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Vampires
A F IELD G UIDE TO THE C REATURES
T HAT S TALK THE N IGHT
By
Dr. Bob Curran
Illustrated by Ian Daniels
Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Copyright
2005 by Dr. Bob Curran
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ventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or
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ed, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press.
V AMPIRES
E DITED AND T YPESET BY K RISTEN P ARKES
Cover design by Lu Rossman/Digi Dog Design
Cover and Interior Illustrations by Ian Daniels
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Curran, Bob.
Vampires: a field guide to the creatures that stalk the night / Bob Curran.
p.cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-56414-807-6 (pbk.)
1. Vampires. I. Title.
BF1556.c87 2005
398
.45—dc22
2005048431
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Contents
Introduction
5
1. The Alp
13
2. The Alu/Ekimmu
25
3. The Aswang
35
4. El Chupacabra
45
5. The Dearg-Dul
55
6. Les Dames Blanches/Baobhan Sith
69
7. The Devil of Hjalta-Stad
81
8. The Dybbuk
95
9. The Gwarch y Rhibyn
107
10. The Jaracaca/Lobishomen
117
11. The Penanggal
127
12. The Rakshasa
137
13. The Sampiro
147
14. The Strigoii
157
15. The Tikoloshe
173
16. Vampire Ladies
183
17. The Vrykolokas
203
Index
213
About the Author and Illustrator
221
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