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Duff, Kat, 1952-
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Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
Altered states of consciousness.
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The secret life of sleep / Kat Duff.
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Duff, Kat, 1952-
New York : Atria Books ; Hillsboro, Oregon : Beyond Words, c2014.
Subjects
Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
Altered states of consciousness.
ISBN:
9781582704685 (cloth) :
1582704686 (cloth)
9781582704692 (pbk.)
1582704694 (pbk.)
Description:
xvii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Atria Books/Beyond Words hardcover edition.
Contents:
When the sandman comes: falling asleep -- Opening the inn for phantoms: surrendering to sleep -- Cribs, cradles, and slings: sleeping babies across cultures -- Sleep stages: Western science and Eastern philosophy -- Between sleeps: the midnight watch -- When sleep never comes: insomnia's toll -- Downers, benzos, and z-drugs: the commercialization of sleep -- The social divide: separating sleep from consciousness -- When sleeping birds fly: half awake and half asleep -- The invisible labors of sleep: memory and invention -- Knitting up the "raveled sleave of care": emotional restoration -- Sleep has no master: subversive dreaming -- Ordinary dreams: when one hand washes the other -- Big dreams: encounters with the other side -- Waking up is hard to do: internal and social time -- Enamored with wakefulness: phasing out sleep -- Waking up again: doubt, certainty, and the future of sleep.
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Citing a high percentage of Americans who routinely experience sleep problems or shortages, the award-winning author of The Alchemy of Illness draws on a wide range of disciplines to reveal the healing benefits of sleep and argue for its prioritizing. --Publishers description.
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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
612.821 Du
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Kapolei Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
612.821 Du
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