{"product_id":"why-cant-we-sleep","title":"Why Can't We Sleep?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe author of \"Strictly Bipolar\" and \"What is Madness\" offers a concise and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep, exploring why we struggle to sleep and offering a deeper understanding of our sleep problems. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 07 March 2019\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the brilliant psychoanalyst behind Strictly Bipolar and What is Madness, a short and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep—and why we can't seem to sleep any more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersuasive, absorbing, and refreshingly sane, this bracing and important intervention in the debate leads the way to a richer and more humane understanding of our problems with sleep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian calls it \"One in four adults sleeps badly. Sleeping pill prescriptions have increased dramatically over the last three decades, as have the incidence of sleep clinics. Sleep used to be a natural state, easy as breathing, but increasingly it is an insecure commodity. Isn't it?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur relationship to sleep surfaces and resurfaces throughout human history, each time telling us something new about our individual and collective psychology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the industrial revolution to blue-light on our phones, from the ancient art of dream interpretation to the modern science of Freud, sleep is connected to wider social patterns, to shifting norms and expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together cultural, social, economic, and psychoanalytic influences, Darian Leader delves into the truth about this universal human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 183 x 137 x 8 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780241984437\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darian Leader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100943937786,"sku":"9780241984437","price":6.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/9e9b7ca0ee09503d06b4399f0ce32392.jpg?v=1627266086","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/why-cant-we-sleep","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}