Robert Greene

50 Cent

Offers a "bible" for success in life and work that advocates living by one simple principle: fear nothing.

The 50th Law

Kris Ex

Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens

From Pieces to Weight

« Ce dont les gens ont le plus peur, c'est d'être eux-mêmes. Ils veulent être 50 cent ou quelqu'un d'autre. Ils font comme tout le monde même si ce n'est ni le bon endroit ni la bonne personne. Mais en procédant ainsi, on n'aboutit nulle part. On souffre d'un manque d'énergie et personne ne fait attention à vous. On s'éloigne au galop de la seule chose que l'on possède : ce qui fait de chaque personne un être unique. Cette peur, je l'ai perdue, et dès lors que j'ai ressenti le pouvoir que j'avais en montrant au monde que je ne me souciais pas d'être comme les autres, je n'ai jamais pu revenir en arrière. » - 50 Cent À travers des exemples tirés de la vie de 50 Cent mais aussi de l’histoire du monde, de Thucydide à Malcom X en passant par Napoléon ou Louis XIV, Robert Greene nous offre les clés de l’intrépidité et de la réussite. Avec de nombreuses citations de Miles Davis, Machiavel, Montesquieu, Clausewitz... Robert Greene est diplômé de Berkeley, Californie, en lettres classiques. Il parle couramment plusieurs langues (dont le français). Il est également l’auteur de la tétralogie (90 000 ex.) : Power, les 48 du pouvoir , L’art de la séduction, Stratégie, les 33 lois de la guerre et Les Lois de la nature humaine. 50 CENT (« Fifty Cent »), de son vrai nom Curtis James Jackson III, est rappeur, producteur et acteur. Il a vendu plus de 35 millions d’albums dans le monde.

La 50e loi

The rap artist recounts the story of how he abandoned his dangerous life of crime to pursue a hip-hop career, the confontation with a rival drug lord that nearly ended his life, and his rise to success in the music business.

K'wan

Surviving Brooklyn street life by selling marijuana, young Tay discovers the lucrative business opportunities of dealing heroin and begins enjoying a life of big money, women, and power before finding himself targeted by jealous and dangerous rivals who were once his friends. Original. 75,000 first printing.

Blow

NO GOING BACK Prince, Killa-E, Daddy-O, and Danny grew up together in the projects, moving crack and cocaine, and answering to Diego, the neighborhood drug lord. They were small-timers playing for low stakes - until Prince is introduced to a heroin connect. Overnight they go from soldiers to bosses, and their crew is held together by loyalty and love. But taking the reins of power comes at a high price. Now, with Diego at their back and a traitor in their midst, they find themselves between a kilo and a hard place, ready to spill blood to stay on top.

La peur est votre pire ennemie

Noah Callahan-Bever

50 x 50: 50 Cent in His Own Words provides a candid autobiographical account of 50 Cent's remarkable life to date. Co-author Noah Callahan-Bever has had exclusive access to the rapper for extensive interviews and co-writing sessions. The resulting narrative is provocative and raw, with the candidness and flow that 50 Cent's fans have come to recognize and appreciate. More than ninety colour and black and white photographs and ephemera complement the text. This unique book contains high-quality reproductions of original memorabilia from 50 Cent's personal collection, including handwritten song lyrics, rare family photos and papers documenting his meteoric climb to success. 50 X 50 also includes a CD with one commercially unavailable music track. The CD and mementos round out a package that both casual and hardcore fans will eagerly devour.

50 Cent in His Own Words

50 X 50

Playground

Thirteen-year-old Butterball doesn't have much going for him. He's teased mercilessly about his weight. He hates the Long Island suburb his mom moved them to and wishes he still lived with his dad in the city. And now he's stuck talking to a totally out-of-touch therapist named Liz. Liz tries to uncover what happened that day on the playground - a day that landed one kid in the hospital and Butterball in detention. Butterball refuses to let her in on the truth, and while he evades her questions, he takes readers on a journey through the moments that made him into the playground bully he is today. This devastating yet ultimately redemptive story is told in voice-driven prose and accented with drawings and photographs, making it a natural successor to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Loosely inspired by 50 Cent's own adolescence, and written with his fourteen-year-old son in mind, Playground is sure to captivate wide attention - and spark intense discussion.

Meta Smith

Heaven Diaz was raised by her abuela to be a good Catholic girl. But nothing -- and no one -- will mess with her life, or there will be hell to pay.... With a fantastic career, a luxurious home, and a successful and adoring husband, Heaven has a lot to be thankful for. But a chance meeting with a sexy and manipulative woman changes her life almost overnight, pulling Heaven into a violent drug war -- a battle she didn't want but now can't escape. What no one counted on is Heaven herself -- for when this good girl gets pushed too far, her wrath is deadly.

Heaven's Fury

Lizzi Akana

After beating up Maurice on the playground, Butterball is forced to see the school therapist.

Raised as a good Catholic and enjoying a successful career, beautiful home, and wealthy new husband, Ricardo, Heaven Diaz finds her life turned upside down by an encounter with the sexy and manipulative Gloria, who draws her into the center of a bloody drug war. Original.

Noire

STREET JUSTICE WASN'T HIS WAY. BUT FOR HIS OLDER BROTHERS, IT WAS THE ONLY WAY. The seven Davis brothers made a promise to their mother on her deathbed: they would each make something of their lives. And they vowed they would watch over eighteen-year-old Zabu Davis, their baby brother. Intelligent, driven, and charismatic, Baby Brother had resisted the lure of Brooklyn street life and was headed for Stanford University on a pre-med scholarship. But on the eve of his departure for California, in a split second of blinding violence, Baby Brother's life is thrown onto a tragic collision course. Soon, his devoted brothers follow a path of blood justice that will rock the city streets. Baby Brother was their pride and joy. Now, he's their reason to fight for vengeance.

Baby Brother

'I wonder what she would've said if I'd told her all the parts the report left out, like how I'd woken up that morning and pulled that sock out of my draw and filled it, one after the other, with the D batteries I'd bought the last time I visited my dad in the city. But there was no way. There was just no way I'd ever tell anyone what really went down that day...' Thirteen-year-old Butterball doesn't have that much going for him. He's teased about his weight. He hates the suburb his mum moved them to so she could go to nursing school and start her life over. He wishes he still lived with his dad in New York City - where there's always something happening, even if his dad doesn't have much time for him. Still that's not why he beat up Maurice in the playground. Now his school is forcing him to talk to some out-of-touch lady therapist, as though she could ever fix him - as though she could ever figure out the truth. No, Butterball's lips are sealed about what happened that day. But some tales can't help being told. And this is one of them.

K Elliott

Hoping to start his life over after his prison release, ladies' man Seven finds himself tempted by the fast money of the drug trade when his day job fails to provide his desired lifestyle, a circumstance for which he teams up with a fellow ex-con for a high-stakes operation. Original. 60,000 first printing.

The Ski Mask Way

Jeff O'Connell

Get fit like 50 Cent: The phenomenally fit superstar rapper reveals his strategic six-week workout plan for achieving a ripped body—and developing the mental toughness to stay in shape for a lifetime. Survival is a recurring theme of 50 Cent’s lyrics, and his life. That’s why, with obesity rates soaring and fitness levels declining, he wants to give everyone an all-access pass to his premium plan for lifelong fitness. In Formula 50, the mega-successful entertainer and entrepreneur unleashes the power of metabolic resistance training (MRT), the key ingredient that has helped him achieve the famously buff physique that makes his music videos sizzle. Through MRT, 50 Cent’s fitness plan breaks down the barriers between traditional weight training and cardio workouts, accelerating fat loss while building muscle and improving overall fitness. Designed for a six-week rollout for total mind-body transformation, the Formula 50 regimen builds willpower while it builds physical power. In addition to motivation, nutrition is another key element; readers will discover the unique dietary combinations that fuel 50 Cent’s workouts. Coauthored with Jeff O’Connell, health journalist and editor-in-chief at Bodybuilding.com (the world’s largest fitness website), the book delivers a payoff that goes beyond six-pack abs and flab-free pecs: This is a fitness plan that boosts energy, endurance, flexibility, and mobility. The result is a body you’ve always dreamed of—and the mindset to attain the rest of your dreams.

A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan That Will Transform Your Life

Formula 50

Nikki Turner

Achieving success with her twenty-four-hour beauty salon after a long stint in prison, Sunni despairs of finding a healthy relationship, while Trill, having served five years for a crime he did not commit, dreams of revenge and winning the lifestyle his model girlfriend craves. Original. 60,000 first printing.

Death Before Dishonor

«Al fin un libro que le ayudará a planear su ascenso hacia los más altos escalones del poder.» Daily Telegraph Robert Greene nos revela las estrategias fundamentales usadas por los líderes más influyentes del pasado para superar a sus enemigos y nos provee de armas para alcanzar las cimas del poder de manera sutil pero contundente. En abril de 2000, el intérprete y compositor afroamericano Curtis James Jackson, conocido en el mundo del rap como 50 Cent, fue baleado frente a la casa de su abuela. Recibió nueve tiros, uno de ellos en la cara. Para sorpresa de propios y extraños. Jackson no sólo sobrevivió al atentado, sino que logró salir adelante hasta convertirse en uno de los músicos y hombres de empresa más ricos de Estados Unidos. Dicho incidente forma parte de los numerosos obstáculos enfrentados por este triunfador, el cual ha demostrado una enorme capacidad para transformar la adversidad en oportunidades para conquistar el éxito. "Nací solo y moriré solo. Hago lo que me parece bien, no lo que quieren los demás." 50 Cent "La tarea de escribir La ley 50 fue simple. Al observar a Fifty y hablar con él, noté ciertos temas y patrones de conducta que se convertirían finalmente en los diez capítulos de este libro. Una vez determinados esos temas, se los presenté y los pulimos juntos." Robert Greene

50 Cent

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