Daydreams, Delusions, and Nightmares


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Scarlet Baker struggles to cope with her drug addiction and Bipolar Disorder and after an unforeseen turn of events, her family decides to send her to a psychiatric hospital in Idaho. However, somewhere along the way, the plane that's taking her there mysteriously seems to get lost in a parallel universe. Guided by strange creatures, Scarlet tries to find her purpose and is forced to question her reality in a world that revolves around the inner workings of her mind.







Nightmare


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Describes the nature of nightmares, discusses their meaning and symbolism, and looks at the kinds of people who are frequent sufferers.







Teachers' Guide


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PM Teacher's Guides provide a structured Guided Reading lesson plan for each PM title within that level




The Philosophy, Theory and Methods of J. L. Moreno


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J. L. Moreno, M.D., is recognized as the originator of sociometry and psychodrama, and was a prodigious creator of methods and theories of creativity, society, and human behavior. The methods and techniques he authored have been widely adopted; the theories and philosophy upon which the methods are founded have not, as they are frequently couched in language which is not easily understood. Moreno’s ideas about group psychotherapy have pretty well gotten lost, and what he considered his greatest contribution, sociometry, gets paid superficial attention by most psychodramatists . Group psychotherapy and psychodrama are both widely practiced but often based on non-Morenean theory, likely due to the inaccessibility of Moreno’s work. This book outlines Moreno’s early years (his religious phase), the philosophy on which the foundation of his methods are based, and a description of the three major methods Moreno originated: psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy. It provides a more systematic presentation of Moreno’s work and presents his philosophy and theory clearer, more understandable manner.




Mysteries of Life, Death and Beyond


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The book Mysteries of Life, Death and Beyond, illustrates the fantastic odyssey of human kind from the dawn of creation and through the evolution of mind, body and spirit in order to attain our final destination of self-realization and union with the Supreme Creator. It provides an answer to the age old philosophical question, what is the meaning of life? Learn what was present prior to the Big Bang and what happened at the time of the Big Bang based upon our current scientific knowledge. Discover how galaxies and our solar system were formed and how life began on planet earth. Understand the theory of evolution of the animal species and the eventual development of mankind. Find out what really happened in the Garden of Eden and who were the fallen angels, and were there really giants in those days? Find out if there is life after death and where do we go. Do we get more than one chance in life to attain heaven based upon the theory of reincarnation? The concept of the triune brain indicates that the human brain is in essence made up of three parts- the reptilian brain, the limbic system and the neocortex, each performing separate neurologic functions but yet interconnected. Find out how each affects our thoughts and actions for both good and bad. Learn how the seven major energy centers of the body help guide us from material existence up to the higher realms of spirituality and how you can balance each chakra.




Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy


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Working with dreams in therapy can help clients establish a focus and reach core issues quickly, and can play an important clinical role in both brief and long-term therapeutic relationships. This accessible volume integrates the latest research on sleep and dreaming with a cognitive-experiential psychotherapeutic perspective, providing a comprehensive guide to dream interpretation. In clear, jargon-free prose, elucidated by extensive case material, the author presents a three-stage model of dream interpretation based on the premises that dreams reflect waking life, that their meaning is best understood in a collaborative effort between client and therapist, and that both cognitions and emotions are important in this process. An Appendix contains a reproducible, self-guided manual on dream interpretation featuring step-by-step instructions and worksheets. This Appendix is an ideal resource for therapists to use with clients.




The Night Parade


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In the tradition of Stephen King's The Stand, acclaimed horror writer Ronald Malfi takes readers on a nightmarish journey through a post-pandemic landscape, as a devoted father seeks a safe haven for his young daughter, who may hold the key to humanity's survival... First the birds disappeared. Then the insects took over. And the madness began… They call it Wanderer’s Folly—a disease of delusions, of daydreams and nightmares. A plague threatening to wipe out the human race. After two years of creeping decay, David Arlen woke up one morning thinking that the worst was over. By midnight, he’s bleeding and terrified, his wife is dead, and he’s on the run in a stolen car with his eight-year-old daughter, who may be the key to a cure. Ellie is a special girl. Deep. Insightful. And she knows David is lying to her. Lying about her mother. Lying about what they're running from. And lying about what he sees when he takes his eyes off the road…




Monstrous Imaginaries


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Monsters seem inevitably linked to humans and not always as mere opposites. Maaheen Ahmed examines good monsters in comics to show how Romantic themes from the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries persist in today’s popular culture. Comics monsters, questioning the distinction between human and monster, self and other, are valuable conduits of Romantic inclinations. Engaging with Romanticism and the many monsters created by Romantic writers and artists such as Mary Shelley, Victor Hugo, and Goya, Ahmed maps the heritage, functions, and effects of monsters in contemporary comics and graphic novels. She highlights the persistence of recurrent Romantic features through monstrous protagonists in English- and French-language comics and draws out their implications. Aspects covered include the dark Romantic predilection for ruins and the sordid, the solitary protagonist and his quest, nostalgia, the prominence of the spectacle as well as excessive emotions, and above all, the monster’s ambiguity and rebelliousness. Ahmed highlights each Romantic theme through close readings of well-known but often overlooked comics, including Enki Bilal's Monstre tetralogy, Jim O'Barr's The Crow, and Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, as well as the iconic comics series Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and Mike Mignola's Hellboy. In blurring the otherness of the monster, these protagonists retain the exaggeration and uncontrollability of all monsters while incorporating Romantic characteristics.