Author : Todd W. Van Beck
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 1998-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780838596463
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Written for the funeral service industry by a funeral service professional, this unique book teaches effective methods of interacting with people.
Author : Thomas F. H. Stueve
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 31,67 MB
Release : 2011-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781883031145
11th revised edition of Mortuary Law, published by The Cincinnati Foundation for Mortuary Education. Copyright 2011.
Author : Jean-Nicolas Gannal
Publisher : Litres
Page : pages
File Size : 10,4 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5040853890
Author : Umsea Umsea
Publisher :
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 2018-04-20
Category :
ISBN : 9780997926149
Bank of questions to help funeral service students prepare for the National Board Exam.
Author : National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science
Publisher :
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 39,95 MB
Release : 2016-04-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780692675908
Examination of Various Funeral Services and Ceremonies.
Author : Robert W. Habenstein
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Undertakers and undertaking
ISBN :
Author : Jessica Mitford
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0307809390
Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When first published in 1963, this landmark of investigative journalism became a runaway bestseller and resulted in legislation to protect grieving families from the unscrupulous sales practices of those in "the dismal trade." Just before her death in 1996, Mitford thoroughly revised and updated her classic study. The American Way of Death Revisited confronts new trends, including the success of the profession's lobbyists in Washington, inflated cremation costs, the telemarketing of pay-in-advance graves, and the effects of monopolies in a death-care industry now dominated by multinational corporations. With its hard-nosed consumer activism and a satiric vision out of Evelyn Waugh's novel The Loved One, The American Way of Death Revisited will not fail to inform, delight, and disturb. "Brilliant--hilarious. . . . A must-read for anyone planning to throw a funeral in their lifetime."--New York Post "Witty and penetrating--it speaks the truth."--The Washington Post
Author : Caitlin Doughty
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393249905
A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Doughty chronicles [death] practices with tenderheartedness, a technician’s fascination, and an unsentimental respect for grief.” —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world’s funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry—especially chemical embalming—and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.
Author : Jason Reynolds
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 36,34 MB
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1442459522
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more—and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down—in this “vivid, satisfying, and ultimately upbeat tale of grief, redemption, and grace” (Kirkus Reviews) from the Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award–winning author of When I Was the Greatest. Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died—although she did, and it sucks. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can’t handle the bills (or anything, really) on his own. So while Dad’s snagging bottles of whiskey, Matt’s snagging fifteen bucks an hour. Not bad. But everything else? Not good. Then Matt meets Lovey. Crazy name, and she’s been through more crazy stuff than he can imagine. Yet Lovey never cries. She’s tough. Really tough. Tough in the way Matt wishes he could be. Which is maybe why he’s drawn to her, and definitely why he can’t seem to shake her. Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness—and who can maybe even help take it away.
Author : Ralph L. Klicker
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Embalming
ISBN : 9780964796720
