A Long and Restless Slumber
Title | A Long and Restless Slumber PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Crocker |
Publisher | Jonathan Crocker |
Total Pages | 580 |
Release | 2014-09-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0993914713 |
War in the Reverie rages on. The Bear Clan and the Serpent Clan continue their violent struggle, the conflict spilling over into the surrounding lands. While a council is convened to appoint a new totem, evil silently sweeps through the trees of the north - the undead are rising, heeding the calls of their dark masters. In the south, the Spider Clan lies in disarray. A spider army marches north, to the Aerie, while the heir to the barony is in hiding, the clan's leadership uncertain. Sasha and her friends are fighting on all fronts, trying desperately to protect the sanctity and enchantment of the magical world, as well as the ones they love. But are they spread too thin? Will their efforts prove to be in vain?
Restless Slumber
Title | Restless Slumber PDF eBook |
Author | K.J. Sutton |
Publisher | Random House |
Total Pages | 398 |
Release | 2023-07-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1804944920 |
'I told you the crown came at a cost.' Fortuna's world has been transformed. The faerie court is whispering in her head, her brother has lost touch with reality and an obstinate werewolf won't leave her side. And then there's Collith: her enigmatic, beautiful, infuriating mate. She hates him, so why is he causing her such turmoil? But as the new Queen of the Unseelie Court she is determined to uproot the corruption around her. The question is not if she has the strength - it's whether she can survive long enough.
Why We Sleep
Title | Why We Sleep PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Walker |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 368 |
Release | 2017-10-03 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1501144316 |
"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.
Wild Nights
Title | Wild Nights PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Reiss |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2017-03-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0465094856 |
Why the modern world forgot how to sleep Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's hidden history -- one that leads to our present, sleep-obsessed society, its tacitly accepted rules, and their troubling consequences. Today we define a good night's sleep very narrowly: eight hours in one shot, sealed off in private bedrooms, children apart from parents. But for most of human history, practically no one slept this way. Tracing sleep's transformation since the dawn of the industrial age, Reiss weaves together insights from literature, social and medical history, and cutting-edge science to show how and why we have tried and failed to tame sleep. In lyrical prose, he leads readers from bedrooms and laboratories to factories and battlefields to Henry David Thoreau's famous cabin at Walden Pond, telling the stories of troubled sleepers, hibernating peasants, sleepwalking preachers, cave-dwelling sleep researchers, slaves who led nighttime uprisings, rebellious workers, spectacularly frazzled parents, and utopian dreamers. We are hardly the first people, Reiss makes clear, to chafe against our modern rules for sleeping. A stirring testament to sleep's diversity, Wild Nights offers a profound reminder that in the vulnerability of slumber we can find our shared humanity. By peeling back the covers of history, Reiss recaptures sleep's mystery and grandeur and offers hope to weary readers: as sleep was transformed once before, so too can it change today.
The Slumbering Masses
Title | The Slumbering Masses PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | 307 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0816674744 |
Analyzes and critiques how sleep and sleep disorders are understood and treated.
Restless Nights
Title | Restless Nights PDF eBook |
Author | Peretz Lavie |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 298 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780300085440 |
In this accessible discussion, an expert in sleep research reveals the history, symptoms, risks, and treatment of snoring and sleep apnea. 13 illustrations.
Sleep Like a Tiger
Title | Sleep Like a Tiger PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Logue |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 43 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0547641028 |
2013 Randolph Caldecott Honor Award In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny - like cadence: "Does everything in the world go to sleep?" the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding parents, the little girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets," she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger. The Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich, luminous mixed-media paintings effervesce with odd, charming details that nonsleepy children could examine for hours. A rare gem.