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What's New at Arcadia

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.

FINAL DISPOSITION
Current disposition trends and information for those considering an alternative to traditional burial. Websites featuring green burial the growing trend in eco-friendly disposition the method of placing a non-embalmed body inside a biodegradable receptacle which is then buried in a nature preserve setting.
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  Link   Neptune Memorial Reef
Choose to memorialize in the living reef by placing loved ones' keepsakes or cremated remains into the concrete structures that form the reef
  Link   Phoenix Diamonds
On this website you will find a mine of valuable information on a revolutionary method of memorialising your loved-one, pet or relative by converting their ashes ('Cremains) or hair into a REAL diamond.
  Link   InkAfterlife.com
We make custom photo memorials by creating a custom ink formulation using ashes from a loved one or pet and our ink. We then print a beautiful memorial photo using that blended ink.
  Link   Matthews Cremation Division-Cardboard Caskets
Online retailer that has several eco-friendly caskets available for green burial location. Biodegradable caskets are designed from cardboard and they range from basic receptacles similar to those used in crematories to cloth covered designs that have
  Link   Ethician Family Cemetery
Green Burial cemetery located in South Carolina.
  Link   Greensprings National Cemetery Association
Greensprings offers a sustainable and beautiful alternative to conventional cemeteries. It is a place of meadows and woodlands where you may choose native trees and shrubs for planting on your gravesite helping to restore the land to its natural stat
  Link   KINKARA SHROUDS-Look GREAT in the last thing you'll ever wear
Kinkaraco is making the kind of shrouds that real Taphophiles really want to be caught DEAD in! A unique patented design that is easy to "wrap" made of silk embroidery tribal ikat or velvet. Each is lined with a layer of herbs and petals fo
  Link   Cremation Solutions
The worlds largest and most innovative selection of scattering urns and exclusive provider of "Birdhouse Memorial Urns". 
  Link   Suspended Animation Inc.
A cryopreservation research company that will arrange for a cryonic professional to be present at the time of deathand to immediately begin cooling and cardiopulmonary support to start the cryonic process.
  Link   Cryonics Institute
Official site for the Cryonics Institute in Michigan which contains information about cryopreservation services.
  Link   Cardboard Casket (dot) Com
Selection of biodegradable caskets are designed from cardboard for use in ecoburial locations in the United States.
  Link   Space Services Inc.
"A new choice in truly unforgettable memorial services honoring the memory of a departed loved one...Help bring the dream of spaceflight to reality by placing a portion of cremated remains on board a commercial or scientific satellite."
  Link   Eternart Cremation Urns
Eternart offers its exclusive sculptured urns which are created signed and numbered by artist Montserrat Bru. Being unique works of art Eternart urns are numbered and delivered with an authenticity certificate.
  Link   Body Donation
Benefits FAQs and registration information regarding body donation for medical research and education.
  Link   Memorial Ecosystems
Ramsey Creek Preserve in South Carolina reintegrates self remnants into the natural order through green burials. Interments must be natural “dust to dust” burials: no toxic embalming fluids no vaults and only biodegradable caskets.
  Link   Spone Funerary Ware
"Granulated calcified human cremains -- commonly known as mortuary ash -- added to a porcelain "slip" which can then be be cast into a variety of shapes is ceramicist Charles Krafft’s visionary idea for revolutionizing the Americ
  Link   Cryo Net
Cryonic suspension is an experimental procedure whereby patients who no longer can be kept alive with todays medical abilities are preserved at low temperature for treatment in the future.
  Link   Alcor Life Extension Foundation
Official site of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation the world leader in cryonics founded in 1972. Information in the site discusses cryonics research and cryonics technology and the purpose to maintain life not reverse death.
 
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