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Brought to you by Penguin.
The number one Sunday Times best seller.
TLS, Observer, Sunday Times, FT, Guardian, Daily Mail and Evening Standard Books of the Year 2017.
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, read by John Sackville.
Includes a bonus PDF of graphs and diagrams.
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.
Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.
Now, in this audiobook, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores 20 years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves in to everything from what really happens during REM sleep to how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and why our sleep patterns change across a lifetime, transforming our appreciation of the extraordinary phenomenon that safeguards our existence.
Critic reviews
"Astonishing...an amazing book...absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know." (Chris Evans)
"Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet." (Evening Standard)
"Startling, vital...a life-raft." (Guardian)
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The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime
- By: MJ DeMarco
- Narrated by: MJ DeMarco
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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Since you were old enough to hold a job, you've been hoodwinked to believe that wealth can be created by blindly trusting in the uncontrollable and unpredictable markets: the housing market, the stock market, and the job market. I call this soul-sucking, dream-stealing dogma "The Slowlane" - an impotent financial gamble that dubiously promises wealth in a wheelchair. For those who don't want a lifetime subscription to "settle-for-less", there is an alternative.
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Excellent!
- By Iray007 on 09-22-15
By: MJ DeMarco
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Breath
- The New Science of a Lost Art
- By: James Nestor
- Narrated by: James Nestor
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices.
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Does NOT coincide with Book text
- By FamAzz on 07-13-20
By: James Nestor
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Digital Minimalism
- Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Will Damron, Cal Newport
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the best-selling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives.
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Disappointing
- By Aaron on 04-15-19
By: Cal Newport
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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- By: Richard H. Thaler
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth - and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
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Great book if it's your first about Behav. Econ
- By Jay Friedman on 09-30-15
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Dopamine Nation
- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
- By: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting....
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Interesting but feels incomplete
- By Chris on 09-02-21
By: Dr. Anna Lembke
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The Daily Stoic
- 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
- By: Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations.
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Not well made as audio
- By Andreas on 12-27-16
By: Ryan Holiday, and others
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- Winston Lee
- 03-06-18
Informative with passionate narrator
I would recommend this book to anybody who is currently sleeping less than 7 hours per night and wants to find a shortcut to improving their life in all aspects. I found the information here enlightening and the evidence compelling.
The narrator is great too, he manages to imitate the various accents and also reads the sentences in a way that very accurately brings across the weight and meaning of the point that Matthew Walker is trying to bring across. I felt like the narrator was the writer himself.
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- Paul Drakeford
- 08-14-20
Life changing
While the aim of this book is to get you to close your eyes it ultimately opens them....to the damage done to one’s own health and the public health of not getting enough sleep. Plenty of great tips on how to improve sleep.
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- Mark J.
- 12-05-21
Amazing, why is this not compulsory!
so many applicable insights but so easy to know where to start. can't stop boring people with it over dinner!!
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- Margarita Marti
- 10-01-19
One of the best books
Enlightening! Every policy maker must read this book. Many times we skip straight to solutions. This book is all about the why and I believe it is vital that our why is clear. Why we sleep? Explains the importance of sleep, what improves its quality and what doesn't.
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- Cristian Vlad Lupa
- 04-19-18
Excellent
One of the best books I read in the last year! Everyone should read this book
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- Rhianne
- 02-11-24
Everyone should read
This book is so insightful! I never knew sleep impacted so much of our lives… I will recommend this book to everyone I know!
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-23
I am convinced, sleep is the solution.
Ok, I need more quality sleep. My life will be better if I sleep better. This book changed my life. Please excuse me, I need to get to bed. Sleep well.
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- V
- 10-12-23
Amazing, highly recommended
Very well researched.
One of the books which should be obligatory upon birth.
Excellent storytelling, great narration.
Simply a must, as elementary education.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-09-23
Everyone should know this stuff
This should be common knowledge taught at high school level. The fact that we don’t know it as a society is baffling. Life changing book.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-03-23
Too long but necessary
Great in-depth book. It is a long book but I can’t imagine what could have been left out to shorten it!
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