Sociology: death & dying books

A moving and heroic memoir about surviving suicide and long-term mental health complications, while summoning the...  Read More >>

This volume analyzes socio-demographic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, covering data issues, statistical modeling,...  Read More >>

Culture, Consolation, and Continuing Bonds in Bereavement presents Dennis Klass’s most important contributions to...  Read More >>

This innovative volume examines grief and bereavement studies through a phenomenological lens. It draws on perspectives...  Read More >>

Winning is grief healing at its best. Harriet Hodgson is well-acquainted with grief. She is a bereaved mother,...  Read More >>

Are we afraid of dying, or are we perhaps much more afraid of the process of dying, afraid of the shame we...  Read More >>

Los presentes ensayos, más bien digresiones, quieren revolotear alrededor de este hecho aciago que a todos nos espera...  Read More >>

An accessible yet erudite deep dive into how platforms are remaking experiences of death  Read More >>

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A moving and heroic memoir about surviving suicide and long-term mental health complications, while summoning the...  Read More >>

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In ""Thoughts of Suicide,"" delve into Calvin Ockletree's soul-stirring collection of poems, birthed from two harrowing...  Read More >>

Konrad Michel, a leading psychiatrist and acclaimed expert, draws on decades of experience to offer necessary new...  Read More >>

The conversation around mental health changes now. Shane Kelton knows what it's like to suffer. He knows what...  Read More >>

"Le deuil est un voyage complexe et personnel, une réalité inévitable de la vie que nous rencontrons tous à un moment...  Read More >>

An accessible yet erudite deep dive into how platforms are remaking experiences of death  Read More >>

""Sobbing so uncontrollably I could not take a breath, the pain was unbearable. I washed down the pills with an...  Read More >>

In a world that often denies the reality of death, The Tao of Death unveils a universal truth - in understanding...  Read More >>

Dr. Karl T. Muth advances the argument that suicide is in many ways preferable and superior to so-called and oft-idealized...  Read More >>

Prodigals, a memoir inessays, explores the life of Sarah Beth Childers’swildly creative brother, who committed suicide...  Read More >>

In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite—including large marble temples, unmarked...  Read More >>

"In this project, I expose conceptual and moral difficulties with the concept of rational suicide. After offering...  Read More >>

Author Kathy Benjamin accompanies the pioneering women of the Lone Star State's funeral business. The intimate...  Read More >>

A heartbreaking grief memoir, Sudden Loss, Slow Grieving uncovers the process of healing from a personal and psychological...  Read More >>