LEADER 03184nam 2200541 450 001 9910154317603321 005 20221026144945.0 010 $a0-316-39546-3 010 $a0-316-43274-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000971499 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5363893 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6925294 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6925294 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000971499 100 $a20221026d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe New York Times book of the dead $e320 print and 10,000 digital obituaries of extraordinary people /$fedited by William McDonald 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 646 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-316-39547-1 330 2 $a"The obituary page of The New York Times is a celebration of extraordinary lives. This groundbreaking package includes 300 obits in the book with exclusive online access to 10,000 more of the most important and fascinating obituaries the Times has ever published. The obituary page is the section many readers first turn to not only see who died, but to read some of the most inspiring, insightful, often funny, and elegantly written stories celebrating the lives of the men and women who have influenced our world. This book, for the first time, chronicles the lives of these history-makers from the past 160 years through the obits page of The New York Times, one of the most talked about and lingered over sections of the newspaper. Arranged into sections like People of Letters, Entertainers and Performers, Politicians and Leaders, and the Infamous, the selected obituaries, hand-picked by obituaries editor, Bill McDonald, include fascinating lives from recent history--from FDR to Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe to Robin Williams, Albert Einstein to Robert Oppenheimer, Princess Grace to Lady Di, Al Capone to John Gotti, and more than 300 more including some lesser-known but remarkable people who's compelling lives and inventions have impacted the world. Also included is a web-key which allows instant access to an exclusive website featuring 10,000 selected obituaries which are easily searchable by name, theme, dates, and more. Designed with 150 black-and-white photographs, this tomb-sized book plus website package is the perfect gift"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aObituaries$zUnited States 606 $aBiography$y21st century 606 $aBiography$y20th century 606 $aBiography$y19th century 606 $aObituaries 607 $aUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aObituaries 615 0$aBiography 615 0$aBiography 615 0$aBiography 615 0$aObituaries. 676 $a920.02 686 $aHIS036000$aBIO000000$aHIS037000$2bisacsh 702 $aMcDonald$b William 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154317603321 996 $aThe New York Times book of the dead$92802086 997 $aUNINA