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Tom Hazard has been alive for centuries because of a rare condition. He moves back to London to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's history first hand. Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love.
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English
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Joining an anthropologist's 1950 expedition to discover a lost tribe on a remote Micronesian island, a young doctor investigates and proves a theory that the tribe's considerable longevity is linked to a rare turtle, a finding that brings worldwide fame and unexpected consequence.
4) Cryoburn
Author
Series
Vorkosigan saga volume 15
Language
English
Description
Dispatched to investigate an immortality company's attempt to expand into the Barrayaran Empire, troubleshooter Miles discovers a generational conflict over resources before finding a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret.
6) Hisss
Publisher
Viva Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The search for immortality leads George to try and capture male and female cobras for their Nagmani bringing upon himself and everyone around him the wrath of the shape-shifting female.
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English
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"It is 1874 and Gideon Long is dying. Wandering the savage desert of the New Mexico Territory, he craves a last drink before he bleeds out. On the brink of madness, he discovers a place best left forgotten and makes an insidious bargain: escape his fate and incur a debt too great for one man. His country will pay the price over the twisting course of more than a century and Gideon will learn there are worse things to bargin with than the devil."--P....
Author
Publisher
Thunder's Mouth Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"Through the centuries, many have striven to achieve 'immortality' through science, myths, religion, or dreams of lifelike heavens - and also through a creative work that leaves a lasting mark. A beginner's guide to immortality is a celebration of those thinkers who attained immortality by punching through our cultural norms to become successful in their own niches. Part memoir and part surrealistic perspective on culture, this book offers readers...
10) Immortal beloved
Author
Series
Immortal beloved trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
After seeing her best friend, a Dark Immortal called Incy, torture a human with magick, Nastasya, a spoiled party girl, enters a home for wayword immortals and finally begins to deal with life, even as she learns that someone wants her dead.
11) House immortal
Author
Series
House immortal volume 1
Publisher
Roc, A Roc Book
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
13) Bloodline
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 8
Language
English
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A yacht bearing a young American couple is attacked by Somali pirates, leading to bloodshed and the violent kidnapping of the pregnant woman on board. To aid in her rescue from the lawless and war-torn jungles of coastal Africa, Sigma Force enlists the aid of a unique search team.
14) Evermore
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Since the car accident that claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras and hear people's thoughts, and she goes out of her way to hide from other people until she meets Damen, another psychic teenager who is hiding even more mysteries.
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In love and possessing eternal youth, after sampling an experimental polio vaccine in 1916, seventeen-year-olds Emma and Charlie have the perfect life until Charlie disappears and Emma is hunted through the years by the Church of Light, a group of religious fanatics.
16) Shadowland
Author
Series
Immortals (Alyson Noel) volume 3
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives and fought off the world's darkest enemies to be together forever, but just as their long-awaited destiny is finally within reach, a powerful curse threatens them.
17) Sacrifice
Author
Series
Serpentine volume 2
Publisher
Month9Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Skybright is plunged into the terrifying Underworld where demons are bred, while Stone, stripped of his immortal status, must find a way to close hell's breach before more mortals die. Meanwhile, Zhen Ni, Skybright's former mistress and friend, is now wed to the strange and brutish Master Bei, and she finds herself trapped inside an opulent but empty manor. When she discovers half-eaten corpses beneath the estate, Zhen Ni worries that Master Bei is...
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English
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The award-winning, critically acclaimed author returns with an ingenious novel about what it would mean to live forever. Rachel has an unusual problem: she can't die. Her recent troubles-widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son-are only the latest. She's already put up with scores of marriages and hundreds of children, over 2,000 years-ever since she made a spiritual bargain to save the life of her first son back in Roman-occupied...
19) Everlasting
Author
Series
Immortals (Alyson Noel) volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ever and Damen have spent centuries facing down bitter rivals, jealous friends, and their own worst fears in the hope of being together forever, but something threatens to tear them apart.
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"In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family home near Iguazú Falls, where they must confront the horrific legacy she has bequeathed. For the woman they are grieving came from a family like no other--a centuries-old secret society called the Order that pursues eternal life through ghastly rituals....
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