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Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?
Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs. Elner Shimfissle is up in her tree, picking figs, and the next thing she knows, she is off on an adventure she never...
Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs. Elner Shimfissle is up in her tree, picking figs, and the next thing she knows, she is off on an adventure she never...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Shares the author's minute-by-minute account of his religiously transformative near-death experience and revealing week-long coma, describing his scientific study of near-death phenomena while explaining what he learned about the nature of human consciousness.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In the ten years since 90 Minutes in Heaven was published, millions of people worldwide have read the incredible true story of Don Piper's experience with death and life--and in reading they have found their own lives changed. After a semi-truck collided with Don Piper's car, he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next ninety minutes, he experienced the glories of heaven. Back on earth, a passing minister felt led to stop and pray for the accident...
Author
Publisher
Gold Leaf Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
At the age of 31, Betty Eadie died after routine surgery. The events that followed can only be described as the most profound and extensive near-death experience ever recorded. During the time she was clinically dead, Betty was given knowledge of the afterlife that would make even the greatest skeptic think twice. As she traveled through the spiritual realm, she learned more about the laws and history of the universe than perhaps anyone before her....
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Publisher
Philipsburg MT
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
After attempting to commit suicide due to the experiences she had had, she leaves her body and enters the spirit world learning much about the beauty and peace that follow this life for those that have lived good lives. She then visits hell where her abusive father resided and she learns about forgiveness and it's role in our lives. She then sees many of the events that lead up to Armageddon and the return of Christ to this earth.
7) Any minute
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English
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Sarah Harper is driven to achieve success no matter what the cost. She wants to do good and not hurt the people she loves — especially children and her husband, Joe — but her desire to succeed in her career too often leaves little time for family.
One cold, autumn afternoon, all of that changes when Sarah's car plunges off a bridge and into a river. She is presumed dead by those on the "outside," but Sarah's spirit is still very much...
One cold, autumn afternoon, all of that changes when Sarah's car plunges off a bridge and into a river. She is presumed dead by those on the "outside," but Sarah's spirit is still very much...
Author
Publisher
MJF Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Examines various aspects of the near-death experience, featuring stories based on interviews with over four thousand adults and children, identifying common patterns and aftereffects of near-death experiences, and providing evidence to support the author's theory that the transformation of consciousness that results from a near-death state is a biological imperative for the advancement and evolution of the human species.
10) Dragonfly
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:1).
Language
English
Description
Joe, is a physician mourning the death of his wife Emily who died in South America, where she was providing medical outreach. Wracked by grief, Joe feels obligated to check in on his wife's pediatric patients, fulfilling a promise he made before she left. Visiting the ward, Joe starts to believe that Emily is using the near-death experiences of her terminal patients to communicate with him, through images the children report seeing in their dreams,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning.
Be careful what you wish for. A woman who was touched by tragedy as a child now lives a quiet life, keeping other people at a cool distance. She even believes she wants it that way. Then one day she utters an idle wish and, while standing in her house, is struck by...
Be careful what you wish for. A woman who was touched by tragedy as a child now lives a quiet life, keeping other people at a cool distance. She even believes she wants it that way. Then one day she utters an idle wish and, while standing in her house, is struck by...
12) The perfect wave
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, Ian McCormack sets out on a journey in search of the perfect wave encounters a deadly jellyfish. Finding himself out of his own body, Ian struggles with what has happened he is lifted out of the darkness on a perfect wave of light, rising to heaven at the feet of Christ, where he is forgiven, redeemed and given the choice to stay in true paradise or return to tell the world his story.
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Language
English
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Description
For those who believe, it's no secret that this life is not the end. Learn for yourself what awaits us all in these inspiring true accounts from Latter-day Saints who have been shown a glimpse through the thin veil between this life and death. Sure to uplift any reader, this beloved book, compiled from the previous Beyond the Veil series, is a must-read--a true testament to the eternal nature of God's plan.
14) Hideaway
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
After a near-fatal car accident, a Californian must deal with the deranged killer with whom he now shares visions.
16) Imagine heaven: near-death experiences, God's promises, and the exhilarating future that awaits you
Author
Language
English
Description
John Burke compares gripping stories of near-death experiences (NDEs) to what Scripture says about our biggest questions of Heaven. The author shows how the common experiences shared by thousands of survivors--including doctors, college professors, bank presidents, people of all ages and cultures, and even blind people--point to the exhilarating picture of Heaven promised in the Bible.
17) Wenny has wings
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Having had a near-death experience in the accident that killed his younger sister, eleven-year-old Will tries to cope with the situation by writing her letters.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this inspired follow-up to the million-copy bestseller To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal (featured in the Netflix original series Surviving Death) shares untold stories about her encounters with Jesus and powerful insights about how the reality of heaven can make each day magnificent.
“If you want practical ways to bring more...
“If you want practical ways to bring more...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the story of a young mother who underwent an intense near-death experience after she became unresponsive during a medical emergency, as she discusses the hardships of her past and the impact of the experience on her life.
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