Sleep Disorders Books

I must say - I believed this stuff would work for me. And it's true that his cds put me out - for like 20 minutes. The problem is that it didn't relax me enough before inducing me to sleep. I'm not a fan anymore. I've owned like four or five different cds but I always ended up getting rid of them. I thought it was just me and even ordered the SAME ones again to give it another try. Too techno and in your face for me. I'd appreciate a gentler approach like one I found online for free....

I've enjoyed listening to this CD. It is more effective if you use headphones. Most of the time, I'm asleep before I'm to the middle of the CD. I'm not completely sure if the lucid dream part works with my brain, however, I have noticed a change in my dreams. I am now experiencing more clarity to my dreams and feeling emotion when dreaming about current dilemmas and how I need to resolve them.

I have another CD by Glenn Harrold and I was disappointed in this one because it was too much like the first one I purchased. I was expecting some different imagery and basically got the same imagery that was in the first cd.
However, I do find his voice soothing. I love the accent and it is a calming cd.

Every once in awhile I have trouble falling asleep. I know where it comes from, I used to work the graveyard shift at a grocery store for almost seventeen years and even though I haven't worked that shift in about five years, there are times when I just can't seem to get to sleep or worse yet, stay asleep.

Fortunately, there is a wonderful program put out by the equally wonderful, Glenn Harrold. I have several of his programs and I really do not feel as though they are "hypnotizing" me as much as they are "de-hypnotizing" me. They help me let go of old beliefs, ideas, and attitudes that I have hung onto and have unconsciously acted out on.

I am a licensed spiritual counselor. I teach classes on meditation and relaxation. I know what anxiety and stress can do and yet there are those times where I fall "prey" to those occasional bouts of stress and anxiety.

Harrold's CDs immediately calm and relax me. Even if I still can't get to sleep, I find that I am less worried about falling asleep and most people who have trouble with insomnia are "trying" too hard to make themselves fall asleep. Making yourself or forcing yourself to go to sleep creates even more stress.

I'll tell you a "little secret" that works wonders if I still can't seem to let go of the day and drift off. I listen to Glenn Harrold's CD and then I'll just very calmly say to myself, "I don't need to go to sleep...I'm not tired...I could stay up forever...I'm not tired...I don't need to sleep...I could stay up forever..." and believe it or not, after a few minutes of saying these things I'm.....

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Oh, excuse me. Sorry about that.

But anyway, I highly recommend this CD along with many others in Glenn's fabulous collection.

Here's wishing you peaceful dreams!

Peace Blessings,
john, 'the Light Coach'

I drifted off into a deep sleep after listening to this tape. All the stress of the hectic day was elimiated from my mind and I got a deep and restful 8 hours of sleep. I highly recommend this problem.

as another reviewer stated, i too had to force myself to finish this book.( i read about a book a day.) i never was able to discern a plot, and i basically did not like the characters. her kids were obnoxious, she allowed them to be and did not seem to make them accountable for their behavior. i had a touph time ascertaining if ian and his assistant had sex, what the shot was that he gave her, and her ex- being there had no effect on the book at all. very wordy, and cumbersome.

I agree with all those who have stated that Robert Cohen is eloquent and his characters well explored, but that is where my admiration for this novel ends. It seems the prose and character exploration are done at the expense of, or in place of, plot. I noted another reader commented that Cohen should be next to Chabon in sales. Chabon uses his prose as a vehicle to move plot and action. Cohen uses it in a reflective way that doesn't move his novels along the way Chabon's do.

My issues with the plot in a nutshell are: We must read over 200 pages before the protagonist begins taking the drug and we see its effects. Foreshadowing abounds but there never is much follow-through on it. Issues foreshadowed include the dangerous nature of the drug, Howard Heflin's lack of forthrightness, Bonnie's lovers' deterioration, so on and so forth. They seem to add up to something sinister that never really quite surfaces.

In short,the subject of the book is rich. His prose is beautiful but not enough to make up for a poorly executed plot.

Extremely successful novel that takes the premise - whether prescribed mind drugs have any useful purpose - and explores it in a compelling fashion. Cohen writes in a way that gets under the characters' skins. Quite unusual in contemporary literature, this one is so well researched, so relevant, it was impossible to put down.

It did however leave me feeling as if I too had taken the drugs and experienced the highs and lows together with Bonnie and Eddie. By the end I was emotionally drained, wrung out, but in a good way!

First, I agree with all of the reviewers who commented on how well-written the book was. Cohen is simply an excellent writer who really can string words together beautifully. I was particularly impressed by little touches such as Cress' book report on Macbeth, where he has to write as a 15-year old like Cress might write, and the E-mail exchanges, and the E-Mail exchanges. The dialogue is great too. I really admire his talent. In addition, I don't necessarily agree with those who criticized the entire cast of characters in the book, as if to throw them all in a pot together. However, I did find all the chapters about Bonnie and her world (Larry Albeit, Cress, her kids etc.) to be much more interesting than the chapters about Ian and his world (Heflin, Marisa Chu, Erway, Eddie, etc.). And therein lies a problem: As the novel went on, while there is obviously some intersection between Bonnie's life and Ian's life, it seemed that Ian and his world took center stage more and more while Bonnie and her group got pushed to the sidelines. Not completely of course, but enough to annoy. I would have enjoyed more about Bonnie & Co. and less about Ian & Co. It also seemed to me as if, except for one twist, the ending seemed to fizzle out a little, as if the author lost some of his focused edge. Nevertheless, still a fine novel.

I had to push myself complete this book. The author is intelligent and has many keen observations and mind opening views -- however this doens't add up to a good novel. The plot (did I miss it?) went nowhere. The characters were one dimensional -- they never felt true to me. Instead they seemed only representative of a certain life situation. The one redeaming quality of this book is the "truth in advertising" nature of the title -- it did indeed inspire me to sleep.

Let it be this one. I have had 3 children in the last 5 years, and this book was the best, and most useful book that I ever read by far. Reviewers who say that this book is about letting babies cry have totally missed the point that the author is making. In fact the research that has been done shows that by following the advice of the book babies will not only sleep more, but cry LESS. I read this book before my first was born, and followed it very closely. The result is that my 3 babies slept through the night at 9 1/2, 8 and 16 weeks and also had excellent daytime naps with no fuss at all. The sleep habits that his book teaches will set them up for their whole childhood, and save your family a great deal of stress and sleep deprivation. Every time that travel or change has messed up my children's sleeping we have followed the book and once again had 3 children sleeping through the night for 10-12 hours again. This has included more than 5 episodes of international travel and time zone changes.
This book is not about making babies cry, it is about helping parents to understand that the most important thing for your baby is having a parent who can cope with life. It is about being kind to your baby by setting up good sleep habits for life.

On the recommendation of a friend, I read this book while I was pregnant with my triplets. In the early months after they were born when I was too tired to think, it was fabulous to have a guide about what we were doing and why - and some hope that there was a light at the end of the tunnel. My triplets were premature but slept through the night (6 hours plus) by 4 months of age - and I started to feel human again and enjoy being a mum. The book uses aspects of behavioural psychology (eg: not encouraging playing during night feeds), but the emphasis is on training the parents. Babies benefit from having parents who are not sleep-deprived and from getting enough sleep themselves.

a 9 week old sleeping through the night? Not likely. They have small stomachs and still need to eat frequently. I read a book that said that even 9 month olds still need to sometimes eat in the nighttime. Why is our society so eager to push independence in infants? They are only babies for a short while. Why do we want to rush that? Babies will sleep when they are ready to sleep. The only "Sleep problems" created our by these books that make parents feel that if their 3 week old is not sleeping 10 hours that they have created a monster! Babies were not designed to sleep all night. They need to eat!
Even Adults can't always make it all night without a drink of water! Why the heck should we deny infants this?

I borrowed this book from the library on the recommendation of a friend. I was getting nowhere with my son and his sleeping. This book certainly saved my sanity and assured both me and my husband that it was okay to let the little guy cry. If you're not a fan of leaving them to cry then you will hate this but we'd tried everything else and it didn't work. This book got us on track within 3 days. I have since brought the book and recommended it to various other friends with children with sleep problems and they have all had success. I've gone thru' mine with a highlighter and keep it hand for points of reference. Covers everything from sleep associatioin tools (dummy, blanket mum, dad) and why you shouldn't let them fall asleep in your arms. Easy to read, I read the revelant bits to me in a day and found myself nodding in agreement and reading passages aloud to my hubby. Worth it's weight in gold.

This book is great. Easy to read, common sense, and it works. I used it for teaching both my kids to sleep and they both slept through (8-10 hours) from about 8 weeks. Whenever they had relapses I returned to the book and they would be sleeping well again in a day or two.

I have recommended it to about 14 other families in the past 4 years and it has worked for all of them. It helps you to understand how kids sleep, why they sometimes don't, and how to teach them this important skill. Buy it, try it (really try it, don't just dabble). It really does work. Well-rested kids are happy and healthy kids and have happy parents. Do your kids and yourself a favour and BUY THIS WONDERFUL BOOK!

I was recently diagnosed with having sleep apnea and since that time I have read every book that I can on the subject. This book is excellent and very informative for anyone who has sleep apnea and wants to learn all that they can about it.

Great information, well conveyed. One of the authors is a sufferer; the other is the spouse of a snorer so they know of what they speak. Couldn't help but marvel at the grainy, awful, poor resolution pictures that look like they came from a 1960 science book. I guess the small circulation / audience doesn't justify using current technolgy.

Very helpful and I would buy it again.

I have been diagnosed with apnea and use a CPAP. I bought four books to gain a deeper insight into my condition. While informative this book does not cover the subject nearly as well as Sleep Apnea - Phantom of the Night. I would not recommend purchase of this book.

I bought this book because it purported to have a chapter on alternative therapies. The chapter was absolutely useless and insulting to those of us who consider acupuncture and other complimentary medicine before jumping into prescriptions and invasive medical devises. The book was worthless to me. I threw it away.

Snoring and Sleep Apnea provides a thorough coverage of sleep studies and the use of the CPAP machine. It even offers drugs that can make sleep apnea worse - something not usually mentioned. Chapter 16 offers ideas on Alternative Medicine and Sleep Apnea which is also a topic that is rarely addressed. It discusses alternative medicine in a positive way while still warning the reader and suggesting some basic "rules of thumb" when investigating different treatments.

Memoranda is the second part of the Well-Buitt-City trilogy
and is a far better book than his predecessor.This time Ford uses the idea of Memory Palace to marvellous effect and the journey of Cley through Dracthton Below's mind is simply breathtaking.
Memoranda is full of original ideas and abounds with invention and the characters are not as shallow as in The Physiognomy.
Memoranda is at turns, humane, profound, weird, bizarre and hilariousy funny, less dark and more romantic than his predecessor and Ford's clear prose flows like a river, a joy to read.
Memoranda is a kepper.

I continue to be amazed at the number of people suckered by Jeffrey Thomas' Cley series. In the first book, an excellent concept was destroyed by a convenient plot in the last half of the book and Ford's deus ex machina efforts to reform Cley, a clear monster if I ever saw one. In the Memoranda, Ford creates a story where none exists--we are dreaming inside the head of Cley's former master and meeting folks who don't exist. The detail in the book is abysmal, the style horrible. My favorite authors are Wolfe, Nabokov, Kafka, and Angela Carter, among others. This book is a pale, pale shadow of those authors and should be avoided.

Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers in fantasy-scifi who writes about ideas instead of events. If you like the pity and catharsis of authors like Hawthorne and Melville, the decadent symbolism of Poe, or the logical precision and impassive sadness of Kafka, then I highly recommend Ford as he is their contemporary successor. Those who criticize the plot and characterizations of The Physiognomy and Memoranda do so from misapprehensions regarding the appropriate style and substance of the allegorical genre of fiction which is not to be evaluated by the same criteria as the psychological realist school. Not because it is inferior, but because it is alien and has different goals.

Wenau, the edenic commune formed by the former citizens of the Well-Built City, has once again fallen under Below's curse. Now it is up to a reformed Cley, who is now a herbalist, to journey into the werewolf-infested ruins in search of the antidote, only to discover that Below himself has succumbed to his engineered plague, and the only antidote is concealed inside Below's mind.

"Memoranda", the second in the Cley trilogy, suffers from a tone of absurd pomp, as the previous one suffered from its lugubrious arrogance. The plot is unsatisfying, because there are no undertones, no backstory or foreshadowing, no emotional significance. The narration suffers from sudden bouts of pointless immaturity, instantly preventing any and all suspension of disbelief (like Quismal, the horse that frothes at both ends). The characters are meaningless to the reader, because they are extremely flat, and, in any case, Ford presents them as mere figments of Below's imgination. Ford has perfected the fleeting, episodic feeling of dreams, but it is time to move on, or at least expand the topic. Why use such sophisticated language if it goes to waste? Ford states facts and events, without involving the reader, who ends up being a disinterested, neutral presence: the island is flating in the air ("Is that so?"); the Delicate eats people ("Oh, is that what it does?").

Many readers (myself among them) feel compelled to see this series to the end, but reading "Memoranda" is like reading a napkin.

I found Ford's "The Physiognomy" to be dark, but utterly fascinating. This sequel continues the very strange tale of the main character Cley as he tries to make amends for his grotesque previous life and tries to understand life itself.

He has established himself in the remote settlement of Wenau as a healer, and feels that he is finally on a good path when his evil master Drachton Below attempts to destroy Cley and the town by infecting it with a deadly sleeping sickness.

Trying to return to Below to extract the cure from him, Cley learns that Below is himself infected with the same sickness and is slowly dying. The only way left to find the cure is to make a perilous journey directly into the mind of Below where he will hopefully discover the answer before Below dies taking Cley with him.

As with "The Physiognomy", the writing is gripping and extraordinary. The concepts are totally new to me and add fascinating possibilities to the ongoing question of how reality may be truly perceived.

Fascinating characters clearly wrought, and an astounding plot expertly presented in stunning language leave me, as before, with an intense desire for MORE!

If you enjoyed "The Physigiognomy", this sequel is a must. I strongly recommend reading them in order as "Memoranda" relies heavily on the history of the previous tale.

Highly recommended.

I have read several sleep books and have had limited success with each one. My son is the classic poor sleeper and I am still struggling with his sleep. However, this book is a really great "middle of the road" approach. So many other books are just a little too extreme or rigid in their own ways. The information is very easy to digest and well organized. It's also very good information regarding sleep and baby sleep. I don't think it's a total cure for all baby sleep problems, but as a single book and plan it has been the most helpful over all. I highly recommend this book and think it can really improve or solve your baby's sleep problems. Just beware, it's not a cure! I was hoping it would solve all my problems, but it has only helped to improve them.

This book is SO well written and very well-intentioned. My 5 month old is a terrible sleeper and, being opposed to CIO, we were looking for an gentler alternative method. While this probably works for most babies, it did not even come close for our baby. The book states that the WOO (Window Of Opportunity) is closed by 7 months. So, while we were pushing it, we were still within the time frame. The problem is that the first 2 steps of the 3 part plan didn't apply to us. The 1st part was the swaddle, which my daughter is too big for. The 2nd is the pacifer, which she never took to. The third part, verbally charming her to sleep, infuriated my daughter to no end. She couldn't understand why I was talking to her but NOT picking her up! Unfortunately, she is not automatically soothed by my voice.

I think this book is GREAT if you have an easy-going baby that needs a liitle help. But if your little peanut is H-M, like mine, stick with Elizabeth Pantley (No-Cry Sleep Solution). You'll break those sleep associations eventually!!!

With minor personal alterations to better fit our Attached Parenting lifestyle, the H.E.L.P method worked well for us and so we gave The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan a 4 out of 5 stars. If we had read this book prior to the "WOO" phase we would've given all 5 stars. But Please if you've been blessed to come across this book before the "WOO" or before you're baby is even born GET IT!

The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan is actually a series of comfort techniques used during the Window Of Opportunity (the WOO phase) generally at the age of 3-5 months in which a baby can be guided into healthy independent sleep habits before any sleep problems develop.

Unfortunately for us we came across this book way after my daughter's "WOO" phase. So we've resorted on having to use a sleep plan for older babies (7+ months) described in this book as the H.E.L.P method.

I can summarize from a 7 day assessment that the H.E.L.P method is effective but if your older baby is used to comfort nursing to sleep, such as mine, then you may come cross some hang ups. Unless your will is much stronger than mine, the methods will be even more successful. We've had to slack off in some of the techniques. Also be just as prepared to spend as much energy comforting your little one sleep as it does dealing with night wakings. Although within 3 days we saw results and after 7 days my little one can peacefully put herself to sleep at bedtime with just a bit of quite play, singing, and shushing.

To make the H.E.L.P method more applicable to our lifestyle of Co-Sleeping/Attached Parenting we've decided to only support our girlie into independent sleep during "bedtime" and Baby Wearing to sleep for her naps. If she arouses during sleep I still comfort nurse her back to sleep. I can say though, that the H.E.L.P. method has given us a good foundation to work from and after taking this break from Nursing to Bed, my daughter and I have a greater appreciation and love for each other. Her nursing is no longer so aggressive. Which BTW`she started this around 8m. We share that bonding moment again.

In Conclusion:

If you're anxious to get your baby to sleep better at night but are reserved on having your baby "Cry It Out" but are also desperate for quicker results than other "weaning" methods then The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan is worth the read. Even if it's just to get a better understanding of the dynamics of sleep.

I received this book the day my child turned 6 weeks old-the time Dr. Tobin suugests the WOO opens. I was looking for a way to have my baby sleep without me before I tried the controlled crying thing. This book is brilliant. It gave me the know how to help my baby learn to fall asleep and stay asleep on her own. We are on day three and I am seeing nothing bu positive results. I am going to share this book with everyone I know!

I used to believe that being a parent and a lack of sleep where synonymous. All of my children were problem sleepers. They never slept through the night until they were practically toddlers. They were sleep deprived and so was I.

When I saw The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan, which states that this method could turn any baby into a great sleeper in 7 days, I had to check it out. I was rather interested in finding out about the latest philosophy of getting babies to sleep. I knew that all the methods that I had tried definitely failed.

The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan states that like everything in a baby's life there is a particular phase in which they learn how to be a good sleeper. Unfortunately, during this phase most new parents actually teach their child some really bad habits such as needing to be rocked, nursed, or coddled to sleep. In this way, the baby never learns that their crib is a place to fall asleep and never learns how to self sooth when they have little wake up periods at night. This book guides the new parent through ways to teach their child sleeping skills and even gives advice to get rid of those bad habits that are going to keep their baby (and themselves) from having a good night sleep.

Every parent goes through a period where, at one point (or several) a child doesn't sleep. A glass of water, monsters under the bed, worries about school the next day, what have you, they just won't go down. Having done relaxation techniques before myself, I had hoped that this book would be as advertised: a way for the kids to relax themselves down. Unless you use these kinds of techniques anyway, this book is not for you. When I told my kids to go to their dream land as the book suggested I do, they laughed and rolled their eyes. Admittedly, I felt pretty silly reading the narrative myself, and lo and behold, I still had wide-awake kids when I was done with the multiple small-print pages. In the four weeks that it would have taken to complete the "program", the phase passed and the kids are back to their hit-the-bed-and-stay-there routine anyway. A book on yoga breathing techniques would be a better buy than this program, and will probably make a better bedtime experience all-around.

My four year old son was having trouble at bedtime. His theripist recommended this for us to try. He was scared and anxious about being left alone.. this book taught him (us) how to relax and "enjoy" night time. I would say, the first tracks of the cd are learning to relax and fun, we didn't really get much out of the next few, but the last couple are really good.. I would say it has been a great experience and would recommend this to anyone having a difficult time at bedtime
Good night dreamers...

The Floppy Sleep Game Book : A Proven 4- Week Plan to Get Your Child to Sleep

When my daughter was 4 yrs old she had difficulty falling asleep(she'd had difficulty from the day she was born), taking 4 to 4.5 hours to do so most nights. We tried everything, but nothing worked. She would lay in bed, unable to hold still, starring at the ceiling. I knew that if I could just get her to relax, she could fall asleep. I had to do something because her little brother was due a few months later. I found this book and decided to try it. It worked beautifully! After only one week, she was already learning to fall asleep in half the time. By three weeks, she no longer needed help. This book, the accompanying CD, and both her father and I taught her the skills she needed to use in order to relax each night. Every once in a while, like on Christmas Eve, we find she could use a little help so we pop the CD in again and she's asleep in minutes. I highly recommend this book and CD.

It says the book is targeted for ages 3-10, but it uses mostly Baby Talk and preschool-level imagery, so it's definitely targeted to the Barney and Baby Bop set. My 10-year old rolled her eyes, and I agreed.

I also grew weary of the self aggrandizing. It was a 320-page InfoMercial on how wonderful and succesful it was.

This is a 'Tell Me What To Think' book, where everything is spoon fed, and everything is portrayed as being far simpler than it could possibly be in reality

Anybody want my copy... cheap?

The Floppy Sleep Game Book: A Proven 4- Week Plan to Get Your Child to Sleep

After a disappointing 2 year check-up when our Doctor informed us that we needed to take away my son's bottle and let him cry it out in bed rather than rocking him to sleep, I was desperate for an option. I found this book and liked that is gives very specific, step by step instructions on exactly what to do at bedtime. I love her idea of relaxing stretches, deep breathing and using your imagination to go off to sleep on your own. You will actually teach your child how to fall asleep, instead of just leaving him to figure it out on his own. Brilliant and much kinder than that horrible Cry-it-out method. My son is 2 and we have adapted the book to fit his age and understanding, some of the ideas are a little old for him right now. But it does work! This is 6 weeks from starting the book and we now use the CD for the floppy game stretches and the story. I stay in the room to help with the stretches, but can walk away after the story and he will soon fall asleep, on his own, without me in the room! A huge change for us!! I can take a wide awake 2 yr old who doesn't want to go to sleep, lay him in his bed, use the CD and then leave him in his room awake and he will fall asleep on his own without crying!! That's worth more than gold to this Mama! (Getting him on a good consistent nap schedule has been important too - floppy game works for naps and bedtime!)

I just wanted to add that it is now almost a year later it is still working!! My son will be 3 at the beginning of July. He was never a good sleeper but now he can fall sleep on his own without us in the room! We have a bedtime routine of bath, read 3 stories (short board books), say a prayer, give hugs and kisses and then he climbs into bed and we play the floppy game with the cd. After the game ends, my husband and I leave the room and he listens to a story on the cd and falls asleep. My son is very happy and full of energy all the time so at bedtime he is still laughing and talking and jumping around when he gets into bed. But the floppy game relaxes him enough to start yawning and by the end of the story he's usually asleep. If not, and he calls us back, one of us will talk to him and he usually asks to hear the story again. If he hears the story a second time he is always asleep afterwards. We use it at nap time and bedtime. If he complains and says he doesn't want to go to bed or nap we just say Sorry but it's time for the floppy game and then start the CD right up. If he doesn't get quite right away we tell him he as to be quiet and listen to the lady so we will know what to do. He sleeps very well and even puts himself back to sleep on his own. Very rarely (maybe once every couple of months) he isn't able to go back to sleep on his own and calls us back to his room. All we have to do is talk to him a little and start the story for him and he's right back to sleep. This even worked once after a really bad dream. He woke screaming, cried in my arms for a couple of minutes. After we got him calmed and consoled, I asked if he wanted to lay down and hear the story again and he said yes and went right off to sleep. This book is a life saver for us and we will use it on our second son when he is old enough. I love the floppy game and tell parents about it all the time!

I have been diagnosed with apnea and use a CPAP. I bought four books to gain a deeper insight into my condition. While informative this book does not cover the subject nearly as well as Sleep Apnea - Phantom of the Night. I would not recommend purchase of this book. In fact this was the least helpful.

OK, it's carefully researched and has some interesting historical notes, but I was looking an in-depth exploration of sleep apnea. This isn't it. Also, I noticed the language was slightly odd in places. I think it was translated into English, not always successfully in spots.

I was recently diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and wanted to learn all that I could about it.

This book was filled with information and I would definately recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about this condition.

When first diagnosed with sleep apnea I didn't know where to turn. This book really helped me. I was an easy read and had alot of useful information. I would recommend it to anyone who suffers as I do.

Restless Nights is a wonderful book. It takes a serious medical subject, sleep apnea, and explains it in a way that is both intriguing and fascinating. The book is a comprehensive yet readable explanation of this potentially serious medical problem, as well as its many serious health and quality-of-life consequences.
Like his earlier book, The Enchanted World of Sleep, (which I found also a captivating read), Restless Nights explains the science of the syndrome, the most current research, implications for public health (such as its impact on transportation safety, work and general quality of life), and proposals for reform of treatment approaches. Most importantly, Lavie discusses the syndrome in the larger context of its impact on general health, particularly cardiovascular disease.
The layperson will find this book readable and engrossing-Lavie's style interweaves scientific information with practical examples, including his historical and literary survey of sleep apnea. Remember Joe from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers?
The medical professional will also find this book must reading. Recent research-some of it performed and published by Lavie and his Technion colleagues-is beginning to shed light on the connections between sleep apnea and general health.
Lavie is particularly well-qualified to write this book. According to the book, he has helped establish and administer sleep research and treatment centers on several continents, including a group of clinics at major hospitals affiliated with Harvard. He is the past Dean of the Medical Faculty of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. I also know from my past reading that Lavie has also been among the pioneers and leading researchers in sleep medicine for the past quarter century.
I recommend this book highly.

This book was given to me so fortunately I didn't waste any money purchasing it. I just wish that I hadn't wasted my time reading it. I found it poorly written,boring,and old.

Took this book on a cruise with me 2 weeks ago and found it totally boring and poorly written - wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I left it in the ship's library for some other sucker. Would love my money back on this purchase - ugh!

I really enjoyed this humorous little book by an exceptional author! I have several of her other books and was excited to see a new one. Always take one as a housewarming gift to friends. Can't wait to share this one now!

Received it as a gift and will give it as a gift. Delightful read. Wonderful author! I look forward to exploring her other works! Enjoyable!

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING, FUNNY AND RIGHT ON THE MONEY ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO CAN'T SLEEP! GREAT FUN TO READ ON THOSE LONG NIGHT WHEN YOU ARE NOT PLOTTING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!

This standard whodunit, set in the swamps of Louisiana, doesn't stack up to the author's previous work, "Extinct." This bare-bones plot with few surprises, gets lost in a lot of voodoo mumbo-jumbo, with its story populated by cartoonish zombies. Some real bad juju in this snoozer.

Chief Deputy Sheriff Mark French was a detective with the New Orleans Police Department until three people were killed because of his error. Now he's back in law enforcement, trying to battle against the migraines and the memories. When he is called to the South Louisiana Sleep Disorders Institute to investigate a murder, he finds a lot of things that don't add up. This Institute promises people that they can dream their fantasies, any fantasy they want. The director is Dr. Sasha Dominique, who is notorious in her own right. The victim of the murder is a young woman who was visiting the clinic to live out fantasies of her dead lover. Almost as soon as he begins investigating one murder, two others crop up to confuse the case. The murders of the parents of a pathetic, crippled man who lives like a wild man in the swamp, change the dynamics and make Mark realize he has to look at a broader picture. The picture keeps getting muddied. Everyone has something to hide, it seems, and it's not until it's almost too late that Mark realizes he's been close to the answer all along. Charles Wilson's imagination seems to have no bounds. His latest thriller from St. Martin's Press Deep Sleep ventures into one of the most mysterious arenas of human beings, dreams. Deep Sleep is an edge-of-your-seat page turner with driving action and non-stop suspense.

The South Louisiana Sleep Disorders Institute is located near the famous bayous. It is not your typical sleep disorder clinic. Instead, the place caters to customers desiring to live out their fantasies in a dream state. Though weird by local standards, the clinic had no incidents until the night three people died there. The owner, psychologist Dr. Sasha Dominique, has her own history as she once turned in her mother and brother for murdering her uncle.

The strangled body of patient Massey Rivet was found near the water while another client Mr. Womack vanished leaving everything he owned behind except his car. The latter's fingerprints seem to match those found on the victim's neck. Two more corpses are found whose deaths are attributed to Womack. Only Detective Mark French keeps an open mind, as he investigates what appears is an open and shut case with such an obvious suspect on the lam.

Charles Wilson has written an exciting novel that will send readers seeking the help of sleep clinics, as the audience will finish the book in one sitting. DEEP SLEEP gradually builds up the tension to the point that anticipating fans will need (with a capital N) to know what happens next. The mystery is well thought out showing what one sees in a mirror is not often a true reflection of reality. For anyone who prefers a taut thriller with a shocking climax, this is the book to read.

Harriet Klausner

Every time you think Charles Wilson has reached his peak, he proves you wrong. Amazingly, DEEP SLEEP is even better than GAME PLAN, DONORS, all of his beautifully-crafted novels. This is, indeed, his best book yet!

Moody and atmospheric, DEEP SLEEP owes a great deal of its impact to the power of the setting. Wilson has brought out the beauty and mystery of the Louisiana bayous in a way no author ever has. The alien territory emerges as a character as intriguing as the varied cast of characters populating this chilling novel.

Something is seriously wrong at the sleep on the outskirts of town; the first murder makes that clear. With each new corpse, things get a bit foggier, but Detective Mark French is not the kind to let the complexity get to him. He will find the truth if it kills him...And it just might.

A series of murders, a mythical creature in the swamp, a new love -- all this and he's still dealing with a past that threatens to paralyze his present and future.

There is always more going on in DEEP SLEEP than you can brusquely explain away. If you have somehow missed Wilson's novels, this will send you scurrying to complete your collection. If you are already a fan of his work, you can just smile smugly, knowing he's done it again. As you knew he would.

Charles Wilson has the knack for merging genres of fiction into imaginative tales that excite, entice and entertain. In his latest, DEEP SLEEP, there is a mixing of mystery and thriller into a tension filled novel set in the Deep South that the author so vividly brings to life. Detective Mark French is called in to investigate a most bizarre murder at the South Louisiana Sleep Disorders Institute. It appears that one guest has murdered another, but the lack of motive is complicated by the involvement of Boudron, an 'unfortunate' who lives in the nearby swamp where he hides his birth-defect, deformity-ridden body from the public at large. And what exactly is the staff and director of the Sleep Institute hiding from the police? The plot, like a good jambalaya, has a plethora of elements that only enhance by their coming together. Science, psychology, herbal medicine and even Voodoo become essential ingredients in this tasty novel.

The resolution of the crime(s) is not merely a matter of serendipity. Wilson lays out a wonderful trail of logic that effectively shows how the resolution of the many mysteries comes about, in a highly suspenseful manner. As an added bonus, the last few pages leaves the reader with enough of a question in the air to wonder whether logic and science is enough to provide the answers needed. A highly recommended novel!