Download or read book Vegas Love written by Jillian Dodd and published by Love. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught up in a firestorm of tabloid gossip, actress Ashlyn Roberts doesn't expect to end up in Vegas - or to wake up married to the sexy Cash Crawford.
Download or read book Casino written by Nicholas Pileggi and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: A “riveting . . . account of how organized crime looted the casinos they controlled” (Kirkus Reviews). Focusing on Chicago bookie Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal and his partner, Anthony Spilotro, and drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Mafia classic Wiseguy—basis for the film Goodfellas—Nicholas Pileggi reveals how the pair worked together to oversee Las Vegas casino operations for the mob. He unearths how Teamster pension funds were used to take control of the Stardust and Tropicana and how Spilotro simultaneously ran a crew of jewel thieves nicknamed the “Hole in the Wall Gang.” For years, these gangsters kept a stranglehold on Sin City’s brightly lit nightspots, skimming millions in cash for their bosses. But the elaborate scheme began to crumble when Rosenthal’s disproportionate ambitions drove him to make mistakes. Spilotro made an error of his own, falling for his partner’s wife, a troubled showgirl named Geri. It would all lead to betrayal, a wide-ranging FBI investigation, multiple convictions, and the end of the Mafia’s longstanding grip on the multibillion-dollar gaming oasis in the midst of the Nevada desert. Casino is a journey into 1970s Las Vegas and a riveting nonfiction account of the world portrayed in the Martin Scorsese film of the same name, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone. A story of adultery, murder, infighting, and revenge, this “fascinating true-crime Mob history” is a high-stakes page-turner (Booklist).
Download or read book Las Vegas written by Lawrence J. Mullen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas: Media and Myth uses interviews with a variety of individuals to explore life in the fabled American city. With the belief that the media play an essential role in the creation of a sense of community in this transient town, author Lawrence J. Mullen speaks with people who work in the local media industries to get their perspectives about how newspaper, radio, television, and related media help make Las Vegas a livable community.
Download or read book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas written by Hunter S. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reissue of the novel inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream: We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold... And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas.
Download or read book Winner Takes All written by Christina Binkley and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and culture critic Christina Binkley comes an updated edition of her New York Times bestselling account of sex, drugs, and the rise of Las Vegas. With a new prologue on the rise and fall of Steve Wynn. The Strip. Home to some of the world's grandest, flashiest, and most lucrative casino resorts, Las Vegas, with its multitude of attractions, draws millions of tourists from around the world every year. But Sin City hasn't always been booming: modern Vegas exists largely thanks to the extraordinary vision, and remarkable hubris, of three competing business moguls: Kirk Kerkorian, Dr. Gary Loveman, and Steve Wynn. And in the wake of #MeToo revelations, not all empires survive. Having had personal access to all three tycoons, Binkley explains how their audacious efforts to reach the top-and to top one another-shaped the city as it stands. She takes us inside their grandest schemes, their riskiest deals, and the personalities that drove them to their greatest successes, and their most painful defeats. In this updated edition, she reveals the inside story of how Steve Wynn, the winner who took all, ultimately lost everything-twice. Sharp, insightful, and revealing, Winner Takes All is the gripping story of how billions of dollars and the unparalleled drive for power turned dreams into larger-than-life reality. "It's a great drama on the greatest stage. . . Wynn, Kerkorian, and Loveman represent three opposing business personalities, three styles of achieving success. On the Vegas Strip, they're pitted against one another like gladiators, and we've got front-row seats. Kapow!" - bestselling author Po Bronson
Download or read book Leaving Las Vegas written by John O'Brien and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “brutal and unflinching” novel of fleeting love in Sin City inspired the film starring Nicholas Cage and Elizabeth Shue (Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City). John O’Brien’s debut novel, Leaving Las Vegas, is an emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it; a powerful tale of hard luck, hard drinking, and a relationship of tenderness and destruction. An avowed alcoholic, Ben drinks away his family, friends, and, finally, his job. With deliberate resolve, he burns the remnants of his life and heads for Las Vegas to end it all in the last great binge of his hopeless life. On the Strip, he picks up Sera, a prostitute, in what might have become another excess in his self-destructive jag. Instead, their chance meeting becomes a respite on the road to oblivion as they form a bond that is as mysterious as it is immutable.
Download or read book Two Billionaires in Vegas written by Nicole Casey and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-27 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is your last chance to back out. You sure you're ready?" "Yes, I'm ready." "Then it's time for your first scene." Erin I let out a sigh when I see Greer smiling so happily in her wedding dress. Everyone seems to be getting their happily ever after, except me. At least, that's what I thought. Until I meet them. Two sexy, domineering, utterly irresistible alpha males. Ex-Marines. Best friends. Intimidating and powerful. Jackson and Caleb. The owners of the dungeon. One sets my body on fire. Charming, rugged, and rock-hard. The other makes me tremble. Dominant, intense, and damaged. When the elevator doors close, I know there's no coming back. They tell me something that makes me weak in the knees - they want to share me. Pleasure me. Together. Buckle up, let's head downstairs now and see what these two beasts will do to me... Reader's review: "The way it unfolds like a wet dream come to life is torching every nerve fiber of my being, making me warm moist and intoxicated from one eye popping ravenous page to the next. This story was definitely smoking hot with an intriguing storyline that kept me thirsty, excited and on edge." Nicole's Note: Happy Halloween! Two Billionaires in Vegas is an exciting and thrilling romance in my new Reverse Harem Romance series - Love by Numbers. It's the first book in the series, but it can be read as a standalone. I've also included a preview of the next book in the series for you. Happy reading!
Download or read book America You Sexy Bitch written by Meghan McCain and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She is a single, twentysomething, gun-loving, Christian, Republican writer and blogger, the daughter of a Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee. He is a married, forty-year-old, gun-fearing, atheist, Democrat comedian, the son of a lesbian former Social Security employee. Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black barely know each other. But they are about to change the way politics is discussed in America. Or at least the way politics are discussed in their crappy RV. In America, You Sexy Bitch, Meghan and Michael embark on a balls-out, cross-country tour starting in California, the heart of liberal America, and ending in the state of Connecticut, the home of blue-blood Wall Street billionaires. Along the way, they visit such cultural touchstones as Graceland and Branson, party in Las Vegas and New Orleans, pretend to be Mormon in Salt Lake City (only for a second), and go to a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan. They tour the nation’s capital; they fire semiautomatic weapons. But mostly Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black talk to each other: about their differences, their similarities, and how American politics has gotten so divided.
Download or read book Love a La Carte written by Dr. Shirley Jordan Bailey and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a "once upon a time" book. Life has been a fight. Each self-contained chapter is packed with revealing episodes of an extraordinary life. It is a sharing of her marriage, career, and children, and how love and sabotage lived as partners. In this book, I reflect on the life long friendships that sustained me through the years, and the world travel that has been integral in the enjoyment and enrichment of eight of Shirley's dearest friends. Portions of this book read like a travel log from the Carribean islands to the Great Barrier Reefs of Australia and the capitals of Europe. From the Great Wall of China to the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem, Shirley has shared meaningful memories with her friends. The book highlights her extraordinary children and their own careers as Ivy League trailblazers, as well as their lives and accomplishments. Also included are love letters to her amazing eight grandchildren, whose careers and ambitions span globally due to their early exposure to world travel. Between the anecdotes of her career and family life, the author shares "witticisms" of her parents and grandparents, favorite quotes, songs and humorous stories that are sure to leave you smiling. Also included are perspectives on challenges like Waiting, Electronic Devices, and even a day she overslept. This book shares the power of a positive attitude and is sure to stay on your nightstand as inspiring reading when faced with a need to overcome or persevere.
Download or read book Love in the Valley of Fire written by David Reynolds and published by David B. Reynolds. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Who is shooting at us and why?” Ken asked. “It’s probably my boyfriend,” Kim replied casually. Ken should have known. Every other woman named Kim had been trouble but this one? She might be deadly unless he found a way out of the mess he had just skied into.
Download or read book Lost in Las Vegas written by Dan Greenburg and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After crashing their spaceship in the Nevada desert, Klatu, Lek, and their sister Ploo go to Las Vegas in search of the one mechanic who can fix it.
Download or read book Las Vegas Sidewinders Dominic written by Kat Mizera and published by Kat Mizera. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes age is just a number... Dom Gianni takes a lot of punishment in the hockey rink, but when he sees Molly McCarran getting beaten up by her husband, he’s ready to throw down his gloves and fight for her. But Molly isn’t about to trust another man—and Dom is already skating on thin ice with his NHL-mandated probation. Besides, how could a hotshot player like Dom really care about a woman so much older than he? Then a kidnapping ups the stakes. If Molly can’t believe in Dom, and if he can’t dig deep to save her, it might be the final buzzer for them both.
Download or read book Kiefel V Las Vegas Hacienda Inc written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Love a Cop written by Ellen Kirschman and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Police families are brave, resilient, and proud--and they face remarkable challenges, sometimes on a daily basis. Now thoroughly updated for today's turbulent times, this is the resource that cops and their loved ones have relied on for decades. Trusted expert Ellen Kirschman gives you practical ways to manage the stress of the job and create a healthy, supportive home environment. The third edition features the latest information, new stories from police families, two new chapters, and fully updated resources. Dr. Kirschman acknowledges the tough realities of life on the force and offers frank, realistic suggestions for handling everyday relationship dilemmas as well as serious issues like trauma, domestic violence, and alcohol abuse. Whether you read this book cover to cover or reach for it when problems arise, you will find no-nonsense guidance to help your family thrive. Mental health professionals, see also Counseling Cops: What Clinicians Need to Know, by Ellen Kirschman, Mark Kamena, and Joel Fay.
Download or read book Las Vegas Then and Now written by Su Kim Chung and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-11-24 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas Then and Now pairs vintage shots from 100 years of the city's history with the same view today.
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Download or read book Giving Love a Voice written by Gabriel Richards and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story narrated by the author, Gabriel Richards. Giving Love a Voice is an account of a whirlwind love affair, unbelievable financial accomplishments with monumental setbacks. The account covers catastrophic illness endured by his wife and youngest daughter. Richards spells out how an understanding of metaphysical laws helped them cope with adversities that would be considered epic in life. It is a story about how they came to learn about the true meaning of unconditional love. It shows the incredible healing power of love and why love without action is dead. This memoir tells of how the lead doctor of a medical team told Gabe to put his wife’s body in an institution and try and go on with his life. At the time she was totally paralyzed, blind, mute and assumed deaf. Richards identifies the lifestyles, attitudes, and/or the general lack of understanding that may contribute to the onset of illness and offers solutions that have worked for them. The Richards’ story is proof that with the right attitude, enough love and a faith in God, people can overcome almost any challenge. To love and to be loved are among the greatest gifts in life. In Giving Love a Voice, the stage is set for a love story that began in 1972 and continues today.
