Satanism adopts Satan, the Judeo-Christian representative of evil, as an object of veneration. This work explores the historical origins of this extraordinary 'antireligion.'

On a chilly, gray autumn afternoon in 1984, a patrolman was dispatched to an inner-city tenement in Auburn, Maine to investigate the report of a possible fire. What he found inside the building's smoke-filled, second-story apartment was not a fire but something far more horrifying -- the charred body of a 4-year-old girl, Angela Palmer, who had been stuffed into the oven of a kitchen stove and cooked to death. The discovery traumatized the community and shocked the country. The ensuing murder prosecution of the youngster's mother, Cynthia Palmer, and her boyfriend, John Lane, cast a searching light into the shadows of a secret world in which children and women suffer violence and sexual predation at the hands of those who are supposed to love and protect them.

In her first adventure for British Intelligence Modesty Blaise with her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, must foil a multi-million pound diamond heist. They travel from London to the South of France, across the Mediterranean to Cairo before battling, against impossible odds, a private army of professional killers.

From the skilled author of The Belle of Amherst and Barrymore. Julie Harris starred on Broadway and in the national tour as Baroness Karen Blixen, aka Isak Dinesen, author of Out of Africa and Seven Gothic Tales. Preparing for a trip to America, the flamboyant author tells of how she traveled to Africa, married a baron, and suffered his neglect and faithlessness while contracting syphillis in the bargain. In Act Two, she reveal

Criticism has largely emphasised the private meaning of 'Romantic Satanism', treating it as the celebration of subjectivity through allusions to Paradise Lost that voice Satan's solitary defiance. The first full-length treatment of its subject, Romantic Satanism explores this literary phenomenon as a socially produced myth exhibiting the response of writers to their milieu. Through contextualized readings of the major works of Blake, Shelley, and Byron, this book demonstrates that Satanism enabled Romantic writers to interpret their tempestuous age: it provided them a mythic medium for articulating the hopes and fears their age aroused, for prophesying and inducing change.

Lucifer, the most beautiful angel whose pride turns him into a Satanic rebel: the intriguing story that has affected every living creature in God's universe from past millennia to the present! With artistic skill and regard for accuracy, Gloria Wilde and John Bauer combine their talents to create an irresistible book of simple poetry and stunning full-page paintings, bringing the story of the fallen angel ALIVE for young minds! (Scripture verses and Spirit of Prophecy quotes are included to enhance story authenticity for adults reading aloud to children.) This book erases confusion for any child believing Satan to be only a talking snake in the Garden of Eden! It will serve both parents and teachers, who strive to teach large concepts to small children! Believed to be a one-of-a-kind book, Lucifer, Good Angel Gone Bad gives young minds a glimpse of the heartbreak of sin. It is destined to become a children's classic!

In the beginning… Three brothers – Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer. Royalty. Archangels. United in devotion to their father and all his works. But when Lucifer learns of their father’s latest creation – a new race, fashioned from crude matter and yet made in his image – he is consumed with resentment. Why have he and his angelic kind been overlooked? After a bitter confrontation, Lucifer is cast out, doomed to an eternity of exile and punishment. Unrepentant, he vows he won’t suffer alone. Mankind has made a powerful enemy – one determined to lure it into darkness and torment any way he can… “There could be no bigger canvas for film-making.” – Mark Ordesky (Executive Producer – Lord of the Rings); “Alec not only re-frames pre-history; she also imaginatively illustrates how the realm of spirit impacts the contemporary material world.” Ileen Maisel (Executive Producer for the Golden Compass) “This is the best work of fiction I have read since the last installment of Dean Koontz’ Frankenstein series” Jim McDonald – 1340Mag – Online Entertainment Magazine.