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Thinning the Herd: Tales of the Weirdly Departed
Thinning the Herd Tales of the Weirdly Departed
Author: Cynthia Ceilan
So you think life is weird?   It would appear that our desire to show respect and honor the dead is an instinct deeply encoded in our nature as humans. Even Neanderthal man, who walked the Earth more than 60,000 years ago, buried his loved ones with carefully arranged animal bones and flowers. Some of us, alas, choose to ig...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781599212197
ISBN-10: 1599212196
Publication Date: 11/1/2007
Pages: 320
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Publisher: The Lyons Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Ceilan has researched her way into a delightfully entertaining collection of snippets of the last moments of people's lives. Both the rich, famous and powerful and the unknown Who?, the book treats each and every person equally, smartly stating the facts and letting us, the readers, ooohh and ahhh and "What the Heck?" Definitely worth a read.
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