immortality

Thirteen-year-old Maya, in Paris with her family for a year, lands in the middle of the mysterious La Societ?'s quest for immortality when the magical Cabinet of Earths chooses her as its next Keeper, promising to restore her mother's health. Includes historical notes.

During the American Revolution, vampire Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil and offers him immortality but Marcus's beliefs in liberty and equality clash with the ancient traditions of the de Clermont family. Now in contemporary Paris, Marcus's love Phoebe Taylor has chosen to become a vampire to be with Marcus forever. But her modern transformation is difficult and Marcus's past comes back to haunt the couple.

Presents the latest scientific research behind artificial life, the quest for immortality, the difference between human life and animal and plant life, and other topics.

Sixteen-year-old Isadora, the mortal daughter of Isis and Osiris, is sick of being in the middle of family drama so she jumps at the chance to leave Egypt and start a new life in San Diego with her brother.

Sophisticated robot Abel must save teenaged soldier Noemi from capture on a hidden planet, while outwitting armies of deranged service robots and securing medical aid for a plague on Noemi's home world.

"The authorities catch up to the deadly Snow White, who was whisked to this world on a late-night trip to the corner store. To wrest her back, the leader of the Escape Artists calls in Karigane, a ruthless swordswoman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.."--Back cover.

"As Kiriko attempts to make a flashy debut as a full-fledged Escape Artist, Fuurin tackles her next mission--seduce and infect Lieutenant Kenzaki with the deadly RDS--which Kenzaki appears to fall for, almost too easily. Meanwhile, Kenzaki's informant sheds light on the differences between this world and the world of the Vectors, just as a dangerous new Vector, dubbed Snow White, appears on the scene..."--Back cover.

"In another reality, humans never die. If they get sick or injured, they simply 'kill' themselves--and immediately come back to life. But then a mysterious new disease, Resurrection Deficiency Syndrome, starts spreading through the populace via Vectors. The Anti-Vector Police Task Force is determined to solve the mystery of how RDS spreads, but the Escape Artists who use violent means to rescue Vectors seriously hamper the police's efforts. And just how do the Escape Artists always beat the cops to the scene of the crime...?"--Back cover.

"Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook,and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life. So Tom moves back his to London, his old home, 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. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him."--Provided by publisher.

After escaping the cult that killed her mother in Kansas, Ash starts to search for her missing twin brother Rhys, and she turns to her immortal mate Dane, who is possessed by the diabolical Coronado, for help.