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 WILFournier, Elizabeth
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 FOUSummary: "It's death, Japanese style, in the rollicking and wistful first feature from maverick writer-director Juzo Itami. In the wake of her lascivious father's sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami's wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her husband (Tsutomu Yamazaki) leave Tokyo and return to their family house to oversee a traditional funeral. Over the course of three days of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FUNColman, 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 COLSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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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 BENGalgut, Damon
Summary: "A modern saga that could only have come from South Africa, written in gorgeous prose by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author Damon Galgut. Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction GalgutSummary: An old man's unexpected death creates hilarious havoc with his family. The traditional three-day undertaking becomes a sly comedy of manners as the younger generation struggles with the complex rituals of the Buddhist ceremony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Home Video 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FUNSummary: An American classic story about friendship heroism and patriotism; Watch a 50 year journey on the lives of four best friends as they reminisce after a funeral of one best friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Patriot Pictures 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STIHall, Brianna.
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 METShea, Therese
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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.75 CAMBak, 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 BAKReynolds, Jason
Summary: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC REYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REYSummary: When Nate is invited to a big family reunion in Missouri, he sees it as an opportunity to reconnect with his estranged wife and growing children. Nate takes delivery on an expensive new SUV, persuades his wife, Dorothy, to tag along, and packs up his three kids for what he thinks will be a leisurely drive from L.A. to St. Louis. However, between his wary wife, arguing kids, angry police...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD JOHLong, 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 NAGSummary: Felix Bush, a Tennessee hermit, is either feared or hated by most of the people that live in the town. One day, he gets the idea to throw one big bash before he kicks the bucket. While he is still alive and kickin' he plans his very own rollicking funeral party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GETCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GSlocum, 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: After his wife dies, a man fulfills her cultural wishes and asks a close friend to travel with him and his wife's body to a traditional burial ground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SILSummary: "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 UNDGriffey, 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