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The Sleepyheads Bedside Companion
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Description
It looks at the history culture folklore language and science of sleep. Did you know that the siesta was once a British tradition? Why do we say 'sleep like a top'? Does counting sheep work? What are the very best sleeps? Who invented pyjamas? If dogs sleep so much why are they always yawning? What are the best films about sleep? Do today's children have less sleep than Edwardian children? Does booze help or hinder sleep?
Not only is sleep a great natural pleasure it's also essential to good health. The book examines how a lack of sleep is increasingly seen as a health risk.
Sleep is also the place of dreams and nightmares. Why are so many dreams the same and what are the archetypal recurring dreams? What is the origin of the word 'nightmare'? And what do Bugs Bunny the surrealists and Freud have to do with dreaming?
Sleep is there to be enjoyed. It's not worth getting into bed for anything else.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2016-11-24
Publication Date:
2016-11-24
Publisher:
Arrow
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1784756598
ISBN13:
9781784756598
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
328 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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