Fifty percent of our population is sleep-deprived--and are thereby making crucial business and personal decisions in an impaired state. Now, in this groundbreaking program, Dr. James B. Maas, pioneer of sleep research at Cornell University, offers an easy, drug-free way to better one's sleeping habits and improve physical and mental well-being.
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Fifty percent of our population is sleep-deprived--and are thereby making crucial business and personal decisions in an impaired state. Now, in this groundbreaking program, Dr. James B. Maas, pioneer of sleep research at Cornell University, offers an easy, drug-free way to better one's sleeping habits and improve physical and mental well-being.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Glued binding. 248 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean tight pages. No bent corners.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine white dj. Giftable. Dr. James Maas has spent 34 years lecturing to drowsy psychology undergraduates at Cornell University, and knows how to hold an audience--even when the subject is sleep, and even when the conclusion is that most of us don't get enough of it. This is a fascinating book; you'll want to take it in slowly and then sleep on it. 248 pp. and notes on author.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Very Good; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Boards Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I--SLEEP MATTERS-Chapter 1--Learning About the Power of Sleep; Chapter 2--Sleep Diagnostic Tests; PART II--THE POWER OF SLEEP-Chapter 3--The Architecture and Functions of Sleep; Chapter 4--Sleep Need and Peak Performance; PART III--PREPARING YOUR MIND FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE-Chapter 5--The Golden Rules of Sleep; Chapter 6--Twenty Great Sleep Strategies: How to Sleep Your Way to Success--Properly! ; Chapter 7--How to Create a Great Bedroom Environment; Chapter 8--Sleeping Pills and Over-the-Counter Remedies; PART IV--COPING WITH SLEEP DEPRIVATION-Chapter 9--The Nod to Midday Naps; Chapter 10--Surviving as a Shift Worker; Chapter 11--Reducing Travel Fatigue; Chapter 12--Avoiding Family Sleep Traps; PART V--WHEN TO CALL THE SLEEP DOCTOR-Chapter 13--Insomnia and Beyond; APPENDIXES-Appendix A--Peak Performance Sleep Logs; Appendix B--Suggested Readings and Videotapes on Sleep; Appendix C--Sleep on the Internet; Appendix D--Sleep Disorders Centers; Notes; Index. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. James B. Maas is a professor of psychology and the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, where he teaches introductory psychology to 1, 500 students each year in the nation's largest single lecture class and conducts research on the psychophysiology of sleep. Dr. Maas has held a Fulbright Senior Professorship to Sweden, has been a visiting professor at Stanford University, and was president of the American Psychological Association's Division on Teaching. He has received the Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching at Cornell and the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Teaching Award. He is also an award-winning filmmaker who has produced television specials for PBS in the United States, for the BBC in England, for the CBC in Canada, and for Dutch, Danish, and Swedish national television. Dr. Maas is one of the nation's most sought-after speakers and seminar leaders for organizations and businesses, and he makes frequent television appearances. EXCERPT: INTRODUCTION...Enthusiastic students, business executives, health-care providers, and other professionals who have heard my presentations have urged me to share with others the exciting new findings regarding the sleeping brain and its functions. They encouraged me to write a book that would help people understand and take full advantage of the power of sleep, with all its restorative and mind-enhancing properties...
