The a to Zzzz of Sleep ; Why Did Dickens Take a Compass to Bed? Can You Snore in Space? How Did Einstein Doze Off? A New Book Reveals All
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SLEEP is one of the most pleasurable and mysterious areas of our lives. It is as necessary as breathing and as nourishing as eating, yet few of us feel we are getting enough of it.
In our overcrowded lives, sleep has become a modern obsession, the thing we crave more than anything else.See the full content of this document
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The a to Zzzz of Sleep ; Why Did Dickens Take a Compass to Bed? Can You Snore in Space? How Did Einstein Doze Off? A New Book Reveals All
But how much do we know about this nightly pleasure? Why did the Elizabethans rub dormouse fat on to their feet? Who was the insomniac Prime Minister forced to quit? Does counting sheep work? A fascinating new book by Sean Coughlan, The Sleepyhead's Bedside Companion, answers these and a host of other nocturnal conundrums ...
HEROIC SLEEPERSIN MODERN life, forsaking sleep is seen as a sign of strength, but this was not always so.In the toughest times of World War II, Prime Minist...See the full content of this document
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