Campbell, 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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Place a hold to request this item.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 WILLong, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Galen Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.9 ISEDoughty, Caitlin.
Summary: Fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for their dead. In rural Indonesia, she observes a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body. Grandpa's mummy has lived in the family home for two years, where the family has maintained a warm and respectful relationship. She meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette-...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 393 DOUPrice, Steven D.
Contents: The death -- The funeral home -- The service -- Grief counseling and therapy -- Housekeeping -- Probate: an overview -- The probate process -- Estate planning -- Appendixes : A checklist -- Funeral practices -- A sample basic will -- Small estate affidavit -- The primary provision of a Living trust -- A bouquet of quotations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014