In Pursuit of Sleep: The Origins of Insomnia and What to Do About It - Softcover

Sheppard, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991002830 ISBN 13: 9780991002832

Publisher: Tragedy's Workshop, 2016

Synopsis

If you have been lying awake at night waiting helplessly for sleep to come, it is time you went on the offensive. This book is about pursuing sleep. It presents all the information you need to chase sleep all the way to Slumberland. This book is not about tricking yourself into going to sleep. The method is based on scientific principles and decades of research into the problems that block sleep. It builds off of what we know about the way the mind works while negotiating that gray zone between being awake and being asleep. It does not involve medication. And it doesn’t take weeks of learning before you can get started. You don’t have to change your lifestyle. Read In Pursuit of Sleep today, use the method tonight.

About this title

About the Author:

David Sheppard has had an avid interest in sleep since he was a child. He has always read about sleep and discussed its characteristics and aberrations with anyone he could engage. He has documented many of his more interesting dreams. He has researched sleep literature for the last twenty years. In addition to In Pursuit of Sleep, he is the author of the non-fiction books Story Alchemy: The Search for the Philosopher's Stone of Storytelling; and Novelsmithing: The Structural Foundation of Plot, Character, and Narration. He has written several novels including The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer and The Mysteries: A Novel of Ancient Eleusis. His non-fiction work includes two extended essays published in eBook format and titled Introduction to Frankenstein: Origins and Aftermath and The Eternal Return: Oedipus, The Tempest, and Forbidden Planet. Sheppard holds a bachelor's from Arizona State University and a master's from Stanford University, and he has also studied American Literature at the University of Colorado. His poetry has appeared in The Paris Review, and in the Arvon International Poetry Competition Anthology (Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, editors). A veteran of many writing groups and conferences, Sheppard is a past member of the Rocky Mountain Writers Guild, having chaired its Literary Society and participated in its Live Poets Society and Advanced Novel Workshop. His career as an aerospace engineer spanned four decades. He has taught astronomy, novel writing, and Greek mythology at New Mexico State University - Carlsbad. He has also traveled throughout Western Europe, and is an amateur photographer and astronomer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tragedy's Workshop
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0991002830
• ISBN 13: 9780991002832
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142
• Illustrator: Sheppard Richard