Cover of Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies

Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies

In our culture, we rarely speak about death — partly because it is seen as a sort of pornography, shrouded in indecency and immersed in taboos; and partly because we know so little about it. Yet nearly everyone at some point has questions about what happens after death. At long last, here is a book to answer many of those questions: What physical changes occur to a dead body?

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 705 pages

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