Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

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On her way home from school on a snowy December day in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon ("like the fish") is lured into a makeshift underground den in a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer-- the man she knew as her neighbor, Mr. Harvey. Alice Sebold's haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, The Lovely Bones, unfolds from heaven, where "life is a perpetual
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Stiff: The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

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Have you ever wondered what happened to your body when you die? Whether buried, burnt, snatched, dissected or decomposed, some people have been more useful dead rather than alive. From testing the efficiency of the guillotine, experiments to weigh the soul, calibrating crash test dummies, to advances in modern medicine, the deceased body has been a silent partner to many of the major advances in
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Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

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It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she
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Year Of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

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From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life ndash; in good times and bad ndash; that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, th
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Puente Hasta Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

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For use in schools and libraries only. Jess Aarons gains the strength to cope with unexpected tragedy by going to a secret kingdom in the woods invented by Leslie Burke, a newcomer to his rural Virginia community.
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Dirty Job

by Christopher Moore

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Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay--until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as D
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Fighting For Peace

by Mitch Albom and Michael Rose

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Mitch Albom writes for the Detroit Free Press and has been voted America's number one sports columnist ten times. In this book, Mitch describes how he rediscovered his mentor, his former college professor Morrie Schwartz.
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Mort

by Terry Pratchett

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Death comes to us all.  When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted.  However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...
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Five People You Meet In Heaven

by Mitch Albom

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Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret. Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your e
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Elsewhere

by Gabrielle Zevin

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Is it possible to grow up while getting younger? Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere's museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Ha
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Reaper Man

by Terry Pratchett

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Death is missing - presumed...er...gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. Ghosts and poltergeists fill up the Discworld. Dead Rights activist Reg Shoe suddenly has more work than he had ever dreamed of. And the newly deceased wizard, Windle Poons, wakes up in his coffin to find that he has come back as a corpse. But it's up to Windle an
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Buscando A Alaska

by John Green

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Tired of his boring existence, sixteen Miles leaves his hometown in search of his "Great Perhaps" at a new boarding school.nbsp; There, his newfound freedom, guilty pleasures and an enigmatic girl, Alaska, catapult him into a new life.nbsp; But when Miles feels he's about to reach what he was looking for, a sudden tragedy threatens to take it all away.
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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

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'His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.' With th
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On Death And Dying: What The Dying Have To Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy, And Their Own Families

by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dyinggrew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition. In this remarkable book, Dr. Kübler-Ross first explored the now-famous five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Through sample interviews
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Hogfather

by Terry Pratchett

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In this new satirical novel from Discworld, the jolly Hogfather, who brings presents to all the children on Hogswatchnight, mysteriously disappears. The grim specter of Death must take his place, leaving the annual celebration in jeopardy.
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How We Die: Reflections On Life's Final Chapter

by Sherwin B. Nuland

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Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based On A True Story

by Dave Eggers

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"I think this book is kind of malleable. I've never really wanted to put it away and be done with it forever -- the second I first 'finished' it, I wanted to dig back in and change everything around. So I'm looking forward to getting back into the text, and straightening and focusing and deleting. Most of all, I'm thrilled that Vintage will be letting me include all the cool chase scenes, previous
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Soul Music

by Terry Pratchett

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"Your grandfather is Death," said Albert. "You Know? The skeleton in the black robe?" "Death," said Susan flatly. "Well, I can't say I didn't have my suspicions." Other children have xylophones. Susan just had to ask her grandfather to take his vest off. Yes. There's a death in the family. It's hard to grow up normally when Grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe - especially when you
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Before I Die

by Jenny Downham

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Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her Ten Things to Do Before I Die list. and Number One is sex. Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa's feelings, her relationships
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Grief Observed

by C. S. Lewis

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Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man -- or at any rate a man like me -- out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional b
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