Afterlives of the Rich and Famous

Author: Steve Breen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682611477
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
From a pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, Afterlives of the Rich and Famous is an adult coloring book of some of the world's most well-known dead celebrities—and what they might be doing now. Ever wonder how Steve Jobs is spending his afterlife? How about Prince, Albert Einstein, Lassie or Muhammad Ali? Afterlives of the Rich and Famous will satisfy your burning curiosity. It’s unquestionably one of the best coloring books about the spirits of dead celebrities in years! Features over 50 single-sided illustrations. See what the hype is about…if you dare! (Cue evil Vincent Price laugh.)

Afterlives of the Rich and Famous

Author: Sylvia Browne
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062041681
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
“I have known Sylvia for twenty years, and I have the greatest respect for her….I applaud her for the peace and solace that she has brought to so many.” —Montel Williams The world’s most acclaimed psychic, Sylvia Browne, the New York Times bestselling author of Life on the Other Side, All Pets Go to Heaven, Contacting Your Spirit Guide, and more, returns with a rare and riveting look at the lives of some of our favorite celebrities—after their deaths. How do Elvis Presley, Heath Ledger, John Lennon, and others view their time on Earth? After they have shuffled off this mortal coil, what wisdom do they wish to send back to us? Sylvia Browne’s moving look at these once larger-than-life heroes is a captivating voyage into the secrets they hold beyond the void.

The Afterlives

Author: Thomas Pierce
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698144945
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
“Ridiculously good” (The New York Times) author Thomas Pierce's debut novel is a funny, poignant love story that answers the question: What happens after we die? (Lots of stuff, it turns out). Jim Byrd died. Technically. For a few minutes. The diagnosis: heart attack at age thirty. Revived with no memory of any tunnels, lights, or angels, Jim wonders what--if anything--awaits us on the other side. Then a ghost shows up. Maybe. Jim and his new wife, Annie, find themselves tangling with holograms, psychics, messages from the beyond, and a machine that connects the living and the dead. As Jim and Annie journey through history and fumble through faith, they confront the specter of loss that looms for anyone who dares to fall in love. Funny, fiercely original, and gracefully moving, The Afterlives will haunt you. In a good way.

Keats’s Negative Capability

Author: Brian Rejack
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1786949717
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Few critical terms coined by poets are more famous than “negative capability.” Though Keats uses the mysterious term only once, a consensus about its meaning has taken shape over the last two centuries. Keats’s Negative Capability: New Origins and Afterlives offers alternative ways to approach and understand Keats’s seductive term.

Sum

Author: David Eagleman
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307378020
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.

The Afterlife of Ophelia

Author: Kaara L. Peterson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230116900
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Although she appears in only a handful of scenes in Hamlet, Ophelia is one of Shakespeare's most enigmatic and unforgettable characters. This collection of new essays is the first to explore the rich afterlife of one of Shakespeare's most recognizable characters. With contributions from an international group of established and emerging scholars, The Afterlife of Ophelia moves beyond the confines of existing scholarship and forges connections among fields that are typically pursued as separate lines of inquiry within Shakespeare studies: film and new media studies, theatre and performance studies, historicist and contextual perspectives, and studies of popular culture.

From Pompeii

Author: Ingrid D. Rowland
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674416538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for Pompeii's inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations. The experience of Pompeii always reflects a particular time and sensibility, says Ingrid Rowland. From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town explores the fascinating variety of these different experiences, as described by the artists, writers, actors, and others who have toured the excavated site. The city's houses, temples, gardens--and traces of Vesuvius's human victims--have elicited responses ranging from awe to embarrassment, with shifting cultural tastes playing an important role. The erotic frescoes that appalled eighteenth-century viewers inspired Renoir to change the way he painted. For Freud, visiting Pompeii was as therapeutic as a session of psychoanalysis. Crown Prince Hirohito, arriving in the Bay of Naples by battleship, found Pompeii interesting, but Vesuvius, to his eyes, was just an ugly version of Mount Fuji. Rowland treats readers to the distinctive, often quirky responses of visitors ranging from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain to Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven throughout a narrative lush with detail and insight is the thread of Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii, where she has returned many times since first visiting in 1962.

Life on the Other Side

Author: Sylvia Browne
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451201515
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
The noted psychic explains the afterlife as she illuminates her findings about "the other side" and answers readers' most important questions about death and the afterlife.

The Talking Dead

Author: Marc Hartzman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780986239380
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
During the height of Spiritualism mediums were busy delivering a cornucopia of messages from the dead, including many from some of world's greatest luminaries. Hear all about the afterlife straight from William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, and other spirits living it up in death in this most unusual collection of writing.

History Play

Author: Rodney Bolt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596910208
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Elaborates on the theory that celebrated English playwright Christopher Marlowe staged his own death and subsequently became known as William Shakespeare, in a speculative biography that describes Elizabethan political intrigue.