**The Biggest Edition – Revised and Expanded with All New ChaptersA captivating and inspiring guide to building an untouchable empire from mud to marble, no matter what obstacles stand in the way**Rick Ross is a hip-hop icon and a towering figure in the business world, but his path to success was not always easy. Despite adversity and setbacks, Ross held tight to his vision and never settled for anything less than greatness. Now, for the first time, he shares his secrets to...

In the 1980s, “Freeway” Ricky Ross rose to power as the most notorious crack cocaine dealer in United States history. During the height of his reign, Ross was making $2-3 million per day, as he trafficked untold kilograms—keys—of cocaine all across the nation. But after being set up by his Nicaraguan connect and the United States CIA, Ross was sentenced to life in federal prison.Today, Ross is a free man. And once again, he is pushing keys—keys of success....

As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. But there is an important and simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity. There is an unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, im...

“A gripping journey.”—PeopleThe highly anticipated memoir from hip-hop icon Rick Ross chronicles his coming of age amid Miami’s crack epidemic, his star-studded controversies and his unstoppable rise to fame.Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adole...

Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography is an intimate look at the day-to-day dealings of a drug kingpin in the heart of the ghetto. It's also the story of a boy born in poverty Texas who grew up in a single-parent household in the heart of South Central, who was pushed through the school system each year and came out illiterate. His options were few, and he turned to drug dealing.This Untold Autobiography is not only personal, but also historical in its impli...

Iconic rapper, entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author Rick Ross gives his readers an indispensable guide to creativity, reinvention and greatness -- the perfect book to read alongside Ross's new album SET IN STONE.It's been nearly twenty years since Rick Ross broke out with his 2005 debut single "Hustlin'.” Since then, he’s cemented his legacy in hip-hop and found success in dozens of endeavors beyond music. But as Ross approaches 50, he finds ...

Bloody Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willie plunges readers into a noir universe where the boundary between light and darkness dissolves into a sinister dance of mystery and chaos. In this intense narrative, the protagonists, Joe and Hartman, are complex characters immersed in a cat-and-mouse game, where obscure motivations and dark choices shape the fate of a city on the brink of the abyss. At the heart of the plot is the serial killer Joe, better known as Bloody Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willie, w...

Iconic rapper, entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author Rick Ross takes readers on the road trip of a lifetime in this indispensable guide to creativity, reinvention and greatnessIt's been nearly twenty years since Rick Ross broke out with his 2005 debut single "Hustlin'.” Since then, he’s cemented his legacy in hip-hop and found success in dozens of endeavors beyond music. But as Ross approaches 50, he finds himself in unfamiliar territory: a mi...

The years have come and gone quickly, and Face and Reese are no longer the precocious, young street thugs who vandalized the streets of Philly. Older and polished, they are two young men focused on strictly winning in the drug game; a feat few succeed in. After meeting Drug-lords, Rico and Jose Gomez, all their childhood fantasies have become reality. Amble cash, expensive-luxurious cars, and beautiful women are at their beck and call. Life could be no better… With Reese, Tasha, and his be...

Humanity’s first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASA’s Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space Shuttle program came into question, as did NASA itself, so long an institution that was seemingly above reproach. Wheels Stop tells the stirring story of how, after the Challenger disaster, the Space Shuttle not only recove...

Powerfully written by controversial author-broadcaster Ross Fitzgerald and comedy writer Rick Murphy, Austen Tayshus: Merchant of Menace is a no holds-barred biography of Australia's edgiest comedian; a man rightly regarded as the nation's most dangerous and subversive performer. Austen Tayshus is the creation of Sandy Gutman, a shy, intelligent, highly cultured and observant son of Judaism; an actor and award-winning filmmaker, strict vegetarian and father. He retains a loyal fol...

Naturally occurring DMT may produce prophecy-like states of consciousness and thus represent a bridge between biology and religious experience• Reveals the striking similarities between the visions of the Hebrew prophets and the DMT state described by Strassman’s research volunteers• Explains how prophetic and psychedelic states may share biological mechanisms• Presents a new top-down “theoneurological” model of spiritual experienceAfter completing his groun...