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Author: Claude Lecouteux Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1594776849 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 200
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A look at the forgotten ancestors of the modern-day vampire, many of which have very different characteristics • Looks at the many ancestoral forms of the modern vampire, including shroud eaters, appesarts, and stafi • Presents evidence for the reality of this phenomenon from pre-19th-century newspaper articles and judicial records Of all forms taken by the undead, the vampire wields the most powerful pull on the modern imagination. But the countless movies and books inspired by this child of the night who has a predilection for human blood are based on incidents recorded as fact in newspapers and judicial archives in the centuries preceding the works of Bram Stoker and other writers. Digging through these forgotten records, Claude Lecouteux unearths a very different figure of the vampire in the many accounts of individuals who reportedly would return from their graves to attack the living. These ancestors of the modern vampire were not all blood suckers; they included shroud eaters, appesarts, nightmares, and the curious figure of the stafia, whose origin is a result of masons secretly interring the shadow of a living human being in the wall of a building under construction. As Lecouteux shows, the belief in vampires predates ancient Roman times, which abounded with lamia, stirges, and ghouls. Discarding the tacked together explanations of modern science for these inexplicable phenomena, the author looks back to another folk belief that has come down through the centuries like that of the undead: the existence of multiple souls in every individual, not all of which are able to move on to the next world after death.
Author: Sebastian Sabir Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1453595058 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 49
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Sebastian Sabir was born on the 25th of March 2000. He grew up in Emerton. His dad is a teacher and his mum; well, she is looking after the kids at home. He started dancing lessons when he was four and still continues. In 2010, Sebastian has changed his hobby many times. First its wallet making, then it’s being a magician, a cook, a scientist, an astronomer and now he has chosen to be an author. He has tried to write other books but has given up. He started writing this book when he was 10, in around August 2010. His inspiration to writing this book was the Twilight saga. He really enjoys the books so he thought of writing his own book. It took him about 2 months to write this one and has plans to write more. Meanwhile he still goes to school, still does dancing lessons, he still helps his parents and does what normal kids do. When he has the time, he gets his laptop and writes bits and pieces trying to complete this book. When he finished this book, he started to work on the front and back cover. Finally, after almost 2 months of writing, his book is finished on the 1st of October 2010.
Author: Kerrelyn Sparks Publisher: Avon ISBN: 9780061667855 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Nothing's sexier than an man who can keep a secret. A typical bachelor party is all about beers and beautiful women. A vampire bachelor party is no different -- except the men are drinking Blissky (whiskey-flavored synthetic blood). And no one can throw a party quite like Jack, the illegitimate son of the legendary Casanova. But when the party gets out of hand and the cops show up, Jack has some explaining to do . . . if only he wasn't struck speechless by the beauty of Officer Lara Boucher. Lara is sure there's something more than a bachelor party going on. What is Jack hiding? And why is he so interested in the recent disappearance of young women all over town? Her investigation uncovers more than she wants to know, especially about this modern-day Casanova. But if she's ever to make detective, she'll need to expose all his secrets . . . if only her heart wasn't on the line.
Author: Darrell Schweitzer Publisher: Astra Publishing House ISBN: 1101043814 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 247
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Garlic cloves and wooden stakes are no match for centuries of the undead's mischief and seduction. Here are thirteen original and imaginative stories that reveal the vampiric truths behind certain historical happenings.
Author: Darrell Schweitzer Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780756404109 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 324
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Featuring contributions from Harry Turtledove, Mike Resnick, Tanith Lee, and Ian Watson, this collection of thirteen original tales takes readers into the darkly seductive world of the vampire, imaginatively exploring the roles of the immortal undead throughout human history. Original.
Author: Lisa Childs Publisher: Silhouette ISBN: 1426841787 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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When the sexy redhead approaches Conner West at Club Underground, haunting ground of the Secret Vampire Society, he knows making love to her would be a perfect distraction on the anniversary of his beloved's death. Conner doesn't realize that he has met Brandi before--and that she wants revenge for turning her into a vampire. But in order for her plan to succeed, she will first have to indulge her desire for her very naughty vampire...
Author: Melinda Harris Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1465380639 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 222
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I´d never really given much thought as to the precise moment that I´d fall in love with the person that I would one day give up my humanity for or to the myth about vampires being real and if someone had told me then that I´d not only discover the truth but that I would fall completely and undeniably in love with a vampire I would have told them that they were crazy. Vampires are some urban legend that people use to explain things that otherwise have no rational explanation but Lucian is a vampire and he is very real and everything that I could ever want or need and so much more. Lucian is so completely in love with me that he would die for me or kill for me if it was needed and that scares me a little. Unfortunately for us he carries with him a deep, dark secret that he´s been hiding from everyone for years. A secret that could very well destroy us both. Vampires from Lucian´s past are hunting him and now that he has devoted his immortal life to me they have finally found him and will stop at nothing to punish him for his past crimes. I love Lucian more than I thought someone was capable of loving another person. But then there’s Matt who is a vampire spy and has come here to find Lucian and create even more problems for us than we can handle. Matt is the most forth-coming vampire that I’ve ever met and maybe that’s what draws me to him but whatever Matt’s charm is ----- it has captured me, we share a connection that Lucian and I don´t and every time that Matt is near me it is becoming impossible for me to resist him any longer. I´ve finally admitted to myself that I’m in love with him and then there is my best friend Josh who is a human and whom I’ve also fallen in love with recently so now I’m caught in the middle of this mess and soon I’ll have to choose between them. In the meantime I´m caught in the middle of a mess with Lucian and a vampire named Michael from his past out for revenge who will stop at nothing to hurt Lucian including turning my friend Jill into a vampire and her hatred for me could easily end up getting me killed. Now I can only hope that Lucian can find me before my captor has a chance to replace my life with an immortal one full of darkness and blood. I don´t know if I´ll be able to choose between the two vampires and the human who are competing for my heart and if I’ll survive what has happened to me or if I´m doomed to spend forever as a vampire with the evil vampire who came back from the past looking to destroy Lucian‘s new life. Follow my story and see who will survive the events that unfold in Vampire Secrets----- a story of what happens when a vampire who has a dark past to hide, a vampire with another motive, and a human who is just trying to stay alive fall in love with a human girl who has everything to live for and possibly everything to lose including friends, family, love and possibly the ultimate sacrifice that a human can give --- my soul.