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Antes de Partir. Em uma pequena cidade no sul dos Estados Unidos, Ema Carter, uma jovem médica de 22 anos, recebe o diagnóstico que muda tudo: um câncer terminal, com no máximo um ano de vida. Em ve……続きを見る

Popular media are powerful mirrors and makers of meaning around suicide. This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologized, politicized and challenged……続きを見る

Two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times: do we have the right to die? Published in conjunction with Intelligence Squared, th……続きを見る

Pese a su corta vida, Robert Hertz (1881-1915), discípulo de Émile Durkheim y Marcel Mauss, ha pasado a la historia como uno de los científicos sociales contemporáneos más relevantes. Este volumen r……続きを見る

From celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find the true meaning in a life. After nearly a decade behind the obituaries ……続きを見る

This volume for the first time examines the intricate and often obscured interplay between death and public relations across historical periods and within contemporary society. Beyond its natural in……続きを見る

From the author of the bestselling, award-winning true crime book "Allegedly" and the acclaimed podcast Sirens. When violence shatters a life, it doesn't just leave behind a crime sceneーit leaves b……続きを見る

The owner of the world's leading disaster management company chronicles the unseen world behind the yellow tape, and explores what it means to be human after a lifetime of caring for the dead. You h……続きを見る

Guide pratique, cet ouvrage explore les étapes sensibles de l’entrée en EHPAD d’une personne âgée, en mettant l’accent sur le rôle clé des aides à domicile dans cette transition. Il aborde les troub……続きを見る

Aos XXIV dias do mês de Augustus, Ano I do Império de Titus. A explosão do vulcão Vesúvio se fez ceifando em torno de vinte mil vidas. Pessoas foram petrificadas e enterradas em meio à lama e cinzas……続きを見る

« Vers la fin de l’été, je me trouvais en proie à un accès de cette mélancolie profonde, qui est comme l’instinct d’un ressentiment secret contre les hommes, le souvenir amer d’un passé vague, et un……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

In the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, death has become an all too familiar feature of the early 2020s. The 21st century has in fact produced a singular historical moment with its unique intersecti……続きを見る

Le présent numéro de la revue Frontières se penche sur le concept et les expériences de la solastalgie en les liant aux changements climatiques et aux inégalités sociales et géographiques subséquent……続きを見る

An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with deathーand what we might learn from them A lively story of death, What to Expect When You’re Dead explores the fascinating ……続きを見る

Os mortos estão todos aqui, em nome de Satã! O inimigo da vida e da verdade abre as portas para as incertezas do futuro de tudo que é vivo, as fileiras de mortos aumentam com rapidez que não permite……続きを見る

Aborto y eutanasia, el libro analiza el discurso experto, constando que más que discursos científicos constituyen discursos morales y políticos que permean las prácticas y las relaciones sanitarias ……続きを見る

Gli ultimi giorni di una persona cara sono difficili da affrontare, per il malato, stremato dal dolore, e per i parenti, stretti attorno a lui, che condividono la sua sofferenza. In quei momenti ci ……続きを見る

La mort constitue l’un des moteurs fondamentaux de production d’images, et ce, dès l’aube de l’histoire humaine (Debray, 1992; Belting, 2004; Pigeaud, 2017). Les images mortuaires ont souvent été ap……続きを見る

"A Christmas Sermon" is an essay written by Robert Louis Stevenson while he convalesced from a lung ailment at Lake Sarnac in the winter of 1887. In the short text he meditates on the questions of d……続きを見る

Blickt man anders auf das durchlebte Zeitalter, wenn der Tod näher rückt? Wird das, was früher wichtig war, unwichtig? Wo hat man geirrt? Was hat man bewirken können – und was ist geblieben? Seit vi……続きを見る

How have you experienced loss and grief during COVID-19? The Pandemic has brought losses, death, and changes to everyday life on a global scale. For many, fears that had previously been the stuff of……続きを見る

Marcado pela pandemia de covid-19 e a invasão russa à Ucrânia, o início da década de 2020 exacerbou as discussões sobre o valor da vida humana. Entre os extremos das correntes de solidariedade e da ……続きを見る

On 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……続きを見る

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND THE PERFECT READ FOR FANS OF UNNATURAL CAUSES What happens to your body after you have died? Fertilizer? Crash Test Dummy? Human Dumpling? Ballistics Practise? Life a……続きを見る

Offering an intimate account of intergenerational grief, Miller Oberman’s new collection of poetry, Impossible Things, explores his experiences as both a transgender child and father. Oberman weaves……続きを見る

This book is the first of its kind to examine key topics in death, dying, and bereavement through a critical lens, highlighting how the understanding and experience of death can vary considerably, b……続きを見る

'Brilliant, unpredictable and endlessly fascinating' IAN MORTIMER 'I love this book' TRACY BORMAN 'Gunn and Gromelski cast a brilliant light into a lost world' SUSAN BRIGDEN A unique new window onto……続きを見る

From the acclaimed author of the “wonderfully funny and openhearted” (NPR) Drinking with Men comes a poignant, wrenching, and ultimately hopeful bookーequal parts memoir and social historyーthat fol……続きを見る

In "Voices from the Prairies: The Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Ranch Women", author Dorothy Louise Beasley brings to life the untold stories and indomitable spirits of the unsung heroines of Ca……続きを見る