The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley2s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab, reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how listeners can harness its transformative power to change their lives for the better.

In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

"A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night's rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders. For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers...

Good sleep, including positive dreaming, is essential to good health. In this friendly guide to cultivating deep, restful sleep — naturally — mindfulness and dreamwork expert Tzivia Gover offers practical lifestyle advice, easy yoga poses, 10-minute meditations, simple breathing exercises, visualization and journaling activities, and lots of encouragement and inspiration. You’ll learn how to set the stage for safe, productive dreaming,...

"Anyone having trouble sleeping has heard all the old 'sleep hygiene' rules: Don’t drink caffeine after 2:00 p.m., use the bedroom only for sleeping, put down your screens an hour before going to bed. But as the millions suffering from poor sleep can attest, just following these overly simplistic, one-size-fits-all directives doesn’t work. How to Sleep is here to rewrite the rules and help you get to sleep—and stay asleep—each and every night....

"Supported by comprehensive scientific evidence, the book explores the lifestyle and medical factors that can trigger sleep disturbances, from insomnia, sleepwalking and night terrors to apnoea and narcolepsy, and the strategies that can be employed to rebalance them. The fundamental issues of nutrition and stress are explored, as are complementary therapies."--Amazon.com.

Learn how getting proper sleep can rejuvenate the mind and body, increase sexual appetites, boost energy reserves, and help lose weight and keep it off. Features noted sleep expert Dr. Michael Breus.

"In Better Sleep, Better You, functional medicine pioneer and sleep expert Frank Lipman, MD, and Casper co-founder Neil Parikh team up to offer a one-stop resource to help you reap the benefits of sleeping well every night. Unlike the dozens of articles offering a 'quick fix' for insomnia, Lipman and Parikh understand that there's no such thing as a one-sleep-fits-all solution. By clearly explaining the latest developments in sleep science and all...

"Become Your Child's Sleep Coach meets that need by giving you a simple plan to coach your children to be wonderful sleepers, as well as methods to deal with bed wetting, sleep walking, night terrors, and other sleep issues. The five-step plan shows you how to: prepare your child's bedroom for great sleep; use the 5B Bedtime Routine every night; teach your child to self-comfort as you work your way out of the room; limit 'callbacks and curtain calls';...