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“tom jokinen”

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  • Curtains

    Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training

    by Tom Jokinen ...
    **If Bill Bryson were to join a Winnipeg funeral home as an apprentice, and if he searched for the meaning of life and death while he was at it, you'd have Curtains - enlightening, full of life in the midst of death, and very funny."There's a time, from when someone dies to when they magically pop up at the funeral or as a bag of ashes, that remains a black hole, invisible to civilians, and they ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Cemetery Stories

    Haunted Graveyards, Embalming Secrets, and the Life of a Corpse After Death

    by Katherine Ramsland ...
    An insider's tour of cemetery culture—from embalming to epitaphs, restless ghosts, crimes against the dead, and more.Admit it: You're fascinated by cemeteries. We all die, and for most of us, a cemetery is our final resting place. But how many people really know what goes on inside, around, and beyond them? Enter the world of the dead as author Katherine Ramsland talks to mortuary assistants, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mortician Diaries

    The Dead-Honest Truth from a Life Spent with Death

    by June Knights Nadle ...
    After 50 years in the funeral business 80-year-old grandmother-undertaker June Knights Nadle has seen it all at least all of what goes on before during and after lifes ultimate challenge. In Mortician Diaries she combines equal doses of charm humanity humor and reality to tell it like it is on this taboo subject. A kind of Prairie Home Companion set in a mortuary the book features memorable ... Read more

    $13.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mortuary Confidential:

    by Todd Harra, Kenneth McKenzie ...
    From scary to heartwarming and hilarious, an assortment of behind-the-scenes, true stories about life as an undertaker.From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell—and a special way of telling them.In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, ... Read more

    $10.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Funerals to Die For

    The Craziest, Creepiest, and Most Bizarre Funeral Traditions and Practices Ever

    by Kathy Benjamin ...
    True stories that put the, er, "fun" back into funerals!The hereafter may still be part of the great unknown, but with Funerals to Die For you can unearth the rich--and often, dark--history of funeral rites. From getting a portrait painted with a loved one's ashes to purchasing a safety coffin complete with bells and breathing tubes, this book takes you on a whirlwind tour of funeral customs and ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Blood On The Table

    The Greatest Cases of New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

    by Colin Evans ...
    For almost a century, New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has presided over the dead. Over the years, the OCME has endured everything-political upheavals, ghastly murders, bloody gang wars, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and non-stop battles for power and influence-and remains the final authority in cases of sudden, unexplained, or violent death.Founded in 1918, the OCME has evolved ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The American Way of Death Revisited

    by Jessica Mitford ...
    Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When first published in 1963, this landmark of investigative journalism became a runaway bestseller and resulted in legislation to protect grieving families from the unscrupulous sales practices of those in ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Working Stiff

    Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

    by Judy Melinek, MD, T.J. Mitchell ...
    “Fun…and full of smart science. Fans of CSI—the real kind—will want to read it” (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being.Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    And Other Lessons from the Crematory

    by Caitlin Doughty ...
    In this "morbid and illuminating" (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller that launched the death positive movement, a young mortician goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life’s work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, ... Read more

    $17.49 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Royals

    by Kitty Kelley ...
    The #1 New York Times bestselling, controversial portrait of the British royal family -- as told from behind the palace walls -- for fans of Netflix's The Crown and all royal watchersThey are the most chronicled family on the face of the globe. Their every move attracts headlines. Now Kitty Kelley has gone behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace to raise the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Stiff

    The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

    by Mary Roach ...
    A New York Times science bestseller from "America's funniest science writer" ( Washington Post ), this "quirky, funny read offers perspective and insight about life, death and the medical profession" ( Wall Street Journal ). With a New Epilogue by the Author."Delightful—though never disrespectful" ( Time Out New York), science ... ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Heads in Beds

    A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality

    by Jacob Tomsky ...
    **In the tradition of Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant, a rollicking, eye-opening, fantastically indiscreet memoir of a life spent (and misspent) in the hotel industry.“Highly amusing."—New York Times**Jacob Tomsky never intended to go into the hotel business. As a new college graduate, armed only with a philosophy degree and a singular lack of career direction, he became a valet parker for a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook