Wilcox, Merrie-Ellen
Summary: "This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers examines the history, beliefs and customs surrounding death in cultures around the world."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.9 WILSummary: Told from the perspective of pioneering Sligo funeral director David McGowan, this documentary unflinchingly draws back the veil on an industry that is rarely spoken of.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "A funeral home director discusses the environmental impact of common burial practices and provides ecologically sound alternatives that minimize the use of chemicals and non-biodegradable materials; also covers the financial and legal aspects of green burial methods"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 FOUBak, Richard
Contents: Eternal thanks -- Here and gone -- Boneyards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393.1 BAKBenjamin, Kathy
Summary: "A practical guide to planning your funeral, including worksheets and guided journal prompts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393.93 BENKelly, Suzanne
Summary: "We once disposed of our dead in earth-friendly ways--no chemicals, biodegradable containers, dust to dust. But over the last 150 years death care has become a toxic, polluting, and alienating industry in the United States. Today, people are slowly waking up to the possibility of more sustainable and less disaffecting death care, reclaiming old practices in new ways, in a new age. Greening...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 KELHerring, Lucinda
Summary: "For all those seeking to reclaim their innate and legal right to care for their own dead, create home funeral vigils, and choose greener after-death care options that are less toxic and more sustainable for the earth More natural after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity to care...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 HERColman, Penny.
Summary: Documents the burial process throughout the centuries and in different cultures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393.09 COLTurner, Brook Sitgraves
Summary: "Celebrations helps families and educators discuss belief systems, ceremonies, and holidays to spread love and understanding for all faiths."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Feminist LLC 2022
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Summary: Crypts, tombs, and mausoleums aren’t just the creepy props of a horror movie; they’re the final resting places of the dead. Many are also beautifully designed monuments. This intriguing examination of some of the world’s most prominent tombs includes the elaborate Taj Mahal, the mysterious Newgrange, the mammoth Great Pyramid, and the star-studded Westminster Abbey. Modern tombs and burial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 393 SHECampbell, Hayley
Summary: "A 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 by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we're so afraid of,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "Describes history of mummies of ancient Egypt"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J932 CAPMetcalfe, Gayden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 395.2 METLong, Thomas G.
Summary: "Two of the most authoritative voices on the funeral industry come together here in one volume to discuss the current state of the funeral. Through their different lenses -- one as a preacher and one as a funeral director -- Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch alternately discuss several challenges facing "the good funeral," including the commercial aspects that have led many to be suspicious of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 LONNagelhout, Ryan
Summary: From organs in jars to modern embalming, this series offers full-color photographs and lots of information about the various processes that have helped preserve the dead for centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 393 NAGMumm, Susan M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Personal Growth Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.093 MUMTreuer, Anton
Summary: Today's Ojibwe people have maintained a dazzling array of deep, beautiful, adaptive ways of connecting to the spiritual, natural, and human beings around them. Variations in Ojibwe cultural practices are, of course, as diverse as their homelands, which stretch across the Great Lakes, Canadian shield, pine forests, and prairie potholes of four US states and three Canadian provinces. And Ojibwe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.897 TRESlocum, Joshua.
Summary: Discusses the flaws and corruption in the funeral and burial industry in the United States, from exorbitant funeral costs to black market sales of body parts, and provides legal guidelines to burial rights and trends in legal reform.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Upper Access 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.7304 SLOSummary: "Thomas Lynch, 58, is a writer and a poet. He's also a funeral director in a small town in central Michigan where he and his family have cared for the dead -- and the living -- for three generations. For the first time, Lynch agreed to allow cameras inside Lynch & Sons, giving FRONTLINE producers Miri Navasky and Karen O'Connor rare, behind-the-scenes access -- from funeral arrangements to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV UNDSagan, Sasha (Alexandra Rachel Druyan)
Summary: "Part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, For Small Creatures Such as We is the first book from the daughter of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan--a luminous exploration of all Earth's marvels that require no faith in order to be believed"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAGAN, SASHA SAGGriffey, Harriet.
Summary: Discusses the Egyptian preservation of dead bodies, stories associated with mummies, and mummies from different cultures, including Incan and Sicilian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around GriffeyIsaacs, Florence
Summary: "Everything you ever wanted to know about funeral etiquette but were afraid to ask. When is attending a funeral or memorial service 'a must,' and when is it optional? Can a eulogy be funny? Can I scatter my brother's ashes in the backyard? Should I place a death notice or an obituary? What's the difference? These are all questions that Florence Isaacs has been asked as a blogger for Legacy.com,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 395.2 ISAJones, Constance
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393 JONLacey, Robert
Summary: Starring Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, Netflix's original series The Crown, created by Peter Morgan and growing out of his Oscar-winning movie The Queen starring Helen Mirren, paints a unique and intimate portrait of Britain's longest-reigning monarch. This official companion to the show's first season is an in-depth exploration of the early years of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2017