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1) Sleepwalker
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Oliver delights in control-at work as a top-tier lawyer, at home as a happy bachelor, and in the bedroom as a demanding Dom. That control slips when he meets Cujo, a stray Chihuahua who is just as vicious as she is tiny. Luckily, Blake, the young artist and dog-walker who comes to Oliver's aid, is a miracle worker. When Oliver works late or has to travel, Blake is a text away. When Cujo needs a sweater or allergy medicine and growls in that way that...
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Simon & Schuster
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2024.
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Still reeling from the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard arrive on a tiny Greek island for their honeymoon. It's the end of the season and a storm is imminent. Determined to make the best of it, they check into the sun-soaked doors of the Villa Rosa. Already feeling insecure after seeing the "beautiful people," the seemingly endless number of young models and musicians lounging along the Mediterranean, Evelyn is wary of the hotel's owner,...
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THE WAR FOR REALITY HAS BEGUN!
It's been ten years since the Confederation defeated the Nimic fleet and Zefir-Five has been destroyed, but the fight for peace in the galaxy is far from over.
Lt. Commander Johnny Rangers undertakes a special assignment in Gravity City, the galaxy's capital, as an equalizer for the Gravity City Police Force, and finds himself fighting a new war against criminal elements, mutinous robots, and thugs led by the elusive...
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Summary of Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers is an expansive account of the days, months, and years leading up to World War I. Clark's central contention is that scholars' continuous preoccupation with the question of who was responsible for starting the war stems from an erroneous understanding of the events...
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Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism, is a mysterious and captivating phenomenon that has puzzled scientists, storytellers, and ordinary people for centuries. It transcends the realm of sleep, blurring the line between wakefulness and slumber. In this article, we embark on a journey to understand sleepwalking, exploring its enigmatic nature, its causes, and its impact on those who experience it.The Sleepwalker's OdysseyImagine a world where reality...
8) Pine Lake
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SLEEPWALKING WITH DANGER
The murder of security expert Jack King's girlfriend has haunted him for fifteen years. Returning to Pine Lake, Texas, where the townsfolk still consider him suspect, might not be the smartest move, but a killer seems to be holding up a mirror to his past. The same witness to this new murder was also present the night Jack's girlfriend dieds...but both times, she was sound asleep...
Sleepwalking has gotten Olive Belmont...
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Saya Hokage, a high school girl who is unable to sleep due to insomnia, encounters Hitsuji Konparu, a girl who can put anyone to sleep as a "lover" in a dream. When Hitsuji's senpai – Ran Aizome – sees potential in Saya, she ends up joining them and their group of Sleepwalkers. As it turns out, unbeknownst to the common citizens in their town, a battle has been unfolding between the Suiju – beings that possess people's spirits in the land of...
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Jase has always been different.He sees sounds as colours, his eyes are seriously light sensitive, and he sleepwalks.Kim is used to her little brother's weirdness.Until the spaceship appears over their small rural town.And Jase's odd gifts take on a whole new – and unsettling – meaning.Now Kim and Jase have to make a decision with potentially world-wide consequences…
12) Hotshot P.I
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For the second time in her life Clancy Jones had awakened at a murderscene-this time with the murder weapon in her hand. To the untrainedeye, she looked mighty guilty. But to private investigator JakeHawkins, she still looked good.
Desire for Clancy had always burned inside Jake; so had anger. Ten years ago Clancy sleepwalked ontoanother crime scene and her testimony had put Jake's father behindbars. Now Jake didn't know if he wanted to prove his...
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris's Calypso in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. David Sedaris's "Calypso" is a collection of reflections on family, aging, and the complexities of life. Sedaris enjoys the luxury of guest rooms in his West Sussex home, contrasting with his previous Normandy residence. He and his partner Hugh prepare for his sisters' visit, which brings a mix of joy and the realization of time's passage....
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They were strikers who fought from the Sol system network – hackers, gremlins, psychops, ghosts in the code. Then they were called in as peacekeepers when the Ganymede Mining employees revolted against the company, but a friendly fire hardware malfunction shelled their bodies. Luckily, they weren't at home at the time, and their bodies could be repaired.Years later, they're sleepwalking through life either in the service or retired from it, and...
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Miss Silver mysteries volume 6
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Miss Silver investigates a case of blackmail in an apartment house Vandeleur House was great once. The home of a prominent court painter, its ballroom and parlors hosted the brightest of the Victorian era. Now divided into eight flats, it is an apartment building whose glorious façade conceals a nest of diabolical intrigue. There is Maude, a young woman who was crossing the Atlantic when her steamer was struck by a Nazi torpedo. She survived;...
16) Shattered
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A sleep researcher's life unravels as she attempts to uncover a mystery, in this unsettling new thriller . . .
Christie works at London's Somni Company to help others with sleep disorders. However, after taking part in a company research trial, she herself has been experiencing some behavioural and emotional problems-symptoms she strives to keep hidden in order to continue her important work.
A firefighter with disturbing guilt-induced dreams;...
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So far as the Duke of Wolverton is concerned, Charlotte Longborough is a scandal waiting to happen. Lucien, Duke of Wolverton, vowed to lead a calm, deliberate, and entirely proper life after his youth was spent facing down the scandal created by his father. So, when his stepmother invites Charlotte Longborough and her sisters to stay with them, he is less than pleased. He is appalled when he finds Charlotte sleepwalking in the library, and horrified...
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How to Conquer Anxiety and Stress through Mindfulness Meditation!The field of awareness in ordinary states of consciousness is contaminated with a variety of negative patterns of thought, feeling, and reaction. We remain largely unaware of these negative patterns and how they prevent us from reaching higher states of consciousness. In mindless states of unawareness, we are hypnotized, functioning like robots on automatic pilot, sleepwalking our way...
19) Wild Chance
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Can he make this moment last a lifetime?It's been three years since Padraig lost his wife and since then, he's been sleepwalking his way through each day, focusing only on work and family, while hanging out with his best friend, Emmy.The sum equivalent of Emmy's experience with relationships is contained within the pages of the romance novels she writes while sitting at the end of the bar at Pat's Pub. That is if she doesn't count the secret crush...
20) Cut
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I've reached my expiration date. Not that it matters. We're all going to die. To sixteen-year-old Micka, all words have flavours. Her emotions come with such force that she can't help but carve them into her skin. The night she decides to kill herself, she meets Runner -- a mysterious stranger who makes her question everything she's learned about the end of the world.
His message is terrifying: It wasn't some mysterious disease that killed ten billion...