How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain

"At a time when real-life supervillains – from brutal despots to school shooters – are everywhere, Ryan North is reclaiming the term as the wacky idea it was originally meant to be. How to Take Over the World is the latest offering from the How to Invent Everything author, and like that previous book, it’s an irreverent romp through geeky tropes that also sends up the undying self-help genre. Who among us hasn’t thought about the best way to construct a secret, technologically advanced lair from which we might conquer all humanity? North assumes we all have, and in doing so he zaps the fun back into one of pop culture’s most enduring archetypes."