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Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This, understandably, causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, funeral directors, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration - flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home - families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Death and Night: He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance meeting, they wonder if, perhaps, they could be meant for more. But danger crouches in their paths, and the choices they make will set them on a journey that will span lifetimes. Poison and Gold: Now that her wish for a choice has come true, Aasha struggles to control her powers. But when an opportunity to help Queen Gauri and...
Author
Series
Death Works volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
"Steven de Selby got promoted. This makes the increasing number of stirrers (and the disturbing rumors of a zombie god rising sometime soon) his problem. That time management seminar he keeps meaning to take would also remind him that he's got a Death Moot to plan, a Christmas party to organize, and an end-of-the-world thing to avert. Steven must start managing Death, before Death starts managing him, or this time the Apocalypse will be more than...
Author
Publisher
Llewellyn Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Descubre la historia, la cultura, y la magia práctica de la Santa Muerte, santa patrona de las causas perdidas, a través esta guía accesible y auténtica. Como patrona de las causas perdidas, de la comunidad LGBT, los adictos, y cualquiera que haya sido marginado por la sociedad, la Santa Muerte ya tiene millones de seguidores, y su popularidad sigue en aumento. Acompaña al autor Tomás Prower --un devoto practicante de la Santa Muerte-- en la...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the mansion has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he died, he refuses to move on. Fox D'Mora is a medium, and though he is also most-definitely a shameless fraud, he isn't entirely without his uses--seeing as he's actually the godson of Death. When Viola seeks out...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Meida
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and hes bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?"-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Death note volume 12
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The human whose name is written in this note shall die" ... Light Yagami, a straight-A high school student, picked up this "death note" dropped into the human world and used it to rid the world of criminals. Years have passed, and various forces have tried to gain possession of the note, but the battle stops here.
10) Hogfather
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
It's the holiday of Hogswatch in the parallel universe of Discworld, the night when kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather. But someone--or something-- wants the Hogfather out of the way. Now it's up to the most unlikely of heroes to get the holiday back on track before humanity loses all hope.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know?
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?" -- cover page 4.
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