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One person found this helpful. I first read this book as a teen, always fascinated by the macabre (and am still) I found this in my local library. I borrowed it numerous times.

Start by marking The Fireside Book Of Death as Want to Read . A wonderful, macabre wander through the fascinating subject of death

Start by marking The Fireside Book Of Death as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. A wonderful, macabre wander through the fascinating subject of death. Covering the lengths people have gone to to avoid premature burial; fear of posthumous indignity, bodily disintegration, of being forgotten or of an ignominious death. Even more fun than horrible histories. Find a copy if you can.

The Fireside Book of Death: A Macabre Guide to the Ultimate Experience. Modern medicine has made death remote from our everyday experience, yet perhaps for this very reason we remain acutely conscious of our own mortality, and the physical aspects of death still arouse feelings of enormous unease. This is an examination of the secular side of death, consisting of bizarre and irreverent anecdotes and illustrated with grisly images. The author, a psychiatrist, writes with humour and an eye for the off-beat.

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This book chronicles the influence of diseases on individuals, nations and the course of history. Despite the fact that a man's health often dictates his actions, scant reference has been made by historians to the pernicious effects wrought by mad monarchs and syphillitic statesmen throughout history. Parallels are drawn between the human responses to the major epidemics of history, the ravages of the Black Death, the cholera outbreak and AIDS.

Robert Timothy Wilkins (January 16, 1896 – May 26, 1987) was an American country blues guitarist and vocalist, of African-American and Cherokee descent

Robert Timothy Wilkins (January 16, 1896 – May 26, 1987) was an American country blues guitarist and vocalist, of African-American and Cherokee descent. His distinction was his versatility: he could play ragtime, blues, minstrel songs, and gospel music with equal facility. Wilkins was born in Hernando, Mississippi, 21 miles from Memphis, Tennessee.

The first passionate, magical book in a compelling new series from award-winning author Kim Wilkins. Lying in a magic-induced coma, the King of Thyrsland is on the brink of death: if his enemies knew, chaos would reign

The first passionate, magical book in a compelling new series from award-winning author Kim Wilkins. Lying in a magic-induced coma, the King of Thyrsland is on the brink of death: if his enemies knew, chaos would reign.

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