Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave - Tapa dura

While extolling the virtues of sleep and its fundamental importance to our health, Gregory reveals some interesting tidbits. (Science)

Nodding Off is a well paced and engaging read. (Chemistry World)

A revealing new book [...] covers every aspect of sleep [...] For those who have insomnia, this book may help, since knowledge is power. (The Scotsman)

Professor Alice Gregory [...] has proved that sleep science, far from being an exhausted topic, is an endlessly fascinating rabbit hole of surprising facts, discoveries and counter-intuitions. (Sleep Junkies)

Shares real life stories as well as insightful discussions with other sleep experts to answer key questions on all things sleep and sleeplessness. (OM Yoga and Lifestyle)

Alice Gregory has written an engaging and accessible book that guides the reader through sleep-related issues from birth until old age. This is no dry academic tome but instead a lively tour of all aspects of sleep from an expert in the field. Highly recommended! (Chris French, Professor of Psychology and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London)

I sat reading Nodding Off during the course of a few sleepless, heavily jet-lagged nights. In its pages, Alice Gregory offers a compendious journey through the ages of sleep. Her expertise and passion for the subject infuses this most readable book. It is an authoritative addition to this often-neglected field. (Ben Holden, editor of Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups, Poems That Make Grown Men Cry and Poems That Make Grown Women Cry.)

Sleep matters! That is the battle cry of Nodding Off. Everyone who wants a good night's sleep should read Alice Gregory's excellent book on the science of sleep from birth through adulthood. (Jodi A. Mindell, author of Sleeping Through the Night and Chair of the Pediatric Sleep Council and website BabySleep.com)