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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)
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2010
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— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 359 2010; (p. 27) -
Untitled
2009
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— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 355 2009; (p. 36)
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The Joy of Sleep: Giraffes Do It with Their Eyes Open
2009
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose -
Non-Fiction Books
2009
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 July 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose -
Slumber Crunching
2009
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— Appears in: The Age , 18 July 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose
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About Sleep, but It'll Keep You Awake
2009
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 2009; (p. 16)
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose -
Sleeping's Beauty
2009
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 June 2009; (p. 16)
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose -
Michael McGirr's Waking Life
2009
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— Appears in: Eureka Street , 17 July vol. 19 no. 13 2009; Eureka Street , 4 January 2010;
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose -
Slumber Crunching
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 July 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose -
Non-Fiction Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 July 2009; (p. 24)
— Review of The Lost Art of Sleep 2009 single work prose -
Waking Up to the Lost Art of Sleep
2009
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 June 2009; (p. 10) -
Page Turners
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , January no. 359 2010; (p. 27)