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The Sleep Revolution
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time | Arianna Huffington
"In her new book, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Thrive delves into the sleep revolution that is happening all across the world - a revolution that can transform our lives. Sleep, she writes, is one of humanity's great unifiers, binding us to each other, to our ancestors, to our past, and to the future. Yet we find ourselves in the middle of a crisis of sleep deprivation, with devastating effects on our health, our happiness, our job performance, and our relationships. Only by renewing our relationship with sleep, she writes, can we take control of our lives, live more fully, be more engaged with ourselves and with the world, and more able to meet the inevitable challenges we all face. In Thrive, Arianna Huffington introduced her readers to the importance of sleep as a part of redefining success through well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving. The topic struck such a powerful chord, resonating so intensely with her readers and her audiences around the world that she realized the power of sleep needed a full exploration. The result is a sweeping, scientifically rigorous, and deeply personal look at sleep, from its history though the ages and the current crisis of sleep deprivation, to the mysteries of dreams and the golden age of sleep science that is revealing all the ways sleep plays a vital role in our health, happiness, well-being, and productivity. In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna identifies the many ways our cultural dismissal of sleep as time wasted undermines our health and our decision-making, and ravages our relationships, our work lives, and even our sex lives. She takes on sleep from every angle, exploring the latest science on sleep, the manipulative and dangerous sleeping pill industry, and all the ways our addiction to technology disrupts our sleep. She also presents scientific recommendations and expert tips on how we can all achieve better and more restorative sleep, and learn how to make the power of sleep work for us. Most important, by highlighting the many areas where sleep's benefits are being rediscovered - from the world of sports and technology to college campuses, the hotel industry, and even workplaces around the world - she points the way forward to amazing innovations, reforms, and inventions rooted in our new love affair with sleep. In today's 24/7 fast-paced, always-connected, perpetually harried, and sleep-deprived world, the hunger for sleep is only getting stronger. The Sleep Revolution both sounds the alarm on the worldwide sleep crisis, and offers a road map for how we can take back our sleep and transform our lives and our world"--
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dariazeoli
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(Fell asleep before I got to post this yesterday. I see you, universe!)

I‘m posting one book per day from my ever-increasing TBR. No description. No explanation. Just books to read. Join the fun if you want.

Day 48.

#fromthetbrstacks

Sharpeipup 🤣😂 4y
Chrissyreadit Just stopping by to see what you‘ve been reading! 4y
dariazeoli @Chrissyreadit I should post more of that, huh? 😝 4y
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TheDaysGoBy
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I just finished listening to this on audio. This was between a pick and a so-so for me. It wasn‘t a bad book at all - it had some great info/advice. But I read Why We Sleep earlier this year and ultimately liked it better. It was honestly a better audio experience for me - that narrator was more soothing I think.

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sharread
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💫💫💫💫 Educational, easy to read, insightful.

This easy to follow novel has all you need to find how to sleep better. The first part covers the history of sleeping disorders then the second part gives easy to follow steps along with suggested phone apps to use. I found the poems beautiful and uplifting.

#BookSpinBingo #BookSpin 💖💥 #review

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm My gosh, I definitely need this book! 😅 4y
sharread 👍❤💖 It's eye opening she does great research 4y
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Samplergal
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Such an informative book all about our sleep problems and how to change our horrible behavior regarding devices, caffeine and other sleep robbing habits. Read it if you have problems with sleep. 4⭐️

JennyM I read this a while back and it was very good. Informative and entertaining 👍 5y
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dreamnthegarden
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This is my current read. It‘s all about the importance of sleep. There‘s a lot of interesting parts, but at times it can be a bit hard to get through. Hoping it gets better!

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MaleficentBookDragon

Perhaps listening to an audiobook about sleep while I was long distance driving was not the best idea. 😳😁😬😂

Chelleo 🤣 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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LauraJ Love the shades of blue 💙 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon

Time to take a break and get some food after I drop off some clothes and household donations.
#24in48 @24in48

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MaleficentBookDragon
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Leniverse Best hashtag. 😂👍 6y
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Morr_Books
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Only made it to about hour 10 of the #13in3 unfortunately, but at least I finished this book, which was really interesting and I think will push me to attempt to get more sleep and better sleep. I didn't care too much about the dream analysis section. I just want to not be tired all the time. This is perfect t for anyone who may deal with insomnia or other sleeping struggles.

Moray_Reads I feel your pain. It's they staying asleep that's my biggest problem! 6y
JennyM I thought this was really well done - well researched and nice writing style 6y
Velvetfur This sounds really good - stacked! 6y
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InnerSavvy
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Good history of sleep, sleep science and ideas to improve sleep. Well footnotes for further reading.

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Kaylamburson
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I originally pulled this one out for a #TuneIntoNovember picture after I had shelved it about halfway through two years ago. I felt moved to start reading it again, and the last three nights I've already been better about going to bed earlier and not feeling tired in the morning before work. Sleep is so important to your health and many people don't make it a priority. I'm with Arianna that we need to change the mindset around it. Naps are cool!

mrozzz Agreed!! Getting enough good sleep can solve so many health problems and not to mention, makes it much easier to get through a workday 😆 7y
Kaylamburson Yes, 100%! There is an increased chance of diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, and walking into traffic lol if you don't sleep enough!! @mrozzz 7y
mrozzz ? "walking into traffic".... you're not wrong!! 7y
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Kaylamburson Hahahaha especially here in NYC! Lol @mrozzz 7y
mrozzz Oh I know! The threat of standing too close to the corner when a bus speeds by is a constant threat when I'm exhausted 😪 7y
Kaylamburson And you have to worry about other tired New Yorkers stumbling and pushing you on the train tracks! Scary stuff lol. @mrozzz 7y
mrozzz Always! I read a study awhile back that said the biggest fear of New Yorkers in falling/being pushed onto the tracks. It was just above fire on the list of fears. 7y
Kaylamburson That's crazy! But yeah it is my biggest fear here in NYC. There are some crazies. @mrozzz 7y
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Kaylamburson
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I started this one a couple years ago and was loving it, but it was so hard to keep reading as whenever I would read it, it essentially told me to put the book down and go to bed 😂. However, it's perfect for #WakeUpCall for #TuneintoNovember as it really hits home how important good sleep is for a fully functioning, healthy body. (And that's also the name of part one!)
@Cinfhen @Robothugs

EchoLogical I loved this one but I'm also a huge believer in the power of adequate rest so I might be biased 😄. I listened to the audio and really enjoyed her sister reading it. There was a good balance of anecdotes to make it personal but also enough actual science for the reader to learn from it. 7y
Kaylamburson Yes, agreed! I wish all my bosses would read it and get on board with nap pods lol. It's proven that there would be more productivity!! I actually decided to pick up where I left off and the chapter on lucidity dreaming is fascinating. I am a big lucid dreamer! @EchoLogical 7y
Cinfhen Excellent! 7y
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Yeah_I_Read
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1. Napping 😴
2. I feel like the burrito can be much more diverse so I'm going with that.
3. I really have no idea 😬
4. Sad to say living in Massachusetts but...Seafood
5. The Sunne in Splendour, The Lord of the Rings omnibus, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

howjessicareads Haha! I don't like seafood either, and yet I dream of moving to the PNW @Yeah_I_Read! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I forgot naps!!! 😴 7y
Scurvygirl Mine's seafood as well and I'm in Rhode Island, grew up in Mass. Go figure. 7y
LauraBeth Naps 👏👏 7y
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jenngreenaway
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Arianna Huffington taught me so much about sleep, a subject I felt confident I had mastered!

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EchoLogical
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Absolutely loved this book! As a firm believer in the power of sleep, I just had to read this. So glad I did... It was the perfect combination of personal stories, anecdotes, and actual science... Easily relatable (with a few exceptions) and full of easily digestible information (history, dreaming, etc). Though there is no "one fits all" cure to poor sleep, this book offers an abundance of possible steps to take for better sleep

tpixie My husband needs this. 8y
EchoLogical @tpixie Mine too but I'll never be able to convince him that he does 😅 8y
tpixie @EchoLogical lol. Yes and my husband only reads newspapers, magazines, and basketball books!! 8y
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sarahgreatlove
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I really liked this book! I'm fascinated by the subject of sleep and self-care, and I usually bail on non fiction about three quarters through. But this one kept my interest. I love the authors writing, and since hearing her on a podcast I now imagined each word in her stunning Greek accent. 4 and a half stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Suet624
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Who needs a sleep revolution? Just take a 10 hour drive to your daughter's house for Thanksgiving.

Cinfhen Awww, so sweet💕 8y
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BeththeBookDragon
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When your best friend cleans out her book shelves and shares!!

LeahBergen 😮😮 8y
LisaJo 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏📚📚📚📚❤️❤️❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 8y
Faibka Yeah!!! 📚📚📚 8y
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Bette 📚😊👍 8y
brookedorsch You would do the same for me! 8y
EchoLogical I need a friend who gives me books, too! Lol 8y
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virtual_allison
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Interesting stuff. Like a lot of non-fiction books by journalists it may have been better suited to a series of articles.

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Purplemoonmyst
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As I recently collapsed from exhaustion this book has wonderful tips!

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Cherity
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It's weird that people need to be taught that sleep is important... somehow I still enjoyed the book even though I never sacrificed sleep for anything

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Alwayscoolwb
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What do you know about sleep besides laying down? This book covers how to get better sleep and why we need sleep to begin with.

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BellaBookNook
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Was at the library with the boys and couldn't resist peeking in the sale room.☺️ I loved Arianna Huffington's other book, "Thrive". I have had Wild on my TBR forever so happy to snag it! I already read The Blossom Street book but I wanted to use the cover as color inspiration for my coloring book.

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WhitneyHGibbs
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Mehso-so

I'd heard a few podcasts featuring Arianna as she promoted this book and it seemed brilliant. However I found the writing style distracting. For a sleep disciple (it's my hobby), there wasn't much actionable advice. Would be good for my sleep deprived friends!

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KtG
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Fascinating! About two hundred pages of proof is that getting sleep is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to make us better people. Highly recommend to readers of all ages.

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LauraJ
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Panpan

This reads like a heavily padded high school research paper. There are quotes from books, cherry-picked statistics and anecdotes from anyone and everyone who agrees we are all sleep deprived. Aside from the bit about Winston Churchill, I learned nothing. Little content, lots of repetition.

Megabooks That is really sad! 8y
LauraJ @Ebooksandcooks Seriously, everyone @Litsy could just add a comment, book quote or googled fact about sleep and we'd probably end up with a better book. 8y
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LauraJ
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After being yelled at by a doc for not understanding what "rest" means, this book mysteriously turned up at work. 100 pages in and Abby and I are not impressed.

MyBookLife Rest means read. Right?? 8y
LauraJ @MyBookLife Yes, and setting my phone to auto reply "Go away. I'm reading." 8y
rubyslippersreads Cats are experts on sleep. 😸 8y
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BooksandArrows
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Heard some really great things about this book. Not a huge fan if these types of "self-help" book but as someone whose sleep habits are not exactly normal it will be interesting to see if I could pick up some ideas on how to become a more "normal" sleeper ?

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Alwayscoolwb
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Sleep is in high demand but is something we often cannot get enough of. This book explores how the whole world seems to not be getting enough sleep. She explores the true cost of a sleep-deprived society from automobile accidents to less production on the job.

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BethFishReads
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Mr BFR is reading this now. Fascinating look at sleep & the long-term dangers of sleep deprivation. Well researched and well written. Easy to read and peppered with personal stories.

Sue Sounds like a downer for this chronic insomniac 😂 8y
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iwitzman
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Found 20 copies of this book in a conference room at work and felt compelled to take one. Have a feeling I'll be asleep by page 5.

Notabigreader Is there a chapter on snoring? Please read that first. 9y
Orbeck33 Hahaha! I have no clue about the content of this book but if it's about the importance of sleep, I could have written it myself. 9y
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ChristopherKokoski
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So far really liking this book! :)

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ChristopherKokoski
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Can't wait to dig into this book

BookReviewFAIL The cover is highly suggestive. 9y
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