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A delightfully evil gift, How to Be a Villain is a step-by-step guide to joining the forces of darkness. Because, though villains may never win, they sure have more fun, hatching master plans for world domination, smoothing their dastardly tights. Neil Zawacki answers all the most urgent questions: Should I go with a black or red theme? Do I invest in an army of winged monkeys or ninja warriors? And just where... (more)

Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel

by Austin Grossman

Doctor Impossible—evil genius, diabolical scientist, wannabe world dominator—languishes in a federal detention facility. He's lost his freedom, his girlfriend, and his hidden island fortress. Over the years he's tried to take over the world in every way imaginable: doomsday devices of all varieties (nuclear, thermonuclear, nanotechnological) and mass mind control. He's traveled backwards in time to change... (more)

Young Bond: Book 1

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A James Bond Adventure

by Charlie Higson

What does it take to become the greatest secret agent the world has ever known? In this thrilling prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, readers meet a young boy whose inquisitive mind and determination set him on a path that will someday take him across the globe, in pursuit of the most dangerous criminals of all time. When we first meet young James, he’s just started boarding school at Eton in the 1930s,... (more)

Kidnap Kids

by Todd Strasser

The last thing most kids want to do is kidnap their own parents, but life has reached a crisis point for Steven and Benjy Marks. In this madcap adventure from the author of the bestselling "Help! I'm Trapped" series, the Marks brothers take their parents by surprise with a plan that will assure them some quality family time. But the surprise is on Steven and Benjy when they see who's waiting for them outside the... (more)

Bullies, Bastards And Bitches: How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction

Bullies, Bastards And Bitches: How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction

by Jessica Page Morrell

Through detailed instruction and examples from contemporary bestsellers and classic page-turners, this book delineates the moral continuum of protagonists and antagonists; explores the connections between opposition, adversity, and evil; and illuminates a bad guy's many purposes in a successful story. Morrell also explores the rise in popularity of anti-heroes, how anti-heroes possess some of the same qualities of... (more)

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (Book One)

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (Book One)

by Michael Buckley

Michael Buckley is at his comic best in this madcap new series sure to appeal to kids looking for a quick, exciting read. Combining all the excitement of international espionage and all the awkwardness of elementary school, NERDS , featuring a group of unpopular students who run a spy network from inside their school, hits the mark. With the help of cutting-edge science, their nerdy qualities are enhanced and... (more)

The Good, the Bad, and the Mad: (Some Weird People in American History)

The Good, the Bad, and the Mad: (Some Weird People in American History)

by E. Randall Floyd

The quiet spinster who erupted one day in a blinding flash of violence, the brilliant scientist that was terrified of women wearing pearl earrings, the inexperienced pilot who took off from New York bound for Los Angeles and landed 27 hours laterin Dublin! These are just a few of the many saints, sinners, hucksters, and oddballs you'll meet in The Good, The Bad & The Mad.In this compellingly off-beat... (more)

Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen

Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen

by Serena Valentino

For anyone who's seen Walt Disney's Snow White, you'll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it's not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don't know many people who have acted upon it.) Now, for the first time, we'll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and... (more)

Escape VelocityMark Walden

H.I.V.E: Book 3

Escape Velocity

by Mark Walden

Pupils and staff at HIVE are horrified to discover that Dr Nero has been captured by the forces of HOPE, the Hostile Operative Prosecution Executive, the world's newest and most ruthlessly efficient security force. Three months pass without any news of his fate, and Number One has decided to appoint a sinister new headmistress for the school, somebody that the pupils and staff had thought that they'd seen the last... (more)

H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education)

H.I.V.E: Book 1

H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education)

by Mark Walden

HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILLAINOUS EDUCATION Otto Malpense may only be thirteen years old, but so far he has managedto run the orphanage where he lives, and he has come up with a planclever enough to trick the most powerful man in the country. He is theperfect candidate to become the world's next supervillain. That is why he ends up at H.I.V.E., handpicked to become a member of theincoming class. The students have... (more)

Erratum

by Walter Sorrells

When Jessica Sternhagen walks into a bookstore and finds a volume entitled Her Lif waiting for her, she thinks it’s a joke. Who left the book for her? And shouldn’t the title be Her Life ? This printer’s error turns out to be the first in a series of bizarre happenings. As Jessica reads, she realizes life is about to radically change. This stunning thriller by master storyteller Walter Sorrells raises as many... (more)

Villains by Necessity

by Eve L. Forward

Living after the victory of Good and Light has transformed the world into a utopia, a bored band of villains--a thief, a black knight, a Druid, and a man-eating sorceress--conspires to restore evil to the universe. Reprint. AB. PW.

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

by Philip G. Zimbardo

What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it? Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and in The Lucifer Effect he explains how–and the myriad reasons why–we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.” Drawing on examples from history as well as his own... (more)

My Life Among the Serial Killers: Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers

My Life Among the Serial Killers: Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Murderers

by Helen Morrison

Helen Morrison produces controversial theories as to why people commit multiple murders, having interviewed some of the most notorious killers in the world. Are serial killers born? Does child abuse really play a part in the formation of a killer's psyche? Are serial killers neurologically different from the rest of humanity? Helen Morrison provides her opinions on these and many other questions in her... (more)

Robbing Banks: An American History 1831-1999

Robbing Banks: An American History 1831-1999

by L. R. Kirchner

An engrossing, fact-filled ride through the history of a nefarious, though uniquely American, profession: bank robbing. Features a panoply of heroes, villains and anti-heroes on both sides of the law, from Jesse James, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie & Clyde and Willie Sutton to the Pinkertons, G-Men and local lawmen who resisted their anarchic tide. Follows the evolution of the profession from the Old West... (more)

The 101 Dalmations

by Dodie Smith

The Science of Supervillains

by Lois H. Gresh, Robert Weinberg

The authors of The Science of Superheroes now reveal the real genius of the most evil geniuses Ever wonder why comic book villains, such as Spiderman's bionic archenemy Dr. Octopus or the X-Men's eternal rival Magneto, are so scary and so much fun? It's not just their diabolical talent for confounding our heroes, it's their unrivalled techno-proficiency at creating global mayhem that keeps comic book fans... (more)

Whales on Stilts (M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales)

Whales on Stilts (M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales)

by M. T. Anderson

What sort of madman would unleash an army of stilt-walking, laser-beaming, thoroughly angry whales upon the world? Who cares! All that matters is that his dastardly plan be foiled. Lucky for Lily Gefelty, her two best friends are the intrepid stars of their own middle-grade series novels: Jasper Dash (better know as the Boy Technonaut) and Katie Mulligan (beloved by millions as the heroine of the Horror Hollow... (more)

Heroes and Villains

by Peter C. Gray

Step-by-step sequences explain how to draw in the unique manga style. The book includes tips on perspective, light and shade, and inking and colouring and projects allow readers to put into practice the techniques learned.

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Evil Laughs, Secret Lairs, Master Plans, and More!!!

by Neil Zawacki

by Austin Grossman

A James Bond Adventure

by Charlie Higson

by Todd Strasser

by Jessica Page Morrell

by Michael Buckley

by E. Randall Floyd

by Serena Valentino

by Mark Walden

by Mark Walden

by Walter Sorrells

by Eve L. Forward

by Philip G. Zimbardo

by Helen Morrison

by L. R. Kirchner

by Dodie Smith

by Lois H. Gresh, Robert Weinberg

by M. T. Anderson

by Peter C. Gray

by Brian K. Vaughan