{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-demons","title":"The Penguin Book of Demons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate—otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Demons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Native American folklore. From demonic possession to black magic, these accounts give life to a spellbinding, skin-crawling history of the paranormal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49206748971288,"sku":"9780143137863","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/2852\/6872\/files\/9780143137863_1021b.jpg?v=1728406938","url":"https:\/\/www.clearysbookstore.com\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-demons","provider":"Cleary's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}