"Camille Sapara Barton is a gift to all of us. ... This is what emergent strategy looks like at the precipice." --adrien......more

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Addressing a gap in social science research to explore the meanings, understandings, and experiences of time at life’s m......more

Thousands, perhaps millions, of people have had near-death experiences (NDEs). Why do so many report uncannily similar e......more

A rare study that transforms our understanding of why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how t......more

An irreverent book of morbid curiosities that leaves no headstone unturned This isn’t your average walk through the grav......more

The thirteenth edition of Death, Society, and Human Experience provides a panoramic overview of the ways that we are tou......more

The thirteenth edition of Death, Society, and Human Experience provides a panoramic overview of the ways that we are tou......more

"This work uses the history of American funeral homes to reimagine the beginnings of our decentralized consumer landscap......more

ACT at the End is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and while it has a grounding in re......more

For those who care for chronically ill children, a new understanding of hope that equips adults to better nurture pediat......more

"Utterly fascinating." --Bill Bryson "An incredible journey." --Siddhartha Mukherjee A groundbreaking exploration of the......more

As a retired death investigator, I have discovered throughout my career that what I once interpreted as normalcy was gro......more

By the New York Times’s legendary war correspondent, written while battling terminal brain cancer: a life-affirming memo......more

Explores the extraordinary states of expanded consciousness that arise during comas, both positive and negative - Examin......more

Contemporary audiences are often shocked to learn that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, medical students aroun......more

An old man learns how to die from a poet facing death For the entire six months that Mark Dowie became friends with Judi......more

An old man learns how to die from a poet facing death For the entire six months that Mark Dowie became friends with Judi......more

This book offers the first systematic study of death in the later novels of Don DeLillo. It focusses on Underworld to Th......more

From the bestselling neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm, comes Henry Marsh’s And Finally, an unflinching and deeply p......more

As the world recently commemorated the hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, our fascinatio......more

Volume 21 (=386 pages) is in honor of James Lovelock (1919-2022). Please note that most of the chapter contributions do ......more

Volume 21 (=386 pages) is in honor of James Lovelock (1919-2022). Please note that most of the chapter contributions do ......more

Grave sites not only offer the contemporary viewer the physical markers of those remembered but also a wealth of informa......more

"Immerse yourself in stories of gods and goddesses of the underworld and explore how themes of death, love, and revenge ......more

This book analyses the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral pr......more

In 2017 Susie Kennaway asked her son Guy to kill her. 88 years old, with an older and infirm husband, Susie wanted to av......more

The groundbreaking contribution made by this unique book draws on the experiences recorded by five people who are facing......more

A heartbreaking grief memoir, One Thousand Days and One Cup of Tea uncovers the process of healing from a personal and p......more

This book offers an in-depth sociological analysis of parent and professional experience of baby loss, examining the rol......more

"Copies of this book should be in every doctor’s office in the country, to educate patients and doctors themselves!" --D......more

A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people--morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, emba......more

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on funerary practice in Poland. An overview of the important fe......more

Innovative and challenging study that provides fresh insights on the anthropology of death and postcolonial politics. In......more

"iHo is a vast, rich work of public-intellectual engagement. . . The values built into this beautifully inquiring play o......more

His routine was the same every day for 38 years: up at 4:15, make a turkey-on-rye, drive the deserted Henry Hudson Parkw......more

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Are we afraid of dying, or are we perhaps much more afraid of the process of dying, afraid of the shame we may feel? Ind......more

A fascinating exploration of the social meaning of digital death From blogs written by terminally ill authors to online ......more

Author Kathy Benjamin accompanies the pioneering women of the Lone Star State’s funeral business. The intimate task of c......more

Radical Mindfulness examines the root causes of injustice, asking why inequalities along the lines of race, class, gende......more

Radical Mindfulness examines the root causes of injustice, asking why inequalities along the lines of race, class, gende......more

Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect ......more

As death comes out of the closet in contemporary society, this book presents the views on heaven and the afterlife of a ......more

As death comes out of the closet in contemporary society, this book presents the views on heaven and the afterlife of a ......more

In Self-Inflicted, Dr. Karl T. Muth advances the argument that suicide should be a choice widely-available, that the opt......more

Digging into a forgotten past - and the dead left behind. San Francisco is famous for not having any cemeteries, but the......more

Digging into a forgotten past - and the dead left behind. San Francisco is famous for not having any cemeteries, but the......more

An accessible yet erudite deep dive into how platforms are remaking experiences of death "A compelling collection of cas......more

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Paul William Schmidt’s stepmother, Mary Lou, intentionally chose to end her life and asked him and his father to stay by......more

This book presents a sensitive account of the challenges faced by adult children when making difficult decisions about c......more

"Falling in love usually happens when you least expect it. But love isn’t the only thing that happens without warning." ......more

The historiography of death, memory, and testamentary practices is already abundant in Western Europe and a fairly large......more

Vibrant Death links philosophy and poetry-based, corpo-affectively grounded knowledge seeking. It offers a radically new......more

This book provides a comprehensive examination of death, dying, and human remains in museums and heritage sites around t......more

This book examines how legal institutions reify the value of death in the twenty-first century....more

This series provides a comprehensive look at the history and development of modern cemeteries around the world. Volumes ......more

A collection of epitaphs from graves in London, Edinburgh, and other cities, compiled by J.B. Robinson. A fascinating gl......more

This insightful examination of death explores its physical, social, and spiritual dimensions. Written by an experienced ......more

This fascinating book offers a unique glimpse into the history and practices of cemetery burial. Collison draws on his e......more

Gain insight into the dying process with Augustus Charles Thompson’s Last Hours. This moving book chronicles the final m......more

Axel Carl J. Gustafson’s The Foundation of Death is a provocative and challenging work that seeks to explore the ways in......more

This volume is a compilation of papers presented at the second international conference of the Association for Graveston......more

In this thought-provoking examination of the practice of personifying death in art and literature, James Cooper asks why......more

This series provides a comprehensive look at the history and development of modern cemeteries around the world. Volumes ......more

This informative guide to cremation covers everything from the history and cultural practices surrounding the practice t......more

This publication by the Association for Gravestone Studies is dedicated to the history, preservation, and study of grave......more

In this forward-thinking work, the author explores the future of burial practices and the rising popularity of cremation......more

This volume is a compilation of papers presented at the second international conference of the Association for Graveston......more

In this thought-provoking examination of the practice of personifying death in art and literature, James Cooper asks why......more

This informative guide to cremation covers everything from the history and cultural practices surrounding the practice t......more

In this forward-thinking work, the author explores the future of burial practices and the rising popularity of cremation......more

In this book, Howard Andrew Millet Henderson argues for the benefits of cremation over traditional burial methods. He di......more

Gain insight into the dying process with Augustus Charles Thompson’s Last Hours. This moving book chronicles the final m......more