Résultats pour "Freaks" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

In einer kleinen Stadt in Kentucky haben sich fünf Außenseiter gefunden: Opal, eine 80jährige, die in einem Sex-Pistols-T-Shirt und in Cowboystiefeln herumläuft (gelesen von Cordula Trantow); Aurora, eine wunderschöne Frau im Rollstuhl (gelesen von Cosma Shiva Hagen); Ray, ein junger Iraker auf der Suche nach dem Amerikaner, den er im 1. Golfkrieg verwundet hat (gelesen von Feridun Zaimoglu); Ember, ein frühreifes kleines Mädchen (gelesen von Charlotte Roche) und Luster, ein extrem wortgewandter Afroamerikaner, der ständig auf Drogen zu sein scheint, tatsächlich aber völlig nüchtern durchs Leben geht (gelesen von Jan Josef Liefers).

They saw a man running through the woods in a cheap werewolf mask… and they laughed. He wasn’t hunting anyone. He wasn’t hurting anyone. He only wanted to escape the world that mocked him. But when the town discovered him, they turned him into entertainment. They filmed him. They humiliated him. They destroyed his refuge. And when you push a man long enough… eventually he stops running.

Five years ago, Zeph met River. The timing couldn’t have been worse. An orphan with something to prove and the ghosts of his past breathing down his neck, Zeph took the offer from a pro MMA gym to live and train in the Midwest. River let him go easily. If it was a convenient excuse to escape emotional intimacy, neither of them had to admit it. Until now.

I'm spending my college holiday break tutoring the guy I've had a crush on since freshman year. That is until the hottest football player at our university shows up instead. Freak needs to pass a class in order to graduate and heard I was the best. So we make the wildest holiday arrangement ever. If he helps me land the guy of my dreams by Christmas, I'll make sure he aces his final by the end of the semester. Every moment we spend plotting my target's seduction is hilarious. Until I realize that I'm actually the one who's being seduced.

We're not just broken, we're bonded. Pain carves our path. Obsession and darkness bind us. Love keeps us together. We both share trauma therapy can't fix. We're not just dangerous, we're deadly. And this time we'll bleed together. Call Me Freak Again is a dark stalker romance and psychological thriller. He's still possessive and just as deadly, but now the game has changed. This time, Dima and his Little Sparrow fight their demons together, even if it means unleashing new ones. This time, they aren't the prey– this time they're the predators.

Der Dämonen-Killer Dorian Hunter hat mit dem FBI-Agenten Tim Morton einen weiteren Verbündeten im Kampf gegen die Schwarze Familie gewonnen. In New York lernt Hunter Mortons Gehilfen, die sogenannten "Freaks", kennen – ausgestoßene Dämonen, die einst selbst der Schwarzen Familie angehörten. Zwischen den Dämonen und den Freaks von New York herrscht ein brüchiger Waffenstillstand. Doch dann findet man einen toten Freak vor Hunters Hotelzimmer – und der unversöhnliche Hass der Ausgestoßenen findet ein neues Ziel.

Controlled Freak is a series about a young woman that had a rough go at life. In her time on Earth, she lived a life of pain that turned her into a strong vengeful woman. Upon her death, she is transferred to a world filled with demons, dragons, and many so called mythical creatures.

En søskendeflok opfostret på amfetamin, arsenik og radioaktive isotoper ... Freak Love er en rørende men usædvanlig familiekrønike, og samtidig et kampskrift. En roman, hvor magtbalancen mellem det normale og det unormale for en gangs skyld er vendt på hovedet. Freak Love er fortællingen om familietivoliet Binewskis Fabulon, fortalt af Olympia Binewki, der er eneste overlevende af en meget usæd­vanlig søskendeflok.

When culinary student Justin was expelled from one of the nation’s top cooking schools for “excessive use of hot peppers,” he refused to let the flames die out. Instead, he ignited a movement.

Join us in a journey of two young men in search of adventure as they discover more than they bargained for. - Summary by Linette Geisel(Note: The first two files were discovered in an archaeological dig of the LibriVox servers, were carefully retrieved, and are now presented to the public along with more modern recordings of the rest of the story.) Cast Narrator: Sibella Denton and Foon Robert ‘Bob’ Smith: Jennie Hughes and TriciaG John ‘Jake’ Brown Cori Samuel and Doug Fajardo Edwards: David Barnes and Chuck Williamson Various other roles read by: David Barnes, Phil Chenevert, Cori ...

When Mrs. Herrick's brother Charlie dies, he leaves his money in trust for members of the circus he used to own under the name of "Segantini's World Renowned Mammoth International Hippodrome and Museum of Living Marvels". When five of the Extraordinary Mortals of the circus show up to visit with the Ordinary Mortals at Mrs. Herrick's country house, there is a clash of cultures.... - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Ordinary Mortals: Mrs. Herrick, nee Smith (a widow): Linda Webster Ronald (her son): Adrian Stephens Sheila (her daughter): Matea Bracic Lady Ball-Jennings (her sister): Sonia Sir ...

Sergey has defeated the zombie general's massive army and cleared out the roving island. He's ready to head to Berlin, but there's just one problem: the other inhabitants of the spacetime ocean are drawn to the shelter like flies to . . . well, like moths to the flame, and thanks to the World Heart, it's glowing like crazy!

Sumérgete en la nostalgia, la fantasía, el terror y el arte. Todo reunido en un solo mundo, Freak - end. Nada, es lo que parece. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you can’t run more than 25 MPH, you’re toast! When Lillian Williams became the Sheriff of Daimler, SC, she thought she would have it easy for the rest of her career. Nothing ever truly happened there, ever, and that was the way she liked it. .....until the night that a maniac freak on a moped appeared and began a killing spree along the small-town roads and highways, and it was up to Lillian and her deputy son Dennis to track him down.

The world is beginning. Jamie has a new name, father, and family. The world around her seems to be collapsing at such an early age. Her father being a Legionnaire is Hellbent on war within the kingdom after the events of Controlled Freak Part 4. Learn about her true nature as demons, monsters, and untold evil within the kingdom come after her. In this world, sometimes the darkness is the safest place to be. For mature audiences.

In this first story in Freaks on the Fells, Mr Sudberry, a successful London merchant takes his family on a Scottish highlands vacation. Over the course of the summer the family has lots of exciting adventures near and around the farm and adjoining fishing stream. - Summary by Linny

Joe Dietrich has a lot on his plate: college classes, a lonely divorced dad, and a weirdo gamer roommate. Oh, yeah, and that vampire thing. If only he didn’t have a supernatural hit squad or a frenemy who’d rather take his head off than teach him to be a Supernat after him. If Joe can survive all that, final exams ought to be a piece of cake. Good thing he hasn’t tried asking that Grim Reaper girl out on a date.

Spokane, Washington, is nearly perfect for most people, but Jack Fitzpatrick is not one of them. Hours after graduation and armed with his final paycheck from his nemesis, Jack heads for Southern California. Dreams are a dime a dozen in the City of Angels. Broke, barely scraping by, and hating his life as a temp, L.A. is definitely not what Jack expected. But after reading "Best Paying Jobs of 1987" in Time magazine, he decides to go after the only one he thinks he has a shot at: institutional bond broker.

With tongue firmly implanted in cheek, Benson introduces us to a world full of snobs, hypochondriacs, faddists, and social climbers. Some of the titles include "The Compleat Snob", "Aunt Georgie", "The Poison of Asps", "The Eternally Uncompromised", "The Grizzly Kittens", and "The Praisers of Past Time".

The Freaks of Mayfair by E.F. Benson is a series of satirical sketches introducing us to some bizarre inhabitants of Edwardian High Society of Mayfair, which was, and still is today, the stamping ground of the very wealthy. Each sketch introduces a different type of "freak". Sir Louis and Lady Mary Marigold turn snobbism into fine art; Sarah Whitehand is the social-climbing wife of an American toilet bowl magnate, and the so-called "Grizzly Kittens", Babs Begum and Charlie Gordon, cling desperately to their youth as they totter toward old age.