Wright, Julie
Summary: "Sleep is not only crucial to our overall health, but it also serves as the backbone of coping mechanisms in our restless, modern world. Now, with many of us feeling over-tired and under pressure, it's more important than ever to get a good night's sleep, and The Natural Sleeper offers a comprehensive collection of therapeutic solutions to improve sleep using natural remedies. Combining...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 WRICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 WRIReiss, Benjamin
Summary: "Humans have slept since the dawn of our species. And yet the way humans sleep across history has changed dramatically, most disastrously in our own modern era. For the last two centuries sleep, the industrialized West has reduced sleep to one narrow definition: hours of unbroken slumber, in a private chamber, alone or with at most one additional partner. And this artificial cultural definition...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 REIPrather, Aric
Summary: "From renowned sleep scientist Dr. Aric Prather, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to improve your sleep in seven days We need to sleep to survive. If we stopped sleeping, we would die. Sure, it would take a while, but sleep is as essential as food, water, and oxygen. Eventually, without it, our bodies begin to shut down. So why on earth can something that should be so natural,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 PRAMcGirr, Michael
Summary: Michael McGirr always had trouble sleeping. The arrival of twins, however, made him realize that he'd never before known true exhaustion. And while he celebrated these small children who brought him so much joy and tiredness, he found himself on a desperate and bone-weary journey in search of just a few extra winks a night. It was an adventure that would teach him more about what exactly sleep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 612.8 MCGWeil, Andrew.
Summary: An expert on mind-body therapies teams up with a clinical psychologist, who specializes in behavioral sleep and dream medicine, to provide an innovative sleep-health program that helps those who have trouble sleeping change their lifestyle and achieve a good night's rest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 613.7 WEIStevenson, Shawn
Summary: "Is high-quality sleep the missing component to help you shed fat for good, stave off diseases, and keep you productive? In Sleep Smarter, Shawn Stevenson, host of the popular podcast, The Model Health Show, answers these and many other sleep-related questions.As a teenager, Stevenson was diagnosed with a degenerative bone disease. He gave up on his health and his body, until he decided to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 STEWiessinger, Diane.
Summary: "Sweet Sleep is the first and most complete book on nights and naps for breastfeeding families. It's mother-wisdom, reassurance, and a how-to guide for making sane and safe decisions on how and where your family sleeps, backed by the latest research. It's 4 A.M. You've nursed your baby five times throughout the night. You're beyond exhausted. But where can you breastfeed safely when you might...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 WIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Paents WiessingerSummary: Even though many experts recommend eight hours of sleep a night, getting that much rest often seems impossible. This program offers ten scientific ways to get quality sleep, and more of it. These techniques include sleep restriction programs for people with insomnia, explained by Professor Colin Espie of the University of Glasgow's Sleep Centre; fasting to beat jet lag, presented by Harvard's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Some people wander, get dressed, even eat in their sleep. Others lash out in violent ways. Is it possible that people can commit complex crimes-even murder-while walking in their sleep? With only a dead victim and a seemingly disoriented suspect at the scene of the crime, it's hard to know for sure. This program explores the question, following extensive sleep tests performed on accused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: With cutting-edge experiments and intriguing case studies, this program explores the science of dreams-revealing their impact on our memories, learning processes, and mental health. Contrasting REM-sleep dreams with those occurring in non-REM sleep, the film examines the roles of the amygdala and the parietal lobe and the ways in which depression and stroke affect, or are affected by, dream...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Riha, Renata L.
Summary: Offering practical information and suggestions, a question-and-answer guide draws on the latest medical research to describe the causes and types of sleep disorders, examine the full spectrum of available treatments and complementary therapies, and discuss ways to improve the quality of one's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 RIHWalker, Matthew P.
Summary: "The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert--Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab--reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2017