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The mansion Henry van Dyke · 1911 · ★ 4.2 · 61p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Rich and miserly John Weightman dreams one night that he has died and is traveling to the Celestial City, where each person is rewarded with a mansion according to how they lived their life. Shares: Future life, Immortality

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Through loss Elizabeth J. Bruce · 2004 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate 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: Bereavement, Loss

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The Darkest Pleasure Gena Showalter, · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Reyes is a man possessed. Bound by the demon of pain, he is forbidden to know pleasure. Yet he craves a mortal woman, Danika Ford, more than breath and will do anything to claim her--even defy the gods.Danika is on the run. For months she's eluded the Lords of the Underworld, immortal warriors who won't rest until she and her family have been destroyed. But her dreams are haunted by Reyes, the… Shares: Immortality, Paranormal

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What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson · 1978 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The New York Times–bestselling novel of life—and love—after death from the award-winning author of I Am Legend.Basis for the Oscar-winning film starring Robin WilliamsA love that transcends Heaven and Hell . . .What happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true… Shares: Future life, Loss, Death

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Surviving Death Leslie Kean · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Presents an extensively researched investigation into the existence of reincarnation, near-death experiences, psychic abilities, and other paranormal phenomena ranging from clairvoyance and out-of-body experiences to remote viewing and psychic espionage. "'While exploring the evidence for an afterlife, l witnessed some unbelievable things that are not supposed to be possible in our material… Shares: Future life, Death

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When you lose a loved one Charles Livingstone Allen · 1959 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Uplifting prose and comforting poetry weave a message of hope and eternal life for those mourning the loss of a loved one. Shares: Bereavement, Death

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The Room In The Dragon Volant Sheridan Le Fanu · 2002 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The Room in the Dragon Volant is somewhat unusual for le Fanu, since it’s not really a supernatural tale. It does however have plenty of gothic elements and some genuine horror, and it’s an ingenious and entertaining tale. Shares: Paranormal

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Cameos Marie Corelli · 1895 · ★ 3.4 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Paranormal

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Night thoughts Edward Young · 1742 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Night Thoughts Edward Young, english poet (1681-1765) This ebook presents «Night Thoughts», from Edward Young. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- ON LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY -03- NIGHT THOUGHTS -04- FOOTNOTES Shares: Immortality, Death

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Brief Lives Neil Gaiman · 1994 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate An attempt to summon and imprison Death, results, instead, in the capture of Morpheus, the Sandman, who must regain the tools of his powers. Shares: Loss, Death

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Ghostgirl Tonya Hurley · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 341p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Charlotte Usher se siente prácticamente invisible hasta que un día lo es de verdad. Peor aún: está muerta. Y todo por culpa de un osito de goma. Pero la muerte no impide que Charlotte siga con su plan. Todo lo contrario, se vuelve mucho más creativa y hará cualquier cosa por conseguir su objetivo: ser popular para seducir al chico que ama. Shares: Future life, Death

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Between Death and Life Dolores Cannon · 1993 · ★ 4.5 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Dolores has accumulated information about the death experience and what lies beyond through 16 years of hypnotic research and past-life therapy. While retrieving past-life experiences, hundreds of subjects reported the same memories when experiencing their death, the spirit realm, and their rebirth. This book also explores: guides and guardian angels; ghosts and poltergeists; planning your… Shares: Future life, Death

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Splendors and glooms Laura Amy Schlitz · 2012 · ★ 3.8 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late. Shares: Birthdays, Fantasy fiction

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Isabelle André Gide · 1921 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Gérard Lacase, un étudiant en lettres, arrive au château de la Quartfourche, un grand manoir normand habité par les familles Floch et Saint-Auréol, pour en consulter la bibliothèque dans le cadre de recherches pour une thèse en histoire sur Bossuet. L'ambaince sur place est très provinciale, et plutôt suffocante. Il n'en a pas plus tôt franchi le seuil que l'étrange atmosphère de cette demeure le… Shares: Loss, Death

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Sobranie sochinenii v dvadtsati dvukh tomakh Лев Толстой · 1882 · 51p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Translation from various works on Idealism. Shares: Immortality, Death

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To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf · 1927 · ★ 3.8 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in the memory. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever.In this, her most autobiographical novel, Virginia Woolf captures the intensity of childhood longing and delight, and the shifting complexity of adult… Shares: Loss, Death

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Ghost story Peter Straub · 1979 · ★ 3.9 · 507p · ≈ 16h · Moderate In a seedy motel in Florida, a young man holds captive a little girl in a soiled pink dress. He is anxious, tormented, introspective. She is calm, passive, strangely detached. She says her name is Angie Maule. Shares: Paranormal

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The elixir of life (Auriol) William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life is a novel by British historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. It was first published in 1844 in serial form, under the title Revelations of London. Auriol, written 1844, is slightly unusual in the Ainsworth repertoire as the action is entirely couched as a fantasy, so that the supernatural element (which occurs also, for instance, in his Guy Fawkes and his… Shares: Paranormal

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