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1	Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial more books like this by Mark Harris add to wishlist The first book ever written about "green" burials follows the fast-moving trend that embraces affordable, personal, eco-friendly alternatives to the highly toxic, mass-produced modern method. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The American way of death revisited more books like this by Professor Jessica Mitford add to wishlist An examination of American burial customs, written by an Englishwoman who resided in California for many years. Mitford finds the funeral industry infested with corruption, price-fixing, and outright fraud, and she writes scathingly of those who profit from it. see all copies from $3.13! new only from $8.80! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade more books like this by Thomas Lynch, M.H add to wishlist The American poet, Thomas Lynch, is also hired to bury the dead, to cremate them and to tend to their families in a small Michigan town where he serves as the funeral director. In the conduct of these duties he has kept his eyes open and his ears tuned to the vernacular sound of love and grief. In these 12 essays is the voice of both witness and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Driving with Dead People more books like this by Monica Holloway add to wishlist Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. With a father who drives his Ford pickup with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more footage of disasters than of his children, Monica is primed to become a morbid child. Yet ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Tethered more books like this by Amy MacKinnon add to wishlist In this darkly atmospheric and tautly written debut novel, a young mortician finds herself entangled in a sordid underworld when she unwittingly links an abused girl to a cold case murder investigation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Murder in the Hearse Degree more books like this by Tim Cockey add to wishlist Now in mass market--the fourth installment in the popular Hearse mystery series featuring that lovable mortician-about-town, Hitchcock Sewell. "An undertaker-detective you'll really dig."--"People." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Hearse You Came in on more books like this by Tim Cockey add to wishlist Hitchcock Sewell - part-owner of Sewell and Sons Funeral Home - is most surprised when Carolyn James arrives at his mortuary and asks to make arrangements for her own funeral service. And as he gets into work the next day she's waiting for him - on a slab. But this is not the same Carolyn James. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Psychosocial Aspects of Death and Dying more books like this by John Canine add to wishlist This book provides an insightful and concise approach to the psychosocial process of death and bereavement. see all copies from $17.58! new only from $54.53! \| SVS
9	Hearse of a Different Color more books like this by Tim Cockey add to wishlist Hitchcock Sewell, scion of a family of high-class undertakers, investigates the murder of a cocktail waitress. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America more books like this by Professor Gary Laderman add to wishlist Continuing his thought from his earlier THE SACRED REMAINS, Laderman examines the cultural and personal implications of the funeral business. REST IN PEACE takes its evidence from three source: Valentino's funeral, Wilder's OUR TOWN, and Disney films. Laderman weaves a history of the business throughout, addressing the effect conglomeration has ... see all copies from $9.94! new only from $16.93!
11	The history of American funeral directing more books like this by Robert Wesley Habenstein, William M. Lamers add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions
12 view cover	Dangerous Undertaking more books like this by Mark de Castrique add to wishlist Barry Clayton leaves the Charlotte police force for the small mountain community of Gainesboro, North Carolina, where his family runs the local funeral home. "Buryin' Barry" reluctantly assumes the mantle of town undertaker, and almost at once it turns deadly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Thanatochemistry: A Survey of General, Organic, and Biochemistry for Funeral Service Professionals more books like this by James M Dorn, Barbara M Hopkins add to wishlist For Chemistry courses in Mortuary Science. Thanatochemistry by Dorn and Hopkins is the only chemistry text produced by a major publisher specifically for mortuary science students. In a comprehensible manner, the authors present the essential facts of chemistry and the chemical aspects of other sciences related to mortuary science. It follows ... see all copies from $29.61! new only from $117.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Undertaker's Wife more books like this by Loren D Estleman add to wishlist The undertaker's wife waits, she weaves, she builds. The undertaker practices the dismal trade with consummate skill. He has raised it to an art through the high craft of the Connable Method. He has transformed the ugliness of death into a thing of dignity and beauty. Victims brutalized by war, street fights, tavern brawls, ambushes, fires, every ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Handbook to Wills, Funerals, and Probate: How to Protect Yourself and Your Survivors more books like this by Theodore E Hughes, David Klein add to wishlist Few people want to think about death and fewer still know how to properly plan for it. As a result many people pass away, leaving their families to deal with confusing financial concerns. "The Handbook to Wills, Funerals, and Probate, Third Edition" simplifies this topic - clearly and concisely explaining wills and how they function, probate and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	Twilight more books like this by William Gay add to wishlist From the acclaimed author of "Provinces of Night" comes a Southern gothic novel about an undertaker who won't let the dead rest. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.55! \| first editions \| SVS
17	American Way of Death more books like this by Professor Jessica Mitford add to wishlist An examination of American burial customs, written by an Englishwoman who resided in California for many years. Mitford finds the funeral industry infested with corruption, price-fixing, and outright fraud, and she writes scathingly of those who profit from it. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Dirt more books like this by Sean Doolittle add to wishlist It's morning in L.A., and professional loafer Quince Bishop can't think of anything more depressing than watching yet another loved one, this time his best friend, being lowered into the ground - until a band of eco-activists crash the ceremony to deliver a lecture on the high cost of dying in America. Quince decides to take on these unwelcome ... see all copies from $7.37! new only from $41.06!
19 view cover	Cremation in America more books like this by Fred Rosen add to wishlist In this captivating review of the history, the practice, and the industry of cremation in America, award-winning former "New York Times" columnist Fred Rosen provides an authoritative source of information and many revealing facts about an increasingly common, yet still controversial, alternative to burial. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	In Mortuary Science and the Funeral Industry more books like this by Nancy Stair add to wishlist see all copies from $9.78! new only from $19.54! \| SVS
21 view cover	Foolish Undertaking more books like this by Mark de Castrique add to wishlist The night before a funeral that will thrust the mountain town of Gainesboro, North Carolina, into the national spotlight, the body is stolen from the embalming room and funeral director Barry Clayton is knocked unconscious. Ouch. How will Clayton & Clayton deal with the relatives of Y'Grok Eban, the Montagnard hero who aided US troops during the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	Mortuary Law more books like this by T Scott Gilligan add to wishlist see all copies from $49.56! new only from $52.50!
23 view cover	Interpersonal Skills Training more books like this by Dr. Alan D Wolfelt, PhD, Woefelt Alan, Alan Woefelt add to wishlist This comprehensive handbook provides a solid foundation in helping skills related to successful funeral service practice. see all copies from $24.00! new only from $38.27!
24 view cover	If You Lived Here more books like this by Dana Sachs add to wishlist When Shelley Marino travels to Vietnam to adopt a child, she is accompanied by her friend, Mai, who finds the land greatly changed from the impoverished country she fled two decades before. This first novel is a tender and exquisitely told story from a powerful new writer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Mortuary Science: A Sourcebook more books like this by John F Szabo add to wishlist Szabo presents a thorough bibliographical examination of the funeral industry and related subjects. Most citations are annotated, with special notes on editions and reprints. see all copies from $21.67! new only from $42.15! \| SVS

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