Where science, storytelling, and the mystery of sleep meet.
Dr. Pedram Navab is a neurologist, sleep medicine specialist, and author whose work brings together neuroscience, integrative medicine, psychology, and storytelling.
- Available
- October 27, 2026
- Published by
- Shambhala
- Foreword
- Andrew Weil, MD
The New Book
The Alchemy of Sleep
The Science, Mystery, and Magic of a Good Night's Rest
An illuminating exploration of sleep that brings together neuroscience, psychology, integrative medicine, and ancient traditions to present rest as a source of healing, creativity, and renewal.
Publication
October 27, 2026
Shambhala Publications
Publisher
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A physician who writes.
Pedram Navab works between two disciplines that rarely share a page: clinical neurology and literature. His nonfiction explains how sleep shapes health; his fiction and poetry attend to the inner life that medicine so often leaves unrecorded.
- Neurologist and sleep medicine specialist
- Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Trained at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Center
- Trained at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
- Author of fiction, poetry, and books about sleep
The books
The Alchemy of Sleep
The Science, Mystery, and Magic of a Good Night's Rest
An illuminating exploration of sleep that brings together neuroscience, psychology, integrative medicine, and ancient traditions to present rest as a source of healing, creativity, and renewal.
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Sleep Reimagined
The Fast Track to a Revitalized Life
A clinician's practical guide to understanding disrupted sleep and rebuilding it, translating sleep medicine into steps readers can use to recover energy, focus, and health.
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Without Anesthesia
A debut novel about Tess, a third-year medical student whose compulsive desire to feel her patients' pain turns against her own body — a medical thriller in which the line between art and medicine, fiction and reality, is repeatedly called into question.
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Readers who preorder The Alchemy of Sleep can register for an exclusive live Zoom reader event and Q&A with Dr. Pedram Navab. Registration closes October 26, 2026.
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