The Girl's Guide to Vampires
All you need to know about the original bad boys
Published on 17. December 2008
192 pages
978-1-4405-2057-0 (ISBN)
Description
The good news is: He's tall, dark, and handsome.
The bad news is: He's a bloodsucking creature of the night. Not to mention arrogant, predatory, and immortal.
What's a girl to do? No worries?in this guide, girls learn everything they need to know about these romantic rogues, including how to:
- Know when they've met a vampire
- Avoid falling prey to a nightstalker's charms
- Resist even the most aggressive advances
- Protect themselves against the undead
- Destroy a vampire?using everything from holy water to decapitation
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Barb Karg | Arjean Spaite | Rick Sutherland
The Girl's Guide to Vampires
The Dark History and Gothic Tales of the Legendary Creatures of the Night
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Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1: VAMPS AND SCAMPS: BLOODSUCKERS THROUGH THE AGES
- DANCING IN THE DARK
- IF LOOKS COULD KILL
- UNDEAD AND UNDERFED
- EUROPEAN BLOODSUCKERS
- GOING GREEK !
- SLAVIC VAMPIRES
- ROMANIAN ROGUES
- WATCH YOUR BACK !
- LATIN AMERICAN SUCKERS
- INDIAN AND FAR EASTERN FANGSTERS
- DEAD AND LOVING IT
- FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
- Chapter 2: MASTERS OF IMMORTALITY
- EARLY WRITINGS OF THE UNDEAD
- THE VAMPYRE
- VARNEY THE VAMPYRE
- CARMILLA
- STOKING THE FLAMES
- A TALE OF TWO VLADS
- LIVE LONG AND PROSPER
- Chapter 3: BITE ME !
- HOW ARE VAMPIRES CREATED ?
- THE FEAR FACTOR
- EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS
- THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE !
- THE POWER OF HYPNOSIS
- ESTABLISHING A LAIR
- SMOOTH OPERATORS
- Chapter 4: VAMPIRE CHARACTERISTICS
- FANGS, COFFINS, AND CAPES, OH MY !
- BRING OUT YOUR DEAD !
- SUPERHUMAN POWERS
- WHAT'S IN A NAME ?
- DRESSING THE PART
- A HOWLING GOOD TIME
- EMBRACING YOUR INNER BUFFY
- Chapter 5: COMBATING AN IMMORATAL BAD BOY
- HOW DO YOU FIGHT A FIEND ?
- PRACTICAL PROTECTION
- HALLOWED WEAPONS
- MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL
- HOW DO YOU DESTROY A VAMPIRE ?
- THE VAMPIRE HUNTER'S KIT
- HOW TO CATCH A VAMPIRE
- THE HIGHGATE VAMPIRE
- WATCH YOUR ASH !
- Chapter 6: THE LITERARY VAMPIRE
- OUT OF THE SHADOWS
- LES VAMPIRES DE ANNE RICE
- POPULAR VAMPIRE FICTION
- BLEEDING HEARTS: THE ROMANTIC VAMPIRE
- PARANORMAL NOSFERATY
- COMEDIC BLOODSUCKERS
- YOUNG ADULTS AND THE LIVING DEAD
- THE HEARTBEAT GOES ON
- PRETERNATURAL EXPLOSION !
- Chapter 7: THE GENESIS OF CELLULOID VAMPIRES
- BLOODSUCKING CINEMA
- SILENT BUT DEADLY
- NOSFERATU: THE SCOURGE OF BREMEN
- ENTER DRACULA, STAGE RIGHT
- HAMMERING OUT HORROR
- GOING BATTY FOR BAD BOYS !
- Chapter 8: LEGENDARY BLOOD DRINKERS
- I VANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD !
- THE VAMPIRE HALL OF FAME
- HERE COME THE BRIDES !
- EARLY VIXENS OF VAMPIRISM
- BLOODTHIRSTY BABES
- FUN WITH VAMPIRISM
- HEMOGLOBIN HEAVEN
- Chapter 9: REEL=TIME: THE SILENT ERA THROUGH THE SWINGING SIXTIES
- SILVER SCREEN SUCKERS
- THE SILENT ERA
- THE 1930S: THE DAWN OF DRACULA
- THE 1940S: THE COMEDY OF HORROR
- THE 1950S: DRAC ATTACK !
- THE 1960S: REVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
- CUTE, CAMPY, AND CUNNING
- Chapter 10: REEL-TIME: THE SEVENTIES THROUGH THE NEW MILLENNIUM
- MODERN-DAY IMMORTALS
- THE 1970S: GROOVY, GORY, AND GHOULISHLY GRAND !
- THE 1980S: CAMPY, VAMPY, AND TRAMPY
- THE 1990S: BUFFY, BLADE, AND BIG-TIME BAD BOYS !
- THE NEW MILLENNIUM: HIP AND HORRIFICALLY ROMANTIC
- SMALL-SCREEN SCREAMERS
- Chapter 11: SMALL-SCREEN BLOODSUCKERS
- EARLY TELEVISION VAMPIRES
- THE MUNSTERS
- DARK SHADOWS
- MADE-FOR-TELEVISION VAMPS
- PRIME TIME SUCKERS
- KIDDIE NOSFERATU
- FANGED AND FLAMBOYANT
- Chapter 12: SO YOU WANNA BE A VAMPIRE ?
- THE FLIPSIDE OF IMMORTALITY
- TALES FROM THE CRYPT
- PRETERNATURAL DIET
- A BLOODY GOOD SHOW
- IS YOUR NEIGHBORA NOSFERATU ?
- GYPSIES, VAMPS, AND SEAS
- APPENDIX: GLOSSARY
