Filled with bizarre anecdotes and illustrated with ghoulish images, this most unusual bedside companion records the lengths to which people throughout history have gone to cope with fears of being buried alive, of being defiled after death, of disintegrating in tombs, of being forgotten, and of coming to ignominious ends. **Lightning Print On Demand Title
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The most fun you can (legally) have with the dead!,
This review is from: The Bedside Book of Death (Paperback)
Often hilarious, often tragic, but mostly a quick and "lively" read, this book is a must have for anyone who is interested in a topic that most people shun. This book (which includes chapters on Grave Robbing, , Premature Burial, and Mummification) has a wonderful "English" feel to it (lot's of gallows humor and an Author who treats the subject with the right balance of seriousness and levity). The section on the death of George II is worth the price of the book alone. True, a few myths are taken as historical fact - but many others are dispelled. Ahh Hell, this is just good, clean, morbid FUN.
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Later title: DEATH A History of Man's Obsessions and Fears,
By Poop Snoot's Mom (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Bedside Book of Death (Paperback)
You won't feel "Morbid" reading this book. The writter makes the reader feel very comfortable with this subject. He literally puts the FUN back in Funeral- using humar where appropriate. No stress- Just History and a lot of it!!He begins with being Buried Alive then goes to Body Snatchers,Mummification,Embalming,Cremation,Tomb stones,Suicide and Fears of planning your own funeral. I purchased another copy in case my friends lost one while they read it- it's that good. DON'T MISS THIS BOOK!! After all you can't avoid it.
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Wonderful Read!,
This review is from: The Bedside Book of Death (Paperback)
I could hardly put the book down! It's filled with the most interesting facts about death. I'd recommend it for anyone who is remotely interested in death. It's definitely a book you can read multiple times and still enjoy. I also use it as a reference book sometimes.
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'The unendurable oppression of the lungs - the stifling fumes of the damp earth - the clinging to the death garments - the rigid embrace of the narrow house - the blackness of the absolute Night - the silence like a sea that overwhelms - the unseen but pa Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Westminster Abbey, Mount Edgcumbe, King Charles, Kensal Green, Anatomy Act, Royal College of Surgeons, King George, Oliver Cromwell, Charles O'Brien, Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria, Southwood Smith, United States, Charlie Chaplin, Hannah Beswick, Jeremy Bentham, John Hunter, Middle Ages, Anne of Denmark, Brookwood Cemetery, Bunhill Fields, Charles Dickens, Lady Burton, Oscar Wilde, Queen of Scots New!
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'The unendurable oppression of the lungs - the stifling fumes of the damp earth - the clinging to the death garments - the rigid embrace of the narrow house - the blackness of the absolute Night - the silence like a sea that overwhelms - the unseen but pa Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
premature burial, anatomy school Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Westminster Abbey, Mount Edgcumbe, King Charles, Kensal Green, Anatomy Act, Royal College of Surgeons, King George, Oliver Cromwell, Charles O'Brien, Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria, Southwood Smith, United States, Charlie Chaplin, Hannah Beswick, Jeremy Bentham, John Hunter, Middle Ages, Anne of Denmark, Brookwood Cemetery, Bunhill Fields, Charles Dickens, Lady Burton, Oscar Wilde, Queen of Scots New!
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- American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford on 4 pages
- Thomas Cranmer by Jasper Ridley on page 215, and page 216
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Modern Library Classics) by Laurence Sterne on page 70, and page 190
- Death, Dissection and the Destitute by Ruth Richardson on page 83, and Back Matter
- Funeral Customs by Bertram S. Puckle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A Book of Reasons by John Vernon on page 139
- A Book of Reasons by John Vernon on page 139
- Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear by Jan Bondeson in Back Matter
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