The Portable Obituary : How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died

Michael Largo
Paperback - $24.95

This macabre, funny, off-beat follow-up to "Final Exits" is an authoritative and luridly compelling collection that presents the true circumstances behind the deaths of famous figures from Aeschylus to Elvis. Illustrated.

The Modern Art of Dying : A History of Euthanasia in the U.S.

Shai Joshua Lavi
Hardcover - $101.95

How we die reveals much about how we live. In this provocative book, Shai Lavi traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. L ...

The Modern Art of Dying : A History of Euthanasia in the United States

Shai Joshua Lavi
Paperback - $43.95

"Shai Lavi has enormously deepened the current argument over euthanasia by putting it in a perspective that has seldom entered the discussion, namely, its history. The genealogy of the idea and practices that have turned the art of dying into the tec ...

Compassion in Dying : Stories of Dignity and Choice

Barbara Coombs Lee
Paperback - $21.95

Whether people have a right to control their own death has become a topic of increasing interest to everyone involved - governments that try to impose their will on individuals, advocates on both sides of the question, and those most directly affecte ...

Why Modern Cremation Should Replace Earth Burial

Max Levy
Paperback - $27.95

Like all great & important reforms which aim at the abolishment of a custom as old & revered as the custom is of burying the dead, cremation, as a substitute for inhumation, until a comparatively recent date, did not find many adherents, beyond a sma ...

Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death

John P. Lizza
Hardcover - $90.95

In this riveting and timely work, John P. Lizza presents the first comprehensive analysis of personhood and humanity in the context of defining death. Rejecting the common assumption that human or personal death is simply a biological phenomenon for ...

Transforming or Reforming Capitalism : Towards a Theory of Community Economic Development

John Loxley
Paperback - $49.95

Drawing on several disciplines--including economics, sociology, and political science--this study assesses the state of community economic development (CED) theory. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of drawing theoretical insights from each discipl ...

The Undertaking : Life Studies from the Dismal Trade

Thomas Lynch
Hardcover - $38.95

Like all poets inspired by death, Thomas Lynch is, unlike others, also hired to bury the dead or to cremate them and to tend to their families in a small Michigan town where he serves as funeral director. In this book, Lynch, poet to the dying, names ...

Promoting a Good Death for Cancer Patients of Asian Culture : An Evidence-Based Approach

J. M. Mak
Hardcover - $170.95

Modern Mummies : 20th-Century Wonders and Beyond

Michael Martin
Library Binding - $38.95

- Full-color photographs
- Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index
- Reinforced library binding
- 32 pages, size: 7" x 9"
- Learn about chapter introductions
- Contextual definitions of unfamiliar terms
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