Sociology: death & dying books

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From Broken Glass: My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler's Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation

From Broken Glass: My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler's...

Author: Steve Ross ,  Brian Wallace
ISBN: 9781549117909
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$171.57

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Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner

Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the...

Author: J. William Worden, PhD, ABPP
ISBN: 9780826134745
Format: Paperback
$137.00

Encompassing new content on the treatment of grief, loss, and bereavement, this updated and revised fifth edition...  Read More >>

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains...

Author: Professor Thomas W. Laqueur
ISBN: 9780691180939
Format: Paperback
$84.48

The meaning of our concern for mortal remains-from antiquity through the twentieth centuryThe Greek philosopher...  Read More >>

Ghosts In The Machine

Ghosts In The Machine

Author: John Auckland
ISBN: 9781911586661
Format: Paperback
$28.44

A novel about one woman's fear of dying and her relentless pursuit of eternal life  Read More >>

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them):...

Author: Gabra Zackman ,  Sallie Tisdale
ISBN: 9781665135573
Format: Audio
$110.85

How many of us know how to die, or how to support a loved one in a 'good death'? You get ready to die the way you...  Read More >>

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them):...

Author: Gabra Zackman ,  Sallie Tisdale
ISBN: 9781665135580
Format: Audio
$52.77

How many of us know how to die, or how to support a loved one in a 'good death'? You get ready to die the way you...  Read More >>

Disconnected from Death: The Evolution of Funerary Customs and the Unmasking of Death in America

Disconnected from Death: The Evolution of Funerary Customs...

Author: Troy Taylor ,  April Slaughter
ISBN: 9781732407909
Format: Paperback
$33.64

From the God-fearing Puritans to the aftermath of the Civil War, the Victorian descent into mourning to modern day...  Read More >>

The Lifesaving Church: Faith Communities and Suicide Prevention

The Lifesaving Church: Faith Communities and Suicide...

Author: Rachael A Keefe
ISBN: 9780827221826
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Every year millions of people engage in suicidal activity. Yet the Church remains largely silent about mental health,...  Read More >>

Starting with Goodbye: A Daughter's Memoir of Love After Loss

Starting with Goodbye: A Daughter's Memoir of Love After...

Author: Lisa Romeo
ISBN: 9781943859689
Format: Paperback
$40.70

In this brutally honest yet compelling portrayal and tribute, Lisa searches for meaning, reconciling the Italian-American...  Read More >>

Will There Be Tiers in Heaven?: Disability and the Resurrection of the Body

Will There Be Tiers in Heaven?: Disability and the Resurrection...

Author: Nicola Santamaria
ISBN: 9781788742436
Format: Paperback
$131.45

Will someone with a disability, either mental or physical, be recognisable in the heavenly realm? If they no longer...  Read More >>

Suicide Survivor

Suicide Survivor

Author: Joy Elizabeth Hitztaler
ISBN: 9781720364214
Format: Paperback
$23.68

This book is for suicide survivors. I am a suicide survivor; my oldest brother took his own life nearly 8 years...  Read More >>

Living on Death Row: The Psychology of Waiting to Die

Living on Death Row: The Psychology of Waiting to Die...

Author: Hans Toch ,  James R. Acker
ISBN: 9781433829000
Format: Paperback
$109.00

Examining the isolation and constant fear endured by death row inmates, this analysis weaves expert insights, legal...  Read More >>

Personhood, Illness, and Death in America's Multifaith Neighborhoods: A Practical Guide

Personhood, Illness, and Death in America's Multifaith...

Author: Lucinda Mosher
ISBN: 9781785927843
Format: Paperback
$71.99

This book explores the varied attitudes of different mainstream faith traditions in the US towards care for the...  Read More >>

Karl: Vom Sterben Und Dem, Was Dann Kommt

Karl: Vom Sterben Und Dem, Was Dann Kommt

Author: Martin Heyden
ISBN: 9783981859294
Format: Paperback
$20.86

Begleiten Sie Karl auf seiner Reise, die im Leben beginnt, über den Tod hinausgeht und die ihn in eine Welt voller...  Read More >>

Death and Dying: End-Of-Life Controversies

Death and Dying: End-Of-Life Controversies

Author: Information Plus
ISBN: 9781573026963
Format: Paperback
$311.52

Information Plus: Death & Dying provides users with up-to-date statistics and information from numerous authoritative...  Read More >>

Imaginations of Death and the Beyond in India and Europe

Imaginations of Death and the Beyond in India and Europe...

Author: Gunter Blamberger ,  Sudhir Kakar
ISBN: 9789811067068
Format: Hardback
$232.85

Second, in contemporary Western societies, marked by structural atheism, people look at literature, the arts and...  Read More >>

Bullied To Death: A Story Of Bullying, Social Media, And The Suicide Of Sherokee Harriman

Bullied To Death: A Story Of Bullying, Social Media,...

Author: Judith a Yates
ISBN: 9781947290457
Format: Paperback
$40.08

Fourteen-year-old Sherokee Harriman drove a knife into her stomach as her bullies watched. Perhaps it was an accident....  Read More >>

Ewiges Leben?: ... Und Andere Gelegentlich Gestellte Fragen

Ewiges Leben?: ... Und Andere Gelegentlich Gestellte...

Author: Martin Heyden
ISBN: 9783981859256
Format: Paperback
$65.74

Im neuen Buch von Martin Heyden finden Sie schlüssige und leicht nachvollziehbare Antworten zu einem Thema, das...  Read More >>

Bridge Over The River Why: A Guide for Those Who Have Suffered the Loss of a Child to Suicide

Bridge Over The River Why: A Guide for Those Who Have...

Author: David Cooper (University of Durham UK) ,  Deborah Cooper
ISBN: 9781525522406
Format: Paperback
$27.14

"""In Bridge Over the River Why, the Coopers have succeeded in a dual task documenting their own journey through...  Read More >>

Bridging the Gap: Life Lessons from the Dying

Bridging the Gap: Life Lessons from the Dying

Author: Kimberly C. Paul
ISBN: 9781732020900
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Live vicariously through Kimberly C. Paul as she shares personal stories and the life lessons she has learned while...  Read More >>

Bridge Over The River Why: A Guide for Those Who Have Suffered the Loss of a Child to Suicide

Bridge Over The River Why: A Guide for Those Who Have...

Author: David Cooper (University of Durham UK) ,  Deborah Cooper
ISBN: 9781525522390
Format: Hardback
$45.26

"""In Bridge Over the River Why, the Coopers have succeeded in a dual task documenting their own journey through...  Read More >>

The Dance of Death: Danse Macabre

The Dance of Death: Danse Macabre

Author: Austin Dobson ,  Hans Holbein
ISBN: 9781718744103
Format: Paperback
$23.63

The Dance of Death: Danse Macabre by Hans Holbein. The Danse Macabre,...  Read More >>

Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life

Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life

Author: Haider Warraich
ISBN: 9781250160843
Format: Paperback
$63.36

In this thoughtful investigation, Warraich traces our relationship with death from ancient burial grounds to dying...  Read More >>

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