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Author
Series
Evan Tanner novels volume 5
Language
English
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,
...Author
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...
Author
Series
Evan Tanner novels volume 3
Language
English
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.
...Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
iv, 221 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Sleep is one of the most important keys to a healthy lifestyle, yet difficulties with falling asleep, staying asleep, and getting good-quality sleep are growing problems in our culture.End the Insomnia Struggle is a comprehensive, fully customizable guide to help anyone who struggles with insomnia. Packed with research-based strategies and practical tools that integrate the physiology of sleep, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), and...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
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 to find them takes a shocking turn when he discovers that his wife, Natalie, appears to have left quite willingly, taking their children with her. The police want to know why, and so does Michael. But there may be a reason why...
9) Insomniac
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
xiii, 503 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Diversion books edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 217 pages : charts ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
For readers enticed by Arianna Huffington's 'The Sleep Revolution,' but interested in the actual medical research supporting her claims. Two doctors have penned a guide using the latest research in an effort to get people to the state of being sleepy, the ultimate goal for insomniacs.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
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
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Catapult edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Renowned internationally for her lyrically unsettling novels, PEN/Faulkner Award winner Chloe Aridjis now offers readers her first collection of shorter works, with an introduction by Tom McCarthy. Chloe Aridjis's stories and essays are known to transport readers into liminal, often dreamlike, realms. In this collection of works, we meet a woman guided only by a plastic bag drifting through the streets of Berlin who discovers a nonsense-named bar...
Author
Publisher
Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xvi, 169 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ditch insomnia in as little as 4 weeks with this 6-step therapeutic program for better sleep. Insomnia looks different for everyone. Whether it's caused by stress, a traumatic life event, or even a snoring partner, poor sleep can affect the quality of your waking life. But Dr. Pedram Navab wants readers to know that it's not a lost cause-falling asleep can be just as easy as waking up. With his cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-I) program, paired...
Author
Publisher
Vermilion
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
ix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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...
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When a princess cannot fall asleep at night and no one else in the palace can get any rest, the king promises to grant a wish to anyone who can come up with a solution.
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
Evan Tanner novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
A "rousing, often comic" series debut featuring a globe-trotting spy with nothing to lose—even sleep—from the New York Times–bestselling author (Library Journal).
Evan Michael Tanner hasn't slept in more than a decade—not since a small piece of battlefield shrapnel invaded his skull and obliterated his brain's sleep center. Still, he's managed to find numerous inventive ways to occupy his waking hours.
Tanner is...
Evan Michael Tanner hasn't slept in more than a decade—not since a small piece of battlefield shrapnel invaded his skull and obliterated his brain's sleep center. Still, he's managed to find numerous inventive ways to occupy his waking hours.
Tanner is...
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