Death & Dying
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All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life’s Work
$19.00 Add to cartA deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people–morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners–who work in it and what led them there.
We are surrounded b- Author: Campbell, Hayley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250906237
- Language: English
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The Denial of Death
$20.99 Add to cartWinner 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
- Author: Becker, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 08, 1997
- ISBN10: 0684832402
- Language: English
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions about Dead Bodies
$16.99 Add to cartEveryone has questions about death. In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers the most intriguing questions she’s ever received about what happens to o
- Author: Doughty, Caitlin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0393358496
- Language: English
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I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One
$18.99 Add to cartThe most helpful grief book to read when you’re ready to start healing after the loss of a loved one.
Discover the transformative power of healing and hope with this top-rated grief book and compassion
- Author: Noel, Brook
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1402212216
- Language: English
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Augmented: Life and Death as a Cyborg
$24.95 Add to cartA provocative rethinking of the intersection of death, technology, and disability, for a better life.
We are all cyborgs, relying on technology–whether it’s Alexa, a pacemaker, or a titanium knee–fo- Author: Cann, Candi K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0262051117
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of P?re-Lachaise
$17.95 Read moreFrom the head curator of the most famous cemetery in the world–a moving and “enchanting” (Guardian) story about a place where joy, grief, and wild nature converge in unexpected and inspiring ways.
“N- Author: Gallot, Benoît
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1778403905
- Language: English
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Choosing to Die: A Daughter’s Story Of Supporting Her Mother’s End Of Life Through Assisted Death
$21.95 Add to cart“We are quick to talk about the miracle of life when an infant enters this world. I believe the miracle of death carries the same weight and mystery.” — Theresa Evans
As an ICU nurse, Theresa Evans wi… [more below]
- Author: Evans, Theresa E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798993266336
- Language: English
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When a Loved One Is Dying: Conversations about Care, Connection, and Coping
$24.95 Add to cartA compassionate guide to navigating the emotional and practical realities of supporting a loved one at life’s end.
When faced with a loved one’s serious illness, many families find themselves overwhelm
- Author: Groden, Maureen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1421453940
- Language: English
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The Place Between Our Pains: A Memoir of What Joy Can Survive
$29.00 Read moreA poetic, darkly funny memoir of one woman’s trip across the national parks straight into life-threatening illness and the joy that still holds us, no matter how much life hurts.
“Unapologetically raw- Author: Ramsey, K. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 0593727398
- Language: English
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Choosing to Die: A Daughter’s Story Of Supporting Her Mother’s End Of Life Through Assisted Death
$31.95 Add to cart“We are quick to talk about the miracle of life when an infant enters this world. I believe the miracle of death carries the same weight and mystery.” — Theresa Evans
As an ICU nurse, Theresa Evans wi… [more below]
- Author: Evans, Theresa E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798993266305
- Language: English
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The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life’s Final Chapter
$15.99 Add to cart“This book serves the needs of the person sitting by the bedside as much as it does the person who is lying in the bed. In it you will find gentleness and peace in the experience of death.” — Mariann
- Author: Kessler, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0061137596
- Language: English
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Dying to Meet You: Confessions of a Funeral Director
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Mei, Angjolie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1648414389
- Language: English
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The Green Funeral: Honoring the Environment While Beautifying Funeral Practices
$19.99 Add to cartThe care of creation is the responsibility of all Christians.
Join Sequola Dawson in her insightful exploration of death rituals as she examines funerals, memorials, and burial practices, urging us to
- Author: Dawson, Sequola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 9798889834977
- Language: English
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Grief’s Walking Stick: A Personal Journey from Sorrow to Service
$14.99 Add to cartWith profound insight and heartfelt candor, Grief’s Walking Stick takes readers on a transformative journey from death and grief avoidance to embracing these inevitable parts of life. The chronicle of… [more below]
- Author: Garrett, Stephen L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: December 17 2024
- ISBN10: 103831433X
- Language: English
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Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief & Bereavement
$14.95 Add to cartAnthropologist Naomi Westerman was studying death rituals around the world–when her whole family died.
Upon losing those closest to her, Naomi Westerman saw that death was more than just an abstract
- Series: Inklings
- Author: Westerman, Naomi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 191663723X
- Language: English
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Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World
$35.00 Add to cartA riveting history of vampire panics across cultures and down through the millennia–and why killing the dead is better than killing the living
Killing the Dead provides the first in-depth, global acc- Author: Blair, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 069122479X
- Language: English
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Death Doula: Tools & Techniques for End -of-Life Support
$17.95 Add to cartHelp the dying and their loved ones by becoming a death doula.
Have you witnessed someone’s last days and felt completely inept at supporting them as they prepared for the inevitable? Would you like to
- Author: Ruby Hanson, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: June 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798349390173
- Language: English
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The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts of In-Flight Accidents
$17.99 Add to cartReaders join desperate pilots in the cockpit as they fight gravity and time in a plane that’s falling out of the sky.
Anyone who watches the news knows about the “black box.” Officially called the cock
- Author: MacPherson, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0688158927
- Language: English
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Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead
$39.95 Add to cartFrom the author of Gothic, a marvelously illustrated cultural history of graves and graveyards, from the earliest known burial sites to today’s green burials
Why, how, and where do we inter our dead?- Author: Luckhurst, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0691278377
- Language: English
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Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret . . . Before Your Time Runs Out
$19.95 Add to cartWant to make sure you’re not just alive . . . but truly living? Start by contemplating your own death.
Wondering what a life well-lived looks like? Eager to live a life that’s richer, bolder, and more- Author: Salmansohn, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1637747020
- Language: English
