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Complete Vampire Chronicles : The Tale of the Body Thief, the Queen of the Damned, the Vampire Lestat, Interview With the Vampire

Complete Vampire Chronicles : The Tale of the Body Thief, the Queen of the Damned, the Vampire Lestat, Interview With the Vampire

by Anne Rice

Set includes: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, and The Tale of the Body Thief.

"The same kind of skillful writing that brought respectability to the erotic works of Henry Miller, Anaís Nin, and D. H. Lawrence." --UPI There is Lisa: They call her the Perfectionist. A stunning, mysterious, and fearless sexual adventurer, she is founder and supreme mistress of The Club--an expensive, exclusive island resort where forbidden fantasy meets willing flesh. There is Elliott: A thrill-seeking... (more)

Blue World

by Robert R. McCammon

From the battlefields of a Vietnam veteran's memory to an old-time movie hero's search for a serial killer, from Halloween in a special town--where the rules of trick-or-treat are written in blood--to a Texas road where a wrong turn leads to a nest of evil, horror master McCammon is at his terrifying best in this collection of stories.

The Silver Kiss

by Annette Curtis Klause

Zoe is wary when, in the dead of night, the beautiful yet frightening Simon comes to her house. Simon seems to understand the pain of loneliness and death and Zoe's brooding thoughts of her dying mother. Simon is one of the undead, a vampire, seeking revenge for the gruesome death of his mother three hundred years before. Does Simon dare ask Zoe to help free him from this lifeless chase and its insufferable... (more)

In the Name of the Vampire (Marquis de Sade)

In the Name of the Vampire (Marquis de Sade)

by Mary Ann Mitchell

Sips of Blood

by Mary Ann Mitchell

The Marquis de Sade still lives as one of the undead, and rumors of his evil deeds don't begin to describe what the Marquis has become. His tastes remain the same, only more pronounced. And his desire for blood has become a hunger.

Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural History

by Paul A. Johnsgard

Is it generally safe to walk by dragon weyrs on sunny days? Do dragons really lay golden eggs? Do dragon teeth have any medicinal value? And what about unicorns: Do some rare ones have two horns, and when aren't unicorns white? What is a unicorn "sneeze call," and what exactly is the best way to capture a unicorn, anyway? Find the answers to these and other questions in this charming and carefully researched book... (more)

Quenched

by Mary Ann Mitchell

An evil stalks the clubs and seedy hotels of San Francisco's shadowy underworld. It preys on the unfortunate, the outcasts, the misfits. It is an evil born of the eternal bloodlust of one of the undead, the infamous nobleman known to the ages as...the Marquis de Sade. He and his unholy offspring feed upon those who wont be missed, giving full vent to their dark desires and a thirst for blood that can never be... (more)

The Vampire Journals (Zebra Books)

by Traci Briery

Through her riveting memoirs, female vampire Maria Theresa Allogiamento takes readers on a wild and intimate journey into the secret world of vampires--from 18th-century Italy to present -day Los Angeles.

The Werewolf ChroniclesTraci Briery

The Werewolf Chronicles

by Traci Briery

A young former dancer becomes a werewolf after being attacked by a vicious creature and attempts to pick up the pieces of her former life, while resisting the animal urges that overcome her on the nights of the full moon. Original.

Sonnets of William Shakespeare (20230)William Shakespeare

Sonnets of William Shakespeare (20230)

by William Shakespeare

The collected sonnets of William Shakespeare, presented with the famous Temple Notes and an introduction by Robert O. Ballou.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare, Arthur Rackham

Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play • Illustrations from... (more)

Beauty's Punishment (The Further Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty, Volume 2)

Beauty's Punishment (The Further Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty, Volume 2)

by A.N. Roquelaure

The Vampire De Sade (Marquis de Sade)

by Mary Ann Mitchell

Tainted Blood (Marquis de Sade)

by Mary Ann Mitchell

Cathedral of Vampires (Marquis de Sade)

by Mary Ann Mitchell

Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul)

Children of the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul)

by Jeanne Kalogridis

The story begun in the acclaimed first novel in the trilogy, Covenant with the Vampire, continues in the second novel, as the heir of Vlad the Impaler tries to put an end to the Dracul family's horrifying legacy. Reprint. NYT.

Lord of the Vampires (Diaries of the Family Dracul)

Lord of the Vampires (Diaries of the Family Dracul)

by Jeanne Kalogridis

In the conclusion to her terrifying, meticulously researched trilogy, Jeanne Kalogridis brilliantly melds historical facts about Vlad Tsepesh--Vlad the Impaler, the historical Dracula--and the characters in Bram Stoker's classic Dracula. After the death of his half-brother and his father at the hand of Vlad, Abraham van Helsing faces the ultimate battle with an entity more evil than Vlad himself: the Lord of the... (more)

Covenant with the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul)

Covenant with the Vampire (Diaries of the Family Dracul)

by Jeanne Kalogridis

Honoring a family pact that compels him to return to Transylvania to take part in a secret ceremony, young Arkady Tsepesh of the family Dracul learns a devastating truth about his ancestor, Prince Vlad. Reprint. PW.

Jurassic Park: Book 1

Jurassic Park

by Michael Crichton

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam Jurassic Park, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goes wrong...and science proves a dangerous toy.... "Wonderful...Powerful." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

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by Anne Rice

by Anne Rampling, Anne Rice

by Robert R. McCammon

by Annette Curtis Klause

by Mary Ann Mitchell

by Mary Ann Mitchell

by Paul A. Johnsgard

by Mary Ann Mitchell

by Traci Briery

by Traci Briery

by William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare, Arthur Rackham

by A.N. Roquelaure

by Mary Ann Mitchell

by Mary Ann Mitchell

by Mary Ann Mitchell

by Jeanne Kalogridis

by Jeanne Kalogridis

by Jeanne Kalogridis

by Michael Crichton