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From robbing banks to stacking Bitcoin, one man’s involvement with gangs, bank robbery, prison—and success in the business world: Up On Game by Richard Stanley

Up on Game: From Robbing Banks to Stacking Bitcoin: My Involvement with Gangs, Bank Robbery, Prison–and Success in the Business World

by Richard Stanley
4.5 stars – 20 reviews
Everyday price: $9.99
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
Here’s the set-up:

A guest on the #1 downloaded podcast with Adam Carolla, now read his compelling story of gangs, prison, and success in the business world.

The “Skinny Bandit”—a whiter-than-cocaine kid from gang-filled streets of Otay in San Diego—who robbed banks to eat ironically no longer needs banks because of his steady success in Bitcoin trading and other cryptocurrencies.

Meticulous and calculating, Richard Stanley continually evaded capture and grew brazen with each additional bank heist in the early 2000s.

The robberies continued, and it appeared that the FBI would never catch the elusive yet polite robber who went from teller to teller saying, “Put the money on the counter…” and walked away with thousands in cash in a clear plastic bag.

Upon his sudden arrest, the shocking truth was finally revealed when this criminal mastermind who repeatedly outwitted authorities turned out to an eighteen-year-old kid from the Hispanic gang-filled streets of Otay in San Diego.

Why Did He Rob Banks?

The first time was for cash to buy a Taco Bell grande meal.Richard Stanley did his time—seven-plus years in Donovan, a rough Southern California prison, where he hustled to stay up on game and where he experienced the real Orange Is the New Black—and where he witnessed the worst horrors of the prison system, from guards killing inmates to rampant drug use and the lengths desperate people go to get what they need (such as snacks, drugs, cell phones, and warm clothing).WARNING to readers: This book contains offensive language and graphic descriptions of criminal activity.
The Story of the Neighborhood Struggle

Richard Stanley recounts his tumultuous childhood of growing up in the dangerous neighborhood of Otay, surrounded by gangs, drugs, violence, and poverty.His crimes started with petty shoplifting before graduating to bank robbery. After a short time, Stanley had perfected his craft and hit multiple banks. Each time, he and his crew evaded capture, but one critical mistake cost him everything. The FBI finally tracked him down, and Stanley was sentenced to hard time in one of Southern California’s worst prisons, but his story was only beginning.Stanley details his time in prison and how he sold drugs from behind bars. He also illustrates what daily life was like in jail, his interactions with the other inmates, and the dark side of the correctional officers whose jobs are to maintain law and order. He wondered just who the criminals were—the guards or the inmates. Maybe both.
Making the Case for Prison Reform

After his release, Stanley became very successful in adult online marketing with exotic dancers and professional escorts where he was introduced to Bitcoin as a form of payment.He schooled himself in Bitcoin trading and other cryptocurrencies. Although he doesn’t say he’s an expert, he’s moved up in the world to swanky Newport Beach, where his business is based, and where he lives a life far from the hellhole of the two-man prison cell at Donovan. [This book contains bootlegged graphic photos of prison life taken by the cellies behind bars.]With his degree in “business” from one of California’s finest institutions where he was given a free ride in their eight-year program (with a seven-month sabbatical in solitude), Richard Stanley graduated from bank robbery to stacking Bitcoin as a legit entrepreneur and shares a vital message: People can change.READ THE FIRST CHAPTER/5 MIN AUDIO-BOOK CLIP and for more info, visit the book’s website: www.UpOnGameBook.com

Shockingly disturbing and utterly real. From robbing banks to stacking Bitcoin, one man’s involvement with gangs, bank robbery, prison—and success in the business world: UP ON GAME by Richard Stanley

From a five-star Amazon review: “Orange Is the New Black has nothing on this story–a realistic microcosm of life that teachers, counselors, parents, and those with incarcerated family members should get ‘up on game’ about. An honest, poignant story you’ll find shocking yet uplifting.”

Up on Game: From Robbing Banks to Stacking Bitcoin: My Involvement with Gangs, Bank Robbery, Prison–and Success in the Business World

by Richard Stanley
4.5 stars – 19 reviews
Everyday Price: $4.99
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
Here’s the set-up:

Serial Bank Robber No Longer Needs Banks

A guest on the #1 downloaded podcast with Adam Carolla, now read his compelling story of gangs, prison, and success in the business world.

The “Skinny Bandit”—a whiter-than-cocaine kid from gang-filled streets of Otay in San Diego—who robbed banks to eat ironically no longer needs banks because of his steady success in Bitcoin trading and other cryptocurrencies.

Meticulous and calculating, Richard Stanley continually evaded capture and grew brazen with each additional bank heist in the early 2000s.

The robberies continued, and it appeared that the FBI would never catch the elusive yet polite robber who went from teller to teller saying, “Put the money on the counter…” and walked away with thousands in cash in a clear plastic bag.

Upon his sudden arrest, the shocking truth was finally revealed when this criminal mastermind who repeatedly outwitted authorities turned out to an eighteen-year-old kid from the Hispanic gang-filled streets of Otay in San Diego.

Why Did He Rob Banks?

The first time was for cash to buy a Taco Bell grande meal.

Today, the Skinny Bandit is a successful entrepreneur, in legit business in the adult marketing world and escorts and exotic dancers, and a day trader in Bitcoin cryptocurrency.

Richard Stanley did his time—seven-plus years in Donovan, a rough Southern California prison, where he hustled to stay up on game and where he experienced the real Orange Is the New Black—and where he witnessed the worst horrors of the prison system, from guards killing inmates to rampant drug use and the lengths desperate people go to get what they need (such as snacks, drugs, cell phones, and warm clothing).

WARNING to readers: This book contains offensive language and graphic descriptions of criminal activity.

The Story of the Neighborhood Struggle

Richard Stanley recounts his tumultuous childhood of growing up in the dangerous neighborhood of Otay, surrounded by gangs, drugs, violence, and poverty.

His crimes started with petty shoplifting before graduating to bank robbery. After a short time, Stanley had perfected his craft and hit multiple banks. Each time, he and his crew evaded capture, but one critical mistake cost him everything. The FBI finally tracked him down, and Stanley was sentenced to hard time in one of Southern California’s worst prisons, but his story was only beginning.

Stanley details his time in prison and how he sold drugs from behind bars. He also illustrates what daily life was like in jail, his interactions with the other inmates, and the dark side of the correctional officers whose jobs are to maintain law and order. He wondered just who the criminals were—the guards or the inmates. Maybe both.

Making the Case for Prison Reform

After his release, Stanley became very successful in adult online marketing with exotic dancers and professional escorts where he was introduced to Bitcoin as a form of payment.

He schooled himself in Bitcoin trading and other cryptocurrencies. Although he doesn’t say he’s an expert, he’s moved up in the world to swanky Newport Beach, where his business is based, and where he lives a life far from the hellhole of the two-man prison cell at Donovan. [This book contains bootlegged graphic photos of prison life taken by the cellies behind bars.]

With his degree in “business” from one of California’s finest institutions where he was given a free ride in their eight-year program (with a seven-month sabbatical in solitude), Richard Stanley graduated from bank robbery to stacking Bitcoin as a legit entrepreneur and shares a vital message: People can change.

READ THE FIRST CHAPTER and for more info, visit the book’s website: www.UpOnGameBook.com

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Up on Game: From Robbing Banks to Stacking Bitcoin: My Involvement with Gangs, Bank Robbery, Prison-and Success in the Business World

by Richard Stanley
4.4 stars – 18 reviews
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
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“PUT THE MONEY ON THE COUNTER”

The bank robber known on his wanted posters as the Skinny Bandit, a street kid from the south side of the river in San Diego known as Otay—a rough Hispanic neighborhood, grew up running game from petty shoplifting to grand theft auto and brazenly robbing banks.

This is the inside story of Richard Stanley’s neighborhood struggle with gangs and chronicles his life and crimes (and redemption). A whiter-than-cocaine kid, Stanley did the crimes and did the time.

Today, he’s up on game as a legit entrepreneur and shares a vital message: people do change.

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The Twelfth Juror

by Alexandra Swann
3.9 stars – 103 reviews
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Young, beautiful, ambitious Megan Cleary seems to have the perfect life—a dream job in a prestigious law firm in New York City, an upscale boyfriend, and a fabulous apartment. But her perfect world is shattered when, while working late one night, she is brutally attacked. Terrified by her ordeal, Megan determines that, no matter what happens, she will never again be a victim.

A few months later, Megan’s attacker returns, but this time she is armed and ready. She shoots her assailant and flees the scene before the police arrive and discover the body. Thinking she is now safe, she hides her crime and tries to go on with her life as if nothing has happened. But only a few days later she discovers the horrible truth—killing her assailant was only the beginning of her problems, and she now faces consequences she could have never imagined….

This suspense thriller will keep you guessing until the very end!

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Release!: A Walker Brothers Novel (The Walker Brothers Book 1)

by J. S. Scott
4.5 stars – 380 reviews
Currently FREE for Amazon Prime Members
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Author Note: Although this series is loosely connected to The Billionaire’s Obsession series, it stands alone and can be read without reading The Billionaire’s Obsession series. But this is a steamy alpha billionaire romance, so skip it if you dislike sensual romance and explicit language.

****Includes The Billionaire’s Obsession ( complete Simon & Kara’s story) as a bonus***

Trace and Eva’s story:

My name is Eva Morales, and I was one step away from being homeless when Trace Walker came into my life. I want to hate him because of my past, but I end up making what I consider a “devil’s bargain” with the arrogant young billionaire instead. Really, I have no choice. It’s either take the work he’s offering or starve, and I’ve been hungry long enough.

I didn’t think being his fake fiancee for the holidays would be a difficult job, but it ends up more complicated than I ever imagined, and I see a whole new side of Trace once he lets his guard down. He’s haunted by his past–just like me, But there are things I can never tell him, secrets I don’t dare reveal.

Eventually, I find myself in a difficult situation because our volatile attraction to each other won’t be denied. Should I tell him the truth, or do I finish the job he’s paying me for and walk away with my secrets still hidden, my pride still intact? He’s paying me enough for this job to take care of myself once it’s over. I’ve always been alone, and I always thought I preferred it…until I met Trace. I’d have to put everything on the line to be honest with him, but he very well might be the first man who is worth the risk. Honestly, I’d be endangering more than just my pride. I could handle feeling like a loser, because I’ve pretty much felt that way my entire life. What really terrifies me is being vulnerable and the possibility of ending up with a shattered heart….

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Jaxson (River Pack Wolves 1) – New Adult Paranormal Romance

by Alisa Woods
4.5 stars – 532 reviews
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Three brothers. Three Secrets. One hope to save the shifters of Seattle. Former SEAL Jaxson River would give his life for his brothers and his pack, but if he doesn’t claim a mate soon, he’ll be forced to step down as their alpha. There’s only one problem: Jaxson’s dark secret would kill any mate he claimed. With someone kidnapping shifters off the street—and only Jaxson and his brothers, Jace and Jared, to stop them—now is not the time for his secret to come out.

Curvy Olivia Lilyfield is a half-witch orphan with a dark secret of her own. She wants to atone for it by doing good in the world, so when she finds a wolf being tortured in an alley, she doesn’t hesitate to help… even though wolves and witches mix like matches and TNT.

Olivia’s dangerous magic means she can’t let anyone get too close—but Jaxson can’t keep his hands off her, and his kisses are more than she can resist. As they race to save the disappearing shifters of Seattle, the true danger lies in loving each other. They’re playing with magical fire… and their secrets could end up destroying them both.

Jaxson is a complete novel with HEA, the first in the River Pack Wolves trilogy.

Contains scorching hot shifters, alpha military heroes, and sexy witches.

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Close Calls: 3 Sam Archer Series Novellas

by Tom Barber
4.6 stars – 7 reviews
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Praise for the Sam Archer thriller series:‘I’ve read the entire collection now and each one is a stand alone that is terrific. Best series I’ve ever read

From the author of the best-selling Sam Archer thriller series comes a collection of three roller-coaster stories. A vigilante cage fighter, with a violent score to settle. A sniper caught in a hellacious ambush, thousands of miles from home. A young woman called in for a stand-in shift at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

In these three stories from Tom Barber, familiar characters from the Sam Archer thriller series look Death right in the eye and don’t blink first. Moments that forged the people they are today.

Moments they would never forget.

Their close calls.

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Beautiful Oblivion (Lake Loveless Book 1)

by Addison Moore
4.1 stars – 321 reviews
Kindle Price: $2.99
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It was supposed to be just for the summer…Some people just don’t belong together, or at least that’s what the world would have them believe.Reese Westfield comes from a world of old money, country clubs, cotillions, and expensive cars. She’s tired of dating Warren McCarthy just to make her father happy. Reese has long since had her eye on someone else, and this summer she’s determined to make it happen.Growing up in Lake Loveless there has always been a strict monetary divide–there was the rest of the Lake and then there were the Waterman’s.

Ace Waterman has worked for everything he has, and he doesn’t have a lot. He breaks his back doing grunt work while putting himself through college. He’s used to life passing him by.Reese has loved Ace from afar for as long as she can remember. The summer of her freshman year she comes home with plans to land Ace in her bed at least for a few short weeks, and, if she’s lucky, forever.Ace has loved Reese for as long as he can remember, but their friendship has never graduated beyond platonic, so when Reese comes home from her first year away and proposes the two of them have a summer fling, Ace is quick to comply. The rules: no strings, no expectations, just something hotter than the sun to set the sheets on fire.But when their worlds collide, and neither of them is willing to admit to having true feelings, it becomes clear to Ace he’s nothing more than a dirty little secret–that the summer fling was just something meaningless to pass the time.

Reese wonders if she can ever stop trying to please her father, and it’s only through her mother’s letters that she finds the answers she truly seeks, but will they be the ones she wants to hear?As summer draws to a close, Ace and Reese are still very much enraptured even though the time has come to douse the flame and move on—but neither one of them is prepared to leave this BEAUTIFUL OBLIVION.

 

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Self Publish Now: The Underground Playbook to get you writing, finishing, and self-published NOW.

by E. Van Lowe
5.0 stars – 19 reviews
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Do you have a book you’d like to get published… or are you thinking of writing a book? Great! This tiny book contains my step-by-step, easy to follow system for getting your book written and self-published NOW. It’s probably the most complete, no-nonsense guide to self-publishing available.

I take you on my personal journey, from an abject failure living in the Bronx with no future to speak of to becoming the writer I always dreamed of being–writing bestselling books, movies, and hit TV shows. I tell you how I went from dreamer to having money in the bank and fans around the world.

I tell you in my straight forward style what’s holding you back from writing success, and give you the kick in the butt, plus all the tools you need to self-publish NOW. I tell you how I got where I am, but more importantly, how you can get there, too. This book contains:

*Expert instruction from a bestselling self-published author
*PDFs for you to download and study
*VIP access into my author success group
*Links to free video training that teaches how James Patterson and other bestselling authors write their bestsellers
*How to choose an editor
*Video instruction on how to create a beautiful book cover–free
*A list building guide showing you step-by-step how to grow your fanbase
*The most important modules from my paid VIP self-publishing program

Plus so much more…

Do Not be fooled by its size. This tiny book contains everything, literally EVERYTHING you need to get your book written and self-published NOW.

What are you waiting for? The time for excuses is over. You want to get published? You want fans around the world? You want money in the bank? Get this book. It’s time to self-publish NOW!

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Lord of the Abbey (Lords of Avalon Book 1)

by K. R. Richards
3.9 stars – 145 reviews
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Confirmed spinster, Lady Rowena Locke, seeks aid from Harry Bellingham, the Earl of Glaston and head of the renowned Avalon Society, a historical and paranormal Society, to find the lost Glastonbury treasures. Harry is not only interested in the treasure hidden by the last Abbot of Glastonbury before the dissolution of the Abbey, but he is also interested in Rowena. When Harry and his fellow Avalon Society members step in to assist Rowena and her aunt on their quest, dangerous and mysterious men in brown coats and hats appear in Glastonbury.
They are also searching for the lost Abbey treasure. It’s a race against time as the mysterious ‘Brown Coats’ seem to always be one step ahead of them. The Society finds more clues, treasures, letters, and holy secrets. Will they discover who the ‘Brown Coats’ are and why they are after the treasures? Can Harry convince marriage wary Rowena to trust in love and marry him? The Lords of Avalon series follows the Avalon society members on their quest for ancient secrets hidden in magical Glastonbury. With a rich cast of unforgettable characters, set against the backdrop of late Regency England, The Lords of Avalon series is an adventurous romp full of danger and romance through the South West of England.The entire Lords of Avalon series is available on Amazon Kindle; Lord of the Abbey, Lords of Honor, Lords of Retribution, Lords of Atonement and the Lords of Avalon companion novella, Lord Greyton’s Fall from Grace.

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Victim Zero (The Fall Book 1)

by Joshua Guess
4.5 stars – 351 reviews
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The plague was born from hope. It was meant to change the world. To cure the incurable and rebuild the broken. When the world ended, the weight of its dead fell on the shoulders of the man at the heart of it all. For Kell McDonald, survival is not enough. Alone and surrounded by enemies, he must find a way to do what only he can: find a cure, and perhaps redemption. Set in the world of Living With the Dead, Victim Zero tells the story of how The Fall began.

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Devil Dealing (The Ryder Quartet Book 1)

by Ian Patrick
4.1 stars – 11 reviews
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Tough cops dealing with out-of-control crime. A sinister criminal. Police corruption. A shattering police procedural in one of the murder capitals of the world.

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The Little Doll Girl (The Wurtherington Diary Book 1)

by Reynold Jay
4.4 stars – 22 reviews
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As with many illustrated classic stories, it is a story with unique characters and deals with hope, determination, compassion, and much more. In the opening preface, Robert Landsbury discovers the diary in a shed on a newly purchased estate in River Falls, Ohio and passes it along to his associates. The diary is faithfully preserved for today’s reader. In it, the reader will discover that a ten-year-old mute girl, Tammy Wurtherington residing in the Wixby estate is the author. She loves to make dolls in a shed out in back of the house. She lives with Lord Wixby and Aunt May in a lavish estate at the edge of town. Aunt May teaches her to use a sewing machine and gives her a small one suited to size as a birthday gift. One day while constructing a toy soldier for her brother, Alfred the Mouse appears and is impressed with her ability to make doll outfits and reluctantly invites her to follow him to Kira if she will bring along the sewing machine.Tammy keeps a diary of her exploits in Kira which is ruled with an iron-hand by a pair of sorceresses, Catherine and Lucinda.

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