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English
Description
Insomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows. Even his beloved wife, Carolyn, has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes, slurred speech and cloudy mind before disappearing into the quickly collapsing world. Yet Biggs can still sleep, and dream, so he sets out to find her
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Ellen Mohr Catalano, in tandem with expert medical consultants, explains in clear language the many reasons that contribute to sleeplessness and provides specific instructions and advice on all the classic remedies as well as the very latest techniques, including: sleep hygiene; relaxation for sleep; self-hypnosis, imagery, and meditation; managing obsessions; medications for sleep; complimentary and alternative medicine; [and] sedating things to...
Publisher
Mayo Clinic
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When you're suffering from insomnia, worrying about not getting enough sleep makes it even worse. Discover how environmental factors could be causing your sleeplessness, and learn essential coping skills, such as stress reduction, meditations and dietary changes.--Producer
Author
Series
Evan Tanner novels volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Cold War's boiling over. Global tensions are near the breaking point. So what's the perfect assignment for a super-spy who hasn't slept since the Korean conflict? A fun-filled trip to the Montreal World's Fair!
The adorable little girl he's escorting-who, under different circumstances, would be sitting on the Lithuanian throne-can hardly contain her excitement, but it isn't all playtime for Evan Tanner. Some mysterious disappearances, apparently...
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Language
English
Description
"Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she's ever known.Finding herself suddenly at the center of a bizarre mystery, Jessie tumbles down a rabbit hole, which is only exacerbated by grief...
7) Insomnia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Description
Nightmares come to life for Ralph Roberts. Up all night, he's seeing some pretty strange things. No wonder he can't get back to sleep. Readers won't be able to either.
Author
Series
Evan Tanner novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sometime spy Evan Tanner has accepted impossible assignments for many reasons: money, thrills, to have something to occupy his waking hours (twenty-four of them every day, in fact, since battlefield shrapnel obliterated his brain's sleep center). But this might be the first time he's put his life on the line... for love.
Tanner's agreed to smuggle a sexy Latvian gymnast-the lost lady love of a heart-sick friend-out of Russia. With the Cold War at...
9) Insomnia
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Marina Benjamin's Insomnia is part memoir and part philosophical inquiry into a condition that is on the rise and that can grant us insights into the workings of our unconscious minds. An intense and lyrical personal narrative, it treats insomnia as an experience, not a disorder, drawing on its influences on the arts and sciences throughout history, as well as on Benjamin's own life.
11) Insomnia
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this twisty, mind-bending thriller from the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, Emma Averill worries that her crippling insomnia is a sign that she's slowly going insane-like the mother she's worked so hard to leave in her past"--
Emma Averell loves her life—her high-powered legal career, her two beautiful children, and her wonderful stay-at-home husband—but it wasn’t always so perfect. When she was just five years old, Emma and her...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past. One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her-literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From journalist and poet Melissa Bond, a gripping account of the author's addiction to benzodiazepines (a family of drugs that includes Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan) and the hidden dangers they pose. As Melissa mothers her infant daughter and a special-needs one-year-old son, she suffers from unbearable insomnia, sleeping an hour or less each night. She loses her job as a journalist (a casualty of the 2008 recession), and her relationship with...
Author
Series
Fatal Insomnia volume 1
Publisher
Legacy Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In the chaos of the ER, functioning without sleep is a prized skill. Until a dead nun speaks to Dr. Angela Rossi. 'Find the girl, ' the nun commands, the words drilling into Angela's brain. The girl is real. The threat to her is deadly. Aided by a police detective fallen from grace, Angela searches the midnight catacombs beneath the city, facing down a ruthless gangleader and stumbling onto a serial killer's lair. Her desperate quest to save the...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a woman disappears with her two children, one husband will do anything to find them--even confront the secrets of his own past--in D. J. Palmer's My Wife Is Missing, a twisty thriller from the author of The New Husband.."--
A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two children have disappeared from their New York City hotel room. Horrified, he fears they've been kidnapped. Michael's frantic search...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A renowned ABC News anchor/correspondent and former insomniac presents cutting-edge research, expert advice, intimate stories, and easy-to-implement solutions to help readers get the sleep they need.
Roughly thirty percent of the population is estimated to be living with insomnia, while many more unknowingly suffer from other sleep disorders. Macedo learned the hard way how valuable sleep is, and how it affects everything from our heart to our brain...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Alyssa Cole delivers another fun, sexy romance novella in the Reluctant Royals series!
Regina Hobbs is nerdy by nature, businesswoman by nurture. She's finally taking her pop culture-centered media enterprise, Girls with Glasses, to the next level, but the stress is forcing her to face a familiar supervillain: insomnia. The only thing that helps her sleep when things get this bad is the deep, soothing voice of puzzle-obsessed live streamer Gustave...
Author
Publisher
Vermilion
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Based on over a decade of research and practise ....[author]... shares that best techniques to alleviate the torment and exhaustion that a lack of sleep can bring. With a mixture of cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and interpersonal therapy, The one-week insomnia cure provides you with the tools for a perfect night's sleep. Understand and identify your sleep issues, stop dreading bedtime and start reaping the benefits of sleep in just one...
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