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1) After life
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Koreeda's thought-provoking vision, the newly deceased find themselves in a way station somewhere between Heaven and Earth. With the help of dedicated caseworkers, each soul is given three days to choose one cherished memory for their life that they will relive for eternity. As the film reveals, recognizing happiness and finding a life's worth of meaning in a single event is no simple task.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxv, 275 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"Part memoir, part history of ideas of the afterlife, and part road map to what might truly await each of us when we leave our bodies behind, The Modern Book of the Dead is a wise and courageous book that approaches the question of the afterlife in a refreshingly intimate manner. Weaving together philosophy, science, stories of near-death experiences, and theology, the author comes to one amazing and uplifting truth: that somehow, human consciousness...
Author
Description
A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil. Granted eternal youth, Dorian Gray lives a wild, dissipated life while his portrait grows old and haggard. Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works... full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused...
Author
Publisher
HarperElixir
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
240 pages ; cm
Description
"The Happy Medium interweaves experiences from Kim's life with some of the best, most astounding behind-the-scenes stories of her celebrity readings from episodes of her Lifetime show, The Haunting Of . . . . In addition, she gives you the tools to access the energy that is all around us, including the experiments and lessons she uses in many of her sold-out appearances and courses around the world."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
107 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
An array of tales speculates about the future that awaits us after death, presenting diverse versions of human purpose that range from experimental subjects for gods trying to understand emotional attachment to mobile robots for cosmic mapmakers.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A smart and thought-provoking cultural history of heaven. What do we think of when we think about heaven? What might it look like? Who or what might be there? Since humans began to huddle together for protection thousands of years ago, these questions have been part of how civilizations and cultures define heaven, the good place beyond this one. From Christianity to Islam to Hinduism and beyond, from the brush of Michelangelo to the pen of Dante,...
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (627 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dark, irreverent and wickedly funny, this critically acclaimed comedy follows a college dropout who's about to find her purpose ... in the afterlife! When smart, cynical, 18-year-old George is crushed to death, she joins the ranks of an undead group of grim reapers.
14) Flatliners
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An ambitious, charismatic medical student persuades two classmates to take part in an experiment to determine if there is life after death. Their horror begins when they realize that although they've come back alive, they haven't come back alone.
Author
Appears on list
Description
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these...
Author
Publisher
Hampton Roads Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xvi, 332 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
"Defines characteristics of afterlife encounters; their purpose, meaning, and aftereffects; and provides six criteria by which encounters are considered evidence for life's continuance beyond bodily death. Demonstrates that afterlife encounters are normal, healthy, functional, and comforting; and concludes with supportive resources"--Provided by publisher.
19) Lifeblood
Author
Series
Everlife volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2017].
Physical Desc
440 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Description
Having chosen her realm in the Everlife, Ten faces the consequences of her decision and endeavors to save her Secondlife. Meanwhile the war between Troika and Myriad rages, a situation that is further complicated by Ten's inability to forget Killian.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
ix, 293 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"There was a time when they lived in the village of Beit Daras, and the sun was hot and the earth was rich. There were ruins dating back to the Crusades; now their homes, too, are ruins, and they are refugees in the small strip of Gaza. And yet, when young Khaled dies, and moves on to the afterlife, it is back in Beit Daras that he finds himself. And from here he may slip through history, watching the continuing the story of his matriarchal family....
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