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"Explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances-- in their house, on the roadway, in the markets ... Only Dorothy's unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace."--Provided by publisher.
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2021.
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"Bright in the evening, cool in the summer, and warm in the winter: That's the mysterious eatery known as Western Restaurant Nekoya, where every Saturday, strange visitors arrive to savor its delicacies. Whether they're desert royalty dining on dreamy desserts or dark lovers feasting on tender steak and bloodred wine, everyone who pulls up a chair leaves full and satisfied! But how did the Restaurant to Another World begin? As old friends are reunited...
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2020.
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"Life's gotten a lot more interesting for Aletta, and her work at the Restaurant to Another World has only just begun. Thanks to her coworkers, there's never a dull moment, and when the staff's not arguing, the customers are! At times like these, the only thing that can calm everyone down is the delicious cuisine that's brought them all together!"--Provided by publisher.
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"After a busy morning dispatching emissaries from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions to those in need, Bailey Ruth Raeburn is feeling flush with success. So when an urgent call for help comes through from her old hometown, she can't resist taking on the mission herself ... she arrives to face a shocking scene: Professor Iris Gallagher leaning over the corpse of her colleague Matt Lambert, the murder weapon clutched in her hand. Bailey Ruth is...
65) Ghost wanted
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2014.
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"Bailey Ruth's supervisor, Wiggins, is worried about a dear old friend. The ghost of elegant Lorraine Marlow haunts Adelaide's college library. Known as the Lady of the Roses, she plays matchmaker, using the fragrant flowers to pair up students. But someone's making mischief after hours, leaving roses strewn about the library, destroying a gargoyle, and stealing a valuable book. Concerned with Lorraine's reputation among the living, Wiggins dispatches...
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2022.
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"In the summer of 1925, along Washington, DC's "Black Broadway", a malevolent entity has begun preying on Negro residents. Twenty-three-year-old Clara Johnson is determined to discover what's going on in her community. Using her natural ability to talk with spirits, she begins to investigate, but a powerful spirit tasks her with a difficult quest: steal an ancient, magical ring from the finger of a wealthy socialite. When Clara meets Israel Lee, a...
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 2
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Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinee when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.
68) Ghost moon
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Bone Island trilogy volume 3
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"Reclusive collector Cutter Merlin is seldom seen in Key West, and lately, not at all. Officer Liam Beckett visits Merlin's curious house and discovers the gentleman in his study. In his death grip: a volume of occult lore and a reliquary. His eyes are wide with fright, his mouth a horrified rictus where spiders now dwell. Kelsey Donovan returns to the old house to catalog her estranged grandfather's collection of artifacts and antiquities, vowing...
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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 19
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2023.
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Thanks to the manipulations of those in the broadcast room, Nene and Sumire find themselves trapped once more in No. 6's boundary. While Hanako-kun isn't there to help them escape this time, they aren't alone--No. 6 himself is there as well! Sumire is thrilled to be reunited with her beloved after so many years, and with No. 6 having come to terms with his feelings at long last, perhaps they have a chance to change how they left things..."--
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Queen's council volume 2
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2021.
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"Mulan goes from a celebrated war hero to a reluctant Empress and must once again rise above expectations and prove she doesn't have to be anyone but herself to save China"--
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2021.
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"A mysterious devil is demanding Denji's heart! But will the devil hunters from Division 4 agree to this deal to save themselves? Or will Denji have to do what Denji does best--turn into a chainsaw and carve up everything that gets in his way?!"--Publisher's website.
72) Ninth Ward
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2010.
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In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
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Winnie Zeng volume 1
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[2022]
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Armed with her fledgling powers, a magic cookbook, and the mentorship of a talking rabbit, sixth-grader Winnie Zeng must embrace her heritage and the powers of her ancestors to save her town from an evil spirit of Chinese legend.
75) The jumbies
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
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2022.
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"NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS is a southern gothic fever dream, a voodoo-laced journey through the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Set adrift when his hometown of New Orleans is ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, Ham struggles for belonging between the Atlanta home of a childhood friend and the rural Alabama home of the mother of his child. As he reckons with his impending fatherhood, Ham navigates his new circumstances under the guidance of the spirit of St. Martin...
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[2018]
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"The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he's already dead-- an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar's family, especially his wife, Elda, to let him redeem himself. Isabel and Martin settle into married life in a Texas border town,...
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Gods of Manhattan volume 1
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2008
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Rory discovers a spirit world that thrives alongside his contemporary New York City, filled with fantastical creatures and people from the city's colorful past who have become gods and goddesses and who have chosen Rory to perform a dangerous mission.
79) Cemetery boys
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Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.
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2020.
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"By all appearances, Western Restaurant Nekoya is a normal restaurant serving normal people--but unbeknownst to the regulars, it also attracts an alternative clientele. Every Saturday, all manner of fantastical beings come to dine, and what is familiar fare to humans can be downright exotic for visitors from beyond. To these customers, Nekoya is known by a different name: Restaurant to Another World." -- Page [4] cover.
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