Last Rites: The Evolution of the American Funeral
By: Todd Harra
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Untold Story of American Funeral and Mourning Traditions Why do we embalm the deceased? Why ar…
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1. Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid
By: Todd Harra , Ken McKenzie
3.54
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- death
2. Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-deliverance & Assisted Suicide for the Dying
By: Derek Humphry
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
As the legal controversy continues--this newly revised and updated third edition of the landmark be… read more
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- death
3. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
By: Deborah Blum
3.60
Format: 212 pages,
Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very… read more
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4. Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
By: Gregg Olsen
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, came to a sanitorium in the fore… read more
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5. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
By: Caitlin Doughty
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Doughty chronicles [death] practices with ten… read more
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- history
- death
- nonfiction
- adult
- sociology
- audiobook
"My next drone folk album will be called "The Cremation Reforms of Octavius B. Frothingham"."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
"What dignity translates to, more often than not, is silence, a forced poise, a rigid formality."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
"All that surrounds us comes from death, every part of every city, and every part of every person."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
"In death, corpses don't hold themselves together. They no longer have to play by the living's rules."-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
6. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
By: Erika Engelhaupt
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more
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- history
- death
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
7. The Best American Short Stories 2022
By: Andrew Sean Greer
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer … read more
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- adult
- audiobook
8. All the Living and the Dead
By: Hayley Campbell
4.25
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more
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- death
- nonfiction
- adult
- sociology
- audiobook
"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead
9. The Facemaker
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
4.29
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more
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- history
- audiobook
10. I've Seen Dead People: Diary of a Deputy Coroner
By: Donna Francart
3.37
Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition
DEATH, FEAR, LOVE, EMOTIONS, SPIRITS Step inside the mind of Donna Francart, a former deputy corone… read more
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- death
11. Small Town Horror
By: Ronald Malfi
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more
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- adult
- audiobook
12. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- american history
- history
- death
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
13. Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life
By: Kate Marshall
3.94
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each … read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- death
14. Eyeliner: A Cultural History
By: Zahra Hankir
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersecti… read more
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- history
- sociology
- audiobook
15. She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women
By: Jennifer Wright
3.61
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleas… read more
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- adult
- history
- audiobook
16. One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America
By: Gene Weingarten
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, li… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Life is essentially a fatal disease of indeterminate duration."-Gene Weingarten, One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America
17. Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
By: Kate Clancy
3.97
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Men… read more
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- history
- audiobook
18. Last Rites: The Evolution of the American Funeral
By: Todd Harra
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Untold Story of American Funeral and Mourning Traditions Why do we embalm the deceased? Why ar… read more
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- sociology
- audiobook
19. Obitchuary: The Big Hot Book of Death
By: Spencer Henry
3.74
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Based on the popular podcast, The Big Hot Book of Death is a smart, funny look at the American cul… read more
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- death
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