The Big Book of the Dead

The Big Book of the Dead
Author: Marion Winik
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-09-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1640092544

Marion Wink is esteemed for bringing humor and wit to that most unavoidable of subjects: death. At last, Winik's critically acclaimed, cult favorites, Glen Rock Book of the Dead and Baltimore Book of the Dead, have been carefully combined in their proper chronological order, revealing more clearly than ever before the character hidden throughout these stories: Winik herself. Featuring twelve additional vignettes along with a brand–new introduction, The Big Book of the Dead continues Winik's work as an empathetic, witty chronicler of life.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Author: Eva Von Dassow
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2008-06-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780811864893

Reissue of the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani, the most beautiful of the ornately illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered, restored in its original sequences of text and artwork.

The Glen Rock Book of the Dead

The Glen Rock Book of the Dead
Author: Marion Winik
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2010-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 145875751X

In her author's note, Marion Winik writes that in Mexico on the Day of the Dead, people build altars to their loved ones . . . they go to the cemetery and stay all night, praying, singing, drinking, wailing. They tell the sad stories and the nob...

Tijuana Book of the Dead

Tijuana Book of the Dead
Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1619024829

From the author of Pulitzer-nominated The Devil’s Highway and national bestseller The Hummingbird’s Daughter comes an exquisitely composed collection of poetry on life at the border. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Luis Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea explores duality and the concept of blurring borders in a melting pot society.

The Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things

The Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things
Author: Ned Hartley
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 61
Release: 2019-10-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0241376106

Welcome to the Museum of Dead Things. Your expert guides are here to introduce you to the exhibits, from fierce dinosaurs to exploding dead stars. The Big Book of Dead Things is a funny, stylishly-illustrated non-fiction guide to all things dead and gone. The stylish illustrations and engaging animal characters bring a broad range of topics alive, from dinosaurs and prehistoric animals to astronomy and ancient history. Meet Ancient Egyptian mummies and learn their secrets; romp through prehistoric worlds with dinosaurs, and learn all about the death of stars.

Twentieth Century Book of the Dead

Twentieth Century Book of the Dead
Author: Gil Elliot
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1972
Genre: History
ISBN:

The author describes the culture of mass death in the 20th century, from the battlefields of both World Wars to local disasters and organized famines, during which some 110 million have died.

The Modern Book of the Dead

The Modern Book of the Dead
Author: Ptolemy Tompkins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2013-03-19
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1451616538

A modern, all-encompassing exploration of what happens after death combines spirituality with philosophy, history, and science, all of which guide readers toward the timeless truth that human consciousness lives on after death.

The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead
Author: Kgebetli Moele
Publisher: Kwela Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Adultery
ISBN: 9780795702884

An explosive new novel from the author of Room 207

Journey Through the Afterlife

Journey Through the Afterlife
Author: John H. Taylor
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780674057500

With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.