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Badass: The Birth of a Legend: Spine-Crushing Tales of the Most Merciless Gods, Monsters, Heroes, Villains, and Mythical Creatur
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Badass: The Birth of a Legend: Spine-Crushing Tales of the Most Merciless Gods, Monsters, Heroes, Villains, and Mythical Creatur
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ben Thompson
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| Series | Badass Series |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:384 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | World history |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780062001351
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| Classifications | Dewey:920.02 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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| Imprint |
HarperPerennial
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| Publication Date |
1 April 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Ben Thompson-author of Badass, creator of the epic website badassoftheweek.com, and the Internet's foremost expert on badassitude-is back to enthrall lovers of skull-smashing, bone-crushing bad behavior with his latest compendium, Badass: The Birth of a Legend. Like its macho predecessor, Badass: The Birth of a Legend celebrates fearless berserkers of every stripe, male and female, but this time pulls them from the hoary pages of mythology, fantasy fiction, and the silver screen-from Zeus to Beowulf to Dirty Harry Callahan, the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned. Forget your whiny Twilight vampires and werewolves, these badasses kick butt!
Author Biography
Ben Thompson made his first (and only) appearance as a stand-up comedian in the winter of 1986-7, reading a photocopied Ronnie Corbett monologue to an unreceptive student audience. He has subsequently written for The Face, GQ, The Independent, Mojo, NME, New Statesman & Society, Sight & Sound and the Saturday Telegraph Magazine, and (as comedy critic of The Independent On Sunday, from 1994-7) politely declined annual invitations to join the Perrier Award judging panel.
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