death

Chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of a young pop music star in Germany, as well as the relationships she builds and destroys along the way.

As she navigates adolescence, ninth-grader Mia must deal with her mother' s recent death and her father's illness while she searches for friendship and love in the world around her.

Twelve-year-old Gabby feels that she needs a mother to help her grow into a woman, so when things between her father and his latest girlfriend do not work out, Gabby set off for the last place she remembers seeing her own mother.

Unhappy San Diego teenager Samantha Pallas, a passionate runner who holds back during races, lives with her philandering father and his pregnant girlfriend, and searches for love in casual sex on the beach, seeks validation in a relationship with Farouk, a sophisticated new boy from Iran, while her school mourns the death of Owen, the popular star of the track team.

Tells the life story of Elisabeth-K?bler-Ross, the psychiatrist whose research on the experiences of dying hospital patients and their families helped medical professionals find better ways to help people with the processes of death and grieving.

Working as a telegraph messenger in California during World War II, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley gains an understanding of the world and an acceptance of his brother's death.

Examines how American hospitals have impacted the way people die and the way they feel about death, describing how health-care workers, including doctors and nurses, influence the events and decisions surrounding death.

Painter Orloff Trenchant agrees to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur in the shape of a Chinese takeout box.

The story of a family for the first few days after the accidental death of the 35-year-old husband and father.

Explores how human cadavers have been used throughout history, discussing how the use of dead bodies has benefited every aspect of human existence.