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Author
Series
Elmwood Springs volume 4
Language
English
Description
Lordor 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
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
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...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Killed in a tragic accident, Eddie, an elderly man who believes that he had an uninspired life, awakens in the afterlife, where he discovers that heaven consists of having five people explain the meaning of one's life.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
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
Series
Heaven volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the experience of Baptist minister Don Piper, who was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident and experienced the glories of heaven for ninety minutes, but who miraculously came back to life, where he endured a long and painful recovery.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st.
Physical Desc
249 p.+: ill.
Language
English
Description
Born into a family with a long psychic lineage, Sylvia Browne became aware as a child that life existed in dimensions beyond our own. Life on the Other Side is Browne's vision of this other existence. The Other Side, she believes, is our homewhere we came from and where we will return between lifetimes. Drawing upon both personal and professional experiences, Browne provides a guide for livingone based on her belief that 'religion, spirituality and...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. While hiding in plain sight from Michael, the wise architect of the Good Place who doesn't know he's made a mistake, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome, or at least the pretty good, person within.
10) Lifeblood
Author
Series
Everlife volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
440 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having chosen her realm in the Everlife, Ten faces the consequences of her decision and endeavors to save her Secondlife while the war between Troika and Myriad rages, a situation that is further complicated by Ten's inability to forget Killian.
Author
Publisher
Amy Einhorn Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Her happy life shattered when she finds herself covered in blood on a deserted train platform with no memory of what has happened, lawyer Brek Cuttler is informed that she has died and is invited to join an elite team of lawyers who prosecute and defend souls at the Final Judgment.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 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
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 328 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the afterlife played a major role in shaping ancient notions of morality and ethics. In this new account, acclaimed author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narratives of heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged. He examines how fundamental social experiences of...
Author
Publisher
Charisma House
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xvii, 169 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wiese's visit to hell lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned with vivid details etched in his memory. Since this life-changing ordeal, he has spent the last seven years studying the Scriptures to find answers and has listed more than 150 Bible verses referencing hell.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to the stars is increasingly becoming a scientific possibility--and a necessity. Whether in the near future due to climate change and the depletion of finite resources, or in the distant future due to catastrophic cosmological events, we must face the reality that humans will one day need to leave planet Earth to survive as a species. World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku explores...
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
183 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Riley crosses a bridge into the afterlife, she is summoned before The Council and paired up with a teacher, Bodhi, who returns to Earth with Riley and helps her learn her new role as a Soul Catcher on her first assignment to capture the boy who has been haunting a castle in England.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When seventeen-year-old Beatrice arrives in Purgatory and is chosen to help others reach Heaven, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with Caleb, with whom she shares a tragic history"--Provided by publisher.
20) Between
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
454 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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.