The Story of Sam; The little practical and philosophical guide to insomnia

by Sam Miller, Migu Morinaga (Illustrator)

The Story of The Little Philosophical and Practical Guide to Insomnia s a short inspirational guide to managing insomnia. The book begins with a short illustrated fable about Sam’s battles with insomnia. We follow Sam in his everyday life and see how sleeplessness impacts his moods and leads to often stormy relationships with his coworkers. But people care for Sam and they realize that his root personality is not the problem. It is his insomnia. Sam’s coworkers ply him with suggestions on how to sleep better. When Sam incorporates these suggestions into his lifestyle he lives healthier and sleeps better. The fable is followed by brief commentary with advice on how deal with insomnia and includes five common-sense strategies for getting a good night’s rest. The strategies are things we would expect to do if we wanted to sleep better. For example, one should eat a sleep inducing food before going to bed; one should get up early so that by the end of the day their body craves rest whether they are ready for sleep or not. The strategies not only help one manage insomnia but they also promote a healthy and more enriching lifestyle in that they encourage one to eat better, to read and to exercise. At the end of the book, Sam rewards his readers with his recipe for delicious hot chocolate, an fun example of the kind of sleep inducing food (or drink in this case) that one should take before going to bed.

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 3, 2010

About the author

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Sam Miller was born and brought up in London. He studied History at Cambridge University and Politics at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies, before joining the BBC in 1986, for which he has worked, on and off, ever since. In the early 1990s he was the BBC World Service TV and radio correspondent in Delhi, and on his return to the UK in 1993 was the presenter of the BBC ’s current affairs programme, South Asia Report. Later he became the head of the Urdu service and subsequently Managing Editor, South Asia. He was posted back to Delhi in 2002 and has remained there ever since. He is the author of Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity (2009) and Blue Guide: India (2012).