Download or read book The Secret History of Vampires written by Claude Lecouteux and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Secret Vampire written by L. J. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YA. Poppy is dying but a friend's kiss could give her eternal life.

Download or read book The Vampire s Secret written by Raven Hart and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy-roman.

Download or read book Vampire Secrets written by RaShelle Workman and published by Polished Pen Press Corporation. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be careful what you wish for… My name is Jasmine and I am an original vampire. Born of the seven magics, I only ever had one wish and the gorgeous genie, Laeddin granted it. I should be living my happily ever after, but I’m not. My wish had consequences and they are affecting every realm, including the human one. Students in Salem are going missing and turning into mindless creatures of the night. Somehow, I must find a way to fix what I’ve done, even if doing so means giving up everything. ______ Books in Jasmine's Story: Vampire Lies Vampire Secrets Vampires & Gargoyles (3/2020) Vampire & Dragons (4/2020) Vampire Magics (5/2020)

Download or read book Midnight Secrets written by Rita Stradling and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three things about Justin Roberts:1. He's a bully.2. Our relationship is toxic.3. He's the only one who knows my secret. A year ago, I woke in the morgue with a note in my hand telling me that I'm a vampire. I need blood or I'll start killing people. Lucky for me, Justin has been sneaking into my bedroom and feeding me blood for a year, and the only price I have to pay for it is putting up with his cruel snipes and my unwanted feelings for him. I just can't figure out why he keeps coming back.But all that changes when I'm offered a full-ride scholarship to Justin's mysterious school, the elite Blackburn Academy, where I might finally learn about vampires. About myself. All I have to do is pass the grueling entrance trials, and the scholarship will be mine. Problem is, Justin doesn't want me anywhere near his elite school and rich friends. He's vowed to sabotage me.Justin may have been feeding me blood for a year, but he doesn't know who he's up against. But, Blackburn Academy is more than it seems. I'll be facing more than what Justin Roberts alone can dish out.Will competing in the trials be the new beginning I'm hoping for, or will it end my undead existence? This book was previously published under the title A Bite at the Cherry (Bite Me Series) Blackburn Academy: Entrance Trials. The story is unchanged. Recommended for 16+.

Download or read book How to Draw Vampires written by Michael Butkus and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the secrets to drawing, painting, and illustrating immortals of the night in How to Draw Vampires. Over the years, vampires have earned a permanent place in pop culture. Numerous movies, TV shows, and book series have only upped the demand for these mythological beings. And now anyone can learn to draw and paint vampires with this in-depth handbook. How to Draw Vampires covers everything from rendering sharp fangs and glowing eyes to creating stylish immortal fashion. The book also contains 15 step-by-step projects featuring a mix of pencil, paint, and digital image-editing instruction, allowing artists to replicate each scene in graphic detail. Discover how to capture the vampire in a variety of illustration styles, from realistic to anime. Evil vampires, handsome vampires, gothic lairs, and the forbidden love between human and vampire merely scratch the surface of subjects in this must-have title.

Download or read book Night World No 1 written by L.J. Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. In Secret Vampire, Poppy thought the summer would last forever. Then she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now Poppy's only hope for survival is James, her friend and secret love. A vampire in the Night World, James can make Poppy immortal. But first they both must risk everything to go against the laws of Night World. Fugitives from Night World, three vampire sisters leave their isolated home to live among humans in Daughters of Darkness. Their brother, Ash, is sent to bring the girls back, but he falls in love with their beautiful friend. Two witch cousins fight over their high school crush. It's a battle between black magic and white magic in Spellbinder.

Download or read book Secrets of the Vampire written by Julie Légère and published by Supernatural Sourcebook. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets of the Vampire delves into the storied lore behind one of the world's most enduring supernatural beings, inviting you into the dark to meet the myths and monsters who live there.

Download or read book The Secret History of Vampires written by Darrell Schweitzer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Vampires Bones and Treacle Scones written by Kaitlyn Dunnett and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin is in charge of turning a deserted mansion in Moosetookalok, Maine that once belonged to a notorious gangster into a Halloween haunted house that is not supposed to feature a real corpse--her ex-convict cousin, Ned.

Download or read book Blood Secrets written by Karen E. Taylor and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deirdre is a vampire who sun-lights as a dress designer in Manhattan. Not all vampires are as civilized as she. Another vampire is one the loose, draining his victims and pointing the finger of suspicion at Deirdre. She'll use her feminine wiles to track him down and show him how much deadlier the female species can be.

Download or read book Learn to Draw Like the Masters written by Eugene Caine and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vampires reign supreme in this second drawing book from Walter Foster’s clever and innovative series Learn to Draw Like the Masters. Author Eugene Caine guides readers on an informative, artistic journey while he demonstrates how to draw an assortment of spellbinding vampires utilizing a range of techniques from history’s master artists, such as da Vinci, van Gogh, and Picasso. Aspiring artists can discover the history of each featured master and then revel in the “evidence” and in-depth “research” that uncovers the “truth” about the dark underworld of vampires—all while learning to work in pencil, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, and oil. Written with wit and humor by a true vampire aficionado and art history buff, this exquisitely designed book is sure to become a permanent part of every artist’s library.

Download or read book Sundowners written by Jeffrey Yorio and published by Jeffrey Yorio. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secrets that Agate knows keep surfacing; the unknown vampire organization that rescued her, Zephrin and Laurent's relationship, and a cure that saved her life but has unintended consequences for humans and vampires. These are only a few of the flowers that have bloomed in Agate's garden of secrets. Unfortunately, secrets are a cancer that needs treatment. They are a terrible thing to keep. They are seeds of mistrust and confusion. The doubts about a person's sincerity that spreads with time and revelation. Even Agate's daughter is a victim of these ever-growing vines. When a representative of the Catholic Church shows up, looking for Agate under an alias she once used, further complicates an already unpleasant situation. The compelling sequel to Vampires Are Only Human is an ingenious take on vampires, shattering the myth we all have come to believe. This adventure takes us beyond anywhere we expected. Fiction and fact become entwined as history isn't what we thought. Rejoin your favorite vampire family and their friends as they resolve personal issues, discover what blood means, and attempt to stop a second vampire civil war, which would expose the existence of vampires.

Download or read book Blood Magic written by Robin D Laws and published by White Wolf Games Studio. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are we? The Damned childer of caine? The grotesque lords of humanity? The pitiful wretches of eternal hell? We are vampires, and that is enough. I am a vampire, and that is far more than enough. I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine -- now and forever. No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see whom I drag screaming to hell with me. A long-awaited resource that contains the most jealously guarded powers of blood magicians

Download or read book Secret Life of a Vampire written by Kerrelyn Sparks and published by Avon. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Secrets in Shadow and Blood written by Lana Pecherczyk and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the shadows, vision can turn blurry. Truths can become lies. Enemies can become lovers. When Violet inexplicably wakes thousands of years after a nuclear holocaust, she finds the world very different. Fae exist now. They're vicious, animalistic monsters who pervert magic and can morph into any shape-including vampires. They hoard the bounty of the new world, and keep humans banished to the wasteland. At least, that's what the humans of today have told her. Determined to make up for an unforgivable mistake in her past, she becomes a covert assassin and seeks revenge for her human brethren. And she's good at it. But when the thing she hunts saves her life, injuring himself in the process... her crystal clarity suddenly becomes blurry. Vampires are meant to be monsters, not protectors... not charismatic, annoyingly handsome and loyal and... everything. Indigo is a Fae Guardian, and a ruthless vampire protector of Elphyne. The Order has tasked him with finding a human with deadly secrets before the unhinged Unseelie Queen, or the fanatical human leader, can exploit her. They chose him for one reason, and one reason only - the taste of human blood does things to him. Addictive, dark, insatiable things. And when he catches Violet's scent, they know he'll do everything in his power to covet her and keep her safe. But Indigo hides his own shameful secret in the shadows of his heart, and if it ever comes to light, Violet will never trust him. She'll kill him. The Secrets in Shadow and Blood is the next installment in the Fae Guardians series, and the first in the Season of the Vampire Trilogy. Each book features a separate couple with a satisfying HEA, but to enjoy the full benefits of the over arching plot, start the Fae Guardian journey with book one of Fae Guardians: Season of the Wolf. All Fae Guardian books include steamy romance, a splash of time travel, monster hunting, a band of brothers, fated mates, growly fae protectors, and their strong willed women from our time. If you love your books full of page turning action, romantic tension, and world building you can get lost in, then this series is for you. Warning: Trusting these seductive fae will lead to sleepless nights. But it will be worth it.;

Download or read book Blood Secrets written by Karen E. Taylor and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she is not tracking down the vampire who converted her, Deidre Griffin, a civilized vampire, spends her days as a Manhattan dress designer and her nights feeding on the blood of humans at the Ballroom of Romance. Original.