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School of the dead / by Defence for Children International,author.(CARDINAL)768452; Avi.;

For most of Tony Gilbert's life, he has thought of his uncle as "Weird Uncle Charlie." That is, until Uncle Charlie moves in with Tony and his family. Uncle Charlie is still odd, of course-talking about spirits and other supernatural stuff-but he and Tony become fast friends, and Tony ends up having a lot of fun with Uncle Charlie. When Uncle Charlie dies suddenly, Tony is devastated. Then he starts seeing Uncle Charlie everywhere! It doesn't help that Tony switched schools-it was Uncle Charlie's dying wish that Tony attend the Penda School, where Uncle Charlie himself went as a kid. The Penda School is eerie enough without his uncle's ghost making it worse. On top of that, rumors have been circulating about a student who went missing shortly before Tony arrived. Could that somehow be related to Uncle Charlie's ghost?590LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Fiction.; Général; Detective and mystery stories; Families; Visionary & Metaphysical;

Available copies: 39 / Total copies: 45

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The recipe: a story of loss, love, and the ingredients of greatness / by Carroll, Charles M.,1964-(CARDINAL)483623;

Subjects: Visionary and metaphysical fiction.; Self-esteem.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The stranger in the lifeboat / by Albom, Mitch,1958-author.(CARDINAL)346480;

Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, ten strangers try to survive while they wait for rescue.After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves.They pull him on board - and the survivor claims he can save them.But should they put their trust in him?Will any of them see home again?And why did the ship really sink?The Stranger in the Lifeboat is not only a deeply moving novel about the power of love and hope in the face of danger, but also a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Christian fiction.; Religious fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Shipwreck victims; Visionary fiction.; Families; Metaphysical; Faith; Shipwrecks; Lifeboats; Yatching accidents; Shipwreck survival; Accident investigation;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4

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The stone door / by Carrington, Leonora,1917-2011,author.(CARDINAL)181631;

The Stone Door is a surrealist allegory intertwining myth, mysticism, and romance. Written by Leonora Carrington after World War II, the novel follows a woman's symbolic journey through esoteric teachings, ancient lands, and dreamlike visions in pursuit of spiritual awakening and the unification of male and female forces. Both a metaphysical adventure and a tribute to Carrington's personal love story, it offers a visionary exploration of transformation and liberation.

Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Surrealism; Mysticism; Self-realization in women; Man-woman relationships;

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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The birthmark magic awakens / by Arntsen, Barbara,author.(CARDINAL)606174;

A walk through the woods transports her to another time, where she meets a girl with an identical birthmark. Soon the two girls find they are part of an old mystical prophecy involving the Norse gods and magic deeper than they could imagine. Together, they unravel the threads of destiny as they navigate a world pulsating with divine forces and secrets buried deep within the heart of Norse mythology.Her mysterious Uncle Finn seems to think she is someone else because of her birthmark and his housekeeper Tora is being secretive regarding a meeting with a person Kate can only describe as an ice dwarf? On top of all that, her birthmark has begun changing. All Kate wants is to see her father before returning to her home in Virginia, but he has disappeared.Thirteen-year-old Kate Strand is supposed to meet up with her father, who she hasn't seen in months, on a family trip to Norway - but she has no idea of the adventures awaiting her there. Even before Kate disembarks from the plane, a talkative stranger takes notice of her distinctive birthmark and imparts an ominous prediction about her impending visit.

Subjects: Visionary & metaphysical; Coming of Age;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The bench / by Carlson, Ty,author.;

Upon receiving a strange invitation in the mail, Evan Reader is suddenly faced with a choice: either continue living his drab existence or risk the hope of change. The invitation details an intricate process involving the memory chip imbedded in his arm. A process which would allow him to speak with his wife, Meredith, who died in a tsunami four years ago. Evan’s desire to see the childhood sweetheart he married overwhelms his doubts and he agrees to it. Where previously the pain and dread had stopped him from moving on from his grief, he’s now forced to face memories and emotions that he’s avoided since her death. He also rediscovers those other emotions–love and connection–both of which he refused to believe he was worthy to experience. But when the digital representation of his wife begins to reveal memories that he doesn’t have, he suspects there may be a glitch in the program. He must then decide to either stop the process and return to his lonesome life, or embrace the parts that help explain the feelings of emptiness. He decides to continue and his initial hesitation is cast aside when he realizes that his loneliness can only be solved by talking through the pain with his wife, reliving some of the most difficult parts of his life. While Meredith begins to fill in the gaps of what he believed was infallible truth, their conversation reveals that not only are his memories incomplete, but that he’s missing the most important parts.

Subjects: Visionary & metaphysical fiction.; Science fiction.; Man-woman relationships;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Think to new worlds : the cultural history of Charles Fort and his followers / by Buhs, Joshua Blu,author.(CARDINAL)464122;

Includes bibliographical references and index.First must we think to new worlds -- Budget of paradoxes -- The motor of history -- The mermaids have come to the desert -- The cosmic aquarium -- Future history."How a writer who investigated scientific anomalies inspired a factious movement and made a lasting impact on American culture. Flying saucers. Bigfoot. Frogs raining from the sky. Such phenomena fascinated Charles Fort, the maverick writer who scanned newspapers, journals, and magazines for reports of bizarre occurrences: dogs that talked, vampires, strange visions in the sky, and paranormal activity. His books of anomalies advanced a philosophy that saw science as a small part of a larger system in which truth and falsehood continually transformed into one another. His work found a ragged following of skeptics who questioned not only science but the press, medicine, and politics. Though their worldviews varied, they shared compelling questions about genius, reality, and authority. At the center of this community was ad man, writer, and enfant terrible Tiffany Thayer, who founded the Fortean Society and ran it for almost three decades, collecting and reporting on every manner of oddity and conspiracy. In Think to New Worlds, Joshua Blu Buhs argues that the Fortean effect on modern culture is deeper than you think. Fort's descendants provided tools to expand the imagination, explore the social order, and demonstrate how power was exercised. Science fiction writers put these ideas to work as they sought to uncover the hidden structures undergirding reality. Avant-garde modernists-including the authors William Gaddis, Henry Miller, and Ezra Pound, as well as Surrealist visual artists-were inspired by Fort's writing about metaphysical and historical forces. And in the years following World War II, flying saucer enthusiasts convinced of alien life raised questions about who controlled the universe. Buhs's meticulous and entertaining book takes a respectful look at a cast of oddballs and eccentrics, plucking them from history's margins and spotlighting their mark on American modernism. Think to New Worlds is a timely consideration of a group united not only by conspiracies and mistrust of science but by their place in an ever-expanding universe rich with unexplained occurrences and visionary possibilities"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Fort, Charles, 1874-1932; Fort, Charles, 1874-1932.; Fortean Society.; Science writers; Science fiction, American; Science in literature.; Authors, American;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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The beast [videorecording] / by Bonello, Bertrand,1968-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Charbit, Benjamin,screenwriter.; Bréaud, Guillaume,screenwriter.; Taurand, Justin,film producer.; Zade, Jamal Zeinal,film producer.; Deshaies, Josée,cinematographer.; Seydoux, Léa,1985-actor.(CARDINAL)815288; MacKay, George,1992-actor.; Malanda, Guslagie,actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):James, Henry,1843-1916.Beast in the jungle.; AMI Paris (Firm),production company.; Arte France cinéma (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)340704; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; Films du Bélier,production company.; My New Picture (Firm),production company.; Sons of Manual (Firm),production company.;

Director of photography, Josée Deshaies ; editor, Anita Roth ; music, Bertrand & Anna Bonello.Lea Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda.By the year 2044, artificial intelligence reigns, and human emotions are a liability that must be surgically removed to produce a more pliant workforce. But this procedure triggers Gabrielle to experience haunting memories of her past lives, as she encounters different incarnations of her paramour, Louis, first in belle epoque Paris and then in 2014 Los Angeles. As she once more undergoes the pains and pleasures of romance and rediscovers what it means to be truly alive, Gabrielle awaits the erasure of her humanity with growing fascination and dread. In his most ambitious film yet, visionary director Bertrand Bonello freely adapts Henry James's novella The Beast in the Jungle into a visually stunning science-fiction labyrinth that is as metaphysically mysterious as it is emotionally powerful. Powered by Seydoux's heartrending performance, The Beast poignantly imagines the consequences of humankind becoming too afraid to risk the inherent vulnerability of love.English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen and full screen; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Science fiction films.; Dystopian films.; Romance films.; Film adaptations.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Love; Dystopias; Artificial intelligence; Reincarnation; Emotions; Future, The;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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