death

"Since her mother's sudden death, Emma has existed in a fog of grief, unable to let go, unable to move forward--because her mother is, in a way, still there. She's being kept alive on machines for the sake of the baby growing inside her. Estranged from her stepfather and letting go of things that no longer seem important--grades, crushes, college plans--Emma has only her best friend to remind her to breathe. Until she meets a boy with a bad reputation who sparks something in her--Caleb Harrison, whose anger and loss might just match Emma's own. Feeling her own heart beat again wakes Emma from the grief that has grayed her existence. Is there hope for life after death--and maybe love?"--Dust jacket.

Anna struggles to maintain a sense of normalcy while staying with her eccentric aunt for the summer, but when her uncle's charred body is discovered and her aunt's grief exaggerates her psychic abilities, Anna wonders who she can trust and if her family's supernatural abilities might help her find her uncle's killer.

Shares the sometimes gruesome details of the deaths of nineteen famous historical figures, including King Tut, Pocahontas, George Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, and Marie Curie.

Adam Sarno finds a camera that shows him the past and the truth about the death of his best fiend; however, Adam isn't the only one who will suffer the consequences of the truth.

Memoir of Sonali Deraniyagala, who lost her parents, husband, and sons in the 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami. Deraniyagala speaks about how she survived the destructive wave and its aftermath and how she has carried on after losing so much.

Donna Parisi, still grieving over her father's death four years ago, comes to the realization while standing in front of the dead body of a classmate at a funeral home that she could find purpose in a career in the funeral industry.

Provides brief accounts of the deaths of 120 rock musicians from 1938 through 2006, including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and James Brown; and includes photographs as well as a list of the top fifty songs about death.

After the President of the United States is killed in a helicopter crash, Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot and civilian trial attorney, is hired to defend the European manufacturing company in a court, but his only hope to win is to discover what really caused the crash.

Presents an adaptation of "Saving Private Ryan" for advanced readers, which tells the story of a squad of young soldiers led by Captain John Miller who set out in the midst of the chaos of D-Day to find Private Ryan, a soldier whose three brothers have already been lost in the war.