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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Lost Art of Sleep
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'Bed is the most dangerous place on earth. More people die there than anywhere else. Maybe that's why each passing generation spends less time in bed than the one before.

'The arrival of baby twins sent Michael McGirr in search of an ancient practice for which bed is the ideal setting. It's called sleep.

'In this warm, witty and engaging book, McGirr muses on the many benefits of sleep; mourns its demise; explains aspects of its strange personality; observes what the brain really gets up to in the small hours, and makes acquaintance with some of the great sleepers and wakers of history, from Aristotle to Thomas Edison, from Homer to Florence Nightingale, from Shakespeare to Peter Pan.

'Both a personal journey and a profound exploration of one of life's true constants, The Lost Art of Sleep proves that there are few situations which can't be helped by a good night's kip.' (Publisher's website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Picador , 2009 .
      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 July 2009.
      ISBN: 9780330424912 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Page Turners Gillian Dooley , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 359 2010; (p. 27)
Untitled Gillian Dooley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 355 2009; (p. 36)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
The Joy of Sleep: Giraffes Do It with Their Eyes Open Louise McSwinn , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 28-29)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
Non-Fiction Books Ian Barry , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 July 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
Slumber Crunching Louise Swinn , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 July 2009; (p. 23)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
About Sleep, but It'll Keep You Awake Richard Begbie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 2009; (p. 16)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
Sleeping's Beauty Roy Williams , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 June 2009; (p. 16)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
Michael McGirr's Waking Life Morag Fraser , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 17 July vol. 19 no. 13 2009; Eureka Street , 4 January 2010;

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
Slumber Crunching Louise Swinn , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 July 2009; (p. 23)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
Non-Fiction Books Ian Barry , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 July 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep Michael McGirr , 2009 single work prose
Waking Up to the Lost Art of Sleep Michael Ruffles , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 2009; (p. 10)
Page Turners Gillian Dooley , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 359 2010; (p. 27)
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