54 Results for : scumbag
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Bolt-Hole , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 481min
Terrell Washington's childhood was a trifecta of suck: being black, gay, and poor in America has no upside. Terrell climbed his way out of the hood only to hit a glass ceiling and stop, frozen, a chain restaurant bartender with a journalism degree. His one bright spot is Colby Meyers, a coworker who has no fear, no inhibitions, and sees no boundaries. Terrell and Colby spend their summers at the river and their breaks on the back dock of Papiano's. As terrified as Terrell is of coming out, he's helpless to stay away from Colby's magnetic smile and contagious laughter. But Colby is out of college now, and he has grand plans for the future - plans Terrell is sure will leave his scrawny black ass in the Sacramento dust until a breathless moment stolen from the chaos of the restaurant tells Terrell he might be wrong. When the moment is shattered by a mystery and an act of violence, Terrell and Colby are left with two puzzles: who killed their scumbag manager, and how to fit their own lives - the black and the white of them - into a single shining tomorrow. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick J. Russo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/022207/bk_acx0_022207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Union's End: Star Scavengers Series, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 352min
Union’s End is book four of the Star Scavenger Series. A thrilling space opera adventure with the mystery and adventure of Indiana Jones.Still desperate to find Liberty Devan, Hudson Powell travels to a new portal world: Chrome One. Illegally claimed by the Relic Guardian Force, Hudson senses Logan Griff’s involvement. If he can find his scumbag former training officer then maybe he can find Liberty and the crystal too.Meanwhile, Morphus travels to a powerful alien relic called the Telescope in order to learn the location of Goliath. But without the alien crystal, stolen by Logan Griff, there is no hope of defeating the great ship.As Goliath demonstrates its immense destructive power, the news of the alien invasion spreads, causing panic. Logan Griff is forced into hiding and forges an uneasy alliance with mercenary, Cutler Wendell.Returning with hopeful news, Morphus and Liberty embark on a new quest while Hudson must track down Logan Griff and the crystal.But even without Liberty at his side, Hudson isn’t alone.New alliances will form, and new dangers are revealed in Union’s End, the penultimate part of the epic Star Scavengers series.If you love space sci-fi like Firefly and Stargate blended with the mystery and adventure of Indiana Jones, you’ll love this. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug Tisdale, Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225865/bk_acx0_225865_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 939min
In a prosperous yet gruesomely violent near future, superhero vigilantes battle thugs whose heads are full of supervillain fantasies. The peace is kept by a team of smooth, well-dressed negotiators called The Men in Fancy Suits. Meanwhile a young girl is caught in the middle and thinks the whole thing is ridiculous. Zoey, a recent college graduate with a worthless degree, makes a reluctant trip into the city after hearing that her estranged con artist father died in a mysterious yet spectacular way. There she finds that her scumbag dad had actually, in the final years of his life, put his amazing talent for hustling to good use: He was one of the founding members of the Fancy Suits and died in the course of his duties. Zoey is quickly entangled in the city's surreal mob war when she is taken hostage by a particularly crazy villain who imagines himself to be a Dr. Doom-level mastermind. The villain is demanding information about Zoe's father when she is rescued by The Fancy Suits. She reluctantly joins their cause and helps finish what her old man started, tapping in to her innate talent for bullshit that she inherited from her hated father. And along the way, she might just have to learn how to trust people again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christy Romano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/023559/bk_adbl_023559_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Shadows Among Us: Doctors of Darkness, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 772min
Evil is closer than you think...Psychologist Mollie Roark had it all. A hotshot husband, a beautiful daughter, a successful career, and a fancy house on the Napa hillside. She'd finally made it. Left her troubled past and her crazy father far behind her.But two years ago, the unspeakable happened. Her daughter's burned body turned up on the shores of Lake Berryessa, just days after her 15th birthday. The police seem certain Dakota fell victim to the Shadow Man, the prolific serial killer who had terrorized the Napa Valley for two decades. Mollie's normal life is now anything but. Childless, divorced, and unemployed, she's barely staying afloat. She's got one mission: to find the scumbag who killed her daughter and make him pay.When a mysterious old man shows up at her door seeking absolution and promising answers, it's impossible to resist. But the deeper she goes inside his mind, the shakier her sanity becomes. Everyone is a suspect. No one is innocent. Because, Mollie knows evil may be as close as her own shadow.Straight from the mind of a forensic psychologist comes an addictive new series of betrayal, lust, revenge, and murder. These doctors earned their degrees from the dark side. And once you start listening, you won't be able to stop. Like all the books in the Doctors of Darkness series, Shadows Among Us can be listened to as a stand-alone. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kristin James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/181338/bk_acx0_181338_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Guardian Outcast : Star Scavenger Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 348min
A thrilling space opera adventure with the mystery and action of Indiana Jones.Hudson Powell had always been a drifter, but after his father died he vowed to turn his life around. He quit freelancing as a starship pilot and joined the Relic Guardian Force as a 38-year-old rookie.That was a big mistake.The RGF police the alien wrecks that have been found on every portal world discovered in the last century. They make sure the relic hunters pay taxes on the priceless alien tech they scavenge from the hulks. The snag is that the RGF is corrupt. And Hudson’s training officer, Logan Griff, is the worst scumbag of the lot.Pushed over the edge, Hudson stumbles upon the exhilarating world of the relic hunters and meets the equally intoxicating and deadly mercenary, Tory Bellona.Cast out from the RGF, Hudson Powell chooses a new path. But the discovery of a unique alien crystal will set events in motion that cannot be undone.People stopped asking where the alien hulks had come from. People stopped asking who created the portals, and why. Hudson will discover that some alien relics are best left buried.One decision can change the course of an entire civilization. One discovery can change your life.If you love space sci-fi like Firefly and Stargate blended with the mystery and adventure of Indiana Jones, you’ll love the Star Scavenger series. Begin reading this thrilling five-book saga today. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Doug Tisdale , Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/220811/bk_acx0_220811_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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For the One: Gaming the System, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 820min
He's got everything but game. William Drake is an artistic genius with a photographic memory and the intensity to master practically any task. Oh, and he owns a chunk of a billion-dollar gaming company. A 26-year-old guy with his wealth, talent, and good looks shouldn't have problems winning over women. Except he does. To be exact - and detail-obsessed William is always exact - he's got problems with Jenna Kovac, the troubled beauty who has his heart working overtime and his tongue tied in knots. And she can't afford to lose. Jenna Kovac is a survivor. When war ripped her world apart, she lost her family, her homeland, and her one true love. She's made a new life for herself in the US, but she's learned that nothing is permanent, and some nights it's not even safe to dream. When a scumbag sells her future out from under her, suddenly the only man who can get it back is William Drake, geeky - but scorching-hot - social disaster. William must learn to stay cool under pressure for the all-important duel he's about to fight. Unless she can teach him to loosen up, she'll lose everything. Again. But Jenna's got a few things to learn from this irresistibly enigmatic man. As they spend time together, they're soon exchanging long, slow kisses - and painful secrets. There's so much more to William. Something that might be worth taking one more risk. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Clarke, Kirsten Leigh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063921/bk_acx0_063921_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Limonov: The Outrageous Adventures of the Radical Soviet Poet Who Became a Bum in New York, a Sensation in France, and a Political Antihero in Russia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 746min
This is how Emmanuel Carrère, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, and chameleon, describes his subject: "Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He has been a young punk in Ukraine, the idol of the Soviet underground; a bum, then a multimillionaire's butler in Manhattan; a fashionable writer in Paris; a lost soldier in the Balkans; and now, in the fantastic shambles of postcommunism, the elderly but charismatic leader of a party of young desperadoes. He sees himself as a hero; you might call him a scumbag: I suspend my judgment on the matter. It's a dangerous life, an ambiguous life: a real adventure novel. It is also, I believe, a life that says something. Not just about him, Limonov, not just about Russia, but about all our history since the end of the Second World War." So Eduard Limonov isn't fictional - but he might as well be. This pseudobiography isn't a novel, but it appears like one: from Limonov's grim childhood to his desperate, comical, ultimately successful attempts to gain the respect of Russia's literary intellectual elite; to his immigration to New York then to Paris; to his return to the motherland. Limonov could be seen as a charming picaresque. But it could also be seen as a troubling counternarrative of the second half of the 20th century, one that reveals a violence, an anarchy, a brutality that the stories we tell ourselves about progress tend to conceal. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vikas Adam. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/023579/bk_adbl_023579_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Memes in Digital Culture
Taking Gangnam Style seriously: what Internet memes can tell us about digital culture.In December 2012, the exuberant video Gangnam Style became the first YouTube clip to be viewed more than one billion times. Thousands of its viewers responded by creating and posting their own variations of the video Mitt Romney Style, NASA Johnson Style, Egyptian Style, and many others. Gangnam Style (and its attendant parodies, imitations, and derivations) is one of the most famous examples of an Internet meme: a piece of digital content that spreads quickly around the web in various iterations and becomes a shared cultural experience. In this book, Limor Shifman investigates Internet memes and what they tell us about digital culture. Shifman discusses a series of well-known Internet memes including Leave Britney Alone, the pepper-spraying cop, LOLCats, Scumbag Steve, and Occupy Wall Street's We Are the 99 Percent. She offers a novel definition of Internet memes: digital content units with common characteristics, created with awareness of each other, and circulated, imitated, and transformed via the Internet by many users. She differentiates memes from virals; analyzes what makes memes and virals successful; describes popular meme genres; discusses memes as new modes of political participation in democratic and nondemocratic regimes; and examines memes as agents of globalization. Memes, Shifman argues, encapsulate some of the most fundamental aspects of the Internet in general and of the participatory Web 2.0 culture in particular. Internet memes may be entertaining, but in this book Limor Shifman makes a compelling argument for taking them seriously.- Shop: buecher
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Obsidian Son: Nate Temple Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 671min
To-do list: Cow tip the Minotaur. Cure a reptile dysfunction.My name is Nate Temple, and I’m secretly a wizard. I ride a foul-mouthed unicorn, drink with Achilles, and am pals with the Four Horsemen. I’ve even cow tipped the Minotaur. I understand the theory of following the rules. I’m just not very good at the application.Because, rules were meant to be broken. Especially when I find out a monster just murdered my parents. Now all I can hear is the sweet, soothing song of vengeance in my ears, playing on repeat.But when shifter dragons come to town, I’m forced to step away from hunting down the scumbag murderer. Because, I know the cure for a reptile dysfunction and the dragons aren’t going to like it.This fight soon opens up Pandora’s Box, and suddenly, every flavor of supernatural thug is after me. The only way out of it - to save my city - is to murder my best friend.I didn’t want, ask for, or start any of this. But I will finish it. It’s time I show St. Louis that magic is very, very real. And that an angry wizard is truly something to see - at least once in your life. You know, right before he puts you and everyone you've ever met in the grave.If you like Jim Butcher, Sarah J. Maas, Kevin Hearne, Steve McHugh, Michael Anderle, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Shannon Mayer, or K.F. Breene, you won't be able to put down the highly addictive Nate Temple Series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joel Richards. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/178332/bk_acx0_178332_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Term 1: Unleashing Trials: Academy of Sorcery, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 401min
Magic is dangerous. I should know. It got me a 30-year sentence scrubbing toilets for a scumbag wizard. My only hope is the Unleashing, a ceremony that unlocks the dormant powers of magical descendants when we turn 18. Since my mom was a lowly psychic, I don’t expect to be blessed with much more than the ability to forecast the weather. But when the sorcerers unlock my magic, all hell breaks loose. Turns out, I’m not a wizard, witch, or even a sorcerer. I’m...something else.Because of my unique abilities, I’m required to attend the Academy of Sorcery until I learn to harness and control my magic. Not only that, but the three sexiest and most powerful sorcerers on campus are assigned to guard me night and day.Jackpot, right?Not quite.Turns out these guys aren’t too happy with the arrangement, and they show it by making my life hell. That’s just the beginning of my troubles. The mean-girl squad declares open season on me, a mysterious woman attacks me every time I step off campus, and my professor is too hot for his own good. And when it’s time to find a weapon to help me master my abilities, my magic chooses...a spork.It’s going to be a long year.Note: This is a reverse harem series perfect for listeners who enjoy: light bully romance and enemies-to-lovers, college academies, student-teacher forbidden romance, badass heroine who holds her own against alpha males, and fun, fast-paced listens intended for ages 18+. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marnye Young. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/198428/bk_acx0_198428_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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