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42) At heaven's door: what shared journeys to the afterlife teach about dying well and living better
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"A groundbreaking, authoritative exploration - rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research - of the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife"--
44) Dead lines
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Description
In the near future, wireless bandwidth for data transmission is at a premium, with demand outstripping supply. Then a brand-new channel is discovered that allows almost infinite volumes of data to be transmitted instantaneously. But strange things are happening to the users of this bandwidth, and the most likely explanation is scariest of all: this new channel may well be the pathway the dead use to get from this life to the next. If true, and the...
46) Always
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
A daredevil firefighter pilot, killed saving his friend, returns from the dead to help his lover get on with her life.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
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. After last...
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Description
"Dawn Edelstein is on a plane when she is told to prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong. Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. Back in Boston, there is her husband, Brian, their beloved daughter, and her...
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Formats
Description
"In The Case for Heaven, bestselling author and investigative journalist turns a critical eye on the evidence for heaven, a variety of claims about the afterlife, and modern-day stories of near-death experiences to build a compelling case that death is not the end of our existence but a transition to an exciting and very real world to come"--
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
A poignant tale of faith, hope, love, and loss. Is there life after death? For many, this ever-elusive question begs consideration and inspires reflection. For Jamie, a young woman balancing the hectic demands of her job as an ER nurse with the planning of her upcoming nuptials, the answer is clear: there is no afterlife. But in the blink of an eye, Jamie's harried existence is brought to a standstill. After learning that her father died in a neighboring...
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Death awaits us all. Really, it's the one thing we all have in common. But that doesn't make it easy to talk about. None of us can agree on what happens after the end comes, how much we should think about it beforehand, or even what death should mean to the living. And these questions make a lot of folks uncomfortable. So, let's get into it! This anthology features an introduction by death positivity movement pioneer and activist mortician, Caitlin...
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
How a doctor's glimpses of eternity confirmed everything he believed about God, suffering, life on earth, and what happens after death. Dr. Chauncey Crandall knows his patients well. When they are dying, he sits at the bedside with them and holds their hands. He prays with them. Sometimes he can feel what they feel and see what they see. At other times his patients have near-death experiences and "come back" with astonishing descriptions of the afterlife....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Formats
Description
Weaves three stories about 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement park. Eddie meets 5 individuals in heaven each with a story to share, a secret to reveal and a lesson. The have profound meanings for Eddie on the real purpose of his life.
57) Goldfish Ghost
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The adventures of a goldfish who just died.
59) Elsewhere
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Starting her junior year at Hyde School, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, becomes the prime suspect when several people vanish without a trace.
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