A lively collection of literary facts, excerpts, quotations, and quips for the chronic insomniac features words of wisdom on sleeplessness from Rudyard Kipling, Fran Liebowitz, Job, and Marcel Proust; fascinating trivia about famous insomniacs, a tongue-in-cheek guide to sleeping aids; suggestions of things to do if one cannot sleep; and more. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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Deborah Bishop lives in San Francisco and writes for Time Out, Chronicle Books, Virgin Publishing, and The San Francisco Bay Guardian, among others. She shares a bed with her husband, Michael, and cat, Stella.

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Columbia Books opened in 1977 and began selling online in 1991 with the advent of Interloc; we've been selling on abebooks since they first began. We have an eclectic mix of 30,000 books, ephemera and artwork; something for collectors and readers alike.

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