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Drug Lord, a firsthand account of drug dealing, murder, and corruption, tells of drug kingpin Pablo Acosta, who smuggled up to 20 tons of cocaine each year into the United States before treachery brought about his downfall and grisly death.

Drug Lords: Beyond the Headlines, Behind the KiloCut through the Hollywood hype and dive into the raw, unfiltered reality of the world's most notorious drug lords in Drug Lords, the podcast that pries open the vaults of power, violence, and addiction.Each episode, we peel back the layers on a different kingpin:From street hustler to empire builder: Witness the cunning, ruthlessness, and sheer hustle that catapulted them to the top of the narco jungle.Beyond the bloodshed: Deconstructing the myths: Uncover the human stories, motivations, and complexities hidden behind the headlines and cartel ...

Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.

A unique and unbelievable first-hand account of how one man fought his way to the top of the criminal underworld... and what he needed to do to stay there. As you read this, someone somewhere is buying drugs. Across the globe, millions of people are involved in the brutal, cold-blooded world of...

"The Drug Lord and the Actor: A Secret Huddle in the Jungle" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Ravi Somaiya and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

A self-help audiobook like no other. From the author of the best-selling Hard Time, and seen on Locked Up Abroad, Shaun Attwood took his business degree to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became an award winning stockbroker and then a millionaire day trader during the dot-com bubble. But Shaun became greedy and lost sight of what was important. Lessons from a Drug Lord is his account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of drugs and gangs.

"Mexico Is Considering Extradition of Escaped Drug Lord Known as El Chapo" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Azam Ahmed and narrated by Paul Ryden.

Identical twins Jay and Pete Flores, who were once North America’s biggest drug traffickers and El Chapo’s right hand men, turned themselves into the U.S. government with the hopes of starting a new, safer life for their family. But after years of cooperating to get the world's most powerful drug kingpin behind bars, and finally gaining their freedom with a chance to start again, everything for the Flores family began to unravel. In Season 2 of Surviving El Chapo, hosts Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Charlie Webster hear Jay and Pete reveal for the first time what really happened during ...

"The book offers a different experience from the film since it can obviously go into much more detail," says Rob Zombie. "The book and the film really complement each other." From the singular mind of horror maestro Rob Zombie comes a chilling plunge into a nightmare world where evil runs in the...