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Author
Series
Elmwood Springs volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lord Nordstrom created, in his wisdom, not only a lively town and a prosperous legacy for himself but also a beautiful final resting place for his family, friends, and neighbors yet to come. "Resting place" turns out to be a bit of a misnomer, however. Odd things begin to happen, and it starts the whole town talking. With her wild imagination, great storytelling, and deep understanding of folly and the human heart, the beloved Fannie Flagg tells...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three “nudges” to change the outcome of events on earth, and with her daughter Willa on her third...
3) Let Me Lie
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The stunning new novel from Clare Mackintosh, the international bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You. The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're both wrong. Last year, Tom and Caroline Johnson chose to end their lives, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unwilling to accept the verdict of suicide. Now with a baby herself, Anna...
4) Everwild
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
424 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nick, known as the dreaded "chocolate ogre," is trying to find all the children in Everlost and release them from the limbo they are in, while Mikey and Allie have joined a band of skinjackers and are putting themselves in danger by visiting the world of the living.
Author
Language
English
Description
"'Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?' A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive...
6) Damned
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
As thirteen-year-old Madison tries to figure out how she died and ended up in Hell, she learns how to manipulate the corrupt system of demons and bodily fluids.
Author
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"On the way home from a conference, Don Piper's car was crushed by a semi that crossed into his lane. Medical personnel said he died instantly. While his body lay lifeless inside the ruins of his car, Piper experienced the glories of heaven, awed by its beauty and music. Ninety minutes after the wreck, while a minster prayed for him, Piper miraculously returned to life on earth with only the memory of inexpressible heavenly bliss. His faith in God...
Author
Series
Apothecary series volume 3
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenagers Janie and Benjamin continue to explore the secrets of the Pharmacopoeia while Benjamin risks everything to find a way to connect with his father.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Awakening on a flight to purgatory after hurting her beloved younger sister, Bea is charged with saving thousands of souls to secure her place in heaven before discovering that one of her first assignments involves helping the boy who caused her fatal accident.
11) Everlost
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.
12) Everfound
Author
Series
Skinjacker trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 500 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the limbo that is Everlost, Mary, Nick, Allie, and others face the decisions that will determine whether that place and the Earth itself will continue to exist, as well as where their own futures lie.
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (375 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What happens when we die? It's a question everyone has asked, since the beginning of time. But when Eleanor Shellstrop dies tragically, she finds out that the afterlife is amazing: full of frozen yogurt, soulmates, and wonderful people who have done incredible things with their lives. It is absolutely perfect. The only problem is that Eleanor isn't supposed to be in The Good Place. In fact, her life decisions wouldn't have even gotten her close. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A master storyteller at his best--the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he assembles, for the...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead. And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he's definitely dead. But even in death he's not...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"100 Places to See After You Die is written in the style of iconic bestselling travel guides. But instead of recommending must-see destinations in Mexico, Thailand, or Rome, this book outlines journeys through the afterlife, as dreamed up over the past 5,000 years of human history by our greatest prophets, poets, mystics, artists, and TV showrunners. Where's the best place to grab a bite to eat in the ancient Egyptian underworld? Which circles of...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow - by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering new, profound meaning.
Author and resilience/well-being expert Lucy Hone, a pioneer in fusing positive psychology and bereavement research, was faced with...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From euthanizing a sick dog to slaughtering cows for food, how do we reconcile our feelings about killing when it comes to the non-human animals around us? Ponder the moral and spiritual dimensions of the death of other animals--and what that might reveal about our views of our own mortality.
20) Between
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
By weaving through her memories and watching the family and friends she left behind, eighteen-year-old Liz Valchar solves the mystery of how her life ended in the Long Island Sound.
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