Badass: the birth of a legend : spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned /: spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Badass: the birth of a legend : spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned /: spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Badass: the birth of a legend : spine-crushing tales of the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned
- Further Information:
- Note: By Ben Thompson.
- Other Names:
- Thompson, Ben, 1980-
- 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.
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Harper Paperbacks
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 398.2
Literary Criticism -- Books & Reading
Legends
Tall tales
Mythology
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
HUMOR -- General
Popular Culture
Books & Reading
Legends
Mythology
Tall tales
Comics & Graphic Novels -- Superheroes
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780062074942
0062074946 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780062001351
0062001353 - Notes:
- Note: Print version record.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.253628
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- 01_167.xml