This vivid psychological account of a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War is based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle.

This vivid psychological account of a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War is based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle.

This vivid psychological account of a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War is based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle.

Product Description: Since 2008, the Morbid Anatomy Library of Brooklyn, New York, has hosted some of the best scholars, artists and writers working along the intersections of the history of anatomy and medicine, death and the macabre, religion and spectacle...read more

Product Description: Reasonable people agree that, other things being equal, it is immoral to fail to fulfill deathbed promises, to maliciously defame the dead, and to mistreat corpses. But philosophical controversy swirls over why such acts are morally wrong...read more

In the style of 'The House That Jack Built,' young readers can follow polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals, and beluga whales as they chase each other in the water around an iceberg when suddenly an Inuit hunter appears.

Product Description: Compares and contrasts the different ways individual human beings cope (or fail to cope) with the curves that the uncaring universe throws at us. This work offers us a chance to share the secrets of the Dead, to celebrate their wisdom, to learn from their mistakes, and to marvel at their bad taste in clothes...read more

Product Description: 7 Lectures, various cities, Nov. 29, 1917–Oct. 16, 1918 (CW 182)“In our reflections on spiritual science, we come across much that we apparently cannot apply directly in our daily life, much that seems far removed from our everyday life...read more

Examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.

The word "liberal" as part of our political vocabulary, comes from Spain. It was first used to describe a group of radical patriots cooped up in Cadiz, refugees from the French invasion of 1808. In 1812 they drew up a constitution enshrining the sovereignty of the people wich struck at the very basis of the old monarchy and became the model for advanced democrats from St Petersburg to Naples. Universal male suffrage was established in Spain in 1890 - earlier than in Britain. The imposition of advanced liberal institutions on a conservative society, both economically and socially backward, inevitably caused tensions; and these, Raymond Carr argues, explain much of Spainsh history. His analysis, incorporating much new research, starts at the "September Revolution"of1868 and goes rught up to the present day. In the 1970s and 80s the country suffered less from the violent social disruption experienced in previous decaces, but - as always - Spain is beset with acute regional problems which become more pressing the longer they remain unsolved. starts at the "September Revolution" of 1868 and goes right up to the present day. This book is intended for students (degree-level) of modern European history and politics.

Although much has been published on the social history of death, this is the first book to give a comprehensive account of attitudes toward the dead--above all the "placing" of the dead, in physical, spiritual and social terms--in order to reveal the social and religious outlook of past societies. The contributions range widely geographically, from Scotland to Transylvania, and address a spectrum of themes: attitudes toward the corpse, patterns of burial, forms of commemoration, the treatment of dead infants, the nature of the afterlife, and ghosts. (view table of contents)

Incredible collection of portraits of the living and the dead by Peter Hujar. Beautifully printed and scarce. Introduction by Susan Sontag