Why do we sleep? How much sleep do we need? What happens if you don't get enough? Professor Jim Horne finds the answers to these questions and many more in Sleepfaring. It's a subject close to the hearts of many of us, as our sleep patterns have changed to reflect longer working hours and busier lifestyles. From drowsiness at the wheel to stress and insomnia, sleep is becoming a big issue in our lives. Professor Horne gives an engaging account of what science can tell us about sleep and sleep disorders, drawing in brain physiology, psychology, medicine, social factors and results from the latest research.

Preface 1. Petunias, one eyed ducks and roly-poly mice 2. By the brain for the brain 3. The Substance of Sleep 4. Then 5. Odd Behaviour 6. Skin and Bones 7. Sleepiness 8. Higher Matters 9. Crashing Out 10. Time of Life 11. Time Travellers 12. Good night 13. Brain waves 14. REM sleep 15. Or REM wakefulness? 16. Cinema of the mind 17. The long, the short and the less 18. Are we chronically sleep deprived? 19. Things that go bump in the night 20. A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow 21. Snoring, gasping and jumping 22. Children 23. I sleep therefore I am Appendix: Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?

Jim Horne , Professor of Psychophysiology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Loughborough

`Review from previous edition like the best travel books, Sleepfaring looks set to stay fresh and useful for years to come. Anyone seeking a Travelogue around the Land of Nod will not be disappointed. It is as le Guide Michelin would put it, vaut le voyage' Carol Cooper, Lancet