{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-demons-9780143137863","title":"The Penguin Book of Demons","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate--otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Demons \u003c\/i\u003esummons these supernatural creatures--and the humans who have hunted and been haunted by them--across cultures and continents: the daemons of ancient Greece and Rome; the giant, biblical half humans known as Nephilim who stalked the earth before the Great Flood; corrupted angels, condemned to eternity in Hell; the jinn of Islamic Arabia; the female, child-eating Gelloudes of Byzantium; the seductive incubi and succubi of northern Europe; the animal spirits of early modern China; and the cannibalistic Wendigo\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof Native American folklore. From demonic possession to black magic, these accounts give life to a spellbinding, skin-crawling history of the paranormal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143137863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.06w x 0.50d","brand":"Scott G. Bruce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44561536942261,"sku":"9780143137863","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_207a6582-3c5f-4e2b-ac6e-0d831f60c4e2.jpg?v=1723525980","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-demons-9780143137863","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}