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Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Nathan Clark, a recently deceased schoolteacher, returns in spectral form to observe his own funeral and learns more about his family and friends--in death--than he had ever known while he was alive, but the information he discovers carries dark foreboding and forces him to uncover an ominous secret.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"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, when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Mummies are more than just bodies wrapped in bandages! Learn about some famous mummies and where they were buried. Find out why ancient Egyptians preserved their dead and why becoming a mummy was important to life after death."--From back cover.
26) Jazz
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
/Accelerated Reader/A mysterious voice weaves the story of an African-American door-to-door salesman of beauty products who shoots his young lover, and his wife who tries to disfigure the corpse with a knife in the winter of 1926.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Death is scary—but planning your funeral doesn't have to be! It's Your Funeral! will help demystify death, decrease your anxiety, and put the fun back in funeral, whether that means a drunken bacchanal or a somber reflection on just how great you were. Every stage of the legacy planning process is considered, from a burial outfit to a funeral theme. Practical and cheeky questions alike are answered, including:
• What is the most eco-friendly...
30) Get Low
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
For the past 40 years, Felix Bush has been a hermit, living alone on the outskirts of town. He's the stuff of legend--a frightening eccentric whose secluded home is where little boys test their courage by throwing rocks through the dangerous man's windows. When he hears an old friend has died, he makes a rare visit to town to meet with undertaker Frank Quinn to explain how he wants to "get low." He plans his burial plot, his stone, his farewell sendoff,...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
In this deliciously entertaining slice of Southern life (and death), inveterate hostess Gayden Metcalfe explains everything you need to know to host an authentic Southern funeral, such as: Can you be properly buried without tomato aspic? Who prepares tastier funeral fare, the Episcopal ladies or the Methodist ladies? And what does one do when a family gets three sheets to the wind and eats the entire feast the night before a funeral? Each chapter...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When Gerry, the beloved Williams patriarch, dies suddenly, his grandchildren flock from across the country to the family home in Eulalia, Georgia. But when Gerry’s best friend steps up to the microphone to deliver his eulogy, the funeral turns out unlike anyone expected. The cousins, left reeling and confused, cope with their fresh grief and various private dramas. Delia, recently heartbroken, refuses to shut up about her ex. Her sister Alice,...
35) Eulogy
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
The misadventures of a dysfunctional Rhode Island family when they come together for their family patriarch's funeral.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
"This new video documentary explores the complex psychological, cultural, legal and financial issues surrounding an important new trend: the home funeral movement. A family undertaking profiles several families who have made the decision to forgo the typical mortuary funeral and instead care for their loved ones at home"--Container label.
38) Get low
Pub. Date
2011
Description
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.
Author
Series
Dune novels. Heroes of Dune volume 2
Formats
Description
This tale from Herbert's son and Anderson follows Jessica, the mother of galactic emperor Paul Atreides, as she returns to the desert planet Dune for her son's funeral. Paul's suicide after his mistress's childbed death leaves his sister, the insane and brutal Alia, as regent for his twin children. Alia releases Princess Irulan, Paul's wife and biographer, from house arrest on the condition that she present Paul as a god, even as Bronso of Ix circulates...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"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"--