The Snow Sleeper

The Snow Sleeper
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Publisher : Human & Rosseau
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 0798179252
ISBN-13 : 9780798179256
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis The Snow Sleeper by : Marlene van Niekerk

In The Snow Sleeper, the art and meaning of storytelling is illuminated in four magically interwoven tales of friendship. In each, a narrator's narrow vision is gradually broadened and transformed into piercing self-knowledge.

The Sleep Solution

The Sleep Solution
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780399583629
ISBN-13 : 0399583629
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sleep Solution by : W. Chris Winter, M.D.

From the host of the Sleep Unplugged podcast—with cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques, The Sleep Solution will help anyone achieve healthy sleep and eliminate pills, pain, and fatigue. If you want to fix your sleep problems, Internet tips and tricks aren’t going to do it for you. You need to really understand what’s going on with your sleep—both what your problems are and how to solve them. The Sleep Solution is an exciting journey of sleep self-discovery and understanding that will help you custom design specific interventions to fit your lifestyle. Drawing on his twenty-four years of experience within the field, neurologist and sleep expert W. Chris Winter will help you… • Understand how sleep works and the ways in which food, light, and other activities act to help or hurt the process • Learn why sleeping pills are so often misunderstood and used incorrectly—and how you can achieve your best sleep without them • Incorporate sleep and napping into your life—whether you are a shift worker, student, or overcommitted parent • Think outside the box to better understand ways to treat a multitude of conditions—from insomnia to sleep apnea to restless leg syndrome and circadian sleep disorders • Wade through the ever-changing sea of sleep technology and understand its value as it relates to your own sleep struggles Dubbed the “Sleep Whisperer” by Arianna Huffington, Dr. Winter is an international expert on sleep and has helped more than 10,000 patients rest better at night, including countless professional athletes. Now, he’s bringing his experiences out from under the covers—redefining what it means to have optimal sleep and get the ZZZs you really need... INCLUDES TIPS, TRICKS, EXERCISES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Agaat

Agaat
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Publisher : Tin House Books
Total Pages : 613
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ISBN-10 : 9781951142216
ISBN-13 : 1951142217
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Agaat by : Marlene Van Niekerk

“I was immediately mesmerized . . . as brilliant as it is haunting.” —Toni Morrison In 1940s apartheid South Africa, Milla de Wet discovers a child abandoned in the fields of her family farm. Ignoring the warnings of friends and family, Milla brings the girl, Agaat, into her home. But the kindness is fleeting, as Milla makes Agaat her maidservant and, later, a nanny for her son. At turns cruel and tender, this relationship between a wealthy white woman and her Black maidservant is constantly fraught and shaped by a rigid social order. Decades later, Milla is confined to her bed with ALS, and is quickly losing her ability to communicate. Her family has fallen apart, her country is on the brink of change, and all she has left are her memories—and a reckoning with the only person who remains by her side: Agaat. In complex and devastating ways, the power shifts between the two women, mirroring the historic upheavals happening around them and revealing a shared lifetime of hopes, sacrifices, and control. Hailed as an international masterpiece, Marlene van Niekerk’s Agaat is a haunting and deeply layered saga of resilience, loyalty, betrayal, and how the passage of time cannot heal all wounds.

Strange Alchemy

Strange Alchemy
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Publisher : Capstone
Total Pages : 337
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781630790769
ISBN-13 : 1630790761
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Strange Alchemy by : Gwenda Bond

When 114 people go missing on Roanoke Island in what seems like an eerie repeat of what happened hundreds of years before, seventeen-year-olds Miranda and Grant may be the key to the mysteries past and present.

Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and other stories

Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and other stories
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Publisher : Modjaji Books
Total Pages : 90
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781928215172
ISBN-13 : 1928215173
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and other stories by : Phillips, Jolyn

A strikingly written debut collection of vivid short stories set in and around Gansbaai, a small coastal town in South Africa's Western Cape.

The Sleeper Awakes

The Sleeper Awakes
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Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 :
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Sleeper Awakes by : H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells's dystopian novel 'The Sleeper Awakes' was first published as a book in the year 1899. It narrates the story of a man who wakes up after a very long continuous sleep of hundred and three years. What happens next to him and how the world has changed for him is told interestingly in this novel.

Snow Waste

Snow Waste
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : 9780595264605
ISBN-13 : 0595264603
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Snow Waste by : Michael Bemis

Paralleling the modern day struggle between corporate America and the environmental movement, which is increasingly becoming violent, Snow Waste demystifies a ski resort's future success and a paper mill's resolve to survive by exacerbating perennial land and water use issues. From three viewpoints-the resort's conscientious but naïve chief of snowmaking, its unscrupulous owner, and an ethical whistle blower environmentalist-Snow Waste tells a story of greed, personal motivation, and heroic determination to do, at all cost, what is right. Set deep in the Western Mountains of Maine, Snow Waste demonstrates the strong force that community plays in our survival and it probes deeply into the lives of its characters, proving that one's ability to sink or swim is often rooted in their past. In a straightforward yet enthralling story, Snow Waste chronicles the hardships of everyday life and the triumphs that are sometimes unspoken and unseen. The memorable characters and their unpretentious escapades that are brought to life on the pages of Snow Waste are destined to leave an indelible mark in the minds and hearts of its readers.

Rags & Bones

Rags & Bones
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Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9780316212922
ISBN-13 : 031621292X
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Rags & Bones by : Melissa Marr

The best writers of our generation retell classic tales. From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers. Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.

Seven Sleeper Series

Seven Sleeper Series
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Publisher : Moody Publishers
Total Pages : 1198
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780802482204
ISBN-13 : 0802482201
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Seven Sleeper Series by : Gilbert Morris

This set includes all ten books of the Seven Sleeper Series: Flight of the Eagles, The Gates of Neptune, The Sword of Camelot, The Caves Time Forgot, Winged Raiders of the Desert, Empress of the Underworld, Voyage of the Dolphin, Attack of the Amazons, Escape with the Dream Maker, and The Final Kingdom. Go with Josh and his friends as they are sent by Goél , their spiritual leader, on dangerous and challenging voyages to conquer the forces of darkness in the new world. Ages 10-14.