This is Kunhardt's tribute to his mother, Dorothy Kunhardt, a woman of rare vision and intellect, best known as the author of the runaway bestseller Pat the Bunny, a revolutionary children's book in its time.

From mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. The PlayStation Dreamworld is – to borrow a phrase from Slavoj Zizek – the pervert's guide to videogames. It argues that we can only understand the world of videogames via Lacanian dream analysis. It also argues that the Left needs to work inside this dreamspace – a powerful arena for constructing our desires – or else the dreamworld will fall entirely into the hands of dominant and reactionary forces. While cyberspace is increasingly dominated by corporate organization, gaming, at its most subversive, can nevertheless produce radical forms of enjoyment which threaten the capitalist norms that are created and endlessly repeated in our daily relationships with mobile phones, videogames, computers and other forms of technological entertainment. Far from being a book solely for dedicated gamers, this book dissects the structure of our relationships to all technological entertainment at a time when entertainment has become ubiquitous. We can no longer escape our fantasies but rather live inside their digital reality.

From the upheaval of THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE #1 rises THE DREAMINGÑa kingdom in chaos. There is a place where stories are born. Today its walls lie slashed and bleeding. Dream has abandoned his realm, and until he is found, its residents must protect its broken borders alone. But the most senior storysmiths are tormented by invasive secrets, the warden Lucien is doubting his own mindÑand beyond the gates something horrific waits with tooth and talon. Only Dora, the monstress, finds opportunity in madness, stealing dreams for the highest bidder. But she has no idea how deep the danger lies. Meanwhile, in DreamÕs gallery, something new is growing...

A complete guide to the realms of the Dreaming. Dreams and Nightmares takes you from the Near Dreaming that changelings walk every day to the far reaches and unexplored regions of the Deep Dreaming, where reality is subjective and anything is possible.

In this fascinating new collection, an all-star team of researchers explores lucid dreaming not only as consciousness during sleep but also as a powerful ability cultivated by artists, scientists, and shamans alike to achieve a variety of purposes and outcomes in the dream. The first set of its kind, Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep provides a comprehensive showcase of the theories, research, and direct experience that serve to illuminate how certain people can maintain conscious awareness while dreaming. The text is organized into two sections, covering science, psychology, and education; and religious traditions, creativity, and culture. Contributors to this two-volume work include top dream experts across the globe—scholars sharing knowledge gained from deep personal explorations and cutting-edge scientific investigations. Topics covered include the neuroscience of lucid dreaming, clinical uses of lucid dreaming in treating trauma, the secret history of lucid dreaming in English philosophy, and spiritual practices of lucid dreaming in Islam, Buddhism, and shamanic traditions. The work also addresses lucid dreaming in movies including The Matrix and literature such as the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien and explains how modern video gaming enhances lucidity. This set serves as an ideal text and reference work for school libraries and academic courses in anthropology, psychology, religious studies, and cognitive science as well as for graduate-level study in holistic education—an increasingly popular specialization.

"A Darkened Sky. After the disappearance of the High King, the chill of Winter spreads across the land -- now is the dawn of the Unseelie Court! Once the Courts traded sovereignty -- Seelie ruled the summer months; Unseelie the winter -- but since the Shattering, the Seelie have reigned supreme while the Unseelie have waited patiently. Winter descends with David Ardy gone, and the noble Houses of the Unseelie Court prepare to claim their due. All Hail Discordia! A Darkened Soul. Pour L'Amour et Liberte: The Book of Houses II offers a look at the three most prominent Houses of the Unseelie Court. Each has its own plans for the coming Winter, and each its own means of attaining them. Within, you will find the history of the Unseelie Courts, from their ancient betrayals to their modern-day treacheries".

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.