Morticians Books

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as morticians)
avg rating 4.21 — 110,017 ratings — published 2014
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Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill the Dirt Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill the Dirt (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as morticians)
avg rating 3.73 — 3,434 ratings — published 2018
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The House on Half Moon Street (Leo Stanhope, #1) The House on Half Moon Street (Leo Stanhope, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,084 ratings — published 2018
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Reborn Yesterday (Phenomenal Fate, #1) Reborn Yesterday (Phenomenal Fate, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.57 — 7,730 ratings — published 2020
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Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.76 — 159 ratings — published 1996
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Good Mourning Good Mourning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,396 ratings — published 2015
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Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.54 — 885 ratings — published 2014
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The Secrets of Lily Graves The Secrets of Lily Graves (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,046 ratings — published 2014
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Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,071 ratings — published 2010
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Caretaker of the Dead: The American Funeral Director Caretaker of the Dead: The American Funeral Director (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1975
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History of American Funeral Directing History of American Funeral Directing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.51 — 43 ratings — published 1956
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Grave Undertakings Grave Undertakings (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.31 — 13 ratings — published 2003
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Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 4.08 — 782 ratings — published 2000
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Mortician Diaries: The Dead-Honest Truth from a Life Spent with Death Mortician Diaries: The Dead-Honest Truth from a Life Spent with Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.72 — 257 ratings — published 2006
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The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,220 ratings — published 1997
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Provolone in the Casket: Memoirs of a Mortician Provolone in the Casket: Memoirs of a Mortician (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as morticians)
avg rating 3.80 — 10 ratings — published 2001
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Judy Melinek
“To confront death every day, to see it yourself, you have to love the living.”
Judy Melinek, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner