{"product_id":"badass-the-birth-of-a-legend-spine-crushing-tales-of-the-most-merciless-gods-monsters-heroes-villains-and-mythical-creatures-ever-envisioned-paperback","title":"Badass: The Birth of a Legend: Spine-Crushing Tales of the Most Merciless Gods, Monsters, Heroes, Villains, and Mythical Creatures Ever Envisioned - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Thompson--author of \u003cem\u003eBadass\u003c\/em\u003e, 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, \u003cem\u003eBadass: The Birth of a Legend.\u003c\/em\u003e Like its macho predecessor, \u003cem\u003eBadass: The Birth of a Legend \u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eTwilight\u003c\/em\u003e vampires and werewolves, these badasses kick butt \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom sex-crazed gods to ravenous monsters, Ben Thompson brings legendary titans to life in tales of adventure, bloodlust, and unrelenting badassitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the beginning of human history people have created myths, tall tales, superheroes, and arch-villains--men and women who embarked on insane adventures, performed extraordinary feats of unparalleled awesomeness, and overcame all odds to violently smite their foes into bloody pulp. In \u003cem\u003eBadass: The Birth of a Legend\u003c\/em\u003e, Ben Thompson compiles 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, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRama\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian god-king who led an army of monkeys against the King of All Demons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThor\u003cbr\u003eThe Viking god of thunder and awesome hair, who crushed the skulls of giants with a ridiculously huge hammer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeowulf\u003cbr\u003eAn Anglo-Saxon hero so hardcore he could arm-wrestle monsters' joints out of their sockets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoby-Dick\u003cbr\u003eThe hate-filled literary behemoth who obliterated ship hulls with his face\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkuld\u003cbr\u003eThe Norse necromancer queen who summoned a horde of zombie berserkers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirty Harry Callahan \u003cbr\u003eThe prototypical modern-day antihero and very embodiment of badass\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52402852757809,"sku":"9780062001351","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/VlVndDZvNzRyNFlYdWhNMHQvSmVHdz09.webp?v=1768907436","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/badass-the-birth-of-a-legend-spine-crushing-tales-of-the-most-merciless-gods-monsters-heroes-villains-and-mythical-creatures-ever-envisioned-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}