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"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 where she loses track of time, she hasn't slept in a...
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"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...
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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 older sister went into foster care because of a horrific incident with their mother. Her sister can remember a time when their mother was loving and "normal," but Emma can only remember her as one thing--a monster. And that monster emerged right...
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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...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 460L
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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Farmer Brown puts the other animals to bed but gives up on Duck, who sets out to find just the right spot--and snack--to help him sleep.
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Imagine an insomnia treatment that improves sleep in 100 percent of insomniacs, helps 75 percent of insomniacs become normal sleepers, and allows 90 percent of insomniacs to reduce or eliminate their use of sleeping pills. This treatment is safe, natural, and has no side effects except improved mood, higher energy, increased mind/body control, and better health. No, this is not a new miracle drug. It is Dr. Gregg Jacobs's drug-free program described...
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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.
10) Insomnia
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Catapult
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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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) Kind of cruel
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G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
2013.
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436 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Amber Hewerdine suffers from chronic insomnia. As a last resort, she visits a hypnotherapist, doubtful that anything will really change. Under hypnosis, Amber hears herself saying, "Kind, cruel, kind of cruel." The words awaken a vague memory, but she dismisses the whole episode as nonsense. Two hours later, however, Amber is arrested for the brutal murder of a woman she's never heard of, and the only way she can clear her name is by remembering exactly...
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Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 790L
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Describes how Van Gogh's insomnia, possibly a symptom of mental or phyical illness, allowed him to view the night sky while everyone else was asleep and influenced how he saw the world around him.
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Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Viz Signature edition.
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179 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap--but he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely things. The school forces the insomniacs' newly re-formed astronomy...
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Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Viz Signature edition.
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178 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap--but he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely things. Dark rumors about what befell the members of the astronomy...
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2022.
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English
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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...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"As Melissa Bond raises 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 her husband grows distant. Her doctor casually prescribes benzodiazepines--a family of drugs that includes Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan--and increases her dosage regularly. Following her doctor's...
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VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
VIZ Signature edition.
Physical Desc
161 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"Summer is swiftly approaching for sleepless high schoolers Nakami and Magari. Now members of their school's revived astronomy club, they're busy preparing for their first official club event, a meteor shower watch party! The city's annual fireworks festival is also coming up, and Nakami has promised to go with Magari. Every sleepless night brings the two closer, and their first high school summer promises to strengthen their bond even more..." --...
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VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Viz Signature edition.
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174 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Following the disappointment of the canceled meteor shower viewing party, Nakami and Isaki switch their focus to the photography contest and head out on an astronomy club trip with Isaki's sister, Haya. Isaki and Nakami come back from a night of snapping photos to find Haya leaving. Now they're all alone together in the countryside. How will this change their relationship?" -- Page [4] cover.