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English
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Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Apart from the fact that he lives in a graveyard and is being raised and educated by ghosts. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the living that the real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives.
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English
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Brother and sister Johnny and Barbara travel to a remote town in Pennsylvania to visit the gravesite of their deceased father. But the dreaded trip turns into a terrifying nightmare when a flesh-eating zombie attacks the pair, killing Johnny. Barbara escapes and runs to the first residence she sees: a lone farmhouse where a group of people has taken refuge against the monsters. But their hiding place isn't safe for long.
5) Piranesi
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Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an...
6) The Dead Sea
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The Dead Sea might sound like a scary place to cool off on a hot day, but many people flock to its waters. The Dead Sea got its name because its salty waters can kill any fish or plants that try to live in it. However, scientists have just recently found a kind of bacteria that live on the seafloor. Readers will find out that some truly spooky things happen around this Middle Eastern lake, like sinkholes opening around its coastline! They'll also...
8) Doomed
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Series
Language
English
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"The continued adventures of Madison, the heroine of DAMNED, who escapes Hell and comes back to Earth"--
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Megan, a cop who is fresh out of rehab, takes the graveyard shift in the morgue at the city hospital, she faces multiple strange, violent events. The events are caused by an entity in the corpse of Hannah Grace.
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Since the first scrolls were found in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been the subject of passionate speculation and controversy. This book, written by three noted scholars in the field, draws together all the evidence and presents the first fully illustrated survey of every major manuscript, from the Copper Scroll, the Community Rule, and the Temple Scroll to less well-known scripts such as the Florilegium and New Jerusalem. "The Scrolls Revealed"...
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Details the important archaeological discovery of the ancient manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls and discusses efforts to translate them, the battle over their possession, and the people who have figured in their history.
17) Squirreled away
Author
Series
Dead sea squirrels volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Michael sneaks into a cave near the Dead Sea where his father has been working and finds a pair of 2,000-year-old squirrels, which he stows in his backpack and takes home to Tennessee.
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls in the caves of Qumran could be considered the most remarkable archaeological find of the past century. This course explores the archeology, publication, content, and interpretations of the historical period of the scrolls.