18 books like Brief Lives
Fables & Reflections
Continues the epic of Morpheus, the King of Dreams, as he observes and interacts with an odd assortment of historical and fictional characters throughout time.
Shares: Graphic novel, Dreams, Death, Comics & graphic novels
Through loss
An Elemental Life, Volume 5 of the 5-Volume Elementals series, is a stunning collection of essays, poetry, and stories that illuminate the dynamic relationships between people and place, human and nonhuman life, mind and the material world, and the living energies that make all life possible.If the elements are kin to one another, then what does it mean to live in kinship with the elements?…
Shares: Loss, Grief
Mouse Guard Fall 1152
From the cover flap: Mice struggle to live safely and prosper among all of the world's harsh conditions and predators. Thus the Mouse Guard was formed. They are not simply soldiers that fight off intruders; rather, they are guides for common mice looking to journey without confrontation from one hidden mouse village to another. The Guard patrol borders, find safeways [sic] and paths through…
Shares: Graphic novel, Comics & graphic novels, Fantasy
Preludes & Nocturnes
Preludes and Nocturnes collects the first eight issues of The Sandman comic by Neil Gaiman published by DC Vertigo. The series centers on Morpheus (Dream of the Endless). Dream is imprisoned for decades by an occultist seeking immortality. Upon escaping, he must reclaim his objects of power while still in a weakened state, confronting an addict to his dream powder, the legions of Hell, and an…
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Dream Country
Presents four Sandman stories, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which Shakespeare's company, at the instigation of the Lord of Dreams, gives an open-air performance of the play to an audience of fairies.
Shares: Dreams, Death, Comics & graphic novels
It Starts with Us
Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.
Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again.…
Shares: Redemption, Family
Maus I
A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.
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Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte
While unconscious for a week, Rin has been reliving his tormented former life as Shion. How will he deal with waking up on Earth as Rin once again? How will he react toward the others whose previous lives he has just revisited as well?
Shares: Dreams, Comics & graphic novels
A Slow Regard of Silent Things
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place.
Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri’s life, a small…
Shares: Loss, Coming-of-age, Fantasy
Neverhome
"She calls herself Ash, but that's not her real name. She is a farmer's faithful wife, but she has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. Neverhome tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause. Laird…
Shares: Redemption, Coming-of-age
I'll Give You the Sun
A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell
Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three…
Shares: Grief, Death, Coming-of-age
Scott Pilgrim vs. the world (Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2)
Does Scott and Ramona's burgeoning relationship have a future? Isn't Scott still supposedly dating Knives Chau? Who is Ramona's second evil ex-boyfriend, and why is he in Toronto? Who are The Clash At Demonhead, and what kind of bizarre art-punky music do they play? Who's their hot girl keyboardist, and what is Scott's relation to her? Why is The Clash At Demonhead Knives Chau's new favourite…
Shares: Comics & graphic novels, Coming-of-age
Dangerous spaces
Flora has always known that her house is haunted. But things have taken a sinister turn since her orphaned cousin Anthea moved in. Frightening scenes are played out in the night--and in the girls' dreams. Although they don't get along, the two must work together to escape their nightmares--before they get trapped forever. The
Shares: Dreams, Family, Fantasy
The Little Friend
A young girl with a brother murdered years ago decides to find and punish his killer.
Shares: Grief, Death, Coming-of-age
Macbeth - The Graphic Novel
Shakespeare's entire unabridged play as a graphic novel. 
This full colour graphic novel presents “The Scottish Play” just as Shakespeare intended:
in its original and unabridged format. Ideal for purists, students and readers who will appreciate the unaltered text. Coupled with stunning artwork, this iPad edition is a must-have for any lover or learner of Shakespeare.
Macbeth is probably…
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The Returned
When their son Jacob, who died tragically at his 8th birthday party in 1966, arrives on their doorstep, still 8 years old, Harold and Lucille Hargrave must navigate a strange new reality as chaos erupts around the world as people's loved ones are returned from beyond.
Shares: Loss, Death
Modern mythology
xxiv p., 1 l., 212 p. 23 cm.
Shares: Mythology
Myth and ritual in Christianity
A penetrating and wide-ranging study of mythological processes and their particular manifestation in Christian religion, Alan Watt's Myth and Ritual in Christianity is widely considered a classic. Using the lens of the "doctrine of mystical tradition", Watts explores the development of church doctrine in relation to the procession of seasons and finds, contrary to many contemporary critics, that…
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