{"product_id":"cemetery-stories-haunted-graveyards-embalming-secrets-and-the-life-of-a-corpse-after-death-9780060185183","title":"Cemetery Stories: Haunted Graveyards, Embalming Secrets, and the Life of a Corpse After Death","description":"Never look at a grave the same way again \u003cp\u003eAdmit it: You're fascinated by cemeteries. We all die, and for most of us, a cemetery is our final resting place. But how many people really know what goes on inside, around, and beyond them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter the world of the dead as Katherine Ramsland talks to mortuary assistants, gravediggers, funeral home owners, and more, and find out about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStitching and cosmetic secrets used on mutilated bodies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbalmers who do more than just embalm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rising popularity of cremation art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhosts that infest graveyards everywhere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever scoffed at the high price of burying the dead, or ever wondered how your loved ones are handled when they die, or simply stared at tombstones with morbid fascination, then take a trip with Katherine Ramsland and learn about the booming industry -- and strange tales -- that surround cemeteries everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRamsland, Katherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Katherine Ramsland has written a dozen books and numerous articles and short stories. In the past year she has been editing Vampyre Magazine. After publishing two books in psychology, \u003cem\u003eEngaging the Immediate \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Learning\u003c\/em\u003e, she wrote \u003cem\u003ePrism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice.\u003c\/em\u003e At the same time she had a cover story in \u003cem\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/em\u003e on our culture's fascination with vampires. She followed the biography with several guide books to Anne Rice's fictional worlds including \u003cem\u003eThe Vampire Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Anne Rice Reader.\u003c\/em\u003e Her last book before \u003cem\u003ePiercing the Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e was a biography of Dean Koontz called \u003cem\u003eDean Koontz: A Writer's Biography\u003c\/em\u003e. She has also written for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Writer, The Horror Show, The Newark Star Ledger, The Trenton Times, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly.\u003c\/em\u003e Ramsland has a master's degree in clinical psychology and a Ph.D. in philosophy. She has been a professor at Rutgers University, a therapist, and a psycho-educator specializing in the psyche's shadow side, and is currently at work on another master's degree--this one in forensic psychology. She lives in Princeton, NJ.","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50668891832594,"sku":"9780060185183","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_578288d8-7cb0-4696-9676-004e02abd2da.jpg?v=1733751618","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cemetery-stories-haunted-graveyards-embalming-secrets-and-the-life-of-a-corpse-after-death-9780060185183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}