Final Departures
2004
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Abridged edition
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Verlag)
9781840325171 (ISBN)
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Verlag)
9781840325171 (ISBN)
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The abridged audio version of the new book from Britain's most remarkable undertaker, Barry Albin Dyer, star of TV's Don't Drop the Coffin, read by the author.
In Final Departures, Barry leaves the boundaries of his beloved Bermondsey to take us on a whistle-stop tour of death around the world. He introduces us to an astonishing variety of attitudes and practices of dying: some gruesome, some bizarre and many quite beautiful and moving. Barry's unique journey takes us from the mummies of ancient Egypt to the techno-funerals of modern-day Korea and into the future, when it will be possible to have your ashes sent into space. He tells of famous deaths that have affected millions, such as those of Elvis and Diana Princess of Wales. And those less well-known but equally unique such as the woman whose body is now stored in a glass coffee table in her husband's living room!
In Final Departures, Barry leaves the boundaries of his beloved Bermondsey to take us on a whistle-stop tour of death around the world. He introduces us to an astonishing variety of attitudes and practices of dying: some gruesome, some bizarre and many quite beautiful and moving. Barry's unique journey takes us from the mummies of ancient Egypt to the techno-funerals of modern-day Korea and into the future, when it will be possible to have your ashes sent into space. He tells of famous deaths that have affected millions, such as those of Elvis and Diana Princess of Wales. And those less well-known but equally unique such as the woman whose body is now stored in a glass coffee table in her husband's living room!
Barry Albin Dyer owns F. A. Albin & Sons in Bermondsey, South London, one of Britain's largest and oldest family firms of funeral directors. He is now one of the UK's best-known undertakers and is consulted on and conducts some of the most high-profile funerals in the country. He is also the sole European agent for Detroit's controversial Cryonics Institute.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.8.2004 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 103 x 139 mm |
| Gewicht | 117 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781840325171 / 9781840325171 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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