Discusses the Egyptian preservation of dead bodies, stories associated with mummies, and mummies from different cultures, including Incan and Sicilian.

From the best-selling author of The Painted House, Skipping Christmas, and The Firm comes a nostalgic novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion. High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who...

Discusses funeral rites practiced in the past in different parts of the world and how through archaeologists we have come to know about them.

Penniless and just a step ahead of the law, a feisty grandmother and her reluctant granddaughter embark upon a spontaneous road trip and discover it isn't about where they go, as long as the journey ends at "Annie's Point."

Examines the customs and practices related to burial that have existed from ancient times to the present.