I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Lost Art of Sleep by Michael McGirr, and no it did not keep me awake! It was a mixture of personal anecdotes, history, science, philosophy and humour. A very interesting examination on why, how, where and when we sleep. It is not so much an advice book on how to improve your sleep as an informative discussion on everything related to sleep from beds, to sleep masks, from Plato to Kevin Rudd.
David Baldacci's latest thriller, First Family was an exciting read - that stopped me from sleeping a few nights. Some clues seemed obvious but the book just swept along and I was not sure what the wash up would be until I finished it.
The red bookcover for First Family is the Australian version and the gold one on the right is the American one. I like the red one best so it looks like the marketing/design people got it right for the Australian market.
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