Download or read book Eli Harpo s Adventure to the Afterlife written by Eric Schlich and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Eric Schlich’s Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife isan accessible and big-hearted novel that explores belief and forgiveness as a boy grapples with his faith and sexuality on a rollicking family road trip to Bible World. When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that’s what his father, a loving but devout Baptist minister, has raised him to believe. Nine years later, Eli isn’t so sure. His rounds with his father to evangelize at hospices and sell his father’s self-published book, Heaven or Bust!, feel inauthentic and strange, especially now that he’s started having sex dreams about Jesus. Between that and his mother’s terminal breast cancer diagnosis, Eli feels further from heaven than ever. But when the famous televangelist Charlie Gideon shows up at the Harpos’ doorstep with a proposal to create a new attraction based on Eli’s trip to the afterlife at his Bible-themed park, Eli isn’t able to say no. As the Harpos head off on a rollicking road trip from Kentucky to Bible World in Orlando, Eli is left to grapple with not just his faith and his sexuality, but also his own parents’ messy humanity and what happens when a family held together by mythmaking starts coming apart at the seams. Hilarious and moving, Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife is a kind-hearted story about self-discovery and the search for truth, wherever it takes you.

Download or read book Adventures in the Afterlife written by William Buhlman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventures in the Afterlife is a powerful journey ofspiritual awakening; a bold quest for answers andenlightenment. The old assumptions of heavenare confronted and an expansive new vision of ourcontinuing life is presented. After being diagnosedwith cancer, William Buhlman, author of Adventures Beyond the Body, pursued answers to the mysteries of our existence after death. Confronting his mortality, he experienced profound insights into what lies beyond our physical body.Our journey into the next life is the basis for Adventures in the Afterlife. The author chronicles his out-of-bodyexperiences and lucid dreams through the eyesof a fictional character, Frank Brooks. The insights are sometimes surprising, but a clear message is always apparent; we are powerful, spiritual beings and we shape our reality now and in the future. The purpose of this book is to prepare us for the many thought responsiveenvironments we will experience.William Buhlman teaches and lectures worldwide onthe subjects of out-of-body experiences and spiritual empowerment. Visit the author at www.astralinfo.org.

Download or read book Me Death written by Richard Scrimger and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one boy’s experience with the (not so) sweet hereafter. Fresh from having stolen a piece of fruit and taunting the grocer, Jim, a fourteen-year-old wannabe gangster, bully, and car thief, is run over by a car. What follows is a hilarious, bleak, and ultimately hopeful visit to the afterworld, courtesy of Richard Scrimger, one of the country’s finest writers. This is an afterlife peopled with unforgettable characters that might be drawn from video games: angry Slayers, tearful Mourners, and scary Grave Walkers. Jim meets them all and is given the chance to return to earth with the extraordinary gift of knowing what happens when we die. Now he must deal with living demons, including a neighborhood torturer and a truly creepy older sister. With imagery from the mean streets as well as the arcade, Me and Death is thought-provoking, exciting, sad, and funny — sometimes all at the same time.

Download or read book AfterLife written by Matthew J. Pallamary and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really happens when someone drinks alcohol to the point of blacking out? What forces are at work when someone loses their self control, acts out of character, and wakes up the next day with no memory of their actions? AfterLife: The Adventures of a Lost Soul, is inspired by real life events, William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, and the dynamics of demonic possession. In this supernatural occult thriller, Steve Hanson confronts satanic worshipers who contribute to his death in a grisly motorcycle accident. When he wakes up outside his body in spirit form he is met by other spirits, among them his deceased girlfriend who teach him how to "borrow" the bodies of mortals so he can re-experience physical sensations to learn how to reincarnate into the physical world to complete his karma. Freed from the three dimensional limitations of space and time, Steve travels through the ethereal worlds of spirit, dreaming, and other fluid states of consciousness to discover that things are never what they appear to be on the surface.

Download or read book Finding Hope in the Afterlife written by Joshua Louis and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having experienced a troubled past, author Joshua Louis was someone who struggled to understand the world around him and his purpose within it. In 2012, his intuitive nature drove him to seek the truth regarding paranormal occurrences and the existence of an afterlife. What he got was way more than he bargained for. Louis would come to understand his purpose in a profound way. As his intuitive abilities developed, he discovered he was able to communicate with souls on the other side. In Finding Hope in the Afterlife, he offers an inspirational look at the afterlife, sharing his experiences from his intriguing spiritual journey. He explores his own true psychic abilities while using basic equipment to effectively communicate with souls on the other side. Through more than twenty photographs and almost forty suggested videos containing supporting evidence, Finding Hope in the Afterlife captivates and challenges any skeptic.

Download or read book Quantum Convention written by Eric Schlich and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantum Convention’s eight genre-bending stories balance precariously between reality and fantasy, the suburban and the magical, the quotidian and the strange. Caught at a crossroads in his marriage, a high school teacher attends a parallel universe convention, where he meets his multiple selves and explores the alternate paths of life’s what-ifs. The story of Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West, parallels the coming of age of a cross-dressing boy whose crisis of identity is tied to The Wizard of Oz. Other stories feature characters labeled as “outcasts” by society—whether physically, morally, or fantastically: an alcoholic lucid dreamer, a closeted bisexual, a bachelor time-epileptic, orphans-turned-keeners, a vengeful banshee, a nerdy cyclops, and more. Many struggle to find what Dorothy and her entourage searched for: the wisdom to trust or discount their faith; the ability of the emotionally detached to love; the courage to speak up for oneself; a place to belong.

Download or read book My Afterlife written by Jess Thornton and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wade Hawkesworth receives a visit from an old friend. Pete, his young friend, had ridden over on his bicycle. He was 10 years old, just as Wade remembered him! The only problem was that Wade himself was 35 years old. That, and the fact that he also knew that his old friend Pete was dead... Wade set off in his old Ford F100 pickup truck to travel down to Pete's old house in Illinois to see what was going on. He loaded up the truck with his golden retriever dog Charlie by his side, and they set off on the backroads of southwest Wisconsin, heading to Illinois in search of answers, and to check up on his relatives.Then a wheel-less Big Rig showed up behind them, driven by a demon Hell Trucker holding an emerald that blasted beams of sorcerous doom, intent on blasting the old truck into pieces. Luckily, Wade had brought a big bore pistol along- but, would it work against the supernatural? But Wade was heading down to check on his daughter and her family, along with his aged parents. His head was spinning, and not just about himself- what about all of them? The sorcerous Emerald was another dilemma- friend or foe? Helpful, yet unpredictable at best... And was he alive or dead? There are many questions that come up, as he travels down to visit his parents, who he assumes are in peril, since the state of Illinois is bankrupt and corrupt. Wade is determined to help, good son that he is, but- can he? After all, he might be dead... but, from what he sees, there is a lot that goes on, in that state between the living, and what is the Afterlife...Perhaps, with Ezmerelda to help him- the Afterlife will be more than enough for him and his family!

Download or read book I d Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them written by Jesse Goolsby and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful debut novel, three American soldiers haunted by their actions in Afghanistan search for absolution and human connectionin family and civilian life. Wintric Ellis joins the army as soon as he graduates from high school, saying goodbye to his girlfriend, Kristen, and to the backwoods California town whose borders have always been the limits of his horizon. Deployed in Afghanistan two years into a directionless war, he struggles to find his bearings in a place where allies could at any second turn out to be foes. Two career soldiers, Dax and Torres, take Wintric under their wing. Together, these three men face an impossible choice: risk death or commit a harrowing act of war. The aftershocks echo long after each returns home to a transfigured world, where his own children may fear to touch him and his nightmares still hold sway. Jesse Goolsby casts backward and forward in time to track these unforgettable characters from childhood to parenthood, from redwood forests to open desert roads to the streets of Kabul. Hailed by Robert Olen Butler as a "major literary event," I'd Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them is a work of disarming eloquence and heart-wrenching wisdom, and a debut novel from a writer to watch.

Download or read book Afterlife written by Colin Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hereafter written by Terri Bruce and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-six-year-old Irene Dunphy didn't plan on dying any time soon, but that's exactly what happens when she makes the mistake of getting behind the wheel after a night bar-hopping with friends. She finds herself stranded on earth as a ghost, where the food has no taste, the alcohol doesn't get you drunk, and the sex...well, let's just say "don't bother." To make matters worse, the only person who can see her-courtesy of a book he found in his school library-is a fourteen-year-old boy genius obsessed with the afterlife. Unfortunately, what waits in the Great Beyond isn't much better. Stuck between the boring life of a ghost in this world and the terrifying prospect of three-headed hell hounds, final judgment, and eternal torment in the next, Irene sets out to find a third option-preferably one that involves not being dead anymore. Can she wipe the slate clean and get a second chance before it's too late?

Download or read book Seth on Death and the Afterlife written by Mark Allen Frost and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his ground-breaking new book, the celebrated metaphysical author Seth shows us an "alternative storyline" concerning death and what may come afterwards. And what an astonishing story it is. Using his theory of reincarnation as a backdrop, the book is partly an adventure tale, as Seth leads us through our own many deaths and guides us into the Afterlife Realities of the Fourth Dimension and beyond. And it is partly a detective story, for we are encouraged to investigate and then heal our hidden Issues around death and dying. The goal is to uncover our negative programming and decide if this is what we would like to experience in the Afterlife. For according to Seth, we create our realities after death, just as we create our realities in the physical world. Written with quiet affection and fear-banishing humor, Seth's new book is also a love story. He reminds us that the end of one life is simply a Transition, a segue to another opportunity to bring Love back to Earth.

Download or read book The Gate of Gods written by Martha Wells and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tremaine Valiarde and a small, brave band of heroes ventured into a wondrous new realm on their desperate mission to save Ile-Rien from the conquering Gardier. Now, as a relentless enemy creates chaos and destruction -- with the fate of the magical city of Lodun hanging in the balance -- the last hope of a land besieged may rest on the far side of a secret portal. But the doorway leads to a mysterious ruin hidden behind the awesome Gate of Gods -- and to perils that dwarf anything Tremaine and her allies could have possibly imagined. . . .

Download or read book Kolobians Seek the Afterlife written by Floyd Willmore and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two adventurers from another planet come to earth seeking information about the afterlife. They solicit help from a young earth boy and after telling him about their planet he agrees to help. They are joined by a leadership personality and an intellectual personality from the far away planet. They begin a fantasy journey to learn about immortality and the afterlife from any source available. They have the ability to visit any time and any place in their search for things that have been written or spoken. They discover things that are known by religions about creation and the beginning of life and about the afterlife but cannot understand some of them. They are joined by a faith personality from their planet who has perceived their confusion. These six distinctly different personalities explore information from various sources and discuss some ramifications of their findings. They learn doctrines and theories about creation and immortality and the many forms that afterlife might take. They search for and find truth in many forms. The story is not only about finding information but also the thought processes involved to understand the information. An important facet of the story is the fact that non-humans think differently than humans and ask different questions. This story is about the acceptance of truth. After their search for the "afterlife" has generated more questions than answers they turn to a search for the "meaning of life." This story is about their adventures and their conclusions regarding religion and the meaning of life. It is told using playful and sometimes irreverent dialogue. The tale is made more interesting with the inclusion of illustrations by the very talented artist Penny Moroney.

Download or read book Hereafter and After written by Richard Parks and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dead Guy and an ex-Valkyrie... ...they make a great team. Jake Hallman may have shuffled off his mortal coil but he's a long way from finished. He stubbornly refuses to stop learning and searching for understanding instead of meekly accepting his eternal reward like a proper soul, and there are consequences for that. Now no Afterlife can contain him. Not that he doesn't try out a few, just for size. When he joins forces with Freya (no, not that Freya), ex-Valkyrie and Valhalla malcontent, there's no stopping them. Join Jake and Freya on a quest to discover if there is any place in the cosmos where a spirit can be truly free. You're love Hereafter, and After, since what's better than a quest for ultimate meaning that doesn't sacrifice your sense of humor? Get your adventure on! Praise for Hereafter, and After "Hereafter, and After is a story that would have made Robert Nathan or James Branch Cabell proud." Charles de Lint, F&SF "Parks' debonair, completely amusing take on immortality." ̶ Ray Olson, Booklist "Wonderfully irreverent." -Holly Schmidt

Download or read book A Little More Dead written by Jordaina Sydney Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to the Afterlife written by Nick DiMartino and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Slaughterhouse 90210 written by Maris Kreizman and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect book for anyone with a Netflix account and a library card. "Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book." - Jami Attenburg, bestselling author of The Middlesteins Slaughterhouse 90210 pairs literature's greatest lines with pop culture's best moments. In 2009, Maris Kreizman wanted to combine her fierce love for pop culture with a lifelong passion for reading, and so the blog Slaughterhouse 90210 was born. By matching poignant passages from literature with popular moments from television, film, and real life, Maris' work instantly caught the attention (and adoration) of thousands. And it's easy to see why. Slaughterhouse 90210 is subversively brilliant, finding the depth in the shallows of reality television, and the levity in Lahiri. A picture of Taylor Swift is paired with Joan Didion's quote, "Above all, she is the girl who 'feels things'. The girl ever wounded, ever young." Tony Soprano tenderly hugs his teenage son, accompanied by a line from Middlemarchabout, "The patches of hardness and tenderness [that] lie side by side in men's dispositions." The images and quotes complement and deepen one another in surprising, profound, and tender ways. With over 150 color photographs from some of popular culture's most iconic moments, Kreizman shows why comparing Walter White to Faust makes sense in our celebrity obsessed, tv crazed society.