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The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov

This title is translated by Michael Glenny. The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order in disarray. Only the Master, a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil's onslaught.

The Screwtape Letters

How a Senior Devil Instructs a Junior Devil in the Art of Temptation

by C. S. Lewis

A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to Our Father Below. At once...

Incarnations of Immortality: Book 6

For Love of Evil

by Piers Anthony

The Man Who Would Be Satan Parry was a gifted musician and an apprentice in the arts of White Magic. But his life of sweet promise went disastrously awry following the sudden, violent death of his beloved Jolie. Led down the twisted path of wickedness and depravity by Lilah the harlot demoness, Parry thrived -- first as a sorceror, then as a monk, and finally as a feared inquisitor. But it wasn't until his... (more)

Divine Comedy: Book 1

The Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate... (more)

Satanic Bible

by Anton Szander Lavey

Called "The Black Pope" by many of his followers, Anton La Vey began the road to High Priesthood of the (lurch of Satan when he was only 16 years old and an organ player in a carnival: "On Saturday night I would see men lusting after halfnaked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing the organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same... (more)

Doctor Faustus

by Christopher Marlowe

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes: • The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards • Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings • Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play • Critical, contextual and staging notes • Photographs of productions where... (more)

Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV

Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV

by Zondervan

The NIV is a highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English. It has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation. The translation itself strikes a balance between a word-for-word and thought-for-thought philosophy, for the best representation of the intent of the original languages in today's language. The translators' mission was to "produce... (more)

Rosemary's Baby

by Ira Levin

The basis of the 1968 Oscar-winning film, a tale of the demonic follows a young couple who move into a Manhattan apartment and are haunted by their eccentric elderly neighbors. By the author of The Stepford Wives. Reissue. NYT. "

Paradise Lost

by John Milton

Edited with an introduction and notes by John Leonard.

The Exorcist

by William Peter Blatty

The phenomenal bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture--newly re-released in a version you've never seen before!

Satanic Rituals

by Anton Szandor LAVey

Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels

Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels

by Gustav Davidson

The result of sixteen years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts, the classic reference work on angels is beautifully illustrated and its reissue coincides with the resurgence of belief in angels in America.

The History of Hell

by Alice K. Turner

From the beginning of recorded history people all over the world have believed in an afterlife with two principle destinations, and Hell has inspired more interest than Heaven, especially among painters and poets. This is an illustrated survey of how religious leaders, artists, writers and ordinary people in the West have visualized Hell.

Satan: A Biography

by Henry Ansgar Kelly

Christians traditionally think of Satan as Lucifer, God's enemy, who rebelled against Him out of pride and then caused Adam and Eve to sin. But, as Kelly shows, this portrayal is not biblical but a scenario invented by the early Fathers of the Church which became the 'New Biography of Satan'. The 'Original Biography' must be reconstructed from the New Testament where Satan is the same sort of celestial functionary... (more)

The Divine Comedy I: Inferno (Penguin Classics)

The Divine Comedy I: Inferno (Penguin Classics)

by Dante Alighieri

The most famous of the three canticles that comprise The Divine Comedy, Inferno describes Dante’s descent in Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonizing torture, Dante encounters doomed souls that include the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicidal Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit. Led... (more)

History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil

History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil

by Paul Carus

1900. Contents: Good and Evil as Religious Ideas; Devil Worship; Ancient Egypt; Accad and the Early Semites; Persian Dualism; Israel; Brahmanism and Hinduism; Buddhism; Dawn of a New Era; Early Christianity; Idea of Salvation in Greece and Italy; Demonology of Northern Europe; The Devil's Prime; The Inquisition; Age of the Reformation; Abolition of Witch Prosecution; In Verse and Fable; Philosophical Problem of... (more)

The Boyfriend from Hell

by Avery Corman

A highly praised observer of contemporary life and author of Kreamer vs. Kramer and A Perfect Divorce , Corman zeroes in on single life, modern stress, and religious faith in The Boyfriend from Hell. Veronica Delaney, single, in her twenties, a freelance writer working on an article about a satanic cult leader, becomes involved with a dazzling, charismatic man, and she is turned inside out. With his unique... (more)

Satan Is Alive and Well on Planet Earth

by Hal Lindsey, Carole C. Carlson

In this candid look at the contemporary rise in spiritualism and the occult you'll be exposed to the problems and dangers of false worship in light of Scripture.

The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity (Cornell Paperbacks)

The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity (Cornell Paperbacks)

by Jeffrey Burton Russell

Live from Golgotha/the Gospel According to Gore Vidal

Live from Golgotha/the Gospel According to Gore Vidal

by Gore Vidal, Gore Vidal

Twentieth-century television networks compete murderously for exclusive rights to broadcast the Crucifixion, in an irreverent assault on religious, sexual, and commercial mores by the author of Lincoln. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. NYT.

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by Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov

How a Senior Devil Instructs a Junior Devil in the Art of Temptation

by C. S. Lewis

by Piers Anthony

by Dante Alighieri

by Anton Szander Lavey

by Christopher Marlowe

by Zondervan

by Ira Levin

by John Milton

by William Peter Blatty

by Anton Szandor LAVey

by Gustav Davidson

by Alice K. Turner

by Henry Ansgar Kelly

by Dante Alighieri

by Paul Carus

by Avery Corman

by Hal Lindsey, Carole C. Carlson

by Jeffrey Burton Russell

by Gore Vidal, Gore Vidal