Download or read book Didn t Stay in Vegas written by Chelsea M Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn't stay there. Callyn Stott wakes up from a night-out at her friend Lara's Bachelorette party in Vegas with a hangover... and a wife. She's not really sure how she and her best friend Emma got hitched, only that they did and it's completely and totally legal. Callyn is used to getting in and out of scrapes, but this one takes the cake. Further complicating matters, Emma suggest that they stay married for "financial reasons" that don't really hold water. Not wanting to argue, Callyn agrees. The situation gets even more confusing when Callyn has to move out of her apartment, and where is she going to stay? With her fake wife, and best friend, of course. It's not like anything is going to happen. Things between the two of them have always been strictly platonic and best-friendy, right? Emma hasn't been secretly in love with Callyn her whole life and has just been waiting for Callyn to notice. No, surely not. Will Callyn get her head out of her ass and see what's right in front of her, or will she live the rest of her life oblivious that the one person she's always wanted is already there?
Download or read book What Stays in Vegas written by Adam Tanner and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest threat to privacy today is not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers, and other firms are voraciously gathering data with little oversight from anyone. In Las Vegas, no company knows the value of data better than Caesars Entertainment. Many thousands of enthusiastic clients pour through the ever-open doors of their casinos. The secret to the company's success lies in their one unrivaled asset: they know their clients intimately by tracking the activities of the overwhelming majority of gamblers. They know exactly what games they like to play, what foods they enjoy for breakfast, when they prefer to visit, who their favorite hostess might be, and exactly how to keep them coming back for more. Caesars' dogged data-gathering methods have been so successful that they have grown to become the world's largest casino operator, and have inspired companies of all kinds to ramp up their own data mining in the hopes of boosting their targeted marketing efforts. Some do this themselves. Some rely on data brokers. Others clearly enter a moral gray zone that should make American consumers deeply uncomfortable. We live in an age when our personal information is harvested and aggregated whether we like it or not. And it is growing ever more difficult for those businesses that choose not to engage in more intrusive data gathering to compete with those that do. Tanner's timely warning resounds: Yes, there are many benefits to the free flow of all this data, but there is a dark, unregulated, and destructive netherworld as well.
Download or read book Children of Las Vegas written by Timothy O'Grady and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over forty million people a year travel to Vegas, more than to Mecca. It is a global celebrity, an improbable oasis, a place offering bank-breaking fortunes and instant gratification, 24/7, with no moral debits. Award-winning writer Timothy O’Grady lived in Vegas for two years. He finally began to understand it when he talked to people who had grown up there, the children of the card dealers and cocktail shakers, the jugglers and the dancers – young people who had been bearing witness to this strange city all their lives. One had her student loans and credit card limits stolen by her father. Another fled a sequence of exploiters until she found herself living in the storm drains under the casinos. There is the boy whose father entered him into a drinking contest when he was eight, the casino owner’s son, the erudite contortionist turned stripper. Each tells their own tale. In Children of Las Vegas, O’Grady renews his partnership with renowned photographer Steve Pyke. Through short essays, Pyke’s portraits and ten witness testimonies, he pierces the city’s glittering façade to reveal the darker reality that lies beneath.
Download or read book Elvis in Vegas written by Richard Zoglin and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Outstanding pop-culture history.” —Newsday The “smart and zippy account” (The Wall Street Journal) of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time. Elvis’s 1969 opening night in Vegas was his first time back on a live stage in more than eight years. His career had gone sour—bad movies, mediocre pop songs that no longer made the charts—and he’d been dismissed by most critics as over-the-hill. But in Vegas he played the biggest showroom in the biggest hotel in the city, drawing more people for his four-week engagement than any other show in Vegas history. His performance got rave reviews; “Suspicious Minds,” the song he introduced there, gave him his first number-one hit in seven years; and Elvis became Vegas’s biggest star. Over the next seven years, he performed more than 600 shows there, and sold out every one. Las Vegas was changed, too. By the end of the ‘60s, Vegas’ golden age—when the Rat Pack led a glittering array of stars who made it the nation’s premier live-entertainment center—was losing its luster. Elvis created a new kind of Vegas show: an over-the-top, rock-concert extravaganza. He set a new bar for Vegas performers, with the biggest salary, the biggest musical production, and the biggest promotion campaign the city had ever seen. He opened the door to a new generation of pop/rock artists and brought a new audience to Vegas—not the traditional well-heeled older gamblers, but a mass audience from Middle America that Vegas depends on for its success to this day. At once “a fascinating history of Vegas as gambling capital, celebrity playground, mob hangout, [and] entertainment Valhalla” (Rolling Stone) and the incredible “tale of how the King got his groove back” (Associated Press), Elvis in Vegas is a classic feel-good story for the ages.
Download or read book Elvis in Vegas written by Paul Lichter and published by Duckworth Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas has witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of Elvis Presley's life, from his first appearance at 21 to his marriage to Priscilla in 1967. With hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of Elvis' Vegas years, this book is the key volume in any Elvis aficionado's collection.
Download or read book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas written by Hunter S. Thompson and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunter S Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.
Download or read book Las Vegas written by AJ Harmon and published by ABCs Legacy LLC. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Romance Author AJ Harmon, author of the Amazon top-rated First Class Novels series, brings you book 2 of her new Sky Romance Novels series, Las Vegas - what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Lose yourself in this emotional journey of self-discovery and transformation. After taking a Sky Romance flight to Las Vegas, socialite Jessie Ellis learns the hard way that what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Choices have consequences, and not making the hard choices could have life-long consequences. Just days away from being swept down a predetermined path, not by her choice but because it was easy and expected, Jessie makes the hard decision to choose her own future and fight for the love and happiness she deserves. As her predetermined and passive existence crumbles around her, will she find her dream of a joyful and fulfilling happiness and a passionate and forever love? Asher Jenkins is in desperate need of some decompression time. Trying to make partner at his law firm has left him drained and as best man for his best friend’s wedding, what better place for a bachelor party than Las Vegas? A chance meeting for Jessie and Asher turns into a mind-blowing one-night stand. Saying goodbye, they assumed they would never see one another again, but fate has a way of helping them to realize that their futures are entwined. Will they continue to fight it? Or accept that their destiny is to be together? Will Asher be able to capture Jessie’s shielded heart? The Sky Romance Novels is a new contemporary romance series that answers the question, “I wonder where they’re flying to and why.” Each book tells the story of the passengers and crew on a Sky Airlines flight. In book 1 we followed Jill, William and Annie on a flight to San Diego where you discover that loves comes in many forms. In book 2 we read about Jessie and Asher as they fly to Las Vegas, only to realize that what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Watch for more books and travel destinations in the series coming soon.
Download or read book I ve Never Been to Vegas But My Luggage Has written by Mandy Hale and published by Nelson Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular blogger discusses the ups and downs of her life, from the euphoria of her high school romance to her flubbing of a red carpet interview with a music legend.
Download or read book Staying in Vegas written by Sam Mariano and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing can prepare you for what happens in Vegas...When I met Rafe Morelli, he didn't look like the biggest mistake I'd ever make; he seemed closer to the crime family version of Prince Charming. Charismatic, beautiful, and attentive--with an intoxicating air of power--Rafe was the stuff of my darkest fantasies. What we had should have been a simple fling, no-strings-attached. My hot weekend with the sexy, dominant Vegas boss--a harmless memory to replay once I returned to my quiet, predictable life. One tiny hitch in that plan: a panty-melting memory isn't all he left behind. Now the stakes have changed, and I'm faced with a potentially life-altering decision. Do I stay away and enjoy my status as the only woman in known history who has played in the Morelli flames without getting burned, or do I risk everything and step back into the fire?BOOK 1 OF 3 IN THE VEGAS MORELLI TRILOGYTakes place AFTER the original Morelli family series. You can read this trilogy without reading the original series, but there will be some original series spoilers, and two of the main characters from this trilogy were originally introduced as side characters in the original Morelli family series. Like the original Morelli series, this trilogy is a continuing story involving the same characters, not three separate-couple standalones.
Download or read book The Secret Footballer What Goes on Tour written by The Secret Footballer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his first book was published in 2012, The Secret Footballer has been able to take the reader behind the scenes of footballers' lives like no other player has been able, or will ever be able, to do. Anonymity has been a potent weapon in revealing the real world of football stars, and five years on, he has now penned the work that all his fellow professionals have been urging him to do from the start, The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour. And it isn't going to stay on tour any more... From Marbella and Ibiza to Dubai and Las Vegas, The Secret Footballer lays bare the worst, most embarrassing and most hilarious excesses of these fit and mostly fickle young men whose million-pound salaries, to use his own words, 'open up a host of recreational opportunities'. Fuelled by rampaging desires for sex, drugs, booze and rock'n'roll, these footballers think up ever more extreme ways of splashing the cash, and needless to say, it doesn't always end well...
Download or read book Puppy Love written by Gloria Herrmann and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life—and love—is better with a bulldog...right? Everything is changing for Tiffany. Things used to be simple—Friendship Friday nights with her besties, Mackenzie and Molly, meeting up for late afternoon lattes and just enjoying the single life in Seattle. Now Molly is engaged. Can their friendship survive the change? Coffee is not just a drink, but a way of life for these three best friends, but Tiffany takes her love of coffee to a whole other level. Her job is assistant to an executive at Blue Moose Coffee Corporation, but it's in jeopardy when Colin Murphy takes over the small company. This isn't the first time Tiffany has met Colin. They've already kissed and possibly shared an incredible one-night stand. She's still a little foggy about that, waking up in his luxurious hotel suite with no recollection of the night before. She has more questions than answers. Tiffany could easily fall in love with Colin, except now he's her boss and that complicates things. And besides...if keeping her job means becoming a babysitter for an English Bulldog with a severe drooling problem, then Tiffany isn't so sure she's going to be employed much longer. She can handle every aspect of her job, no problem, but taking care of a stinky and stubborn dog isn't in the job description. Things start to get interesting when she finds herself falling for Colin and his precious fur baby, but is it just puppy love?
Download or read book The Cupid Caper A Sweet Valentine s Story of Faith Love and Small Town Holidays written by Kristen Ethridge and published by Laurel Lock Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-21 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet Holiday Romance Series -- USA Today Bestselling Contemporary Romance Author Sometimes you have to take Cupid's bow and arrow into your own hands... There's nothing English teacher Amanda Marsh won't do to see her students succeed--even if that means becoming a contestant in the school's annual Valentine's fundraiser. But when her class decides to throw another teacher into the mix, will The Cupid Caper mean that the teacher who can't get enough of sonnets and Shakespeare finally gets a happily-ever-after of her own? Throw in a school dance, a sheep dog who thinks he's human, and a group of students who want to get an "A" in matchmaking and you've got Cupid's bow and arrow poised to bring about some heartwarming fun. If you love quick, sweet escape romances filled with hope, heart, and happily-ever-after that will make you swoon and leave you with a smile, you'll love celebrating the holidays in the beachside small town of Port Provident. The Cupid Caper is the second novel in the Holiday Hearts Romance series, although all the books in the Port Provident world and this sweet romance series can be read as a standalone. This is a holiday romance book with a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Celebrate all year long with the Holiday Hearts Romance series! (Some books coming later in 2021) The Right Resolution The Cupid Caper Lucky in Love May I Have this Dance? First Kiss Fireworks Falling for Her First Love Thankful for Love Mission: Mistletoe Kisses KEYWORDS: holiday romance series, happily ever after, love books, love stories, romantic novels, small town romance, beach romance, enemies to lovers, guaranteed HEA, new beginnings, no cliffhangers, best beach reads, series books, Christian romance ebooks, beach romance series, sweet romance series, clean romance books, Texas romance, teacher romance heroine, teacher romance hero, Valentine's Day romance, Valentine's romance novel, small town romance friends to lovers, new romance book releases, best selling authors new releases, New Year's romance, sweet romantic comedy, romcom
Download or read book Lucky in Love A Sweet St Patrick s Day Story of Faith Love and Small Town Holidays written by Kristen Ethridge and published by Laurel Lock Publishing. This book was released on with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet Holiday Romance Series -- USA Today Bestselling Contemporary Romance Author Could a lucky charm she never knew she needed be the key to true love? It’s always been high school drama teacher Lisa Fleming and her Nana against the world…until the rebellious retiree reconnects with her first love online and brings Lisa across the country for a legendary white chapel wedding. Lisa soon realizes she needs to get Las Vegas’ most eligible bachelor on her side to stop Nana from saying “I do” and back home to their small town of Port Provident--so they can focus on Nana’s failing health. Along the way, there’s karaoke, a fake engagement that’s the talk of the town, and a St. Patrick’s Day filled with sweet kisses to remember that are better than a pot of gold. If you love quick, sweet escape romance stories filled with hope, heart, and happily-ever-after that will make you swoon and leave you with a smile, you will want to celebrate the holidays with the residents of the beachside small town of Port Provident. Lucky in Love is the third novel in the Holiday Hearts Romance series, although all the books in the Port Provident world and this sweet romance series can be read as a standalone. This is a holiday romance book with a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Celebrate all year long with the Holiday Hearts Romance series! (Some books coming later in 2021) The Right Resolution The Cupid Caper Lucky in Love May I Have this Dance? First Kiss Fireworks Falling for Her First Love Thankful for Love Mission: Mistletoe Kisses KEYWORDS: holiday romance series, happily ever after, love books, love stories, romantic novels, small town romance, beach romance, enemies to lovers, guaranteed HEA, new beginnings, no cliffhangers, best beach reads, series books, Christian romance ebooks, beach romance series, sweet romance series, clean romance books, Texas romance, teacher romance heroine, Las Vegas, St. Patrick's Day romance, St. Patrick's Day romance novel, small town romance friends to lovers, new romance book releases, best selling authors new releases, sweet romantic comedy, romcom
Download or read book Don t Be Stupid written by Gary Jones and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We cannot control a lot of things in the world. The only thing we can control is what we decide to do. Have you ever felt like you made a bad decision? Have you ever felt like you could make better decisions? Have you made decisions that altered the course of your life in a direction you did not intend on going? Have you made decisions that made you slap your forehead and yell, Duh? Do you want to improve your world and live with less stress? By using the Four Rules, you can take control of your choices and the decision-making process that directs your life. We can change the world, but change has to start somewhere. Lets start with us. Me First! Gary Jones is not an ivory tower academic, a Harvard MBA, a television evangelist, or a political consultant. He is a simple man with a simple message: four rules to change your decision-making life. We all have some type of psychological system to make decisionsGarys system works! Mike Bishop, PhD., professor of marriage and family therapy, Capella University
Download or read book What Happened in Vegas Didn t Stay in Vegas Part Two written by Meadow Murphy and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the last of her friends to get married, thirty-two year old Meadow finds herself engaged to a Danny a doctor who decides to go on sabbatical for a year rather than tie the knot. He makes her promise to wait for him but when she meets Ben suddenly her promise becomes challenging at best. Her girlfriends Diamond and Georgia encourage her to keep the lines of communication open with Danny and Ben rather than leaving her significant others in the dark.
Download or read book Life as Jamie Knows It written by Michael Berube and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Jamie Bérubé’s journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Bérubé to the world as a sweet, bright, gregarious little boy who loves the Beatles, pizza, and making lists. When he is asked in his preschool class what he would like to be when he grows up, he responds with one word: big. At four, he is like many kids his age, but his Down syndrome prevents most people from seeing him as anything but disabled. Twenty years later, Jamie is no longer little, though he still jams to the Beatles, eats pizza, and makes endless lists of everything—from the sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania (in alphabetical order, from memory) to the various opponents of the wrestler known as the Undertaker. In Life as Jamie Knows It, Michael Bérubé chronicles his son’s journey to adulthood and his growing curiosity and engagement with the world. Writing as both a disability studies scholar and a father, he follows Jamie through his social and academic experiences in school, his evolving relationships with his parents and brother, Nick, his encounters with illness, and the complexities of entering the workforce with a disability. As Jamie matures, his parents acknowledge his entitlement to a personal sense of independence, whether that means riding the bus home from work on his own, taking himself to a Yankees game, or deciding which parts of his story are solely his to share. With a combination of stirring memoir and sharp intellectual inquiry, Bérubé tangles with bioethicists, politicians, philosophers, and anyone else who sees disability as an impediment to a life worth living. Far more than the story of an exceptional child growing up to be “big,” Life as Jamie Knows It challenges us to rethink how we approach disability and is a passionate call for moving toward a more just, more inclusive society.
Download or read book After the End written by Stephen Demone and published by A Day of Imagination Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PREVIEW IT ON YOUTUBE: http://youtu.be/GJT0J-yrzG8 "40 years ago the world ended; the undead did rise. Today in the newly formed town of Locusville life is going back to normal. My name is Dawn Edna Francis. This, is After the End." After the End is a post-POST apocalyptic zombie story. It's not as serious as it sounds, but, there are scientists, religious zealots, law lackeys, radio jockeys, fashion gurus, homeless drug addicts, government officials, and a regular old family in the mix.
