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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Corpse falls off hearse and run over PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Saturday, 03 June 2006
By Gilbert Felongco, Correspondent
 

Manila: A taxi rammed into a hearse in Quezon City, sending a corpse flying out of the vehicle on to a pavement before being run over by another vehicle.

The driver of the hearse was fixing a tyre puncture in the middle of a highway when the accident occurred along the city's Commonwealth district around dawn on Tuesday. "The driver was changing the tyres of the hearse when a taxi slammed into the rear of the vehicle," a witness interviewed by a television network said, adding that the taxi driver was apparently drowsy when the accident occurred.

Traffic came to a standstill on the road as everyone gaped at the lifeless accident victim.

Quezon City investigators cannot decide whether they should file homicide charges against the taxi driver, Jimmy Bautista, as the victim was already dead before he met with the accident.

"Traffic investigators are preparing to file charges of reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property against the taxi driver," traffic aide Cristanto Gragatin was quoted by the daily Philippine Star.

"The family of the 'accident victim' are still uncertain about what charges to file," he said.



http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/06/02/10044159.html
 
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