Twoexperts on the unexplained and paranormal team up to bringyouthedefinitive guide to zombies!Theapocalypse of the rapacious, infectious living dead is more probablethan everat least, if movies, books, and television are to bebelieved. But long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, andsinister military experiments brought the dead back to life in ourcinemas and on our television screens, there were the dark spells andincantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians, and theBabylonians. Blending the historical with the modern, thebiographical with the literary, the plants and animals with bacteriaand viruses, the mythological with the horrifying true tales,TheZombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Deadis acomprehensive resourcefor understanding, combating, and avoiding allthings zombie.Morethan 250 entries cover everything about the ignominious role infolklore and mythology to today's pop culture, including Prideand Prejudice and ZombiesMadCow DiseaseTheSpanish Flu Pandemic of 1918TheCenters for Disease Control and FEMAs Zombie Preparedness plansTheMacArthur Causeway Face-eating ZombieNaziExperiments to Resurrect the DeadNightof the Living Deadandmuch, much more.Blending historical review and a lot ofpop-culture fun with chilling tales of ravenous end-of-timeshorrors,The Zombie Bookis perfect forbrowsing or for a thorough reading by fans of the macabre. Anextensive bibliography and index make this the perfect start toanyones quest for preparing for a zombie cataclysm.