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Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas Machado de Assis "New translation of Machado's famous novel is for the most part faithful and readable. However, work has occasional odd errors and omissions, and fails to give sufficient attention to Machado's rhyth… OL1003017W
My so-called death My so-called death Stacey Jay After dying in a cheerleading accident, high school freshman Karen turns into a zombie and enrolls at a boarding school for the undead where she uncovers a murder mystery. OL11993818W
The Everafter The Everafter Amy Huntley Madison Stanton doesn't know where she is or how she got there. But she does know this-she is dead. And alone, in a vast, dark space. The only company she has is in the place are luminescent objects … OL13652421W
The body snatchers The body snatchers Daniel Cohen Examines burial customs and attitudes toward death through the ages and discusses magical, religious, economic, scientific, and political motives for body snatching and grave robbing. OL15218537W
The Lying Game The Lying Game Sara Shepard I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. The worst part of being dead is that there's nothing left to live for. No more kisses. No more secrets. No more gossip. It's enough to kill… OL15550642W
Forget me not Forget me not Carolee Dean Told from separate viewpoints, Ally discovers that she may have tried to kill herself and Elijah, recalling his own suicide attempt, tries to give Ally a reason to live and escape from the spirits th… OL16151904W
Necromancing the stone Necromancing the stone Lish McBride Kidnapped six weeks ago by the Blackthorn pack of werewolves and fey hounds, and under their protection, Sam LaCroix is unsure if his necromancer rival is dead. OL16415315W
Blackwatch Blackwatch Jenna Burtenshaw Will the sinister and soulless Silas Dane abandon Kate Winter, who has the ability to pierce the veil between life and death, when she is pursued by the Blackwatch squadron of spies and assassins? OL16442214W
Blood ninja III Blood ninja III Nick Lake In sixteenth-century Japan, Taro enlists his friends to help vanquish a dragon in hopes of winning a reward that would allow him to marry Hana, but he also faces surprisingly difficult obstacles as K… OL16540367W
Hold me closer, necromancer Hold me closer, necromancer Lish McBride Sam LaCroix, a Seattle fast-food worker and college dropout, discovers that he is a necromancer, part of a world of harbingers, werewolves, satyrs, and one particular necromancer who sees Sam as a th… OL17213815W
Hereafter Hereafter Kate Brian Rory Miller thought her life was over when a notorious serial killer set his sights on her, forcing her family into witness protection. But her new home, a remote island with azure blue skies and whi… OL17216130W
Grave danger Grave danger Jonny Zucker "Max Flash, explosive escapologist and master magician, is back for his fourth death-defying mission. The Department for Extraordinary Activity tells Max that the Sorceror's Venom, an ancient Egyptia… OL17714638W
The Unbound The Unbound V. E. Schwab Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Last summer, Mackenzie Bi… OL17714884W
Second life Second life Paul Griner "Second Life takes us into the strange world of the second life of bodies and what happens to the physical vessel after one dies. Elena Kelly is a body broker or "corpse wrangler," one of the best in… OL17868125W
The Dark Between The Dark Between Sonia Gensler Three teenagers in Victorian era Cambridge spend the summer at a local college and soon discover that their hosts, the Metaphysical Society, may be conducting sinister experiments in an attempt to co… OL19913935W
Mystic Mystic Alyson Noël "Since coming to Enchantment, New Mexico, everything in Daire Santos life has changed. And not all for the better. While she's come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker, Daire strugg… OL19970236W
Endless Endless Kate Brian Rory Miller didn't just fall in love with Tristan Parrish. She fell in love with the idea of forever. He was the one who told her the truth about her existence in Juniper Landing: that her mortal lif… OL19987958W
Encyclopedia of the zombie Encyclopedia of the zombie Anthony J. Fonseca,June Michele Pulliam "A fascinating read for anyone from general readers to hardcore fans and scholars, this encyclopedia covers virtually every aspect of the zombie as cultural phenomenon, including film, literature, fo… OL23179789W
Graveminder (Graveminder Series, Book 1) Graveminder (Graveminder Series, Book 1) Melissa Marr Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville. Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place--and the man--she left a decade… OL24267885W
The Gateway through which they came The Gateway through which they came Heather Marie To seventeen-year-old Aiden Ortiz, letting the dead walk through his body to reach the other side comes with the territory. Being a Gateway isn't an easy job, but someone's gotta send Bleeders where … OL31213460W
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