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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Thompson, Ben, 1980-     Subjects     Legends.     Tall tales.     Mythology.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Thompson, Ben, 1980-       by title:      Badass [electronic r...         MARC Display

Badass [electronic resource] : the birth of a legend : spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned / by Ben Thompson. by Thompson, Ben, 1980- New York : Harper Paperbacks, 2011. Subjects Legends.   Tall tales.   Mythology. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=4EB71254-3508-41A9-BF69-5F4B7BE07063 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{4EB71254-3508-41A9-BF69-5F4B7BE07063}Img100.jpg Electronic Resource ISBN:  9780062074942 (electronic bk.) 0062074946 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (xiii, 367 p.) : ill. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  1: Gods, goddesses, and other kickass celestial beings -- Anubis -- Zeus -- Rama -- Kali -- Brave-swift-impetuous-male -- The monkey king -- Huitzilopochtli -- Thor -- Oya -- Saint Michael the Archangel -- 2: Heroes, heroines, and over-the-top do-gooders -- Atalanta -- Diomedes -- Samson -- Sinbad -- Finn McCool -- Beowulf -- Bradamant of Clairmont -- Captain James T. Kirk -- Inspector Harry Callahan -- B. A. Baracus -- 3: Villains, sorcerers, antiheroes, and merciless bastards -- King Minos -- Medea -- Sir Mordred -- Skuld -- Gilgamesh -- Professor James Moriarty -- Sauron -- Darth Vader -- Skeletor -- The white tights -- 4: Monsters, fiends, hellspawn, and worse -- Dragons -- Baba Yaga -- Surt -- The furies -- Frankenstein's monster -- Moby-Dick -- Godzilla -- The red dwarf of Detroit -- El Chupacabra -- The Daleks. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Since the beginning of human history people have created myths, tall tales, and super and anti-heroes--stories of men and women who embarked on intrepid adventures, performed extraordinary feats of unparalleled awesomeness, and overcame all odds to violently smite their foes. In BADASS: THE BIRTH OF A LEGEND, Ben Thompson compiles all of these fantastical tales from the beginning of time to today and tells them in the completely over-the-top manner in which they were intended"--   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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