Death & Dying
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Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins
$28.95 Add to cartDeath is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. In recent years, there has been an increased interest and advocacy concerning end-of-life and after-death care. An increasing number… [more below]
- Author: Shea, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1978843984
- Language: English
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Making Toast: A Family Story
$15.99 Add to cart“A painfully beautiful memoir….Written with such restraint as to be both heartbreaking and instructive.”
–E. L. Doctorow
A revered, many times honored (George Polk, Peabody, and Emmy Award winner,
- Author: Rosenblatt, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0061825956
- Language: English
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Now Departing: A Small-Town Mortician on Death, Life, and the Moments in Between
$29.00 Add to cartIn this unique and thoughtful collection, a young funeral director–also known as “the internet’s favorite mortician” (CNBC)–explores various aspects of death, offering heartfelt and practical insigh… [more below]
- Author: Sweeney, Victor M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1668062119
- Language: English
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Curious Coffins and Riveting Rituals: Death Practices Around the World
$26.95 Add to cartDiscover the world’s most fascinating death and funeral traditions in this illustrated modern-day memento mori.
Embark on a whirlwind tour of burial, preservation, and memorial practices and landmarks- Author: Liak, Yy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1797230042
- Language: English
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Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys
$30.00 Add to cartAn enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world–part travelogue, part memoir, part “excursions through death,” by the author of Our Share of Night and “queen of… [more below]
- Author: Enriquez, Mariana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0593733517
- Language: English
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Gone Gone
$37.43 Add to cartIn Gone Gone, Todd Meyers reckons with grief in the face of overdose death and with the afterlives of loss created by the opioid crisis. Through conversations with friends, lovers, and family members … [more below]
- Author: Meyers, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1478031646
- Language: English
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Aanjikiing / Changing Worlds: An Anishinaabe Traditional Funeral
$19.95 Add to cartA detailed account of the Ojibwe funeral ceremony as practiced by Lee Obizaan Staples at Lake Lena, Minnesota, on the reservation of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
As a young man, Lee Obizaan Staples
- Author: Staples, Lee Obizaan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1681342790
- Language: English
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Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death
$28.00 Add to cartBased on the popular podcast, Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American culture of death and how we’re remembered.
It’s safe to say everyone thinks about death–whe- Author: Henry, Spencer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0593475283
- Language: English
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Aanjikiing / Changing Worlds: An Anishinaabe Traditional Funeral
$17.99 Add to cartKashmira Sheth’s eloquent verse novel follows an Indian American Sikh boy through a year of change, challenges, and growth
Anoop is many things: a brother, a son, a grandson, a friend, a middle school- Author: Sheth, Kashmira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1682636062
- Language: English
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In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
$27.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death–and what might follow–by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm. For years as an a- Author: Junger, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1668050838
- Language: English
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An Exercise in Uncertainty: A Memoir of Illness and Hope
$28.99 Add to cartIn this thought-provoking memoir, an award-winning journalist explores the chaos, doubt, and search for meaning that come with staying one step ahead of cancer for decades.
“An Exercise in Uncertainty- Author: Gluck, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 593735781
- Language: English
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
$17.99 Add to cart“Utterly fascinating.” –Bill Bryson
“An incredible journey.” –Siddhartha Mukherjee
*WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY*
A groundbreaking explorat
- Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0063113287
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of P?re-Lachaise
$28.95 Read moreFrom the head curator of the most famous cemetery in the world–a moving story about a place where joy, grief, and wild nature converge in unexpected and inspiring ways.
“P?re-Lachaise in Paris, whose- Author: Gallot, Beno?t
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1778401589
- Language: English
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Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words
$32.95 Add to cartA beautiful and intimate exploration of first and last words–and the many facets of how language begins and ends–from a pioneering language writer.
With our earliest utterances, we announce ourselve- Author: Erard, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0262049422
- Language: English
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Better: A Memoir about Wanting to Die
$30.00 Add to cartA gutsy, riveting memoir that intimately explores suicide, its legacy in families, and the cyclical, crooked path of recovery.
Why do so many people want to die–and how do we begin to understand what
- Author: Rebolini, Arianna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0063295326
- Language: English
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Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death & Dying Teach Us about the Mysteries of Life & Living
$18.99 Add to cartTen years after Elisabeth K?ler-Ross’s death: “An inspiring…guide to life, distilled from the experiences of people who face death” (Kirkus Reviews)–the beloved classic now with a new introduction … [more below]
- Author: Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 12 2014
- ISBN10: 1476775532
- Language: English
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Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us
$40.00 Add to cartA macabre, spectacular, and thought-provoking survey of death in life, this book collects the many ways human remains are used in decorative, commemorative, and devotional contexts around the world to
- Author: Koudounaris, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0500252610
- Language: English
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
$25.95 Add to cartFascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Here to Eternity is an immersive global journey that introduce
- Author: Doughty, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0393249891
- Language: English
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Death on Katahdin: And Other Misadventures in Maine’s Baxter State Park
$18.95 Add to cartThis fascinating addition to the North Woods canon looks at the variety of ways people have met their death on Maine’s highest and most remote mountain. It’s all here, from falls, exposure, and cardia… [more below]
- Author: Minetor, Randi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 14 2018
- ISBN10: 1608934179
- Language: English
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The American Way of Death Revisited
$19.00 Add to cartOnly the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an expos? of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When fi… [more below]
- Author: Mitford, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0679771867
- Language: English
