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Title: Sleep Thieves by Stanley Coren ISBN: 0-684-83184-8 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 03 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A much-underestimated topic
Comment: Sleep is one of the most common activities in our lives. As such, one would expect that everybody would know a lot about it.
This book shows that this is not the case. Our western work-ethos has led us to believe that sleeping is for weaklings and that sleeping very little is a sign of discipline and diligence . This book is full of examples of the results of that attitude. As a renowned researcher into the science of sleep, the Author is able to list a considerable number of instances where a lack of sleep did not only lead to less productivity, but led to downright disasters such as the sinking of the "Exxon Valdez" or the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
I found that the book gives a real insight into the importance of obtaining enough sleep. In my case, I found it convincing enough to change some of my habits and go to bed earlier, if need be. As the author shows, a like change throughout society might safe us billions of dollars per year.
Rating: 4
Summary: Quite surprising actually
Comment: We spend a full third of our life sleeping, but what do we really know about it. Why do we sleep? What causes us to sleep? What happens when we sleep? All these questions remain unanswered, but scientists are working--dare I say it? oh, why not--around the clock to explain why we can't work around the clock.
Lighter in tone, and much more accessible to the most techno- or medio-phobic of lay readers is Sleep Thieves by Stanley Cohen. While Cohen's book does not have the same claim to impartial accuracy of the researcher, it gains ground by its engrossing style and an ability to merge folklore with medical studies. The whole, as it appears, is then dissected, and Cohen ends up destroying as many myths as Prof. Lavie in The Enchanted World of Sleep (in many cases, the same ones). Cohen does have a purpose with his book, and that is to say that as a culture, we are running up a "sleep debt"; that is, by denying ourselves the amount of sleep that our bodies need, we endanger ourselves and others. Before he gets to this conclusion, his common ground with Prof. Lavie is visited, including studies on sleep deprivation and its results, people's perceptions of sleep, and the amount of sleep that our bodies fall into without the self-regulating clock of the sun. His conclusion is tied together neatly, with a fine work of statistical research using the time lost and gained during the change from and to Daylight Savings Time. Lack of sleep, due to cultural demands, is a major cause of accidents that are often fatal.
Cohen's book, with its amazing conclusion that lives with you, makes it obvious that "sleep debt" is not just a funny phrase, but a real problem, and one that is being ignored by almost everyone. It is time, as Cohen ironically states, for us to wake up about sleep.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: I ordered this book just because Dr. Coren is my favorite author (How To Speak Dog, The Intelligence Of The Dogs, Why We Love The Dogs We Do). I was certain that I would find this book very interesting, and I wasn't wrong. This book is truly wonderful. He explains how many hours should we sleep and what happens to us if we don't. How our mental and physical health depends on sleep, and gives advices as to how to improve the quality of our sleep.
There is a test you can perform in order to understand how many hours of sleep you need. It's just great.
I wish all doctors read this masterpiece and instead of giving Valium or whatever to people with sleeping disorders, were giving them advices taken from this book. Once more, thank you Mr.Coren
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Title: The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep by WILLIAM C. DEMENT ISBN: 0440509017 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 07 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Power Sleep : The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance by James B. Maas, Megan L. Wherry, David J. Axelrod, Barbara R. Hogan, Jennifer Bloomin ISBN: 0060977604 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: No More Sleepless Nights by Peter Hauri, Shirley Linde ISBN: 0471149047 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 30 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Sleepwatchers (Portable Stanford Book Series) by William C. Dement ISBN: 0916318486 Publisher: Stanford Alumni Assn Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Learn to Sleep Well by Christopher Idzikowski, Chris Idzikowski ISBN: 0811828948 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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