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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.
2) Insomnia
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English
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Old Ralph Roberts hasn't been sleeping well lately. Every night he wakes up just a little bit earlier, and pretty soon, he thinks, he won't get any sleep at all. It wouldn't be so bad, except for the strange hallucinations he's been having. Or, at least, he hopes they are hallucinations-because here in Derry, one never can tell.
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Estás cansado de no poder dormir? ¿Consideras que has intentado hacer todo para eliminar el insomnio de tu vida? ¿Conoces las causas biológicas y psicológicas que lo provocan? ¿Crees que no tiene solución? Este libro es lo que necesitas."--Back cover.
"Are you tired of not being able to sleep? Do you consider that you have tried to do everything to eliminate insomnia from your life? Do you know the biological and psychological causes that...
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Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"In Search of Sleep is both a self-help manual for insomniacs, and a sweeping critique of the hustle culture that blinds us to the real reasons we lie awake at night: from politics to pandemics to poverty. Amsterdam-based writer Bregje Hofstede struggled with insomnia for 10 years, but advice from doctors and books always felt lacking in perspective. Wasn't insomnia more than just an individual struggle? Might it also be a rational reaction to our...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"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 Nguyen. The problem? His archive has been deleted. Gus has been tasked with creating...
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Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
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...
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English
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"Following up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. 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,...
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
En este libro aprenderás no solo a mejorar tu sueño, sino también a convertirlo en una experiencia agradable y placentera. Dormir forma parte de un conjunto de procesos corporales -como el hambre, la sed o las digestiones- que tienen lugar de manera espontánea. Digamos que tú no decides que ocurran, sencillamente, suceden. Por eso, cuando nos esforzamos en dormir, como una obligación o un mandato, muchas veces acabamos boicoteando el proceso....
13) Sleep donation
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"For the first time in paperback, a haunting novella from the uncannily imaginative author of the national bestsellers Swamplandia! and Orange World: the story of a deadly insomnia epidemic and the lengths one woman will go to to fight it. Trish Edgewater is the Slumber Corps' top recruiter. On the phone, at a specially organized Sleep Drive, even in a supermarket parking lot: Trish can get even the most reluctant healthy dreamer to donate sleep to...
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TarcherPerigee book, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An intimate glimpse inside a silent epidemic that is harming teens and how parents can help them reclaim the restorative power of sleep. If you could protect your teen from unnecessary anxiety, depression, and chronic stress, and foster a greater sense of happiness and well-being in their life, wouldn't you? In Generation Sleepless, the authors of the classic guide to helping babies and young children develop healthy sleep habits The Happy Sleeper...
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Publisher
Little Brown Spark
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
If you're like most people, odds are you aren't getting enough sleep. Thanks to shifts in our culture America is in the midst of an epidemic of sleeplessness, and unfortunately, sleep deprivation has bigger consequences than one might think, ranging from irritability, brain fog, and weight gain to serious conditions like hormone dysregulation, heart disease, memory impairment, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. In Better Sleep, Better You, functional medicine...
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Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
La calidad del sueño puede mejorar de manera espectacular en el transcurso de siete días. Lo afirma Jason Ellis, profesor de psicología y director del Centro Northumbria para la Investigación del Sueño. Partiendo de una base cognitivo-conductista, que se ha revelado el enfoque más directo y eficaz, el profesor Ellis propone un método propio para superar el insomnio y también para evitar que un trastorno del sueño leve acabe derivando en este...
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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...
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After a pea accidentally gets between her mattresses, a busy princess has trouble falling asleep but with help from the gardener, cook, librarian, and astronomer she learns to relax her mind and body. Includes directions for a yoga and meditation bedtime routine.
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