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2022.
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A mysterious pandemic causes a quarter of the world to permanently lose the ability to sleep--without any apparent health implications. The outbreak creates a new class of people who are both feared and ostracized, most of whom optimize their extra hours to earn more money.
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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 to our immune system. She had tried sleep tip after sleep tip, but nothing worked. Attacking the problem as a journalist, she got to the bottom of what really keeps us from sleeping-- and the various...
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"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...
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[2013]
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Do you find yourself lying awake at night, ruminating about the events of the day? Do you toss and turn, worrying about what you have to do in the morning or what you did earlier in the day? If so, you are not alone. In fact, insomnia is the most common sleep disorder faced by the general population today. The most common complaint in those who have trouble sleeping is having a “noisy mind.” Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, it seems like...
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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...
8) Insomnia
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Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he’s barely sleeping at all. During his late night walks, he observes some strange things going on in Derry, Maine. He sees colored ribbons streaming from people’s heads, two strange little men wandering around town after dark, and more. He begins to suspect that these visions are something more than hallucinations brought on by lack...
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"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 older...
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"After a mysterious, silent child is found abandoned on the beach clutching a handheld video game, residents and tourists alike find themselves utterly unable to sleep. Exhaustion impairs judgment, delusions become hysteria, and mob rule explodes into shocking violence. Told from three perspectives: Chief of Police Mays tries to keep order, teenaged tourist Cort and her friends compete in a dangerous social media contest for the most hours awake,...
13) The machinist
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An industrial worker hasn't slept in a year. He is living a nightmare where cryptic notes appear, and has visions of a co-worker no one else can see. Are these mysteries part of a plot to drive him mad? Or, has fatigue simply robbed him of reason?
15) Insomnia
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Pub. Date
2019.
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277 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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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.
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[2009]
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22 pages ; 24 cm : color illustrations.
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Adults need about seven to nine hours of sleep every night. This booklet provides tips for getting a good night's sleep, which supports health, well-being, and safety. Consider sharing the information with your family and friends. This booklet will help you learn: what happens during sleep; the importance of sleep; how aging changes your sleep; ways to improve your sleep; types of sleep problems.
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SleepWakers volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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298 pages ; 22 cm
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Chronic sleepwalker Samantha "Sam" Fife, thirteen, discovers a whole world of disembodied SleepWakers after undergoing an experimental treatment.--
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[2008]
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1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Dog's friends are planning a surprise birthday party for him and they need a little help from Pig and Frog to gather the letters to spell out C-A-K-E. When Duck befriends a Shark, he learns that the letters S and H make the "sh" sound, and everyone else discovers that you can't judge a shark by his sharp-toothed cover. Pig's pie for Bear has gone missing, but Pig has no fears when Detective Sheep is ready to help her follow the letter clues and solve...
20) Kind of cruel
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2013.
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Amber Hewerdine has been suffering from chronic insomnia ever since her best friend's tragic death. 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. But two hours later, Amber is arrested for the brutal murder of a woman she's never heard of. And the only...
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