We are pleased to offer links to the following books. Each book distinguishes itself by providing information on topics like planning a memorial service, coping with the death of a loved one, or an insider's view of the funeral industry. We believe that anyone planning a funeral will find them to be a valuable resource. All of the books below can be found at amazon.com.

On this page you can review books on the following topics:

Planning a Funeral
Cremation
Traditional and Non-Traditional Funerals
Consumer Information
Death Issues
Issues for Children

 

Planning a Funeral

All Together Now; Records, Instructions and Wishes for Those You Love
Elaine Todd (Creator), Alan D. Schultz

At Journey's End: The Complete Guide to Funerals and Funeral Planning
Abdullah Fatteh, Naaz Fatteh

Before It's Too Late - Don't Leave Your Loved Ones Unprepared
Emily J. Oishi, Sue L Thompson

Be Your Own Undertaker
A. R. Bowman

Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love
Lisa Carlson

Creating Your Own Funeral Or Memorial Service: A Workbook
Stephanie West Allen

Final Celebrations: A Guide for Personal and Family Funeral Planning
Kathleen Sublette

The Funeral Arrangement Choice Guide: Helping You Cope With a Loved One's Death
D. Allen Polen, Jr.

The High Cost of Dying: A Guide to Funeral Planning
Gregory W. Young

In Memorium: A Practical Guide to Planning a Memorial Service
Amanda Bennett and Terence B. Foley

Last Wishes: A Handbook to Guide Your Survivors
Lucinda Page Knox, Michael D. Knox (Contributor), Art Ulene

Remembrances and Celebrations: A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs
Jill Werman Harris

What About the Kids? Understanding Their Needs in Funeral Planning and Services
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children

Your Living Legacy - A Personal Journal of Remembrances to Guide Loved Ones
Susan Fielder Mears

 

Cremation

Cremation Concerns
William E. Phipps

Cremation: Is It Christian?
James W. Fraser

 

Traditional and Non-Traditional Funerals

Console One Another: A Guide for Christian Funerals
Terence P. Curley

Facing Death Together: Parish Funerals
Margaret Bayard Smith

Funerals, a Guide

Funerals Without God: A Practical Guide to Non-Religious Funerals
Jane Wynne Willson

Leading Today's Funerals: A Pastoral Guide for Improving Bereavement Ministry
Dan S. Lloyd, Daniel Scott Lloyd

Minister's Manual for Funerals
Al Cadenhead

Order of Christian Funerals; Including Appendix 2: Cremation
Bishop Committee

Rejoice When You Die: The New Orleans Jazz Funerals
Leo Touchet (Photographer), Vernel Bagneris, Ellis Marsalis (Introduction)

The Rituals Resource Book: Alternative Weddings, Funerals, Holidays & Other Rites of Passage
Susan M. Mumm

Sermon Outlines for Funerals
Sermon Outlines for Funerals 2

C. W. Keiningham

A Time to Die: A Handbook for Funeral Sermons : Includes Sample Sermons for Difficult Funerals
Kent D. Richmond

Your Guide to a Catholic Funeral

 

Consumer Information

The Affordable Funeral: Going in Style, Not in Debt
Roe E. Markin

The American Way of Death Revisited
Jessica Mitford

The Death Care Industries in the United States
Ronald G. E. Smith

The Funeral Homes Industry

Profits of Death: An Insider Exposes the Death Care Industries
Darryl J. Roberts

 

Death Issues

Dealing Creatively With Death: A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial
Ernest Morgan, Jenifer Morgan (Editor), Marek Lugowshi

Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies?
Kenneth V. Iserson, David Vandenberg (Illustrator)

Good Grief: Making Sense of Death, Dying & Funerals
Mark H. Shearon

How to Embalm Your Mother-In-Law or All You Ever Wanted to Know About What Happens Between Your Last Breath and the First Spadeful
Robert T. Hatch

Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live
Marie De Hennezel, Carol Brown Janeway (Translator), Marie De Hennezel, Carol Brown Janeway (Translator)

On Death and Dying
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Md.

R.I.P: The Complete Book of Death and Dying
Constance Jones

The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Thomas Lynch

To Comfort and to Honor : A Guide to Personalizing Rituals for the Passing of a Loved One
Jeanne Daly McIntee

When Parents Die: A Guide for Adults
Edward Myers

 

Issues for Children

Animal Crackers: A Tender Book About Death and Funerals and Love
Bridget Marshall, Ron Boldt (Illustrator)

Heaven's Not a Crying Place: Teaching Your Child About Funerals, Death, and the Life Beyond
Joey O'Connor

Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies
Theresa Huntley

Helping Children Cope With the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups
William C. Kroen, Pamela Espeland (Editor)

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
Bryan Mellonie, Robert R. Ingpen (Contributor)

On Children and Death: How Children and Their Parents Can and Do Cope With Death
Elisabeth M.D. Kubler-Ross

Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Children
Doris Stickney

What About the Kids? Understanding Their Needs in Funeral Planning and Services
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children

What's Heaven?
Maria Shriver, Sandra Speidel (Illustrator)

 

 

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Morehead City, NC 28557
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