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The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
Paperback - $24.95
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, "The Denial of Death" is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Beck ...
Funerals, Politics, and Memory in Modern France, 1789-1996
Avner Ben-Amos
Hardcover - $569.95
This is a study of the state funerals that were celebrated in France between the French revolution and the death of Francois Mitterand. It investigates the funerals of such prominent figures as Voltaire, Napoleon, Gambetta, Hugo, and de Gaulle, which ...
Death Customs : An Analytical Study of Burial Rites
Effie Bendann
Paperback - $48.95
Miss Bendann's book is what it purports to be: an analytical study of burial rites. With commendable courage, the author launches into a comparative investigation of a type which for some time has been out of fashion. In a historical introduction, th ...
Death-And After?
Annie Wood Besant
Paperback - $21.95
This book will take the reader through a spiritual quest.
Death and the Regeneration of Life
Bloch Parry
Paperback - $92.95
It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon in the light of new information from China, I ...
The Right to Die? : Caring Alternatives to Euthanasia
Mark Blocher
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Journalists have dubbed it the "Death with Dignity" movement -- but what does the Bible say about euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide? Mark Blocher traces the movement's history from the legalization of abortion to the present debate. He present ...
What Is Death?
Etan Boritzer
Hardcover - $24.95
What Is Death? introduces children to the concept of death with examples of customs and beliefs from different religions and cultures. While addressing children's natural curiosity about the subject, the book also challenges them to reflect on the th ...