'The best assembled and most complete compendium of all things vampire. '.a significant expansion of the second edition published in 1999, with updated information on vampires in books, movies, television, and popular culture.'- College & Research Libraries News

This remarkable amalgam of the popular and the scholarly is highly recommended.'- Choice 'The most comprehensive collection of vampire lore, with entries on everything from African Vampires to Yama, the God of Death.'- Chicago Tribune The new edition is completely update and no doubt is the most comprehensive collection of vampire lore available.'- Bookviews 'Without doubt, the vampire myth inspires continued fascination and is currently all the rage with television programs and films devoted to the topic. Sure to be popular with readers whose interest in vampires has been sparked by the current trend.'- Booklist 'Written by religious scholar and fearless vampire authority Melton, this updated edition is a thorough guide for all things relating to vampires. Brad's book will have you riveted to each page from beginning to end.'- Alternate Perceptions magazine 'Another creepy classic of encyclopedic proportions, recounting more documented tales of frightening eyewitness being encounters that covers the gamut of such dark mysteries, from your more mundane cryptozoological Bigfoot fanfare to supernatural beasties like the Little People or the Shadow People, with every shade and variety of non-people in between.

The Vampire Book by J. Gordon Melton