Death & Dying
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
$32.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending- Author: Gawande, Atul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0805095152
- Language: English
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On Death and Dying
$28.99 Add to cartOne of the most famous psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of an interdisciplinary seminar on death, originated and conducted by Dr. Elisabeth K bler-Ross…. [more below]
- Series: Scribner Classics
- Author: Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 02 1997
- ISBN10: 0684842238
- Language: English
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Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
$19.00 Add to cartOn bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if y
- Author: Rosenbloom, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1250800161
- Language: English
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The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
$30.00 Add to cart“A rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity.”–Matthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestsell… [more below]
- Author: Prickett, Pamela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593239059
- Language: English
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
$32.50 Add to cart“Utterly fascinating.” –Bill Bryson
“An incredible journey.” –Siddhartha Mukherjee
A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity and mortality–from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist
- Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063113279
- Language: English
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Waiting for the Monsoon
$28.99 Read moreBy the New York Times‘s legendary war correspondent, written while battling terminal brain cancer: a life-affirming memoir of high adventure, deep wisdom, and finding true happiness amid the unlikelie
- Author: Nordland, Rod
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 5, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063096226
- Language: English
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The Afterlife Book: Heaven, Hell, and Life After Death
$22.95 Read moreA profound and fascinating exploration of death and the afterlife! Christian and other religious beliefs, rituals from around the world, quests for immortality, scientists’ conclusions, ghosts, and mo… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Marie D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 6, 2023
- ISBN10: 1578597617
- Language: English
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
$18.00 Add to cartOne of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016
“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing… and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review From the author- Author: Dickey, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 3, 2017
- ISBN10: 1101980206
- Language: English
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ – A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Kat… [more below]
- Author: Fink, Sheri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0307718972
- Language: English
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On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
$18.99 Add to cartA modern classic text on the crucial role of grieving in dealing with loss, by the author who first explored the now famous five stages of grief–On Grief and Grieving is an invaluable blend of Kubler… [more below]
- Author: Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: 12-Aug-14
- ISBN10: 1476775559
- Language: English
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Beyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem & Mourning Photography from the Thanatos Archive
$39.95 Add to cartBeyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem and Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive is a compilation of more than 120 extraordinary and haunting photographs and related ephemera documenting the pract… [more below]
- Author: Mord, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 15 2014
- ISBN10: 086719796X
- Language: English
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Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
$18.00 Add to cartJournalist Greg Melville’s Over My Dead Body is an “astonishing . . . fascinating . . . powerful” (New York Times Book Review) tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and w
- Author: Melville, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1419754866
- Language: English
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My Gift to You
$9.99 Add to cartThinking of losing someone you love can be unbearable. Understandably, it is hard at times and impossible to think that your loved one’s time here with you is ending. Professionally and personally, I
- Author: Bishop, Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1643181270
- Language: English
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
$16.99 Add to cartFascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-grantin
- Author: Doughty, Caitlin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0393356280
- Language: English
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
$16.95 Add to cartArmed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life’s work. She cared for bodies of every color, sh
- Author: Doughty, Caitlin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 28 2015
- ISBN10: 393351904
- Language: English
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Cultivating the Doula Heart: Essentials of Compassionate Care
$10.95 Add to cartPart how-to guide, part hopeful manifesto, Cultivating the Doula Heart provides a clear framework for supporting those facing hardship, grief, and loss. Readers will feel empowered to move from sympat
- Author: Arnoldy, Francesca Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: September 23, 2018
- ISBN10: 1732780609
- Language: English
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
$18.99 Add to cartNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, and Chicago Tribune, now in paperback with a new reading group guide
Medicine has triumphed in modern times,- Author: Gawande, Atul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 05, 2017
- ISBN10: 1250076226
- Language: English
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When Breath Becomes Air
$27.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST – This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attemp… [more below]
- Author: Kalanithi, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 081298840X
- Language: English
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Disconnected from Death: The Evolution of Funerary Customs and the Unmasking of Death in America
$16.00 Add to cartDISCONNECTED FROM DEATH
THE EVOLUTION OF FUNERARY CUSTOMS AND THE UNMAKING OF DEATH IN AMERICA
BY APRIL SLAUGHTER AND TROY TAYLORAmericans have a complicated history with death – that final darkness a
- Author: Taylor, Troy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: June 26, 2018
- ISBN10: 1732407908
- Language: English
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The Weird and the Eerie
$14.95 Add to cartA noted cultural critic unearths the weird, the eerie, and the horrific in 20th-century culture through a wide range of literature, film, and music references–from H.P. Lovecraft and Daphne Du Maurie… [more below]
- Author: Fisher, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 31 2017
- ISBN10: 1910924385
- Language: English
