Sociology: death & dying books

4934 books were found.

Where Valor Proudly Sleeps: A History of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866-1933

Where Valor Proudly Sleeps: A History of Fredericksburg...

Author: Donald C Pfanz
ISBN: 9780809336456
Format: Paperback
$53.90

Many books discuss in great detail what happened during Civil War battles. This is one of the few that investigates...  Read More >>

A Death of One's Own: Literature, Law, and the Right to Die

A Death of One's Own: Literature, Law, and the Right...

Author: Jared Stark
ISBN: 9780810136762
Format: Paperback
$100.32

To be or not to be - who asks this question today, and how? What does it mean to issue, or respond to, an appeal...  Read More >>

Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies

Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People...

Author: Christy Wopat
ISBN: 9781948365031
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Christy's captivating memoir about her hopes, her dreams, her loss, her grief, and ultimately, her healing, is a...  Read More >>

A Death of One's Own: Literature, Law, and the Right to Die

A Death of One's Own: Literature, Law, and the Right...

Author: Jared Stark
ISBN: 9780810136779
Format: Hardback
$316.80

To be or not to be - who asks this question today, and how? What does it mean to issue, or respond to, an appeal...  Read More >>

Sexual Culture Series 3: Selections 3

Sexual Culture Series 3: Selections 3

Author: Mamdouh Al-Shikh
ISBN: 9781717433947
Format: Paperback
$18.48

Arabic selected topics about sexual culture.  Read More >>

The Evolution of the British Funeral Industry in the 20th Century: From Undertaker to Funeral Director

The Evolution of the British Funeral Industry in the...

Author: Brian Parsons (University of Bath, UK)
ISBN: 9781787436305
Format: Hardback
$119.00

This book examines the shifts that have taken place in the funeral industry since 1900, focusing on the figure of...  Read More >>

Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers

Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers...

Author: Costica Bradatan (Texas Tech University, USA)
ISBN: 9781472529718
Format: Paperback
$29.99

What do Socrates, Hypatia, Giordano Bruno, Thomas More, and Jan Patocka have in common? First, they were all faced...  Read More >>

Widower to Widower: Surviving the End of Your Most Important Relationship

Widower to Widower: Surviving the End of Your Most Important...

Author: Fred Colby
ISBN: 9781732115903
Format: Paperback
$28.07

If you or a close friend are a recent widower, this book can help you. The physical, emotional, and psychological...  Read More >>

Past Mortems: Life and death behind mortuary doors

Past Mortems: Life and death behind mortuary doors

Author: Carla Valentine
ISBN: 9780751565348
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Let Carla Valentine, mortician and curator - the mistress of death and high queen of the specimen jar - tell the...  Read More >>

Widower to Widower: Surviving the End of Your Most Important Relationship

Widower to Widower: Surviving the End of Your Most Important...

Author: Fred Colby
ISBN: 9781732115910
Format: Paperback
$39.57

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Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty...

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
ISBN: 9781538730928
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Offers insight into healthcare practices, identifying the cellular sources of aging and illness and revealing that...  Read More >>

Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life

Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life

Author: Alex Broom
ISBN: 9781138494855
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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The Wave and The Drop: Wisdom Stories about Death and Afterlife

The Wave and The Drop: Wisdom Stories about Death and...

Author: Cindy Spring
ISBN: 9780999698907
Format: Paperback
$39.47

What do you believe will happen at your death and afterward? The great wisdom traditions suggest stories as answers...  Read More >>

Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies

Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People...

Author: Christy Wopat
ISBN: 9781948365086
Format: Hardback
$68.61

Christy's captivating memoir about her hopes, her dreams, her loss, her grief, and ultimately, her healing, is a...  Read More >>

Death and the Afterlife: Biblical Perspectives on Ultimate Questions

Death and the Afterlife: Biblical Perspectives on Ultimate...

Author: Paul R. Williamson ,  D. A. Carson
ISBN: 9780830826452
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Fresh examination of the Bible's teaching on what lies beyond death  Read More >>

Understanding Suicide: Perspectives, Risk Factors and Gender Differences

Understanding Suicide: Perspectives, Risk Factors and...

Author: Patti Terry ,  Ron Price
ISBN: 9781536133905
Format: Paperback
$300.12

The book opens with an examination of suicidality as a complex issue. Suicides may be prevented by addressing the...  Read More >>

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty...

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich ,  Joyce Bean
ISBN: 9781549171932
Format: Audio
$92.40

Barbara Ehrenreich describes how people over prepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. One by one,...  Read More >>

Is This Your First Funeral?: A Child's Primer

Is This Your First Funeral?: A Child's Primer

Author: Jimmy Huston
ISBN: 9781970022346
Format: Paperback
$34.19

A gentle guide through the uncertain moments of a child's first funeral experience. What to expect. How to find...  Read More >>

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty...

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
ISBN: 9781538747117
Format: Hardback
$71.28

Offers insight into healthcare practices, identifying the cellular sources of aging and illness and revealing that...  Read More >>

Death on the Move: Managing Narratives, Silences and Constraints in a Trans-National Perspective

Death on the Move: Managing Narratives, Silences and...

Author: Philip J. Havik ,  José Mapril
ISBN: 9781527507579
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This volume explores the different aspects of the management of death, dying and mortality by migrants in Southern...  Read More >>

Is This Your First Funeral?: A Child's Primer

Is This Your First Funeral?: A Child's Primer

Author: Jimmy Huston
ISBN: 9781970022384
Format: Hardback
$52.67

A gentle guide through the uncertain moments of a child's first funeral experience. What to expect. How to find...  Read More >>

Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in Korea: Ancient to Contemporary Times

Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in Korea: Ancient...

Author: Charlotte Horlyck ,  Michael J. Pettid
ISBN: 9780824876760
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Takes a multidisciplinary approach in an effort to provide a fuller understanding of both historic and contemporary...  Read More >>

Death Anxiety and Religious Belief: An Existential Psychology of Religion

Death Anxiety and Religious Belief: An Existential Psychology...

Author: Jonathan Jong (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Jamin Halberstadt (University of Otago, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781350061606
Format: Paperback
$69.99

There are no atheists in foxholes; or so we hear. The thought that the fear of death motivates religious belief...  Read More >>

Building Continuing Bonds for Grieving and Bereaved Children: A Guide for Counsellors and Practitioners

Building Continuing Bonds for Grieving and Bereaved...

Author: Brenda Mallon
ISBN: 9781785921933
Format: Paperback
$45.99

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Le Suicide

Le Suicide

Author: Gallois-L-C-A-G ,  Gallois-L-C-A-G
ISBN: 9782013340601
Format: Paperback
$43.99

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

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