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Four high-school friends suffer daily humiliation at the hands of three bullies. When the friends accidentally open a portal to another dimension, they unintentionally allow terrifying, other-worldly creatures to invade their small Arkansas town. Discovering that they are now endowed with strange superpowers, the four teens dub themselves “Freaks”, the very name their tormentors used to ridicule them. The Freaks must fight to save the lives of family and friends now in mortal peril and thwart a secret government task force that appears to be hunting them.

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.

Kacy Tellessen is a grunt. After completing high school in rural Washington, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and began the hero's journey he imagined might parallel those epic tales he'd consumed throughout adolescence. But what Tellessen lived through—from boot camp to the battlefield and home again—had little in common with Homer's tales or Hollywood's depictions. In his memoir, Tellessen offers a truer account of life as an infantryman: the complicated, conflicting, adrenaline-pumping, and traumatic experience of war.

Nora har aldrig passet ind nogen steder, men da der kommer en ny pige i klassen, oplever hun pludselig, at man ikke behøver at gemme sig, bare fordi man er anderledes. Leo gør, som det passer hende og er som født til storbyen, men da Nora tager hende med på weekend til Nordjylland, slapper hun pludselig af og viser en helt ny side af sig selv. Tilbage i København er Leo straks lige så utilnaermelig som før igen, og Nora begynder at laegge maerke til små tegn på, at der er noget helt galt.

Celebrated transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein has, with more humor and spunk than any other, ushered us into a world of limitless possibility through a daring re-envisionment of the gender system as we know it. Here, Bornstein bravely and wittily shares personal and unorthodox methods of survival in an often cruel world. A one-of-a-kind guide to staying alive outside the box, Hello, Cruel World is a much-needed unconventional approach to life for those who want to stay on the edge, but alive.

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).

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.

In 2008, Democrats won a sweeping victory, seizing the White House and the majority in both houses of Congress. We knew this meant liberals would be in charge of the federal government—but what many Americans didn’t anticipate was that they would use this supposed “mandate” as an excuse to try and run every single part of our lives.

Benjamin Banneker STEM Academy is the top middle school in Denver. Let’s just say the kids are . . . competitive. When Principal Yee announces the start of an epic Team Competition for the school, Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows that trophy’s got his name on it. That’ll show his sports-obsessed Dad that he’s worthy, right? Only problem is, it’s a TEAM competition … and Doug isn’t so great working in a team environment (except with his best friend Huey, of course).

Johann wird von seinen Freunden Johnny Feelgood genannt, weil er sie mit seiner selbstkreierten Designerdroge versorgt. Gefährliche Selbstversuche treiben ihn in eine Welt, in der das Wort Realität jede Bedeutung verliert. Als er überfallen und brutal niedergeschlagen wird, beginnt ein blutrünstiger Horrortrip. Er versinkt in einem Sumpf aus Drogen, Gewalt, Sex und Oscar.

... mi sarebbe piaciuto incontrare un tipo come Samuel Johnson. Ambire all’altezza di quel formidabile biografo che fu James Boswell. I miracoli purtroppo non ammettono repliche... G.M.

In the tradition of cult literary icon Donald Goines, Ice Cream for Freaks is written with a realness that accurately depicts the bleak conditions of the story's urban backdrop. The main character, Nathaniel Wilson, better known in his middle class Queens neighborhood as "Ice", has a reputation of being a brutal and daring stick-up kid. A seemingly well-planned robbery proves deadly to Ice when the victim happens to be "Supreme" - a rising star in a violent New York drug cartel.

"Go into the Red Zone. Go to Street Freaks," his father directs Ashton Collins before the vid feed goes suddenly silent. The Red Zone is the dangerous heart of mega-city Los Angeles; it is a world Ash is forbidden from and one he knows little about. But if he can find Street Freaks, the strangest of aid awaits - human and barely human alike. As Ash is hunted, he must unravel the mystery left behind by his father and discover his role in this new world.

It’s junior year in Quapaw City, Arkansas. With it comes a new foe that even the Freaks cannot stop—adulthood. As they ponder what the future will be like with college and careers looming, they must contend with the ever-more-dangerous threat of the Team, the shadowy government agency determined to save the world from supernatural menaces. Even with the creepy Baltar Sterne acting as an advisor, our teenage heroes struggle with these tremendous pressures. At the same time, they must face their most dangerous threat yet.

The circus has rolled into town, and Sir Edward has decided to run away and join the show. Jazz Sweeney would be more annoyed—if she weren’t already dealing with a string of murders that started the moment the Gustav Brothers' Circus arrived.

Now high school sophomores, the self-styled “Freaks” are back in class in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas. They grapple with the ordinary challenges of everyday teen life: cliques, cars, and crushes. While everything appears normal on the surface, looks have rarely been more deceiving. A secret government task force—fully aware of the unusual powers the Freaks have acquired—is determined to capture them. Even as the mysterious Baltar Stern shares ancient wisdom and offers hope, a new menace silently emerges in the woods outside of town.

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!

After a brush with death that almost cost me everything, I managed to expose Izguril's machinations and imprison the usurper god within me. Now, with no more immediate threats to my survival, I wish that I could take some time to rest, but I can't. Because if the goblin village that has taken up residence within me is thriving, and more adventurers come every day to test their mettle against my traps and monsters, something is nagging at the back of my mind. A dark vision, that was confirmed by none other than the Mistmother - the goddess of foresight. 

Matt discovers an underworld of people with uncanny powers living in the shadows of New York City, all trying to elude a dark force that’s ruthlessly hunting them down in Joel Goldman’s “Freaks Must Die”. Now Matt must save the “freaks” from bloody annihilation. In Lisa Klink’s “Slaves to Evil”, Matt is trapped in a small town between hordes of deranged, killer cops and an innocent girl hell-bent on seeking bloody vengeance from him for the killing of her brother.