Why we sleep : unlocking the power of sleep and dreams
Record details
- ISBN: 1508279314
- ISBN: 9781508279310
- ISBN: 1508254389
- ISBN: 9781508254386
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Physical Description:
11 audio discs (14 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
sound disc
optical disc - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2018]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from container. Includes PDF. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. This thing called sleep -- To sleep ... -- Caffeine, jet lag, and melatonin: losing and gaining control of your sleep rhythm -- Defining and generating sleep: time dilation and what we learned from a baby in 1952 -- Ape beds, dinosaurs, and napping with half a brain: who sleeps, how do we sleep, and how much? -- Part 2. Why should you sleep? -- Your mother and Shakespeare knew: the benefits of sleep for the brain -- Too extreme for the Guinness Book of World Records: sleep deprivation and the brain -- Cancer, heart attacks, and a shorter life: sleep deprivation and the body -- Part 3. How and why we dream -- Routinely psychotic: REM-sleep dreaming -- Dreaming as overnight therapy -- Dream creativity and dream control -- Part 4. From sleeping pills to society transformed -- Things that go bump in the night:" sleep disorders and death caused by no sleep -- iPads, factory whistles, and nightcaps: what's stopping you from sleeping? -- Hurting and helping your sleep: pills vs. therapy -- Sleep and society: what medicine and education are doing wrong; what Google and NASA are doing right -- A new vision for sleep in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: To sleep or not to sleep -- Appendix: Twelve tips for healthy sleep. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Steve West. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | CD 612.8 WAL (Text) | 000125483 | Display -- Lit Lineup | Available | - |