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Funeral Industry Books
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.22 — 108,620 ratings — published 2014
The American Way of Death Revisited (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,637 ratings — published 1963
To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.14 — 21 ratings — published 2010
Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.58 — 113 ratings — published 2003
The Right Way of Death: Restoring the American Funeral Business to Its True Calling (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.64 — 14 ratings — published
Preserved: A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.04 — 27 ratings — published
The American Way of Death (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.97 — 583 ratings — published 1963
Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.14 — 697 ratings — published 2007
Now Departing: A Small-Town Mortician on Death, Life, and the Moments in Between (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.17 — 228 ratings — published 2025
The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.14 — 766 ratings — published 2024
The Future of the Corpse: Changing Ecologies of Death and Disposition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Last Rites: The Evolution of the American Funeral (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.67 — 206 ratings — published
The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.81 — 637 ratings — published 2016
The Golden Bough: A New Abridgement (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.10 — 446 ratings — published
The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.95 — 174 ratings — published 2015
Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.70 — 115 ratings — published 1979
Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.87 — 87 ratings — published 2004
The History of Death: Burial Customs and Funeral Rites, from the Ancient World to Modern Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.78 — 129 ratings — published 2007
All the Living and the Dead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.25 — 12,492 ratings — published 2022
The Law of Human Remains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2015
Cemetery Law: The Common Law of Burying Grounds in the United States (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2015
Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner-City Funeral Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.50 — 935 ratings — published 2013
Ethics in Funeral Service (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 2.79 — 14 ratings — published 1995
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.05 — 15,952 ratings — published 1973
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,788 ratings — published 2014
Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.56 — 449 ratings — published 2015
Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.56 — 514 ratings — published 2011
История смерти. Как мы боремся и принимаем (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.92 — 194 ratings — published
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.30 — 46,683 ratings — published 2017
Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,420 ratings — published 2019
Рождение и смерть похоронной индустрии: от средневековых погостов до цифрового бессмертия (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.36 — 53 ratings — published 2017
The Loved One (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.75 — 13,697 ratings — published 1948
Regulation of the Funeral Services Industry: A Legal Research Guide (Legal Research Guides Volume 74)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Regulatory Review of the Trade Regulation Rule on Funeral Industry Practices (US Federal Trade Comission Regulation) (FTC)2018 Edition
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.31 — 107 ratings — published 1982
The Psychosocial Aspects of Death and Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.67 — 30 ratings — published 1995
Do Funerals Matter? (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.38 — 26 ratings — published 2013
The Harlem Book of the Dead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.35 — 40 ratings — published
The History of American Funeral Directing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published
Inventing the American Way of Death, 1830-1920 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 2.86 — 7 ratings — published 1980
Making an Exit: From the Magnificent to the Macabre---How We Dignify the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.87 — 30 ratings — published 2011
Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.12 — 104 ratings — published 2011
Death in Early America: The History and Folklore of Customs and Superstitions of Early Medicine, Funerals, Burials, and Mourning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.65 — 34 ratings — published 1976
Funeral Festivals in America: Rituals for the Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.62 — 8 ratings — published 2005
The Sacred Remains: American Attitudes Toward Death, 1799-1883 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.98 — 54 ratings — published 1996
A Long Day at the End of the World: A Story of Desecration and Revelation in the Deep South (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.16 — 140 ratings — published 2013
Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,069 ratings — published 2010
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,311 ratings — published 1994
Provolone in the Casket: Memoirs of a Mortician (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 3.80 — 10 ratings — published 2001
Funeral Home Customer Service A-Z: Creating Exceptional Experiences for Today's Families (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as funeral-industry)
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 2001
