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1) The inferno
Author
Series
Publisher
Sweet Water Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Belonging in the company of the works of Homer and Virgil, The Inferno is a moving human drama, a journey through the torment of Hell, an expression of the Middle Ages, and a protest against the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Picador paperback edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A descendant of the judge who locked up Typhoid Mary, Karalee Soper and four of her friends visit the abandoned Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island where Typhoid Mary was kept, as they are menaced by strange inhabitants and ghostly figures.
4) Sign here
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in Hell (literally) and is on the cusp of a big promotion if only he can get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul Peyote Trip has a pretty good gig in the deals department on the fifth floor of Hell. Sure, none of the pens work, the coffee machine has been out of order for a century, and the only drink on offer is Jagermeister,...
Author
Series
Samuel Johnson vs. the Devil volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Targeted by a demon for his role in foiling an invasion of Earth by the forces of evil, Samuel Johnson and his faithful dachshund are transported into a dark realm, where he struggles for survival with the aid of the loyal demon Nurd and a marooned band of little men.
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.
7) Hell bent
Author
Series
An Alex Stern novel volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Alex Stern returns in #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo's Hell Bent, another tale of murder and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to break Darlington out of hell-even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. But Alex is playing with forces far beyond her control, and when faculty members begin to die off, she knows these aren't just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a self-guided quest into the Underworld with each choice affecting the outcome of the story. The reader gets three story paths, thirty-three choices, and eighteen endings.
Author
Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 1
Language
English
Description
After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
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...
12) Down in flames
Author
Series
Donny's inferno volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Aladdin paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Questioning his resolve after an encounter with a monster, Donny, the mortal assistant to a demon, agrees to help the underworld's ferryman investigate who has been snatching souls on their way to Sulfur.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An ATF agent describes his undercover assignment to infiltrate the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, detailing the challenges of working his way up the biker gang's hierarchy and maintaining their hard-won trust.
14) Donny's inferno
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Aladdin paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Donny is rescued from certain death by milleniums-old dignitary Angela Obscura, who has chosen him to help prevent a kind underworld from returning to its previous violence.
16) Hellwalkers
Author
Series
The Devil's Engine volume 3
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Marlow makes a deal with the Devil to get himself and Pan released from Hell, war breaks out and the friends have only each other, and hope, to combat demonic creatures and monsters.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (375 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason are four cosmically bound friends in the fight for their eternity, alongside their former torturer, Michael. Michael, in a fit of panic, had relinquished his role as the Architect to Eleanor, so that she and the gang could help four new residents become better people. Unfortunately, the Bad Place doesn't exactly make their task easy, and its latest move places Chidi in a dire situation, putting his relationship with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After selling her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels to the Seven Circles with the enigmatic Prince of Wrath, where she's introduced to a seductive world of vice.
She vows to do whatever it takes to avenge her beloved sister, Vittoria . . . even if that means accepting the hand of the Prince of Pride, the king of demons.
The first rule in the court of the Wicked? Trust no one. With back-stabbing princes, luxurious palaces, mysterious...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from, and why do they endure? What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven, 58% in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and assume they are the age-old teachings of the Bible. But eternal rewards...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This cultural history by celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the story of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert outside San Francisco -- the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic 1960s.