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RAMBO As reported in an earlier episode, I made mention of a drug agent named Rambo who vowed that he would get me. He told all the local junkies to let me know that he had made it his mission to lock me up. Now, I knew I had problems because Rambo was legendary in…

“FREEZE!” We rushed inside the bank so quickly that the bank employees looked like it was the end of the world as they knew it. We had caught them with their underwear down! They were bullshitting, laughing and talking, and me and my crew never gave them time to regain their composure. I vaulted over…

It was the longest night of my life. When the prison guard locked us in the cell for the night, I knew that sleep would be out of the question because in about five hours, I was going to escape—-or at least try to. Along with four other brothers from out of DC, we had…

  Usually, in most “war” stories, you always hear or read about the wives, the girlfriends, and the mistresses, but rarely do you hear or read about what lurks on the far side of the story—the law. In my years on the grind, I had two police, in particular, that dogged me relentlessly. The first…

THE TIME IS NOW (How to turn time into the asset you need to find success) Chapter 1   First, some good news.  If there is such a thing as a natural remedy for success, it would certainly be time, but just what is this phenomenon that most of us tolerate with only a mild…

BIO   For most of my life, I was the guy most wannabe thugs wished they could be. Officially declared a “menace to society”, I was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for my role as mastermind of a series of daring bank robberies in the 70s. Two involved shootouts. One with the police.…

THE POWER OF LANGUAGE                 At SoulFire Books, we acknowledge the awesome power of language simply because we understand how words shape and influence our behavior. And with this in mind, we fully intend to explore and to exploit the richness of the English language in a concerted attempt to breathe new life into the…