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  The Graveyard Book

  by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Chris Riddell

  Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of... (more)
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  The Monstrumologist: Book 1

  The Monstrumologist

  by Richard Yancey

  A monster-hunting doctor and his apprentice face off against a plague of monsters in the first book of Rick Yancey's new series, The Monstrumologist.With a roaring sense of adventure and enough viscera to gag the hardiest of gore hounds, Yancey’s series starter might just be the best horror novel of the year. Will Henry is the 12-year-old apprentice to Pellinore Warthrop, a brilliant and self-absorbed... (more)
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  The Graveyard Queen: Book 1

  The Restorer

  by Amanda Stevens

  My name is Amelia Gray. I'm a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. In order to protect myself from the parasitic nature of the dead, I've always held fast to the rules passed down from my father. But now a haunted police detective has entered my world and everything is changing, including the rules that have always kept me safe. It started with the discovery of a young woman's brutalized body in an old Charleston... (more)
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  The Haunting of Derek Stone: Book 1

  City of the Dead

  by Tony Abbott

  Could the road to the afterlife be a two-way street? Derek Stone just turned fourteen. He's lived in the heart of New Orleans with his dad and older brother, Ronny, his whole life. He's a little overweight. He can't hear well out of his left ear. Oh, and he's on the run from
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  Stories in Stone: The Complete Guide to Cemetery Symbolism

  by Douglas Keister

  Certain symbols abound in modern Western culture that are instantly recognizable: the cross signifies Christianity, the six-pointed Star of David is revered by Jews, the golden arches frequently means it's time for lunch. Other symbols, however, require a bit of decoding-particularly those found in cemeteries. Cemeteries are virtual encyclopedias of symbolism. Engravings on tombstones, mausoleums and... (more)
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  The Haunting of Derek Stone: Book 2

  Bayou Dogs

  by Tony Abbott

  Could the road to the afterlife be a two-way street? Derek's brother Ronny isn't himself. No, really. Ronny's body has been taken over by the long-dead soul of a man named Virgil Black. Lucky for him, Virgil is one of the good guys. Not all of them are. In fact, a Legion of evil souls is staging a serious comeback. And they're staging it at Bayou Malpierre,... (more)
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  Scary Stories Treasury

  Three Books to Chill Your Bones

  by Alvin Schwartz

  An amazing collection of scary stories from all of the Scary Story to read in the dark books.
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  Here Lies Linc

  by Delia Ray

  When 12-year-old Linc Crenshaw decides he wants to go to public school, his professor mom isn't so happy with the idea. He's convinced it will be the ticket to a new social life. Instead, it's a disaster when his mom shows up at their field trip to the local cemetery to lecture them on gravestones, and Linc sees her through his fellow-students' eyes. He's convinced his chances at a social life are over until a... (more)
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  A Fine and Private Place

  by Peter S. Beagle

  A novel about life after death, life during death, and life instead of death. Jonathan Rebeck lives alone in a cemetery, susbisting on sandwiches stolen for him by a Raven, much like Elijah of the bible. He makes it his job to welcome newcomers; the dead, it appears, do not go to heaven OR hell, but rather drift around in a haze of forgetting until they fade out of existence entirely. Michael, who is... (more)
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  The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989

  by Samuel Beckett

  Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett is one of the most profoundly original writers of our century. A tremendously influential poet and dramatist, Beckett spoke of his prose fiction as the "important writing, " the medium in which his ideas were most powerfully distilled. Here, for the first time, his short prose is gathered in a definitive, complete volume by leading Beckett scholar S.E.
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  Tombstone Tea

  by Joanne Dahme

  In order to be accepted by the “in crowd” at her new high school, Jamie accepts a dare to spend one night in a local cemetery collecting rubbings from ten gravestones. Once inside the gate of the dark and frightening burial ground, Jamie meets Paul, a handsome boy who works as a caretaker at the cemetery. Paul explains to Jamie about Tombstone Tea: a fund-raising performance in which actors impersonate the people... (more)
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  The Abandon Trilogy: Book 1

  Abandon

  by Meg Cabot

  She knows what it's like to die. Now Death wants her back.Seventeen-year-old Pierce knows what happens to us when we die.That's how she met John Hayden, the mysterious stranger who's made returning to normal life—or at least life as Pierce knew it before the accident—next to impossible.Though she thought she escaped him—starting a new school in a whole new place—it turns out she was... (more)
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  Haunted (Eboch)

  The Ghost on the Stairs

  by Chris Eboch

  Thirteen-year-old Jon and his eleven-year-old sister, Tania, are typical kids -- except for the fact that Tania can communicate with ghosts. Their mom and stepdad are producers of a ghost-hunter reality television show, but they have no idea that Tania possesses this ability -- and Tania wants to keep it that way. While filming at an old hotel in Colorado, Jon and Tania find themselves trapped in a ghostly love... (more)
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  Pearl of China

  by Anchee Min

  From the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid comes the powerful story of the friendship of a lifetime, based on the life of Pearl S. Buck. In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family, Pearl the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries.... (more)
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  Haversham Hill

  by Sunni Morris

  Deep in the woods of New England, past a quaint village, stands a three hundred year old mansion. The sparkling white walls make it appear beautiful at first glance but under the exterior the house holds deeper secrets where restless spirits wander waiting for their next victim. After her divorce Amber O'Donnell sets out with her twin daughters to make a new start away from the hustle and bustle of the big... (more)
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  Badger Boneyards: The Eternal Rest of the Story

  by Dennis McCann

  The bodies are buried, but the stories are not. From the ornate tombs of Milwaukee beer barons to displaced Chippewa graves and miniscule family plots, Badger Boneyards: The Eternal Rest of the Story unearths the stories of Wisconsin. Football great John Heisman is buried here, as is the state's smallest man, a woman whose tombstone names her murderer, and the boy who would not tell a lie and paid the price.  ... (more)
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  Mentalitätsgeschichtliche und ästhetische Untersuchungen der Grabmalsplastik des Karlsruher Hauptfriedhofes

  by Anett Beckmann

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  Cemetery Stories

  Haunted Graveyards, Embalming Secrets and the Life of a Corpse After Death

  by Katherine M. Ramsland

  A unique collection of anecdotes and oral histories about death. Beginning with the story of the death of her grandfather, the author weaves an intriguing history of death and its accompanying rituals. Among the anecdotes recounted in the book is the night Jim Morrison (supposedly) died, and why there is speculation that he lives. Famous death rituals including the Odon Festival of the Dead are to be found here as... (more)
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  Haus des Lebens : ju?dische Friedho?fe in Deutschland

  by Michael Brocke

  Text: German
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  Ju?dische Grabkunst von der Antike bis heute

  by Hannelore Ku?nzl

  Text: German