CK - Death & Dying 3

When grief hits, it’s personal. It can shred your emotions, turn your world upside down, and you may struggle to cope. The sting is with those left behind, and when faced with this extremely persona……続きを見る

Dead bodies. Crying families. Middle of the night calls. These are just a few of the things funeral directors deal with as part of life’s calling. What inspires someone to choose a career in the fun……続きを見る

"Beundringsværdigt er det blevet sagt: Døden! Det er stadigvæk den alene, man må rådspørge om Livet, og ikke en ubestemmelig Fremtid og en eller anden Form for fortsat Liv, hvor vi ikke længer er ti……続きを見る

If you are middle age and beyond, you need to think about the kind of old person you will be because you will be one before you know it. The time to start is now, well before you reach 65 years of a……続きを見る

**'Bold Ventures resembles a pop version of Iain Sinclair's psychogeography or Out of Sheer Rage, Geoff Dyer's anti-biography of DH Lawrence' Olivia Laing, GUARDIAN 'A marvel: a monument to human be……続きを見る

'Utterly gripping' - The Guardian 'Fascinating' - The Sunday Times 'Moving' - Scotsman 'Engrossing' - Financial Times Sue Black confronts death every day. As a Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anth……続きを見る

When a jazz hero dies, rumors, speculation, gossip, and legend can muddle the real cause of death. In this book, Frederick J. Spencer, M.D., conducts an inquest on how jazz greats lived and died pur……続きを見る

Taking a broad interpretation of “supernatural” to include anything beyond nature, Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural examines the liminality of often-overlooked types of supe……続きを見る

God has kept His promise to reawaken the savior. The Messiah Jesus Christ is among mankind to reveal all things that can be known about existence. This book contains a warning about Judgment Day: Go……続きを見る

We all must die, and how society deals with the disposal is fascinating in the way it reflects the beliefs of the people of the time and ways in which they honor or do not honor the dead. Having exc……続きを見る

It’s going to be a summer she’ll never forget. Claire’s little sister Holly has been working on the millionaire’s playground of Martha’s Vineyard, going to barefoot beach parties and flirting with t……続きを見る

First published in 1993, The Media and Disasters looks behind the key scenes in the drama unfolding in the aftermath of the Pan Am 103 explosion: Lockerbie, visited by an estimated 1000 journalists ……続きを見る

“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.”ーMatthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestse……続きを見る

“A fascinating attempt to marry personal experience with academic analysis to help us all reconceive of one option for later-life living.” ーThe Huffington Post When her husband’s ill health forces ……続きを見る

Grave sites not only offer the contemporary viewer the physical markers of those remembered but also a wealth of information about the era in which the cemeteries were created. These markers hold ke……続きを見る

La personne a certes un corps mais elle « est » aussi son corps. Le respect de son corps « donné » jusqu’au bout s’identifie au respect de sa personne. La somme des petits gestes pour alléger ses so……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