Author: H. G. Bells
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 194045672X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
For fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia. Remember what it’s like to go an entire night without sleep? What if sleep didn’t come the following night? Or the night after? What might happen if you, your friends, your family, your coworkers, and the strangers you pass on the street, all slowly began to realize that rest might not ever come again? How slowly might the world fall apart? How long would it take for a society without sleep to descend into chaos? Sleep Over is a collection of waking nightmares, a scrapbook collection of haunting and poignant stories from those trapped in a world where the pillars of society are crumbling, and madness is slowly descending on a planet without rest. Online vigilantism transforms social media into a blame game with deadly consequences. A freelance journalist grapples with the ethics of turning in footage of mass suicide. Scientists turn to horrifying experiments as they grow more desperate in their race for a cure. In Sleep Over, these stories are just the beginning. Before the Longest Day, the world record was eleven days without sleep. It turns out many of us will be forced to go much longer. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
Sleep Over
Author: H. G. Bells
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 194045672X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
For fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia. Remember what it’s like to go an entire night without sleep? What if sleep didn’t come the following night? Or the night after? What might happen if you, your friends, your family, your coworkers, and the strangers you pass on the street, all slowly began to realize that rest might not ever come again? How slowly might the world fall apart? How long would it take for a society without sleep to descend into chaos? Sleep Over is a collection of waking nightmares, a scrapbook collection of haunting and poignant stories from those trapped in a world where the pillars of society are crumbling, and madness is slowly descending on a planet without rest. Online vigilantism transforms social media into a blame game with deadly consequences. A freelance journalist grapples with the ethics of turning in footage of mass suicide. Scientists turn to horrifying experiments as they grow more desperate in their race for a cure. In Sleep Over, these stories are just the beginning. Before the Longest Day, the world record was eleven days without sleep. It turns out many of us will be forced to go much longer. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 194045672X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
For fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia. Remember what it’s like to go an entire night without sleep? What if sleep didn’t come the following night? Or the night after? What might happen if you, your friends, your family, your coworkers, and the strangers you pass on the street, all slowly began to realize that rest might not ever come again? How slowly might the world fall apart? How long would it take for a society without sleep to descend into chaos? Sleep Over is a collection of waking nightmares, a scrapbook collection of haunting and poignant stories from those trapped in a world where the pillars of society are crumbling, and madness is slowly descending on a planet without rest. Online vigilantism transforms social media into a blame game with deadly consequences. A freelance journalist grapples with the ethics of turning in footage of mass suicide. Scientists turn to horrifying experiments as they grow more desperate in their race for a cure. In Sleep Over, these stories are just the beginning. Before the Longest Day, the world record was eleven days without sleep. It turns out many of us will be forced to go much longer. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
Sleeping Over
Author: P. J. Denton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416927905
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Emily wants to celebrate the end of the second grade by going to a sleepover with her friends, but she is afraid that her parents might object.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416927905
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Emily wants to celebrate the end of the second grade by going to a sleepover with her friends, but she is afraid that her parents might object.
Sleeping Over
Author: P. J. Denton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442456892
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
WANT TO SLEEP OVER? COME JOIN THE FUN! It's the last week of second grade, and Taylor has big news for her best friends, Emily, Jo, and Kara: She's inviting them to her house on Friday night to celebrate! But this is no ordinary party -- it's going to be their first sleepover party! The girls can't wait to stay up late, play games, and watch movies. But Emily is also secretly worried. She knows her parents aren't going to let her spend the night at Taylor's, and she doesn't want to be left out of all the fun. Will Emily have to stay home and miss the party, or can she find a way to prove to her parents that she's old enough to go?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442456892
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
WANT TO SLEEP OVER? COME JOIN THE FUN! It's the last week of second grade, and Taylor has big news for her best friends, Emily, Jo, and Kara: She's inviting them to her house on Friday night to celebrate! But this is no ordinary party -- it's going to be their first sleepover party! The girls can't wait to stay up late, play games, and watch movies. But Emily is also secretly worried. She knows her parents aren't going to let her spend the night at Taylor's, and she doesn't want to be left out of all the fun. Will Emily have to stay home and miss the party, or can she find a way to prove to her parents that she's old enough to go?
Ira Sleeps Over
Author: Bernard Waber
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395205037
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Ira is thrilled to spend the night at Reggie's until his sister raises the question of whether he should take his teddy bear. "An appealing picture book which depicts common childhood qualms with empathy and humor."--"Booklist." Full-color illustrations.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395205037
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Ira is thrilled to spend the night at Reggie's until his sister raises the question of whether he should take his teddy bear. "An appealing picture book which depicts common childhood qualms with empathy and humor."--"Booklist." Full-color illustrations.
Sleeping Over
Author: Stacey Ballis
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Red Dress Ink
ISBN: 9780373895168
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this chronicle of the lives of five unique girlfriends, the author of "Inappropriate Men" examines both romantic and platonic relationships, and looks at all the various configurations of what it means to "spend the night" with someone.
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Red Dress Ink
ISBN: 9780373895168
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this chronicle of the lives of five unique girlfriends, the author of "Inappropriate Men" examines both romantic and platonic relationships, and looks at all the various configurations of what it means to "spend the night" with someone.
Why We Sleep
Author: Matthew Walker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501144316
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501144316
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"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.
The Sleep-Over Artist: Fiction
Author: Thomas Beller
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393104141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"In the same way Salinger carved out the niche of male adolescence ....Beller approaches that mutable boy-to-man territory."—San Francisco Chronicle Writing with the sparkling wit and insight of his highly praised debut, Seduction Theory ("Brilliantly captures the great expectations and recurring ambivalence of youth."—The New York Times), Thomas Beller continues to plumb the adventures of his hero, Alex Fader, a youthful existentialist and sensualist with an insatiable appetite for trouble. The Sleep-Over Artist is an account of critical stages in Alex's life, mapping his progress from youthful delinquent to filmmaker whose career begins when he makes a documentary film exposing the prep school from which he has been expelled. Alex longs for the taste of family life that the early death of his father has denied him. As a young boy he sleeps over at his friends' houses and ingratiates himself with their families; as a young man he extends his sleep-overs to the lives of women, culminating in the ultimate sleep-over—an affair in England with a glamorous, slightly older woman, the mother of a young boy. Beller has a pitch-perfect ear for emotional nuance and a microscopic eye for rendering the wordless moments when a relationship catches fire and all too often begins to falter. The high-wire tension that electrifies The Sleep-Over Artist is Beller's ingenious portrait of a young man who longs to disappear and belong all at the same time. "Hilarious....captures perfectly the myriad stages of fear, discovery and elation that mark one's first sexual experience."—The New York Times Book Review, Katherine Dieckmann, 16 July 2000 "[W]ell-crafted stories recall the witty phrasing of Updike, the poignant nostalgia of Cheever, the earnest but confused innocence of Salinger."—Library Journal "Featuring a New York that, like Kundera's Prague, is a vast hive of seductions....A moving portrait."—Publishers Weekly, 17 April 2000 "The gentle humor and delicacy of Sleep-Over Artist remind me of the stories of another young cosmopolite, F. Scott Fitzgerald."—Stewart O'Nan, author of A Prayer for the Dying "Fresh, sophisticated and most of all utterly readable...strikes a perfect balance between timely ironies and perennial emotional truths."—Eva Hoffman "Tom Beller is gifted with a wry, dry appreciation of life's sweet and unlikely subtleties."—Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch "A fine novel of Manhattan manners."—New York Observer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393104141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"In the same way Salinger carved out the niche of male adolescence ....Beller approaches that mutable boy-to-man territory."—San Francisco Chronicle Writing with the sparkling wit and insight of his highly praised debut, Seduction Theory ("Brilliantly captures the great expectations and recurring ambivalence of youth."—The New York Times), Thomas Beller continues to plumb the adventures of his hero, Alex Fader, a youthful existentialist and sensualist with an insatiable appetite for trouble. The Sleep-Over Artist is an account of critical stages in Alex's life, mapping his progress from youthful delinquent to filmmaker whose career begins when he makes a documentary film exposing the prep school from which he has been expelled. Alex longs for the taste of family life that the early death of his father has denied him. As a young boy he sleeps over at his friends' houses and ingratiates himself with their families; as a young man he extends his sleep-overs to the lives of women, culminating in the ultimate sleep-over—an affair in England with a glamorous, slightly older woman, the mother of a young boy. Beller has a pitch-perfect ear for emotional nuance and a microscopic eye for rendering the wordless moments when a relationship catches fire and all too often begins to falter. The high-wire tension that electrifies The Sleep-Over Artist is Beller's ingenious portrait of a young man who longs to disappear and belong all at the same time. "Hilarious....captures perfectly the myriad stages of fear, discovery and elation that mark one's first sexual experience."—The New York Times Book Review, Katherine Dieckmann, 16 July 2000 "[W]ell-crafted stories recall the witty phrasing of Updike, the poignant nostalgia of Cheever, the earnest but confused innocence of Salinger."—Library Journal "Featuring a New York that, like Kundera's Prague, is a vast hive of seductions....A moving portrait."—Publishers Weekly, 17 April 2000 "The gentle humor and delicacy of Sleep-Over Artist remind me of the stories of another young cosmopolite, F. Scott Fitzgerald."—Stewart O'Nan, author of A Prayer for the Dying "Fresh, sophisticated and most of all utterly readable...strikes a perfect balance between timely ironies and perennial emotional truths."—Eva Hoffman "Tom Beller is gifted with a wry, dry appreciation of life's sweet and unlikely subtleties."—Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch "A fine novel of Manhattan manners."—New York Observer
Best Friends Sleep Over
Author: Jacqueline Rogers
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613284189
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ideal for children preparing for their first sleepover, this book tells the story of Gilbert at his first slumber party. All's well until it's time for bed. He misses his mom and can't stop crying, but his friends are there to give him a hand. Full-color illustrations.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613284189
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ideal for children preparing for their first sleepover, this book tells the story of Gilbert at his first slumber party. All's well until it's time for bed. He misses his mom and can't stop crying, but his friends are there to give him a hand. Full-color illustrations.
Froggy's Sleepover
Author: Jonathan London
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101654724
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's Froggy's first sleepover! He packs his sleeping bag, his pillow, his pajamas, and even his toothbrush. Now, he's ready to flop flop flop off to Max's. But then Froggy decides it would be a good idea to go back to his own house. So off they go. . . . Then Max gets a tummy ache and wants to go back to his own house. So off they go. . . . Then after scary noises at Max's, both decide to go back to Froggy's. Froggy's Sleepover is certain to dissolve any sleepover worries into giggles as Froggy and Max delight young readers with sleepover fun. Jonathan London and Frank Remkiewicz have collaborated on fourteen previous Froggy books, including Froggy Gets Dressed, Froggy's First Kiss, Froggy Plays in the Band, Froggy Goes to the Doctor, Froggy's Baby Sister, and the latest, Froggy's Day with Dad.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101654724
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's Froggy's first sleepover! He packs his sleeping bag, his pillow, his pajamas, and even his toothbrush. Now, he's ready to flop flop flop off to Max's. But then Froggy decides it would be a good idea to go back to his own house. So off they go. . . . Then Max gets a tummy ache and wants to go back to his own house. So off they go. . . . Then after scary noises at Max's, both decide to go back to Froggy's. Froggy's Sleepover is certain to dissolve any sleepover worries into giggles as Froggy and Max delight young readers with sleepover fun. Jonathan London and Frank Remkiewicz have collaborated on fourteen previous Froggy books, including Froggy Gets Dressed, Froggy's First Kiss, Froggy Plays in the Band, Froggy Goes to the Doctor, Froggy's Baby Sister, and the latest, Froggy's Day with Dad.
The Big Sleepover
Author: David Lee Harrison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439223645
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Clifford spends his first night away from Emily Elizabeth.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439223645
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Clifford spends his first night away from Emily Elizabeth.