The Girl's Guide to Werewolves
All You Need to Know about the Original Untamed Bad Boys
Published on 18. August 2009
192 pages
978-1-4405-1375-6 (ISBN)
Description
The good news is: He's tall, dark, and handsome.
The bad news is: He's short-tempered, a bit hairy, and has a tendency to howl at the full moon.
...Which makes bringing him home to meet mom and dad a bit difficult. How do you expect him to meet the family when he's shedding on the furniture and sharpening his nails? Will he have more in common with the family dog than you? Will he leave you for a hairy hottie? No worries?in this guide, you will learn everything you need to know about these wild boys, including:
- How to spot a werewolf
- What to do when he changes shape
- How to avoid his animalistic mood swings
- How to destroy the savage beast (before he destroys you!)
- The best?and worst?werewolf books and films
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Test Your Werewolf Knowledge
- Chapter 1: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
- What Exactly Is a Werewolf ?
- What's Up with the Moon?
- Multicultural Canines
- Anubis: The First Werewolf?
- The Lycans of Rome
- Going Greek!
- Shapeshifting
- The Werewolf at Europe's Door
- Canines of the British Isles
- New World Lupines
- Bark at the Moon
- Chapter 2: Beasts of Burden
- Hellhounds and Heresy
- Old World Lycans
- Blood Moon Rising
- American Werewolves
- Claws and Paws
- Chapter 3: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
- How Are Werewolves Created?
- So You Want to Be a Werewolf?
- Howling Mad
- Chapter 4: Werewolf Characteristics
- A Very Hairy Situation
- Altered States
- Manic Morphers!
- Hair, There, and Everywhere!
- Chapter 5: Combating or Curing a Beastly Bad Boy
- How Do You Recognize a Werewolf?
- Protection and Remedies
- Is He Really a Werewolf?
- Furry Fiction
- Chapter 6: The Early Literary Lycan
- Early Writings of Lunar Lupines
- Ovid and the First Lycanthrope
- Fairytale Fiends
- Penny Dreadfuls
- "Dracula's Guest"
- The Werewolf of Paris
- Running with the Pack
- Chapter 7: Full Moon Fiction
- Sci-Fi Shapeshifters
- Horrifying Hounds
- The Romantic Werewolf
- Young Adults and Hairy Hooligans
- The Twilight Zone
- The Lycanthropic Professor Lupin
- Moon Men
- Chapter 8: The Genesis of Werewolf Cinema
- What Makes a Great Celluloid Lupine?
- Building a Better Wolf Man
- The Bane of Our Existence
- Howling Good Times
- Chapter 9: Legendary Cinematic Lupines
- Fire in the Blood
- The Underworld Trilogy
- Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Dog Soldiers
- The Ginger Snaps Trilogy
- Teen Wolf
- Van Helsing
- Blood and Chocolate
- Wolf
- Minions of the Moon
- Chapter 10: Hall of Fame Howlers!
- Lon Chaney Jr.
- Michael Sheen
- David Naughton
- War Wolves
- Robert Picardo
- Michael J. Fox
- Jack Nicholson
- Hugh Jackman and Will Kemp
- Paul Naschy
- Female Fido Hall of Fame
- New Fangs on the Block
- Silver Screen Skinwalkers
- Chapter 11: Reel-Time: The Silent Era Through the Big Bad Seventies
- Beastly Cinema
- Silent Screams to Classic Canines: Let the Howling Begin!
- The 1960s: Curses, Luchadores , and Mad Monster Parties!
- The 1970s: Los Lobos on the Loose!
- Cry Wolf
- Chapter 12: Reel-Time: The Eighties Through the New Millennium
- Modern-Day Werewolves
- The 1980s: Bad Moons, Campy Canines, and Lunar Lunacy
- The 1990s: Moonrakers and Hair-Raising Howlers!
- The New Millennium: Hip, Hunky, and Horrif ically Romantic
- Future Film Bites
- Afterword: Shoot for the Moon
