Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly se

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Josh Slocum and Lisa Carlson are the two most prominent advocates of consumer rights in dealing with the death industry. Here they combine efforts to inform con

Traces the history of childbirth in America and assesses the conventional and alternative methods of childbirth, commenting on the state of American childbirth