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Author |
: Chris Abani |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2014-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780698140189 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0698140184 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Secret History of Las Vegas by : Chris Abani
A gritty, riveting, and wholly original murder mystery from PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author and 2015 Edgar Awards winner Chris Abani Before he can retire, Las Vegas detective Salazar is determined to solve a recent spate of murders. When he encounters a pair of conjoined twins with a container of blood near their car, he’s sure he has apprehended the killers, and enlists the help of Dr. Sunil Singh, a South African transplant who specializes in the study of psychopaths. As Sunil tries to crack the twins, the implications of his research grow darker. Haunted by his betrayal of loved ones back home during apartheid, he seeks solace in the love of Asia, a prostitute with hopes of escaping that life. But Sunil’s own troubled past is fast on his heels in the form of a would-be assassin. Suspenseful through the last page, The Secret History of Las Vegas is Chris Abani’s most accomplished work to date, with his trademark visionary prose and a striking compassion for the inner lives of outsiders.
Author |
: Edward Hollis |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2009-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429982108 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429982101 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Secret Lives of Buildings by : Edward Hollis
A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters. In an inspired refashioning of architectural history, Edward Hollis recounts more than a dozen stories of such metamorphosis, highlighting the way in which even the most familiar structures all change over time into "something rich and strange." The Parthenon, that epitome of a ruined temple, was for centuries a working church and then a mosque; the cathedral of Notre Dame was "restored" to a design that none of its original makers would have recognized. Remains of the Berlin Wall, meanwhile, which was once gleefully smashed and bulldozed, are now treated as precious relics. With The Secret Lives of Buildings, Edward Hollis recounts the most enthralling of these metamorphoses and shows how buildings have come to embody the history of Western culture.
Author |
: John Huddy |
Publisher |
: Ballantine Books |
Total Pages |
: 386 |
Release |
: 2009-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780345514417 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0345514416 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Storming Las Vegas by : John Huddy
On September 20, 1998, Jose Vigoa, a child of Fidel Castro’s revolution, launched what would be the most audacious and ruthless series of high-profile casino and armored car robberies that Las Vegas had ever seen. In a brazen sixteen-month reign of terror, he and his crew would hit the crème de la crème of Vegas hotels: the MGM, the Desert Inn, the New York—New York, the Mandalay Bay, and the Bellagio. The robberies were well planned and executed, and the police–“the stupids,” as Vigoa contemptuously referred to them–were all but helpless to stop them. But Lt. John Alamshaw, the twenty-three-year veteran in charge of robbery detectives, was not giving up so easily. For him, Vigoa’s rampage was a personal affront. And he would do whatever it took, even risk his badge, to bring Vigoa down.
Author |
: David Littlejohn |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 349 |
Release |
: 1999-10-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195130706 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195130707 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Real Las Vegas by : David Littlejohn
Take a look beyond the bright lights to see an ever-growing human population and big business in the Las Vegas area. In-depth interviews and photo-biography reveal an unusual but quite metropolitan city that is more than just tourists. 32 illustrations.
Author |
: Michael Connelly |
Publisher |
: Forge Books |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2007-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429911085 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429911085 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder in Vegas by : Michael Connelly
In Murder in Vegas, the International Association of Crime Writers and New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly have gathered twenty-two crime and mystery stories about the ultimate playground and what can happen behind the glitz and glamour. Las Vegas. Lost Wages. Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that its doubtful that anyone knows for sure what's real and what isn't in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate players destination--no matter what your game. Almost anything is available--for a price, mind you, and sometimes losers walk away from the tables with even less than just an empty wallet or purse--sometimes they don't walk away at all. From a gambler who must-win at the roulette table to stay alive to a courier who's only mistake was accepting a package with Las Vegas as the final destination, come to the true city that never sleeps, where fortunes are made and lost every day, and where snake-eyes aren't found just on a pair of dice. Murder in Vegas features stories by: James Swain, S.J. Rozan, Wendy Hornsby, Michael Collins, T.P Keating, J. Madison Davis, Sue Pike, Joan Richter, Libby Hellmann, Tom Savage, Edward Wellen, K.J.A. Wishnia, Linda Kerslake, John Wessel, Lise McClendon, Ronnie Klaskin, Ruth Cavin, A.B. Robbins , Gay Toltl Kinman, Micki Marz, Rick Mofina, Jeremiah Healy At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author |
: Adam Tanner |
Publisher |
: PublicAffairs |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2014-09-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610394192 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1610394194 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis What Stays in Vegas by : Adam Tanner
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.
Author |
: Steve Fischer |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1606710761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781606710760 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis When the Mob Ran Vegas by : Steve Fischer
Author |
: John L. Smith |
Publisher |
: Da Capo Press |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2001-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1568581904 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781568581903 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Running Scared by : John L. Smith
Steve Wynn is the former owner of the Bellagio — Las Vegas's latest monument to conspicuous consumption whose hotel and casino contain over $300 million in fine art and $1.5 billion in Wall Street money. He's a mogul whose empire at one point included the Mirage, the Golden Nugget, and Treasure Island. But how did he gain and wield his tremendous power in Nevada? And why did a confidential Scotland Yard report prevent him from opening a casino in London? When this biography, written by a local reporter, was first released in 1995, Steve Wynn brought suit against its original publisher and forced him into bankruptcy. Now available in paperback, the inside story of the biggest phenomenon to roil Las Vegas since Hoover Dam gives readers an intimate glimpse at the real business that's conducted beyond the gaming tables.
Author |
: Chris Abani |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2014-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143124955 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143124951 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Secret History of Las Vegas by : Chris Abani
A gritty, riveting, and wholly original murder mystery from PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author and 2015 Edgar Awards winner Chris Abani Before he can retire, Las Vegas detective Salazar is determined to solve a recent spate of murders. When he encounters a pair of conjoined twins with a container of blood near their car, he’s sure he has apprehended the killers, and enlists the help of Dr. Sunil Singh, a South African transplant who specializes in the study of psychopaths. As Sunil tries to crack the twins, the implications of his research grow darker. Haunted by his betrayal of loved ones back home during apartheid, he seeks solace in the love of Asia, a prostitute with hopes of escaping that life. But Sunil’s own troubled past is fast on his heels in the form of a would-be assassin. Suspenseful through the last page, The Secret History of Las Vegas is Chris Abani’s most accomplished work to date, with his trademark visionary prose and a striking compassion for the inner lives of outsiders.
Author |
: Barbara Land |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0874173264 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780874173260 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Short History of Las Vegas by : Barbara Land
The Mob came after World War II, laden with ill-gotten cash and the know-how needed to turn the dusty little burg into an international gaming mecca, but Las Vegas was built by thousands of honest, hardworking Americans and immigrants as well.