Beneath the Neon

Beneath the Neon
Author: Matthew O'Brien
Publisher: Huntington Press Inc
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2007-03-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0929712390

Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas chronicles O’Brien’s adventures in subterranean Las Vegas. He follows the footsteps of a psycho killer. He braces against a raging flood. He parties with naked crackheads. He learns how to make meth, that art is most beautiful where it’s least expected, that in many ways, he prefers underground Las Vegas to aboveground Las Vegas, and that there are no pots of gold under the neon rainbow.

100 Things to Do in Las Vegas Before You Die

100 Things to Do in Las Vegas Before You Die
Author: Laura Carroll
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1681060272

Las Vegas may have risen to fame as hotbed of forbidden fun, but in its modern incarnation, there’s something here for everyone. Whether you’re a sinner or a saint, 100 Things to do in Las Vegas Before You Die will guide you to places you never knew existed and give you that extra nudge to visit that landmark you’ve always wanted to see. Come here for a weekend or stay for weeks. These pages will guide you to world-class dining and entertainment on the Strip, the hippest new restaurants in Chinatown or cheap but delicious eats in the city’s suburban strip malls. Hike Alpine heights just an hour away from the bright lights, or soak up mob and natural history right in town. Come any time of year: If it’s summertime, there are pools galore. If it’s winter, get an up-close view of the Mojave Desert’s beauty. Let 100 Things to do in Las Vegas Before You Die be your insider’s guide to everything the Las Vegas Valley has to offer. You’ll see why 40 million people a year visit this desert oasis - and why many of them keep coming back.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Author: Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2003-04-07
Genre: Experimental fiction
ISBN: 9780007161232

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.

And Die in the West

And Die in the West
Author: Paula Mitchell Marks
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1996
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780806128887

The gunfight at the O.K. Corral has excited the imaginations of Western enthusiasts ever since that chilly October afternoon in 1881 when Doc Holliday and the three fighting Earps strode along a Tombstone, Arizona, street to confront the Clanton and McLaury brothers. When they met, Billy Clanton and the two McLaurys were shot to death; the popular image of the Wild West was reinforced; and fuel was provided for countless arguments over the characters, motives, and actions of those involved. And Die in the West presents the first fully detailed, objective narrative of the celebrated gunfight, of the tensions leading up to it, and the bitter, bloody events that followed. Paula Mitchell Marks places the events surrounding the gunfight against a larger backdrop of a booming Tombstone and the fluid, frontier environment of greed, factions and violence. In the process, Marks strips away many of the myths associated with the famous gunfight and of the West in general.

FILOSOPHIEN

FILOSOPHIEN
Author: Fil Filipov
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2013-01-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1481705024

Fil Filipov has taken basic management tenets to the next level through unforgiving implementation. The beauty is in their simplicity, the pain/reward in their execution. All were formed in a dynamic journey from hardship to spectacular success. They worked for him and the bottom line of his employers. They can help you get to the next level.

Super Casino

Super Casino
Author: Pete Earley
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2009-11-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0307429733

In this lively and probing book, award-winning author Pete Earley traces the extraordinary evolution of Las Vegas -- from the gaudy Mecca of the Rat Pack era to one of the country's top family vacation spots. He revisits the city's checkered history of moguls, mobsters, and entertainers, reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn and legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and offers a fascinating portrait of the life, death, and fantastic rebirth of the Las Vegas Strip. Earley also documents the gripping tale of the entrepreneurs behind the rise and fall and rise again of one of the largest gaming corporations in the nation, Circus Circus -- to which he was given unique access. In his trademark you-are-there style, he takes us behind the scenes to meet the blackjack dealers and hookers, the heavy hitters and bit players, the security officers, cabbies, and showgirls who are caught up in the mercurial pace that pulses at the heart of this astounding city.

Nor Shall Diamond Die: american studies

Nor Shall Diamond Die: american studies
Author: Carme Manuel
Publisher: Universitat de València
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2003
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9788437055312

Homenaje a Javier Coy, catedrático jubilado del Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana de la Universitat de València de 1990 a 2000, y uno de los primeros investigadores en introducir los estudios norteamericanos. Se recogen 50 artículos de especialistas en este campo, que reflejan el estado de los estudios sobre la cultura y literatura de los Estados Unidos contemporáneos.

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas
Author: John O'Brien
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802197299

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.

Vegas Strong

Vegas Strong
Author: Roberta Sterman Sabbath
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2023-03-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1647791014

Mass shootings have been on the rise in the United States since the early 2000s, but until the heartbreak of the 1 October 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, the citizens of Las Vegas had never experienced the violence and tragedy of this now all-too-frequent occurrence. That day, fifty-eight people were shot to death on site, while another two victims later died of their injuries. The 1 October incident physically wounded nearly 900 concert-goers, but psychologically impacted countless untold victims. As individual and institutional response to urgent requests for help came in both during and after the 1 October catastrophe, those who call Las Vegas home struggled to cope with pain and grief. Now, editor Roberta Sabbath draws together a collection of personal essays, oral histories, interviews, scholarly writings, and commentaries to remember those whose lives were lost, and to honor survivors and their loved ones. Written five years after the tragedy, each contribution offers a unique story of healing, demonstrating the wide-ranging experiences and repercussions of the event. The essays in this collection represent a broad diversity of voices from political leaders, health professionals, first responders, community members, and incident survivors. This work is dedicated to those who lost their lives on 1 October 2017, to survivors and their loved ones, and to the caregivers—both individual and institutional—all of whom continue to keep Vegas Strong.

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Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 112
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ISBN: 9783897810