Showing results for "underdogs" in Literature & Fiction

Out of credits, with trash-tier mods and no hope, Bowdoin Katamari resides at the bottom of the pile in the city of Artem. A place where megacorporations, merc guilds, and inner-city pricks live like royalty while the rest suffer. In spite of his poor prospects, this self-taught hacker does have a few things left. A seething hatred for the upper castes, a mind bursting with plots, and a like-minded crew determined to get ahead.

Katie is thirty-six, has recently been dumped by her dull-yet-deceitful fiancé and in a (not-unrelated) moment of madness, abandoned a Solid, Decently Paid Career to pursue her dream of becoming a chef. But, after a year of expensive cookery school and months in Michelin-star kitchens blow-drying edible ferns for free, she finds herself making sandwiches (heritage duck egg and black garlic mayonnaise on sourdough, admittedly, but sandwiches all the same) in a north London café and stuck in an ill-advised situationship with a twentysomething who thinks he’s the next star of The Bear.

Underdogs, il podcast di chi non doveva farcela e ce l'ha fatta e di chi non ha potuto farcela, è un podcast che parla di figure di qualsiasi ambito, sport, letteratura, cinema, teatro, giornalismo e chi più ne ha più ne metta, che hanno raggiunto traguardi impensabili non pronosticabili per svariati motivi, anche in tarda età a volte, o che arrivati arrivati al successo non hanno potuto goderne appieno. Parla degli sfavoriti, di persone poco conosciute al mainstream, o conosciute senza che si conosca realmente il loro percorso. Con la volontà di narrare bellissime storie rimaste nascoste...

Ohne Credits, mit minderwertigen Mods und ohne Hoffnung sitzt Bowdoin Katamari in der Stadt Artem ganz unten. Ein Ort, an dem Megakonzerne, Söldnergilden und innerstädtische Arschlöcher wie Könige leben, während der Rest leidet. Trotz seiner schlechten Aussichten hat der autodidaktische Hacker noch ein paar Dinge auf Lager. Einen brodelnden Hass auf die oberen Kasten, einen Verstand, der vor Plänen nur so strotzt, und eine gleichgesinnte Crew, die unbedingt weiterkommen will.

Von hinten anfangen? Betrüge das System!Ohne Credits, mit minderwertigen Mods und ohne Hoffnung sitzt Bowdoin Katamari in der Stadt Artem ganz unten. Ein Ort, an dem Megakonzerne, Söldnergilden und innerstädtische Arschlöcher wie Könige leben, während der Rest leidet. Trotz seiner schlechten Aussichten hat der autodidaktische Hacker noch ein paar Dinge auf Lager.

When seventeen-year-old Patrick Roman is offered a scholarship to a top hockey preparatory school, he thinks maybe his notorious bad luck has finally ended. With a hearing for his legal emancipation on the horizon, he dreams of getting scouted and securing a place on a D1 college team. There's only one problem: Roman has serious beef with his new winger on the team, Damien Bordeaux. Roman, with his buzzcut and tattoos, has nothing in common with trust-fund-kid Damien.

After sealing the otherworldly portal, Eric becomes a Magister of the order of monster hunters. From now on, as head of the once mighty organization, he gains power over all its riches. But Eric is aware that he won't be able do it on his own. And reviving what is popularly referred to as "the dead order" won't be enough. He also has to assert its right to exist because its ancient enemy is on the lookout!

The battle with the horde of necromorphs is lost. Foreston has been overrun by Dark fiends. The foxfolk have been forced to abandon their homes and seek salvation on the far side of Narrow Lake. Its main city lost, the Order of Monster Hunters finds itself on the brink of destruction. And now deprived of their chief ally, the gnomes are left all alone to take on the army of the Steel King. Eric's attempts to halt his foe's advance have all come to naught—Alrak the Heartless and the other Dark primordials are simply too powerful.

Strike One: My mother named me Theodore after her favorite chipmunk. Not cool, Mom. I‘ve spent most of my life answering to Teddy because I couldn’t make Theo work. Except for here. College. The place where all bets are off, and I’ve managed to redeem myself. There’s only one problem, my new roommate, Troy, is football royalty and looks like he stepped off the set of an Abercrombie shoot. Doesn’t matter, I cook a mean breakfast for his panty parade, and we get along well. And anyway, this year I got the girl. And she’s perfect. Everything's perfect...until Troy sees her.

Hannah Conway overhears a lot while working behind the bar of a nightclub – friendly gossip, lovers quarrels, bad business deals – but nothing that usually involves anyone she cares about. Until she hears Jez Reilly, a corrupt businessman who runs the club, talking about the street her grandma lives on. Jez wants to buy the land for a new luxury development, and most of the residents and businesses have already agreed to sell up. But for those who refuse, something sinister is in store.

All Dusk wants out of life is for his band to become world famous. He also wants to have a lot of fun along the way. And to get his rocks off. When he wants something, he goes for it, consequences be damned. So when he sees a gorgeous pink-haired guy who is the human equivalent of tattooed cotton candy, he can’t help but have a taste. But it’s when Lolly ends up on their tour bus that Dusk knows their meeting was destiny.

A summer with terminal patients wasn’t what Sonia had in mind when she signed up for her school’s nursing internship program. With no previous exposure to death or dying, Sonia joins the ragtag team at Tender Hands Hospice (Your Best Last Resort) and becomes the center of attention to the oddball nurses who work in end-of-life care.

A collection of strange, wonderful, sad, romantic, and weird tales about what happens when the underdog bites back. The latest book from the "master of wit and satire" - a collection of surreal, subversive, and satirical tales.

A long-brewing clash between a Mile High music legend and an aggressive government censor has come to a head, as Pablo Vasquez - a.k.a. "The Soothsayer" - must contend with the diabolical Blatherskite and his minions. To bolster his crusade, Vasquez recruits Earl Danners - a prolific beer drinker with a burgeoning talent for belching forth sonic blasts of guttural decimation.

Los De Abajo means "those from under". More specifically it means the peasantry, or the under-dogs. It's the story of Demetrio Macias, a simple, peace-loving Mexican Indian forced by tyranny to join Villa's army. His unceasing courage in battle after battle earns him promotions to the status of General. But, as the war wears on, he becomes disillusioned as his rebels' "cause" suffers demoralizing defeats. In addition, he finds evidence of corruption appearing among his superiors.

Sid wants pain, humiliation, and the kind of sex that isn’t easy to get from one-night stands. So, for now, he’s given up, settled for an online Dom to get his rocks off, and focused on his band instead. The Underdogs are getting increasingly popular, but there is one fan who has followed Sid since before he even joined the band, and he’s driving Sid mad! Rich, spoiled hipster brat looking for the bad-boy experience. If he knew what Sid was really into, he would run for the hills. Asher is convinced that Sid is the One - his one true love - his endgame.