The Sleep Experiment

Author : Jeremy Bates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1988091381

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The Sleep Experiment by Jeremy Bates Pdf

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes the second book in the all-new WORLD'S SCARIEST LEGENDS series. In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately reverted to murder, self-mutilation, and madness. None survived. In 2018, Dr. Roy Wallis, an esteemed psychology professor at UC Berkeley, is attempting to recreate the same experiment during the summer break in a soon-to-be demolished building on campus. He and two student assistants share an eight-hour rotational schedule to observe their young Australian test subjects around the clock. What begins innocently enough, however, morphs into a nightmare beyond description that no one could have imagined--with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Roy Wallis himself.

Author : Holly Ice
Publisher : Almond Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1988074002

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The Russian Sleep Experiment by Holly Ice Pdf

Four political prisoners living in a 1940s Siberian POW camp volunteer to be Subjects in a Soviet Military experiment. They are promised freedom in exchange for completing the exercise. In return they must endure 30 days without sleep, fuelled by Gas 76-IA. The longer the experimentees endure insomnia, the more they deteriorate. Words and pleasantries break down until they turn on each other. Researchers look on, neutral, and take notes for the super soldier applications possible with this new, wonder drug. One researcher, Luka, stands alone in believing the experiment needs to be stopped before irreversible damage is done but is he too late? "The Subjects no longer want the Gas switched off..." Illustrations by award-winning graphic artist Daniel Tyka.

Author : Jeremy Bates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 198809139X

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World's Scariest Legends by Jeremy Bates Pdf

This omnibus edition includes books one and two in the bestselling World's Scariest Legends series: Mosquito Man & The Sleep Experiment.

Author : Clive Bloom
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1253 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030331368

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The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic by Clive Bloom Pdf

“Simply put, there is absolutely nothing on the market with the range of ambition of this strikingly eclectic collection of essays. Not only is it impossible to imagine a more comprehensive view of the subject, most readers – even specialists in the subject – will find that there are elements of the Gothic genre here of which they were previously unaware.” - Barry Forshaw, Author of British Gothic Cinema and Sex and Film The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic is the most comprehensive compendium of analytic essays on the modern Gothic now available, covering the vast and highly significant period from 1918 to 2019. The Gothic sensibility, over 200 years old, embraces its dark past whilst anticipating the future. From demons and monsters to post- apocalyptic fears and ecological fantasies, Gothic is thriving as never before in the arts and in popular culture. This volume is made up of 62 comprehensive chapters with notes and extended bibliographies contributed by scholars from around the world. The chapters are written not only for those engaged in academic research but also to be accessible to students and dedicated followers of the genre. Each chapter is packed with analysis of the Gothic in both theory and practice, as the genre has mutated and spread over the last hundred years. Starting in 1918 with the impact of film on the genre's development, and moving through its many and varied international incarnations, each chapter chronicles the history of the gothic milieu from the movies to gaming platforms and internet memes, television and theatre. The volume also looks at how Gothic intersects with fashion, music and popular culture: a multi-layered, multi-ethnic, even a trans-gendered experience as we move into the twenty first century.

Author : James Nestor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780735213630

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Breath by James Nestor Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR “A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe—and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is. Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.

Author : Matthew Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781501144318

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Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Pdf

"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309101110

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Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research Pdf

Clinical practice related to sleep problems and sleep disorders has been expanding rapidly in the last few years, but scientific research is not keeping pace. Sleep apnea, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome are three examples of very common disorders for which we have little biological information. This new book cuts across a variety of medical disciplines such as neurology, pulmonology, pediatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, psychology, otolaryngology, and nursing, as well as other medical practices with an interest in the management of sleep pathology. This area of research is not limited to very young and old patientsâ€"sleep disorders reach across all ages and ethnicities. Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation presents a structured analysis that explores the following: Improving awareness among the general public and health care professionals. Increasing investment in interdisciplinary somnology and sleep medicine research training and mentoring activities. Validating and developing new and existing technologies for diagnosis and treatment. This book will be of interest to those looking to learn more about the enormous public health burden of sleep disorders and sleep deprivation and the strikingly limited capacity of the health care enterprise to identify and treat the majority of individuals suffering from sleep problems.

Author : Anne Collins
Publisher : Lester & Orpen Dennys Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UVA:X001559457

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In the Sleep Room by Anne Collins Pdf

Author : Ottessa Moshfegh
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525522126

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh Pdf

From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.

Author : Leslie A. Perlow
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422144046

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Sleeping with Your Smartphone by Leslie A. Perlow Pdf

"Argues that monitoring one's electronic business communication 24/7 is actually counterproductive and offers a plan for companies to take time to ""disconnect"" in order to boost their productivity."

Author : Brandon Zenner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-11
Category : Dreams
ISBN : 0692355138

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The Experiment of Dreams by Brandon Zenner Pdf

Benjamin Walker's lifelong career of testing experimental drugs and medicines, as well as participating in fascinating sleep-related studies, has come to an end. A new and lucrative job opportunity is offered to Ben, working on a project named Lucy, a machine capable of reading and recording a person's dreams in intimate detail. Headed by the genius Dr. Peter Wulfric and privately funded by the elusive millionaire, Mr. Timothy Kalispell (a man with a fascination of the arts that borders on the obsessive) takes Ben all over the world, from the Louvre in Paris to the Sistine Chapel in Rome.Along his travels, Ben meets a beautiful woman named Sophia, who might just help him overcome the death of his lost love, his Emily. All is finally going well for Ben . . . until strange dreams of a town named Drapery Falls begin to plague him, and memories once hidden begin to reveal themselves. The doctors and staff onboard team Lucy are not who Ben thinks they are, and Mr. Kalispell will stop at nothing to keep Ben's emerging memories buried for good. Ben is put on a collision course that will bring him to the brink of total insanity, and perhaps even death. At the heart of it all, Ben's worst enemy is his own mind, and he must confront his past in order to save his future.

Author : Vladimir Nabokov
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691196909

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Insomniac Dreams by Vladimir Nabokov Pdf

First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life.

Author : Nathaniel Kleitman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1987-09-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0226440737

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Sleep and Wakefulness by Nathaniel Kleitman Pdf

For half a century, Sleep and Wakefulness has been a valuable reference work. It discusses phases of the sleep cycle, experimental work on sleep and wakefulness, sleep disorders and their treatment, and such sleep-like states as hypnosis and hibernation.

Author : Paul Rabinow,Gaymon Bennett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226703138

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Designing Human Practices by Paul Rabinow,Gaymon Bennett Pdf

Designing Human Practices is a detailed account of this anthropological experiment and, ultimately, its rejection.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Military Nutrition Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309050883

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Food Components to Enhance Performance by Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Military Nutrition Research Pdf

The physiological or psychological stresses that employees bring to their workplace affect not only their own performance but that of their co-workers and others. These stresses are often compounded by those of the job itself. Medical personnel, firefighters, police, and military personnel in combat settingsâ€"among othersâ€"experience highly unpredictable timing and types of stressors. This book reviews and comments on the performance-enhancing potential of specific food components. It reflects the views of military and non-military scientists from such fields as neuroscience, nutrition, physiology, various medical specialties, and performance psychology on the most up-to-date research available on physical and mental performance enhancement in stressful conditions. Although placed within the context of military tasks, the volume will have wide-reaching implications for individuals in any job setting.