Badass Ultimate Deathmatch, Ben Thompson
Badass Ultimate Deathmatch, Ben Thompson
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Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch
Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time

Author: Ben Thompson

Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

Unabridged: 21 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/12/2013

Synopsis

Unstoppable true stories of the most hardcore showdowns, last stands, and military engagements of all time! When only one can live, it's an Ultimate Deathmatch!This ain't no table tennis. You're not here to skip rope with your niece. You're here to witness the catastrophically awesome exploits of history's greatest badasses. Not only that, you're here to see what happens when badasses collide, when glory and doom hang in the balance, when two men enter one man leaves. If you dare listen, you'll hear the stories of . . .Cyrus the Great
The king who forged the Persian Empire with blood, steel, and a few thousand rampaging camelsSt. Moses the Black
The Patron Saint of Asskickings, who taught bandit thugs a lesson in turning the other cheekThe War of Aracau
The only successful indigenous resistance to Spanish colonization, led by a Mapuche warrior who strapped blades to his arms after the conquistadors sawed off his handsThe Rani of Jhansi
The Indian warrior princess who took on the British crown with a sword in each hand and her baby strapped to her backTango Mike-Mike
One lone Green Beret single-handedly rescues an entire Special Forces squad from a pinned-down position deep behind enemy lines in CambodiaThe Charge of the Australian Light Horse
Eight hundred horsemen armed with bayonets embark on the last great cavalry charge in history, rushing toward trenches filled with machine guns, rifles, and huge bullets

About Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson has run the warhammer of a website badassoftheweek.com since 2004, and has written humorous history-related columns for outlets such as Cracked, Fangoria, Penthouse, and the American Mustache Institute. Even though he's never flown a jetpack over the Atlantic Ocean or punched someone so hard that his head exploded, he is considered by many to be the world's foremost expert on badassitude. He is the author of Badass and Badass: The Birth of a Legend.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Phillip on June 07, 2024

Ben Thompson is a historian who uses the language of mixed martial art, movie tough guys, and video gamers to tell stories of those who faced death in mortal combat. The people in these stories are awesome in his eyes because they fought against impossible odds to defeat their foes. I found the book......more

Goodreads review by Adam on March 28, 2024

I understand now that Ben Thompson's books are probably meant to be read by angsty 14-year-olds who think that using constant hyperbole, crude language, and all kinds of body anatomy references for ways to kill people makes anything awesome and worth reading hundreds of pages of. Now I probably soun......more

Goodreads review by Miroku on January 19, 2014

Though there are inaccuracies and the writing style sometimes gets very annoying (and it is also sometimes very humorous as well), it is a great review of history, and I like the format. Thompson may not be a "proper" scholar, but he does an excellent job of making a large amount of history accessi......more

Goodreads review by Chanse on November 16, 2015

A bit too 'bro' for my linking. I likely should have been ready for that, but I picked it up being optimistic. Not bad history in here; bit presented in what becomes a very tired and annoying way by the end of the book.......more

Goodreads review by R. on September 26, 2019

I've read all of Thompson's other books and used to be an avid reader and follower of his old blog, "Badass of the Week." That said, I think there's a combination of things occurring here. 1) My tastes are changing as I get older. This book and this style of writing comedic history does not appeal t......more

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