.57

On October 10, 1997, Jeff Morris attempted suicide for the first time. Over the next decade, Jeff would attempt...  Read More >>

Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies of Disappearance

Nightmare Remains: The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies...

Author: Ege Selin Islekel
ISBN: 9780810147492
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Focusing on forms of improper burial in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel argues that a political technology...  Read More >>

Graveyards

Graveyards

Author: Alastair Horne
ISBN: 9781838864606
Format: Hardback
$51.72

Illustrated with 180 photographs with detailed captions explaining their history and often ghostly past, Graveyards...  Read More >>

Burdened Agency: Christian Theology and End-of-Life Ethics

Burdened Agency: Christian Theology and End-of-Life...

Author: Travis Pickell
ISBN: 9780268208417
Format: Hardback
$116.00

Travis Pickell explores the paradoxes of choice in modern dying and the ways Christian theology can aid in navigating...  Read More >>

Honey Blood: A pulsating, electric memoir like nothing you've read before

Honey Blood: A pulsating, electric memoir like nothing...

Author: Kirsty Everett
ISBN: 9781460766644
Format: Paperback
$28.44

'I thought if I was going to die I should write some things down' Kirsty Everett was going to be an Olympic gymnast....  Read More >>

Gebete f�r die Notfallseelsorge: Worte des Trostes und der Hoffnung

Gebete f�r die Notfallseelsorge: Worte des Trostes und...

Author: S Nic Lawrenz
ISBN: 9798335652858
Format: Paperback
$26.85

Gebete f�r die Notfallseelsorge: Worte des Trostes und der Hoffnung ist ein wertvoller Begleiter in Zeiten des Leids...  Read More >>

The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child's Life

The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the...

Author: Rachel Clarke
ISBN: 9781668045435
Format: Hardback
$76.53

Winner of the Women's Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize An unforgettable and inspiring...  Read More >>

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by...

Author: Alua Arthur
ISBN: 9781846048548
Format: Paperback
$36.99

""A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more...  Read More >>

Facing Suicide: Understanding Why People Kill Themselves and How We Can Stop Them

Facing Suicide: Understanding Why People Kill Themselves...

Author: James Barrat
ISBN: 9780593539156
Format: Hardback
$79.20

A deep dive into a national catastrophe that examines how and why suicide happens so that we can prevent it Suicide...  Read More >>

Creating Meaning in Funerals: How Families and Communities Make Sense of Death

Creating Meaning in Funerals: How Families and Communities...

Author: William G. Hoy (Baylor University, Texas, USA)
ISBN: 9781032398327
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Creating Meaning in Funerals is a book about the ways in which bereaved families and communities create meaningful...  Read More >>

That Good Night: A Funeral Director's Reflections on Life, Death, and Death Care Before and During the Time of COVID

That Good Night: A Funeral Director's Reflections on...

Author: Henry Vinson
ISBN: 9798330320288
Format: Paperback
$39.57

That Good Night is a cubist depiction of death and death care because they're viewed from multiple perspectives....  Read More >>

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