Being Dead

Author : Jim Crace
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429980159

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Being Dead by Jim Crace Pdf

A haunting new novel about love, death, and the afterlife, from the author of Quarantine Baritone Bay, mid-afternoon. A couple, naked, married almost thirty years, are lying murdered in the dunes. "Their bodies had expired, but anyone could tell--just look at them--that Joseph and Celice were still devoted. For while his hand was touching her, curved round her shin, the couple seemed to have achieved that peace the world denies, a period of grace, defying even murder. Anyone who found them there, so wickedly disfigured, would nevertheless be bound to see that something of their love had survived the death of cells. The corpses were surrendered to the weather and the earth, but they were still a man and wife, quietly resting; flesh on flesh; dead, but not departed yet."

Author : Vivian Vande Velde
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780547351650

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Being Dead by Vivian Vande Velde Pdf

A sixteen-year-old will give anything to be with her true love—even though he died two hundred years ago. . . . A sopping-wet little dead girl stalks a teen who had nothing to do with her death—honest! . . . A heartless man dances with his wife—after she's passed away. From the hilarious to the horrific, master storyteller Vivian Vande Velde explores the world of the dead—and the undead—in this surprisingly moving collection of unnerving tales.

Author : Heather B. Armstrong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501197062

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The Valedictorian of Being Dead by Heather B. Armstrong Pdf

From New York Times bestselling author and blogger Heather B. Armstrong comes an honest and irreverent memoir—reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire—about her experience as the third person ever to participate in an experimental treatment for depression involving ten rounds of a chemically induced coma approximating brain death. For years, Heather B. Armstrong has alluded to her struggle with depression on her website, dooce. It’s scattered throughout her archive, where it weaves its way through posts about pop culture, music, and motherhood. In 2016, Heather found herself in the depths of a depression she just couldn’t shake, an episode darker and longer than anything she had previously experienced. She had never felt so discouraged by the thought of waking up in the morning, and it threatened to destroy her life. For the sake of herself and her family, Heather decided to risk it all by participating in an experimental clinical trial. Now, for the first time, Heather recalls the torturous eighteen months of suicidal depression she endured and the month-long experimental study in which doctors used propofol anesthesia to quiet all brain activity for a full fifteen minutes before bringing her back from a flatline. Ten times. The experience wasn’t easy. Not for Heather or her family. But a switch was flipped, and Heather hasn’t experienced a single moment of suicidal depression since. “Breathtakingly honest” (Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author), self-deprecating, and scientifically fascinating, The Valedictorian of Being Dead brings to light a groundbreaking new treatment for depression. The Valedictorian of Being Dead was previously published with the subtitle “The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live.”

Author : Emily Austin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 9781982167356

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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin Pdf

"Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she's there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace. In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace's old friend. She can't bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can't bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace's death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence."--Amazon.

Author : Gayden Metcalfe,Charlotte Hays
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781401305741

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Being Dead Is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe,Charlotte Hays Pdf

A hilarious guide to the intricate rituals, customs, and etiquette surrounding death in the South-and a practical collection of recipes for the final send-off. As author Gayden Metcalfe asserts, people in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belonging to it. Down south, they don't forget you when you've up and died-they may even like you better and visit you more often! But just as there is an appropriate way to live your life in the South, there is an equally essentially tasteful way of departing it-and the funeral is the final social event of your existence so it must be handled flawlessly. Metcalfe portrays this slice of American culture from the manners, customs, and the tomato aspic with mayonnaise that characterize the Delta way of death. Southerners love to swap tales, and Gayden Metcalfe, native of Greenville, MS, founder of the Greenville Arts Council and chairman of the St. James Episcopal Church Bazaar, is steeped in the stories and traditions of this rich region. She reminisces about the prominent family that drank too much and got the munchies the night before the big event-and left not a crumb for the funeral (Naturally some early rising, quick-witted ladies from the church saved the day, so the story demonstrates some solutions to potential entertaining disasters!). Then there was the lady who allocated money to have "Home on the Range" sung at the service, and the family that insisted on a portrait of their mother in her casket, only to refuse to pay for it on the grounds that "Mama looks so sad." Each chapter ends with an authentic southern recipe that will come in handy if you "plan to die tastefully", including Boiled Bourbon Custard; Aunt Hebe's Coconut Cake; Pickled Shrimp; Homemade Mayonnaise; and Homemade Rolls.

Author : Stephen Clayton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : England, Northern
ISBN : 0955336740

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The Art of Being Dead by Stephen Clayton Pdf

Author : Anne Allison
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478024415

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Being Dead Otherwise by Anne Allison Pdf

With an aging population, declining marriage and childbirth rates, and a rise in single households, more Japanese are living and dying alone. Many dead are no longer buried in traditional ancestral graves where descendants would tend their spirits, and individuals are increasingly taking on mortuary preparation for themselves. In Being Dead Otherwise Anne Allison examines the emergence of new death practices in Japan as the old customs of mortuary care are coming undone. She outlines the proliferation of new industries, services, initiatives, and businesses that offer alternative means---ranging from automated graves, collective grave sites, and crematoria to one-stop mortuary complexes and robotic priests---for tending to the dead. These new burial and ritual practices provide alternatives to long-standing traditions of burial and commemoration of the dead. In charting this shifting ecology of death, Allison outlines the potential of these solutions to radically reorient sociality in Japan in ways that will impact how we think about the end of life, identity, tradition, and culture in Japan and beyond.

Author : C G Hanley
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781467894333

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Not Being Dead by C G Hanley Pdf

Real life is untidy: disparate elements collide where they are least expected. What happens when these elements are sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, art and crime? This existential tragicomedy throws up the results.

Author : Gayden Metcalfe,Charlotte Hays
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781401305741

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Being Dead Is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe,Charlotte Hays Pdf

Folks in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belonging to it. Down South, they don't forget you when you've up and died--in fact, they visit you more often. But there are quintessential rules and rituals for kicking the bucket tastefully. Having a flawless funeral is one of them. In this deliciously entertaining slice of Southern life (and death), inveterate hostess Gayden Metcalfe explains everything you need to know to host an authentic Southern funeral. Can you be properly buried without tomato aspic? Who prepares tastier funeral fare, the Episcopal ladies or the Methodist ladies? And what does one do when a family gets three sheets to the wind and eats the entire feast the night before a funeral? Each chapter includes a delicious, tried-and-true Southern recipe, critical if you plan to die tastefully any time soon. Pickled Shrimp, Aunt Hebe's Coconut Cake, and the ubiquitous Bing Cherry Salad with Coca-Cola are among the many dishes guaranteed to make the next funeral the most satisfying one yet. Even if you've never been south of Rochester, this book will charm, it will entertain, and it will give you all the ingredients required for the perfect Southern send-off.

Author : Kim Powers
Publisher : Blair
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1949467856

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Rules for Being Dead by Kim Powers Pdf

"Kim Powers's haunting and spellbinding novel Rules for Being Dead reads like an intoxicating blend of the best of Shirley Jackson, Alice Sebold and Fannie Flagg." --STARRED Review, Shelf Awareness It's the late 1960s in McKinney, Texas. At the downtown theater and the local drive-in, movies--James Bond, My Fair Lady, Alfie, and Dr. Zhivago--feed the dreams and obsessions of a ten-year-old Clarke who loves Audrey, Elvis, his family, and the handsome boy in the projector booth. Then Clarke loses his beloved mother, and no one will tell him how she died. No one will tell her either. She is floating above the trees and movie screens of McKinney, trapped between life and death, searching for a glimpse of her final moments on this earth. Clarke must find the shattering truth, which haunts this darkly humorous and incredibly moving novel.

Author : Marcus Chown
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780571246199

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The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead by Marcus Chown Pdf

Marcus Chown's highly accessible exploration of reality, the nature of the universe, and the place of life within it. Starting with the questions being asked by the world's most daring and imaginative scientists, he takes us to the frontier of science and reveals that the mysteries being examined there are those that matter most to all of us: could we live for ever? where did we come from? and what the hell are we doing here?

Author : John William Richards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590838941

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'He, being dead, yet speaketh', a sermon on the burial of J. Keble by John William Richards Pdf

Author : William King Tweedie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022168191

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''He Being Dead Yet Speaketh''. A Sermon, Preached in the Territorial Church, West Port, Edinburgh, on June 6, 1847, Being the Sabbath Immediately Following the Death of Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D., .. 2nd Ed by William King Tweedie Pdf

Author : John NORTON (of Boston, Mass.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019207609

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Abel being dead yet speaketh; or, the life and death of ... John Cotton, late Teacher of the Church of Christ, at Boston in New England by John NORTON (of Boston, Mass.) Pdf

Author : Stanley Weiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1633310124

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Being Dead Is Bad for Business by Stanley Weiss Pdf

Stanley Weiss chronicles his interesting life in this memoir.