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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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...
2) Tynset
Author
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Tynset takes place during a sleepless night, but as the work unfolds it becomes apparent that the circumstances of the immediate present serve merely as points of departure. Plagued by incessant rumination, the narrator's restless mind spins thread after thread of thought, fantasy, and memory into an elaborate tapestry spanning centuries and covering thousands of miles--all without the narrator ever leaving his house. Hildesheimer famously refused...
Author
Series
Evan Tanner novels volume 1
Publisher
O. Penzler Books
Pub. Date
[1994], c1966
Language
English
Author
Series
Evan Tanner novels volume 8
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
After 25 years in suspended animation, agent Evan Tanner is defrozen and sent on a mission to destabilize the government of Burma. The mission goes awry, but he does meet a beautiful woman in danger and helps her flee the country. By the author of The Burglar in the Library.
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...
Author
Publisher
Open Letter
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Following his failure to break into the Hadron Collider and merge with the so-called 'God particle', The Writer from The Invented Part can no longer write or sleep. Instead, he lies awake, imagining and reimagining key moments of his life, spinning out a series of insomniac visions every bit as thought-provoking as they are dreamlike. A mysterious foundation dedicated to preserving dreams, suddenly invaluable in the wake of the dream-eradicating...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Ibérica, una división de HarperCollins Ibérica, S.A
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Una mujer se ve obligada a poner en duda su propia identidad en este thriller fascinante escrito por la autora superventas de Una buena chica, Mary Kubica. Jessie Sloane está intentando reconstruir su vida después de pasar años cuidando de su madre enferma. Alquila un nuevo apartamento y solicita plaza en la universidad. Pero, cuando en la universidad le informan de que su número de la seguridad social no es válido, Jessie descubre un sorprendente...
10) The sleepless
Author
Publisher
Erewhon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Journalist Jamie Vega is Sleepless: he can't sleep, nor does he need to. When his boss dies on the eve of a controversial corporate takeover, Jamie doesn't buy the too-convenient...
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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. But there may be a reason why Natalie ran, something...
Author
Series
Insomniacs after school volume 3
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"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..."--
Author
Publisher
North South
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When Bear can't sleep, he goes on an adventure and discovers the wonders of New York City -- a parade, Central Park, hot dogs, and more! But when he finally gets tired and looks for a place to rest, he learns why it's called the city that never sleeps. What's a bear to do?"--
Author
Series
Insomniacs after school volume 4
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their school's astronomy observatory. 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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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 along. 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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