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41) Death
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The concept of death is evaluated and expressed differently per individual, family, culture, and society. From colorful celebrations like the Day of the Dead to spending a year in mourning, this topic is richly explored here.
45) Body Snatching
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Body snatching is the act of digging up bodies from graveyards. This creepy practice was at its most prevalent in the 1800s.when doctors paid for bodies so that they could learn about human anatomy. Readers will be amazed by bizarre accounts of famous body snatchers and how they were brought to justice.
46) Get low
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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.
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This book supports teens that are dealing with the death of a loved one, whether it is a family member or a close friend. Coping strategies for the early aftermath of the death and for long-term adjustment are included. In addition to using self-help strategies, teens are encouraged to seek out professional help and/or support groups.
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Most of the time we try not to think about death, but the people of the Middle Ages didn't have that luxury. Death was always close at hand, for young and old, rich and poor - even before the horrors of the Black Death, which killed millions in a few short months. However, for the people of the Middle Ages death wasn't an end but a doorway to everlasting life. The Church taught that an eternity spent in heaven or hell was much more important than...
53) Jazz
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In Harlem, 1926, Joe Trace, a door-to-door salesman in his fifties, kills his teenage lover. At the funeral, his wife Violet slashes the dead girl's face and then desperately searches to find why Joe was unfaithful. The profound love story is immersed in the sights and sounds of Black urban life during the Jazz Age.
58) Just so happens
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After years in London, Yumiko returns to Japan for her father's funeral. There, she confronts the rituals she has left behind - and her parents' expectations for her.
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Author Loren D. Estleman has won four Golden Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America, as well as the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Western Novel from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Also a Pulitzer Prize nominee, he pens a dramatic tale set in the early 1900s about a retired undertaker, Richard Connable, and his wife Lucy. In order to save the country from financial disaster, Richard must disguise the suicide of one of the most...