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Final Departures: Weird and Wonderful Ways of Dying Around the World

By (author) Barry Albin Dyer

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Price: R 252.95

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In ""Final Departures, "" Barry Albin Dyer leavers the boundaries of his beloved Bermondsey to take us on a whistle-stop tour of death around the world. In this book, he introduces us to an astonishing variety of attitudes and practices of dyingsome 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.""

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Dispatched in aprox 4-8 weeks as local supplier is out of stock
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton
Published date | 1 Nov 2003
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 256
Dimensions | 236 x 153 x 25mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 363g
ISBN | 978-0-3408-6163-9
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BISAC | social science / death & dying

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