Author : Jimmy DaSaint
Publisher : Dasaint Entertainment, LLC
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Drug dealers
ISBN : 9780982311196
"This powerful, realistic tale of money, power, respect, loyalty and love follows a young man's journey to become a living legend, and the most prominent drug kingpin in U.S. history."--Cover p.4.
Author : Jimmy DaSaint
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 18,49 MB
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : African American criminals
ISBN : 9780988627345
For the first time in his life, Face goes head to head with a formidable opponent; his name is Paul Warner and he is being backed by members of the United States Government. This former Navy Seal and current member of The Committee of Unlimited Power (C.O.U.P.) is bent on getting his revenge over the death of his late boss, Senator C.W. Watson. From the hidden powers on Capitol Hill, to the brutal streets of Philly, these two enemies play the ultimate game of chess to see who will be left standing; and who will claim the title as the winner. In the mist of their deadly war, both sides will suffer casualties in the process. Throughout the chaos, when the smoke finally clears, only one man will be crowned King.
Author : Jimmy DaSaint
Publisher :
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 2012-11-25
Category : African American criminals
ISBN : 9780988627307
"A few years have passed and Face is still feeling the effects of Reese's incarceration, the betrayal and theft of his fortune by his lawyer, Peter J. Greenberg; and the murders of Momma and DJ have left him troubled and broken. Now the only satisfaction Face can achieve is through the fragrant taste of revenge. His vengeance will ensure that all the people responsible for his pain get their just-due. At the top of his list sits the powerful U.S. Senator, C.W. Watson; and once he falls the double-crossing Gomez brothers, Truck the snitch, Ron Perry-the crooked Philadelphia Detective and all others will begin to crumble. As the master plan is being developed, Face has no clue of the new and inconspicuous enemies that are lurking in the shadows. When the smoke clears many will be eliminated and Face will confront the biggest decision of his time--to live or die"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Ken Tucker
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1429993294
"Don't get high on your own supply." Brian de Palma's brash, bloody version of Scarface was trashed by critics when it came out twenty-five years ago and didn't do well at the box office, but has become a spectacular fan favorite and enduring pop culture classic since. "Never underestimate the greed of the other guy." What makes millions of people obsess over this movie? Why has Al Pacino's Tony Montana become the drug kingpin whose pugnacity and philosophy are revered in boardrooms and bedrooms across America? Who were the people that made the movie, influencing hip-hop style and swagger to this day? "The world is yours." Scarface Nation is Ken Tucker's homage to all things Scarface—from the stars that acted in it to the influence it's had on all of us, from facts, figures and stories about the making of the movie to a witty and comprehensive look at Scarface's traces in today's pop and political culture. "Say hello to my li'l fren!" You know you love the line. You know you've seen the movie more than once. Now dive into the ultimate book of Scarface—mounded as high as the pile of cocaine on Tony's desk with delicious details and stimulating observations. "You know what capitalism is? F--- you!"
Author : Oliver Stone
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0358346231
In this powerful and evocative memoir, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter, Oliver Stone, takes us right to the heart of what it's like to make movies on the edge. In Chasing The Light he writes about his rarefied New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface. Before the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years writing unproduced scripts while taking miscellaneous jobs and driving taxis in New York, finally venturing westward to Los Angeles and a new life. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with vivid details of the high and low moments: we sit at the table in meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's scripts for Scarface, Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July; relive the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction following the failure of his first feature, The Hand (starring Michael Caine); experience his risky on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface; and see his stormy relationship with The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino. We also learn of the breathless hustles to finance the acclaimed and divisive Salvador; and witness tensions behind the scenes of his first Academy Award-winning film, Midnight Express. The culmination of the book is the extraordinarily vivid recreation of filming Platoon in the depths of the Philippine jungle with Kevin Dillon, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp et al, pushing himself, the crew and the young cast almost beyond breaking point. Written fearlessly, with intense detail and colour, Chasing the Light is a true insider's story of Hollywood's years of upheaval in the 1970s and '80s, and Stone brings this period alive as only someone at the centre of the action truly can.
Author : Stanley L. Battle
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,52 MB
Release : 2016-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781940831299
Kingpin Shawn Bomoski recommences with his street disciple Alvin Stone still trying to conceal identities that must remain undisclosed and any hard evidence associated with his criminalities. The police are devoted to shutting down Shawn and his entire operation no matter what his counteractions may be, how many detectives, or years it takes to wipe them off the map. It seems every time Shawn overcomes one obstacle, another obstacle cripples him in his tracks. The more street commission that Shawn and Alvin gain causes them to lose sight of the #1 street principle; no matter what trust no one. A lot of lives are cut short, but that's just the way the game goes. With a powerful bloodline, it's only genetic for Antonio Montero's son to be just as powerful and lethal as his father and his stepfather. Now that Antonio is all grown up, and making key moves in the drug world like father like son, his dark past begins to unfold right before his very dangerous eyes. As the son of Scarface, Antonio has a lot to avenge. Question is will he be vengeful with an adrenaline rush of anger or will he play it smart and become public enemy number one?
Author : Armitage Trail
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781515426127
Maurice Coons, writing under the pseudonym Armitage Trail, gathered the elements for 'Scarface' when living in Chicago, where he became acquainted with many local Sicilian gangs. He prowled the murky streets of Chicago's gangland with a friend every night for two years, returning home to put to paper and write a book which somewhat documented his experiences.
Author : Jimmy DaSaint
Publisher : Dasaint Entertainment, LLC
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780988627352
"Being raised in a violent and abusive household, Randy and his mother were constantly threatened with the cruel hands of his stepfather John"..."who allowed the darkness of his soul to show his true face as he began to molest his young stepson...Randy would grow into a man that the world would have no answers for; but soon many would feel his pain." -- from page [4] cover.
Author : Brad "Scarface" Jordan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 27,44 MB
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062302663
One of Rolling Stone’s Best Music Books of 2015. “As complete a self-portrait of the intensely private MC that we’re ever likely to get.” —Houston Press From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top—and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include “On My Block,” “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” and “Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta” (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he’s collaborated with everyone from Kanye West, Ice Cube and Nas, and had many solo hits such as “Guess Who’s Back” feat. Jay-Z and “Smile” feat. Tupac. But before that, he was a kid from Houston in love with rock-and-roll, listening to AC/DC and KISS. In Diary of a Madman, Scarface shares how his world changed when he heard Run DMC for the first time; how he dropped out of school in the ninth grade and started selling crack; and how he began rapping as the new form of music made its way out of New York and across the country. It is the account of his rise to the heights of the rap world, as well as his battles with his own demons and depression. Passionately exploring and explaining the roots and influences of rap culture, Diary of a Madman is the story of hip-hop—the music, the business, the streets, and life on the south side Houston, Texas. “A remarkable personal memoir.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
Author : Max Allan Collins
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 873 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0062441965
The new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago–a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller. Now featuring a new preface, plus 115 photographs and a map of gangland Chicago. A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year “Gripping. ... Reads like a novel.” —Chicago “Revolutionizes our understanding of Al Capone and Eliot Ness." —Matthew Pearl In 1929, thirty-year-old gangster Al Capone ruled both Chicago's underworld and its corrupt government. To a public who scorned Prohibition, "Scarface" became a local hero and national celebrity. But after the brutal St. Valentine's Day Massacre transformed Capone into "Public Enemy Number One," the federal government found an unlikely new hero in a twenty-seven-year-old Prohibition agent named Eliot Ness. Chosen to head the legendary law enforcement team known as "The Untouchables," Ness set his sights on crippling Capone's criminal empire. Today, no underworld figure is more iconic than Al Capone and no lawman as renowned as Eliot Ness. Yet in 2016 the Chicago Tribune wrote, "Al Capone still awaits the biographer who can fully untangle, and balance, the complexities of his life," while revisionist historians have continued to misrepresent Ness and his remarkable career. Enter Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz, a unique and vibrant writing team combining the narrative skill of a master novelist with the scholarly rigor of a trained historian. Collins is the New York Times bestselling author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition. Schwartz is a rising-star historian whose work anticipated the fake-news phenomenon. Scarface and the Untouchable draws upon decades of primary source research—including the personal papers of Ness and his associates, newly released federal files, and long-forgotten crime magazines containing interviews with the gangsters and G-men themselves. Collins and Schwartz have recaptured a bygone bullet-ridden era while uncovering the previously unrevealed truth behind Scarface's downfall. Together they have crafted the definitive work on Capone, Ness, and the battle for Chicago.
