| Villainology: Fabulous Lives of the Big, the Bad, and the Wicked Contributor(s): Slade, Arthur (Author), Mah, Derek (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0887768091 ISBN-13: 9780887768095 Publisher: Tundra Books (NY) OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2007 Annotation: Villainology is a veritable who's who of characters from the underworld. Be they fictitious or all-too-genuine baddies, they are bound together by their infamous deeds. Author Arthur Slade takes a lighthearted view, nonetheless, and provides personal stats, their likes and dislikes, their high-school memories and an amazing array of cool facts along with up close and personal "interviews." Readers will not only come away amused, they will come away with an enlarged store of general knowledge. Among the fourteen notable villains included are: The Wicked Witch of the West, Attila the Hun, The Wolf, Billy the Kid, The Headless Horseman, Morgan le Fay, Quin Hui, The Invisible Man, Scarface Capone, and a lineup of Shakespeare's most memorable villains. Never-before-seen portraits of each by artist Derek Mah, make for a deliciously delectable rogue's gallery. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 364 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.64" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Villainology is a veritable who's who of characters from the underworld. Be they fictitious or all-too-genuine baddies, they are bound together by their infamous deeds. Author Arthur Slade takes a lighthearted view, nonetheless, and provides personal stats, their likes and dislikes, their high-school memories and an amazing array of cool facts along with up close and personal "interviews." Readers will not only come away amused, they will come away with an enlarged store of general knowledge. Among the fourteen notable villains included are: The Wicked Witch of the West, Attila the Hun, The Wolf, Billy the Kid, The Headless Horseman, Morgan le Fay, Quin Hui, The Invisible Man, Scarface Capone, and a lineup of Shakespeare's most memorable villains. Never-before-seen portraits of each by artist Derek Mah, make for a deliciously delectable rogue's gallery. |