Author: John Goodger
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312321996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
When Las Vegas casino owners are targeted by a motley group of criminals, security head Steve Forester risks his own life and the life of a new love in order to prevent the gang from carrying out worse threats.
The Druperman Tapes
Author: John Goodger
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312321996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
When Las Vegas casino owners are targeted by a motley group of criminals, security head Steve Forester risks his own life and the life of a new love in order to prevent the gang from carrying out worse threats.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312321996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
When Las Vegas casino owners are targeted by a motley group of criminals, security head Steve Forester risks his own life and the life of a new love in order to prevent the gang from carrying out worse threats.
Bright Light City
Author: Larry Gragg
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
When Elvis crooned "Bright light city . . . gonna set my soul on fire," he voiced and embraced the siren call of a glittering urban utopia that continues to mesmerize millions. Call it Sin City or Lost Wages, Las Vegas definitely deserves its rapturous "Viva!" Larry Gragg, however, invites readers to view Las Vegas in an entirely new way. While countless other authors have focused on its history or gaming industry or entertainment ties, Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, Gragg identifies changing trends in the city's portraits. Until the 1940s, boosters promoted it as the "last frontier town," a place where prospectors and cowboys enjoyed liquor, women, and wide-open gambling. Then in the early 1950s commentators increasingly characterized Las Vegas as a sophisticated resort city in the desert, and ever since then journalists, filmmakers, and novelists have depicted a city largely built by organized crime and featuring non-stop entertainment, gambling, luxury, and, of course, beautiful-and available-women. In Gragg's narrative, these images form a kaleidoscope of lights, sounds, characters, and ultimately amazement about this neon oasis. In these pages, readers will meet gangsters like Bugsy Siegel, Tony Spilotro, and Lefty Rosenthal, as well as Las Vegas's most popular entertainers: Elvis Presley, Sinatra's Rat Pack, Liberace, and Wayne Newton, not to mention the Folies Bergere showgirls. And Gragg's skillful interweaving of fictional and journalistic accounts of organized crime shows just how mutually reinforcing they have become over the years. Vegas will always make people's eyes light up as bright as the Strip, witness the new TV show Vegas or the recent film The Hangover. For everyone entranced by its glitter and glamour, Bright Light City is a must read boasting color photos and bursting with insider details: an eclectic blend of stories, people, sights, and sounds that together make up this desert city's extraordinary appeal.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
When Elvis crooned "Bright light city . . . gonna set my soul on fire," he voiced and embraced the siren call of a glittering urban utopia that continues to mesmerize millions. Call it Sin City or Lost Wages, Las Vegas definitely deserves its rapturous "Viva!" Larry Gragg, however, invites readers to view Las Vegas in an entirely new way. While countless other authors have focused on its history or gaming industry or entertainment ties, Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, Gragg identifies changing trends in the city's portraits. Until the 1940s, boosters promoted it as the "last frontier town," a place where prospectors and cowboys enjoyed liquor, women, and wide-open gambling. Then in the early 1950s commentators increasingly characterized Las Vegas as a sophisticated resort city in the desert, and ever since then journalists, filmmakers, and novelists have depicted a city largely built by organized crime and featuring non-stop entertainment, gambling, luxury, and, of course, beautiful-and available-women. In Gragg's narrative, these images form a kaleidoscope of lights, sounds, characters, and ultimately amazement about this neon oasis. In these pages, readers will meet gangsters like Bugsy Siegel, Tony Spilotro, and Lefty Rosenthal, as well as Las Vegas's most popular entertainers: Elvis Presley, Sinatra's Rat Pack, Liberace, and Wayne Newton, not to mention the Folies Bergere showgirls. And Gragg's skillful interweaving of fictional and journalistic accounts of organized crime shows just how mutually reinforcing they have become over the years. Vegas will always make people's eyes light up as bright as the Strip, witness the new TV show Vegas or the recent film The Hangover. For everyone entranced by its glitter and glamour, Bright Light City is a must read boasting color photos and bursting with insider details: an eclectic blend of stories, people, sights, and sounds that together make up this desert city's extraordinary appeal.
American Book Publishing Record
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Druperman Tapes
Author: John Goodger
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 142992568X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
"Gambling fans will relish the behind-the-scenes look at Vegas [with] a solid action-movie finale." - Publishers Weekly Druperman, the head of a confidential cooperative of the most powerful casinos in Las Vegas, has received a videotape threatening violence against the cooperative's members unless a ransom is paid. The criminals identify themselves only by a code name. As the casino owners dig in their heels and refuse to pay, the stakes get higher. The head of security at the city's top casino, a former LVPD detective, is determined to find the perpetrators, putting himself, and his new love, at risk in the process.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 142992568X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
"Gambling fans will relish the behind-the-scenes look at Vegas [with] a solid action-movie finale." - Publishers Weekly Druperman, the head of a confidential cooperative of the most powerful casinos in Las Vegas, has received a videotape threatening violence against the cooperative's members unless a ransom is paid. The criminals identify themselves only by a code name. As the casino owners dig in their heels and refuse to pay, the stakes get higher. The head of security at the city's top casino, a former LVPD detective, is determined to find the perpetrators, putting himself, and his new love, at risk in the process.
Book Review Index
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ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
Quill & Quire
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Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Joyce in the Belly of the Big Truck; Workbook
Author: Joyce A. Cascio
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780976237310
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780976237310
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description
Meeting Across the River
Author: Jessica Kaye
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596918292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Bruce Springsteen's melancholy "Meeting Across the River," a song rarely performed but beloved by his countless fans, serves as the inspiration for this eclectic mix of short stories written by an array of acclaimed authors. "Meeting Across the River," from Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, is a song with an evocative melody and lyrics that unfold like a noir fable: a man down on his luck but desperate to make things right with his girl tells his buddy, Eddie, that they have to get across the river for a last-chance meeting with someone, all in the hopes of a big score: two grand. With that money, our hero can win back his girl and all will be right with the world-but if he and Eddie screw up, the consequences will be grave. Authors including Eric Garcia, C. J. Box, Barbara Seranella, David Corbett, Gregg Hurwitz, and Steve Hamilton, among others, have written imaginative, heartbreaking, funny, and bold stories based on this classic American story of hope and despair, each a surprisingly different experiment with character and plot. For as familiar as this story is, Springsteen's spare lyrics leave much unsaid. How these authors fill in the absences is what makes this collection, published a month before the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Springsteen's Born to Run, such an unusual treasure, proving that, just as with music, in literature no two performances are alike. Jessica Kaye is a publishing law attorney, occasional writer and the founder and former publisher of the Publishing Mills, an award-winning audiobook company, as well as a lifelong fan of great music and great writing. Richard J. Brewer is an author, actor, and voice-over talent for films and audiobooks.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596918292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Bruce Springsteen's melancholy "Meeting Across the River," a song rarely performed but beloved by his countless fans, serves as the inspiration for this eclectic mix of short stories written by an array of acclaimed authors. "Meeting Across the River," from Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, is a song with an evocative melody and lyrics that unfold like a noir fable: a man down on his luck but desperate to make things right with his girl tells his buddy, Eddie, that they have to get across the river for a last-chance meeting with someone, all in the hopes of a big score: two grand. With that money, our hero can win back his girl and all will be right with the world-but if he and Eddie screw up, the consequences will be grave. Authors including Eric Garcia, C. J. Box, Barbara Seranella, David Corbett, Gregg Hurwitz, and Steve Hamilton, among others, have written imaginative, heartbreaking, funny, and bold stories based on this classic American story of hope and despair, each a surprisingly different experiment with character and plot. For as familiar as this story is, Springsteen's spare lyrics leave much unsaid. How these authors fill in the absences is what makes this collection, published a month before the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Springsteen's Born to Run, such an unusual treasure, proving that, just as with music, in literature no two performances are alike. Jessica Kaye is a publishing law attorney, occasional writer and the founder and former publisher of the Publishing Mills, an award-winning audiobook company, as well as a lifelong fan of great music and great writing. Richard J. Brewer is an author, actor, and voice-over talent for films and audiobooks.
Chaos Mode
Author: Piers Anthony
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613133616
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Accompanied by a king from another planet, a telepathic horse, and a strange, tentacled alien, Colene is heading home to Earth to reunite with her estranged parents and to put aside her troubled past once and for all. Reissue.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613133616
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Accompanied by a king from another planet, a telepathic horse, and a strange, tentacled alien, Colene is heading home to Earth to reunite with her estranged parents and to put aside her troubled past once and for all. Reissue.