A Plain Pine Box

A Plain Pine Box
Author: Arnold M. Goodman
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780881257878

Grave Matters

Grave Matters
Author: Mark Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2007-01-16
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0743299280

By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling. Grave Matters follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor. Eschewing chemical embalming and fancy caskets, elaborate and costly funerals, they have embraced a range of natural options, new and old, that are redefining a better American way of death. Environmental journalist Mark Harris examines this new green burial underground, leading you into natural cemeteries and domestic graveyards, taking you aboard boats from which ashes and memorial "reef balls" are cast into the sea. He follows a family that conducts a home funeral, one that delivers a loved one to the crematory, and another that hires a carpenter to build a pine coffin. In the morbidly fascinating tradition of Stiff, Grave Matters details the embalming process and the environmental aftermath of the standard funeral. Harris also traces the history of burial in America, from frontier cemeteries to the billion-dollar business it is today, reporting on real families who opted for more simple, natural returns. For readers who want to follow the examples of these families and, literally, give back from the grave, appendices detail everything you need to know, from exact costs and laws to natural burial providers and their contact information.

The Best Boy in the United States Of America

The Best Boy in the United States Of America
Author: Dr. Ron Wolfson
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1580238440

Powerful life lessons in a funny and moving portrait of family, community and spiritual discovery in America. Hilarious and heartfelt, Ron Wolfson's inspiring memoir is filled with stories of growing up in a warm family, encountering colorful characters like the merchants of Omaha and the famous Warren Buffett, navigating adolescence and learning never to underestimate his mother. With easygoing Midwestern humor and profound poignancy, Ron's "true stories" of family and community in the United States of America will resonate with anyone seeking to shape stronger families, create compelling communities and live their best life, a life of joy and laughter, meaning and purpose, and, yes, blessings and kisses. "I am the best boy in the United States of America. That’s what my grandfather―my 'Zaydie’―called me from the time I was a little child in Omaha, Nebraska. I know it’s true because this is a true story. All my stories are true.... “Zaydie loved three things: his family, his business, and his adopted country―the United States of America. I never, ever heard Zaydie say 'the United States.’ It was always ‘da United States of America,’ in his thick Russian accent.... For Louie Paperny, each one of his nine grandchildren was the best boy or the best girl in the United States of America. We believed him. I believed him. And in a certain way, I’ve lived the rest of my life trying to be that best boy." ―from Chapter 1

A Meeting of Minds

A Meeting of Minds
Author: Judith Skelton Grant
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 789
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1442650206

Written by Judith Skelton Grant, A Meeting of Minds is the definitive account of Massey College s first fifty years, its many traditions, and the hundreds of fellows who have passed through its halls."

A Plain Scandal

A Plain Scandal
Author: Amanda Flower
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1433676982

A young computer specialist new to the quiet Amish community of Appleseed Creek is shocked when an outbreak of crimes against these pious people soon escalates to murder

Votes & Proceedings

Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1194
Release: 1886
Genre: New South Wales
ISBN: