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SPECIAL EDITION: MURDERNot even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news—except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of the funeral, Jack’s widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of The Alpine Advocate, who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town’s beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel. Backed by her House and Home editor, that bottomless repository of scandal Vida Runkel, she prepares for a triple-threat special: murder, blackmail, and—as wildfire sweeps the mountainside— possible arson as well. But success will not come cheap. With a killer roaming the woods, it may cost Emma her life. . . . READ ALL ABOUT IT! The Alpine Advocate Novels by Mary Daheim From the Paperback edition. Author: Mary Daheim Kindle Edition: 322 pages Kindle eBook Company: Ballantine Books (2007-12-18) (2007-12-18) List Price: $7.99 Amazon Price: 
Obituaryby David Atkins Author: David Atkins Kindle Edition: 456 pages Kindle eBook Company: Xlibris (2011-08-15) (2011-08-15) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: 
Do you always want the last word? Write your own obituary and you can achieve that goal. While you’re at it, why not write your own funeral? Want to be buried in a biodegradable clamshell? Turned into a blue diamond? Mr. Dunford will tell you how. Afraid nobody will come to your big event? Hire a professional mourner. Not enough friends to carry you to your final resting place? Throw pallbearer cocktail parties and you can pick and choose over martinis. This resource guide invigorates, provokes and educates with pathos and humor.Author: Craig C. Dunford Kindle Edition: 134 pages Kindle eBook Company: Floating Word Press, LLC (2011-11-29) (2011-11-29) List Price: Amazon Price: 
Writing an obituary is never an easy job, of course. At a time when there is so much to do -- and so much to cope with -- it can be a bit overwhelming to write an obituary.But it doesn't need to be complicated if you have a trusted guide to follow. This book brings together all of the information, samples, templates, and resources you need in one place, so you can focus on paying tribute to your loved one. There are various styles and formats you can follow, from the traditional to the very personal, to find an approach that honors your loved one in a style they would appreciate. To help you choose, this guide includes: - Examples of 9 different obituary formats of varying lengths and styles - Which elements are standard in an obituary, and which ones are optional, so you don't have to worry about missing anything. - 14 poems, 20 appropriate quotations, and entire chapter on bible verses that you may want to include in your loved one's obituary. Creating a meaningful obituary that captures how very important your loved one was in your life is an important step in the grieving process. This guide is a trusted resource that can help you create a meaningful tribute to help you remember your loved one, mourn their passing, and celebrate their life. Author: Christina Newberry Kindle Edition: 64 pages Kindle eBook Company: NuRu Guides (2010-10-12) (2010-10-12) List Price: $6.97 Amazon Price: 
What obituaries tell us about our culture, past and present "Within the short period of a year she was a bride, a beloved wife and companion, a mother, a corpse," reported The National Intelligencer on the death of Elizabeth Buchanan in 1838. Such obituaries fascinate us. Few of us realize that, when examined historically, they can reveal not only information about the departed but also much about American culture and about who and what we value. They also offer hints about the way Americans view death. This book also will fascinate, for it surveys more than 8,000 newspaper obituaries from 1818 to 1930 to show what they reveal about our culture. It shows how, in memorializing individual citizens, obituaries make a public expression of our values. Far from being staid or morbid, these death notices offer a lively look at a changing America. Indeed, obits are little windows through which to view America's cultural history. In the nineteenth century, they spoke of a person's character, in the twentieth of a person's work and wealth. In the days when women were valued mainly in their relationships with men, their obituaries were about the men in their lives. Then, as now, important friendships make a difference, for sometimes a death has been deemed newsworthy only because of whom the deceased knew. In 1838 when a 50-year-old Virginian named William P. Custis died "after a long and wasting illness," readers of The Daily National Intelligencer learned about his generous hospitality, his sterling business principles, and his kindness as a neighbor and husband. Custis's obituary not only recorded the fact of his death but also celebrated his virtues. The newspaper obituary has a commemorative role. It distills the essence of a citizen's life, and it reflects what society values and wants to remember about the deceased. Throughout our history, these published accounts have revealed changing values. They provide a link between public remembrances of individuals and the collective memory of a great American past. In obits of yesteryear men were brave, gallant, vigilant, bold, honest, and dutiful. Women were patient, resigned, obedient, affectionate, amiable, pious, gentle, virtuous, tender, and useful. Mining newspapers of New York City, New Orleans, Baltimore, Chicago, and San Francisco, along with two early national papers, Niles' Weekly Register and The National Intelligencer, Janice Hume has produced a portrait of America, an entertaining history, and a revealing look at the things Americans have valued. Janice Hume is an assistant professor at the A. Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University. 
The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years. For many it is the first port of call in the newspaper. The Times Great Lives is a selection of over 100 of these pieces, reproduced in their entirety, by the current obituaries editor of The Times, Ian Brunskill. This book provides a rich store of information and opinion on the most influential characters of the twentieth century – be they politicians, sportspeople, musicians, writers, artists, pop stars or military personnel. Included are the major figures that one would expect to find in a book of great 20th century lives such as Sigmund Freud and Diana, Princess of Wales. However, there are also some unexpected figures who were not necessarily in the limelight but whose lives have had an impact on the world we inhabit today. Throughout the book there are pictures from The Times archive, some of which have not been seen since the obituary was first published. The Times brings world class journalism and research to this title. Author: Various Kindle Edition: 720 pages Kindle eBook Company: Times Books (2010-02-18) (2010-02-18) List Price: $16.62 Amazon Price: 
This book identifies, defines, and discusses 30 spiritual gifts including giving, healing, hospitality, service, witnessing, and music. Bryant encourages individuals to discover the particular gifts given to them by the Holy Spirit and then use these gifts to build up the body of Christ. The book includes a "Grace Gifts Inventory" to help readers name and apply the spiritual gifts in their lives.Author: Missy Buchanan Kindle Edition: 113 pages Kindle eBook Company: Upper Room Books (2011-02-01) (2011-02-01) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: 
When it comes to humor, Americans are said to hold nothing sacred. Deadly Mistakes: Real Obituaries Gone Amusingly Wrong is an example of that sentiment.Given our near obsession with fame and celebrity, it should come as no surprise that “ordinary people” would go to extraordinary lengths to be considered noteworthy. Deadly Mistakes provides the evidence in the obituaries of the “unfamous.” Average folks are remembered by family and friends in send-offs that unintentionally go off the rails in amusing and bizarre ways. What's to be said of someone whose family wants him to be remembered for inventing an electric pickle...that stinks? Of someone who, “not wanting to give up his love of uniforms, became a campus police officer?” Or of someone who achieved the mysterious title of “Puissant Sovereign of the Red Cross of Constantine”? Plenty. All this and more is included in Deadly Mistakes: Real Obituaries Gone Amusingly Wrong. These obituaries have not been edited (except for length and to remove last names). They stand on their own as commentary on the human need to find meaning in it all… somehow, some way. Deadly Mistakes should remind readers of one thing: it's best to go out laughing. Just ask the guy whose memorial service was held at Hammerhead's Bar, just east of The Strip, in Vegas. Author: The Cox Brothers Kindle Edition: 251 pages Kindle eBook Company: Authorhouse (2011-03-18) (2011-03-18) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: 
Former police officer, turned actor, is blamed for murder of famous teaching coach, and goes on the run to solve the case.Author: E.N.J. Carter Kindle Edition: 239 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2010-01-01) (2010-01-01) List Price: $1.99 Amazon Price: 
Fade To Black chronicles the lives and deaths of more than 1,200 movie personalities. Included are not just the big stars but a wealth of important characters from the history of film. Some achieved world fame or great power. Some were consigned to obscurity after one scandal too many. Others hid dark secrets that would only emerge after their deaths. Author: Paul Donnelley Kindle Edition: 864 pages Kindle eBook Company: Omnibus Press (2009-12-15) (2009-12-15) List Price: $31.95 Amazon Price: Amazon.com Magazines: obituaries
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Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into the cult and culture behind the obituary page and the unusual lives we don't quite appreciate until they're gone. Author: Marilyn Johnson Paperback: 272 pages Bargain Price Company: Harper Perennial (2007-02-01) (2007-01-30) List Price: $13.95 Amazon Price: $3.89 Used Price: $1.99 
Writing an obituary is never an easy job, of course. At a time when there is so much to do -- and so much to cope with -- it can be a bit overwhelming to write an obituary. But it doesn't need to be complicated if you have a trusted guide to follow. This book brings together all of the information, samples, templates, and resources you need in one place, so you can focus on paying tribute to your loved one. There are various styles and formats you can follow, from the traditional to the very personal, to find an approach that honors your loved one in a style they would appreciate. To help you choose, this guide includes: - Examples of 9 different obituary formats of varying lengths and styles - Which elements are standard in an obituary, and which ones are optional, so you don't have to worry about missing anything. - 14 poems, 20 appropriate quotations, and entire chapter on bible verses that you may want to include in your loved one's obituary. Creating a meaningful obituary that captures how very important your loved one was in your life is an important step in the grieving process. This guide is a trusted resource that can help you create a meaningful tribute to help you remember your loved one, mourn their passing, and celebrate their life.Author: Christina Newberry Paperback: 62 pages Company: Christina Newberry (2010-02-01) ISBN: 098139003X List Price: $12.99 Amazon Price: $12.99 
When it comes to humor, Americans are said to hold nothing sacred. Deadly Mistakes: Real Obituaries Gone Amusingly Wrong is an example of that sentiment. Given our near obsession with fame and celebrity, it should come as no surprise that “ordinary people” would go to extraordinary lengths to be considered noteworthy. Deadly Mistakes provides the evidence in the obituaries of the “unfamous.” Average folks are remembered by family and friends in send-offs that unintentionally go off the rails in amusing and bizarre ways. What’s to be said of someone whose family wants him to be remembered for inventing an electric pickle. . . that stinks? Of someone who, “not wanting to give up his love of uniforms, became a campus police officer? “ Or of someone who achieved the mysterious title of “Puissant Sovereign of the Red Cross of Constantine”? 
This is a compilation of the very best of the five best-selling volumes of Daily Telegraph obituaries. The foibles and eccentricities of the dead are evoked as a labour of love, while the reader is introduced to alluring strangers and and a world of elegance and romance.Paperback: 428 pages Company: Macmillan (2001-06) ISBN: 0330484702 List Price: $22.50 Amazon Price: Used Price: $1.55 
The obits. It’s the first section many of us turn to when we open the paper, not to see who died, but rather to find out about who lived to discover the interesting lives of people who’ve made a mark.A new annual that collects nearly 300 of the best of The New York Times obituaries from the previous year, The Obits Annual 2012 is a compelling, addictive-as-salted-peanuts “who’s who” of some of the most fascinating people of the twentieth century. Written by top journalists each entry is a jewel, a miniature, nuanced biography filled with the facts we love to read, with the surprise and serendipity of life. There’s David L. Wolper, the producer of Roots—and the story of how he got his start purchasing film footage from Sputnik. The jazz singer, Abbey Lincoln, and her change from glamorous performer—she owned a dress of Marilyn Monroe’s—to civil rights activist (she burned the Monroe dress). Owsley Stanley, the quirky perfecter of LSD, who blamed a heart attack on the fact that his mother made him eat broccoli as a child. Patricia Neal—known by most as a movie star, but her real life, filled with tragedy, adversity, and incredible professional ups and downs, is almost a surreal play of triumph and tragedy. Arranged chronologically, like the obits themselves, it’s a deliciously random walk through the recent past, meeting the philosophers, newsmen, spies, publishers, moguls, soul singers, baseball managers, Nobel Prize winners, models, and others who’ve shaped the world. Paperback: 608 pages Company: Workman Publishing Company (2011-11-01) ISBN: 0761165762 List Price: $13.95 Amazon Price: $1.88 Used Price: $3.00 
What obituaries tell us about our culture, past and present "Within the short period of a year she was a bride, a beloved wife and companion, a mother, a corpse," reported The National Intelligencer on the death of Elizabeth Buchanan in 1838. Such obituaries fascinate us. Few of us realize that, when examined historically, they can reveal not only information about the departed but also much about American culture and about who and what we value. They also offer hints about the way Americans view death. This book also will fascinate, for it surveys more than 8,000 newspaper obituaries from 1818 to 1930 to show what they reveal about our culture. It shows how, in memorializing individual citizens, obituaries make a public expression of our values. Far from being staid or morbid, these death notices offer a lively look at a changing America. Indeed, obits are little windows through which to view America's cultural history. In the nineteenth century, they spoke of a person's character, in the twentieth of a person's work and wealth. In the days when women were valued mainly in their relationships with men, their obituaries were about the men in their lives. Then, as now, important friendships make a difference, for sometimes a death has been deemed newsworthy only because of whom the deceased knew. In 1838 when a 50-year-old Virginian named William P. Custis died "after a long and wasting illness," readers of The Daily National Intelligencer learned about his generous hospitality, his sterling business principles, and his kindness as a neighbor and husband. Custis's obituary not only recorded the fact of his death but also celebrated his virtues. The newspaper obituary has a commemorative role. It distills the essence of a citizen's life, and it reflects what society values and wants to remember about the deceased. Throughout our history, these published accounts have revealed changing values. They provide a link between public remembrances of individuals and the collective memory of a great American past. In obits of yesteryear men were brave, gallant, vigilant, bold, honest, and dutiful. Women were patient, resigned, obedient, affectionate, amiable, pious, gentle, virtuous, tender, and useful. Mining newspapers of New York City, New Orleans, Baltimore, Chicago, and San Francisco, along with two early national papers, Niles' Weekly Register and The National Intelligencer, Janice Hume has produced a portrait of America, an entertaining history, and a revealing look at the things Americans have valued. Janice Hume is an assistant professor at the A. Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University. 
Anecdotal, inspiring, frequently amusing, and elegantly concise, the obituary page of The New York Times has earned a huge following. The Last Word is a fascinating compilation of 100 of the most colorful, entertaining, and touching obits that have appeared in the last few years. The collection deliberately omits celebrities to concentrate on an eclectic mix of lesser-known men and women whose compelling lives have often changed the world they lived in. You may not have heard of Julian Hill, but he changed your life as the inventor of nylon. You'll meet others like him: a quiet man who braved the hostility of racists to integrate the University of Georgia; a woman who turned chopped liver into a million-dollar business; the man who gave the Beat Generation its very name; and a reclusive woman who turned a $5,000 nest egg into a $22 million fortune that she left to a school she never attended. The collection also includes commentary by some of the Times's finest writers and contributors such as Jules Feiffer, William E. Geist, James Gleick, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Anna Quindlen, William Styron, and Wendy Wasserstein. 
This collection of obituaries tells the life stories of two hundred of the world's most captivating people as judged by writers Ann Wroe and Keith Colquhoun and as published in The Economist from 1994 to 2008.Each stylishly written story and accompanying photograph surprises, entertains, and stimulates. The titled, wealthy, and powerful are here, of course, including Diana, Princess of Wales, Gerald Ford, Bob Hope, John Paul II, Norman Mailer, Mstislav Rostropovich, and General William Westmoreland, but so are others: a cookery teacher and spy, the inventor of instant noodles, a self-proclaimed gypsy king, a musical psychic, an American gangster, a patriotic crook, a philosopher of consumerism, a master of tabloid journalism, a protector of minorities, a veteran of Gallipoli, the greatest of second bananas, and so on. This book is as entertaining as it is edifying; it's a great gift for biography, history, and popular-culture fans, as well as for everyone who turns first to the obituary pages in the daily newspaper. As Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) put it: "I never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure."
The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years. For many it is the first port of call in the newspaper. The Times Great Lives is a selection of over 100 of these pieces, reproduced in their entirety, by the current obituaries editor of The Times, Ian Brunskill. This book provides a rich store of information and opinion on the most influential characters of the twentieth century – be they politicians, sportspeople, musicians, writers, artists, pop stars or military personnel. Included are the major figures that one would expect to find in a book of great 20th century lives such as Sigmund Freud and Diana, Princess of Wales. However, there are also some unexpected figures who were not necessarily in the limelight but whose lives have had an impact on the world we inhabit today. Throughout the book there are pictures from The Times archive, some of which have not been seen since the obituary was first published. The Times brings world class journalism and research to this title. Author: Various Kindle Edition: 720 pages Kindle eBook Company: Times Books (2010-02-18) (2010-02-18) List Price: $16.62 Amazon Price: 
Among his devoted fans, his pieces were known simply as McGs. With a "genius for illuminating that sometimes ephemeral apogee in people's lives when they prove capable of generating a brightly burning spark" (Columbia Journalism Review), Robert McG. Thomas Jr. commemorated fascinating, unconventional lives with signature style and wit. The New York Times received countless letters over the years from readers moved to tears or laughter by a McG. Eschewing traditionally famous subjects, Thomas favored unsung heroes, eccentrics, and underachievers, including: Edward Lowe, the inventor of Kitty Litter ("Cat Owner's Best Friend"); Angelo Zuccotti, the bouncer at El Morocco ("Artist of the Velvet Rope"); and Kay Halle, a glamorous Cleveland department store heiress who received sixty-four marriage proposals ("An Intimate of Century's Giants"). In one of his classic obituaries, Thomas described Anton Rosenberg as a "storied sometime artist and occasional musician who embodied the Greenwich Village hipster ideal of 1950's cool to such a laid-back degree and with such determined detachment that he never amounted to much of anything." Thomas captured life's ironies and defining moments with elegance and a gift for making a sentence sing. He had an uncanny sense of the passion and personality that make each life unique, and the ability, as Joseph Epstein wrote, to "look beyond the facts and the rigid formula of the obit to touch on a deeper truth." Compiled by Chris Calhoun, one of Thomas's most dedicated readers, and with a fittingly sharp introduction from acclaimed novelist and critic Thomas Mallon, 52 McGs. will win legions of new fans to the masterful writer who transformed the obituary into an art form. |
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