Badass by Ben Thompson
https://www.scribd.com/book/163580986/Badass
Kudos to Ben Thompson. I wish I would have come up with this concept first. Hard-boiled history written for guys who don't want analysis or political correctness. Just in-your-face action. Perfect fare if you're in the mood for bite-sized bios, ass-kicking anecdotes and rip-roaring yarns. Although his prose can be repetitive at times, Thompson serves up a bevvy of "awesome" one liners amid his over-the-top narrative and crude characterizations. And the history isn't that half-bad either, as long as you take it with a grain of salt and separate the comic hyperbole from fact. I liked Thompson's initial offering so much that I've added the rest of his canon to my library:
https://www.scribd.com/book/163649482/Badass-Ultimate-Deathmatch-Skull-Crushing-True-Stories-of-the-Most-Hardcore-Duels-Showdowns-Fistfights-Last-Stands-Suicide-Charges-and-Military
https://www.scribd.com/read/163612579/Badass-The-Birth-of-a-Legend-Spine-Crushing-Tales-of-the-Most-Merciless-Gods-Monsters-Heroes-Villains-and-Mythical-Creatures-Ever-Envisioned
For those interested in more unbuttoned history and ass-kicking heroes & superheroes, check out my History & Psuedo-History and Heroes & Superheroes collections:
https://www.scribd.com/collections/11872572/History-and-Pseudohistory
https://www.scribd.com/collections/11070342/Heroes-and-Superheroes
MK
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