Losing both parents is an indescribable and profound sorrow that reshapes the very fabric of one's existence. The void left by the absence of both pillars of support, guidance, and unconditional lov……続きを見る
Drawing on ethnographic research conducted by an American nurse, Caring in Context is an exploration of how most of the world experiences cancer, and how nurses bear witness and respond to the suffe……続きを見る
**The top ten Sunday Times Bestseller
Heartfelt and honest, A Life Reimagined is an emotional memoir of love, loss and life after tragedy from beloved actress Jill Halfpenny.**
When Jill was four, h……続きを見る
A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive us
Just as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, ……続きを見る
著者:Jim Hewitson
出版社: Black & White Publishing
発売日: 2006年11月15日
In Dead Weird, Jim Hewitson is let loose on the ultimate taboo and finds that death can be fun for all the family, a good day out or the perfect excuse for a booze up or a fight. Executions, grizzly……続きを見る
著者:Roni Grén
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2024年04月22日
This study concentrates on the discourses around animal death in arts and the ways they changed over time.
Chapter topics span from religious symbolism to natural history cabinets, from hunting laws……続きを見る
Literally the last word for Hollywood trivia buffs, a celebrity death certificate is also strangely compelling. Its matter-of-fact reportage makes the famous ordinary, illuminating previously well-l……続きを見る
« Au-delà de la Mort : Vivre Une vie Pleine de Sens » est une œuvre profondément réfléchie et exhaustive qui plonge dans l'essence de l'un des sujets les plus universels et mystérieux de l'humanité ……続きを見る
"Más Allá de la Muerte: Vivir una Vida con Sentido" " es una obra profundamente reflexiva y abarcadora, que se adentra en la esencia de uno de los temas más universales y a la vez enigmáticos de la ……続きを見る
A groundbreaking collection that explores human–animal relations and deaths with depth and hope
When Animals Die is an innovative collection of essays that delves into the intricate and uneasy dynam……続きを見る
Since death is an experience which will inevitably be common to us all, we are often surprisingly uninterested in what services are provided for those people, often the elderly and infirm, who are a……続きを見る
"Wise, vulnerable, and surprisingly relatable . . . funny in all the right places and enormously helpful throughout. It will change how you think about death." ー Rachel Held Evans, New York Times–b……続きを見る
著者:Adam Rosenblatt
出版社: Stanford University Press
発売日: 2024年04月30日
Across the United States, groups of grassroots volunteers gather in overgrown, systemically neglected cemeteries. As they rake, clean headstones, and research silenced histories, they offer care to ……続きを見る
著者:Dean G. Lampros
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2024年03月26日
A spirited look at how funeral homes impacted American consumerism, the built environment, and national identities.
Funeral homesーthose grand, aging mansions repurposed into spaces for embalming, m……続きを見る
Could Living Forever Cause More Harm Than Good?
As scientists uncover the secrets of aging, prolonging life is looking more possible than ever. But does extending our years indefinitely come with to……続きを見る
Addressing a gap in social science research to explore the meanings, understandings, and experiences of time at life’s most critical point, Time of Death takes a thoughtful sociological approach to ……続きを見る
Être Vivant, les deuils, les pertes et les RÉSISTANCES, ne touchent-ils pas tout le monde de près ou de loin ? COMMENT accompagner NOS AÎNÉS et toutes les GÉNÉRATIONS pour accueillir les souffrances……続きを見る
Nei momenti di crisi, come quello che stiamo attraversando, è necessario porsi le domande cruciali del convivere civile, imporci di tornare ai fondamentali. Quando la tenuta stessa della società civ……続きを見る
This book is about the therapeutic environment of the Maggie’s centre and explores the many ways this is achieved. With an unconventional architecture as required by the design brief, combined with ……続きを見る
La visione della morte come fine inappellabile, propria dell’epica, era complementare alla concezione di uomo di Omero e di Esiodo e si mantenne a lungo inalterata nel vissuto del greco arcaico. Nel……続きを見る
Grief is always cunningly disguised in circumstances we hoped never to encounter. It carves out a pathway with a distinct loss – leaving us confused in how to navigate our feelings during such immen……続きを見る
Celebrated radio announcer and 15-year funeral home veteran A.L. Edwards brings an intricate and interesting tell-all memoir to the table that shows how even in death, it's all about the dollars.
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Moving from ALERT to Acceptance: Helping Clinicians Heal from Client Suicide covers suicide assessment and safety planning in measurable and empowering ways that takes away some of the fear of askin……続きを見る
In this illuminating collection of oral-history style interviews, Casey Jarman talks to a funeral industry watchdog about the (often shady) history of the death trade; he hears how songwriter David ……続きを見る
The follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of griefーand life’s other major stressorsーon the hum……続きを見る
A beautiful and intimate exploration of first and last wordsーand the many facets of how language begins and endsーfrom a pioneering language writer.
With our earliest utterances, we announce oursel……続きを見る
Folk Devils and Moral Panics in the COVID-19 Pandemic analyses the phenomena of moral panics surrounding so-called folk devils in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this volume, internationall……続きを見る
Now available in paperback -- Jan Hatanaka's powerful, life-enhancing book on how six people, encountering significant adversity, made a conscious choice to work to build a life of meaning.
Using si……続きを見る