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Book Synopsis Children of Las Vegas by : Timothy O'Grady
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.
Book Synopsis Children of Las Vegas by : Timothy O'Grady
Download or read book Children of Las Vegas written by Timothy O'Grady and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Beautiful Children by : Charles Bock
Download or read book Beautiful Children written by Charles Bock and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller by the author of the forthcoming novel Alice & Oliver | Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters | A New York Times Notable Book “One word: bravo.”—The New York Times Book Review “Truly powerful . . . Beautiful Children dazzles its readers on almost every page. . . . [Charles Bock] knows how to tug at your heart, and he knows how to make you laugh out loud, often on the same page, sometimes in the same sentence.”—Newsweek One Saturday night in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old Newell Ewing goes out with a friend and doesn’t come home. In the aftermath of his disappearance, his mother, Lorraine, makes daily pilgrimages to her son’s room and tortures herself with memories. Equally distraught, the boy’s father, Lincoln, finds himself wanting to comfort his wife even as he yearns for solace, a loving touch, any kind of intimacy. As the Ewings navigate the mystery of what’s become of their son, the circumstances surrounding Newell’s vanishing and other events on that same night reverberate through the lives of seemingly disconnected strangers: a comic book illustrator in town for a weekend of debauchery; a painfully shy and possibly disturbed young artist; a stripper who imagines moments from her life as if they were movie scenes; a bubbly teenage wiccan anarchist; a dangerous and scheming gutter punk; a band of misfit runaways. The people of Beautiful Children are “urban nomads,” each with a past to hide and a pain to nurture, every one of them searching for salvation and barreling toward destruction, weaving their way through a neon underworld of sex, drugs, and the spinning wheels of chance. In this masterly debut novel, Charles Bock mixes incandescent prose with devious humor to capture Las Vegas with unprecedented scope and nuance and to provide a glimpse into a microcosm of modern America. Beautiful Children is an odyssey of heartache and redemption heralding the arrival of a major new writer. Praise for Beautiful Children “Exceptional . . . This novel deserves to be read more than once because of the extraordinary importance of its subject matter.”—The Washington Post Book World “Magnificent . . . a hugely ambitious novel that succeeds . . . Beautiful Children manages to feel completely of its moment while remaining unaffected by literary trends. . . . Charles Bock is the real thing.”—The New Republic “A wildly satisfying and disturbing literary journey, led by an author of blazing talent.”—The Dallas Morning News “Wholly original—dirty, fast, and hypnotic. The sentences flicker and skip and whirl.”—Esquire “An anxious, angry, honest first novel filled with compassion and clarity . . . The language has a rhythm wholly its own—at moments it is stunning, near genius.”—A. M. Homes “From start to finish, Bock never stops tantalizing the reader.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Rich and compelling . . . captures the hallucinogenic setting like a fever dream.”—Los Angeles Times
Book Synopsis Lost in Las Vegas by : Dan Greenburg
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.
Book Synopsis Children of Las Vegas by : Timothy O'Grady
Download or read book Children of Las Vegas written by Timothy O'Grady and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRUE STORIES. Thirty-seven million people visit Las Vegas every year. It's a city that offers to fulfil all your desires, without any repercussions. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...right? But what happens to the people who have to grow up there? Children of Las Vegas tells ten of their stories, recorded by award-winning author Timothy O'Grady: tales of overdoses, desert shoot-outs, suicides, casinos, desert air and broken dreams. They include the son of a casino owner whose father gambled their fortune away and died broke and alone; a mother of five whose partner kidnapped her children and is now a meth addict, living in the tunnels within sight of the glittering lights of the city; and a 23-year-old star performer, turned male prostitute. These are the children of the card dealers and the cocktail shakers, the jugglers and the dancers, the limo drivers and the wheel spinners. These are the children whose parents don't come home until they've left for school.
Book Synopsis Hello, Las Vegas! by : Martha Day Zschock
Download or read book Hello, Las Vegas! written by Martha Day Zschock and published by Commonwealth Editions. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Colorful and Fun Tour of Las Vegas for the Littlest Explorers
Book Synopsis Las Vegas ... Are We There Yet? a Book by Kids from Las Vegas (and Their Parents, Too!) by : Izobel Sturges
Download or read book Las Vegas ... Are We There Yet? a Book by Kids from Las Vegas (and Their Parents, Too!) written by Izobel Sturges and published by Books, Travel & More LLC. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a new way to see Las Vegas and kick your holiday into high gear with this invaluable compilation of up close and personal suggestions for a memorable family vacation! - Experience the energy and vibrancy through the eyes of children living in Las Vegas and their candid, unpretentious, and inspiring "AWESOME IDEAS" of fun. - Find unbelievably FREE ENTERTAINMENT AND ATTRACTIONS, vital insider tips, and wholesome first-hand details of family-friendly activities from local authors. - Discover an unparalleled world of art, culture, cuisine, outdoor getaways, offbeat exploits, and under-the-radar destinations through "MOM'S AND DAD'S SUGGESTIONS TO ..." unique activities in the city, plus must-sees and must-dos in Nevada's scenic byways and beyond. - Visualize your own family's travel adventure through our stunning collection of mesmerizing and down-to-earth personal FULL COLOR PICTURES. - Find your way around effortlessly with the simple, quirky, and eye-popping colorful MAP. - Juggle and manage expenses like a pro utilizing the easy and practical BUDGET CHECKLIST. - Travel stress-free with the essential PACKING LIST especially designed for kids/youngsters and parents/adults. - Explore with confidence and orchestrate your schedules using the information-at-your-fingertips and loaded-with-trip-planning ideas SAMPLE ITINERARY. - Jumpstart your extraordinary trip with some helpful suggestions, invaluable travel tips, and web links through our OTHER RESOURCES feature. - BEST OF ALL ... create a delightful memento, chronicle exciting activities, and decorate it with evocative and vivid memories that will last forever. Our one-of-a-kind creation: the TRAVEL BRAG BOOK section (Journal & Photo souvenir), is distinctively designed to immortalize your unforgettable experience. Rev up the momentum! Capture the essence of a vibrant city! Plan the ultimate opportunity to bring the entire family together, engage in a vacation you'll remember forever, and preserve the special memories in an exceptional show and tell book that will last a lifetime! LAS VEGAS is calling ... LIVE OUT YOUR DREAM!
Book Synopsis Somebody's Daughter by : Julian Sher
Download or read book Somebody's Daughter written by Julian Sher and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are America's forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corners of our cities. Many people wrongly believe sex trafficking involves young women from foreign lands. In reality, the majority of teens caught in the sex trade are American girls--runaways and throwaways who become victims of ruthless pimps. In Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them, meet the girls who are fighting for their dignity, the cops who are trying to rescue them, and the community activists battling to protect the nation's most forsaken children. Author Julian Sher takes you behind the scenes to expose one of America's most underreported crimes: A girl from New Jersey gets arrested in Las Vegas and, at great risk to her own life, helps the FBI take down a million-dollar pimping empire. An abused teenager in Texas has the courage to take the stand in a grueling trial that sends her pimp away for 75 years. Survivors of the sex trade in New York, Phoenix, and Minneapolis set up shelters and rescue centers that offer young girls a chance to break free from the streets. &“The sex trade is the new drug trade,&” says one FBI special agent, and Somebody's Daughter is a call to action, shining a light on America's dirty little secret.
Book Synopsis Helping Children with Selective Mutism and Their Parents by : Christopher A. Kearney
Download or read book Helping Children with Selective Mutism and Their Parents written by Christopher A. Kearney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping Children with Selective Mutism and Their Parents: A Guide for School-based Professionals provides information that can help readers to better understand and combat selective mutism, offering evidence-based strategies for enhancing a child's verbal participation at school and in other types of social and academic activities.
Book Synopsis Helen J. Stewart by : Sally Springmeyer Zanjani
Download or read book Helen J. Stewart written by Sally Springmeyer Zanjani and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the mistress of the Mormon Trail, Helen J. Stewart not only paved the way for women in the west, but also was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the future of Las Vegas.Born in the Midwest in the mid-1800s, uprooted and transplanted as a young girl into the frenzied gold rush days in California, Helen J. Stewart experienced the rigors of pioneer life early. Married at nineteen, mother at twenty, widow at thirty with four children and pregnant with her fifth, she had no time to ponder her fate. Instead, she became a force to reckon with.Sally Zanjani and Carrie Townley Porter chronicle the extraordinary life of a woman dedicated to providing for her family and improving the lives of those around her, a woman ahead of her time who befriended Indians as well as congressmen, a woman who truly was the "First Lady of Las Vegas".
Book Synopsis The Mystery in Las Vegas by : Carole Marsh
Download or read book The Mystery in Las Vegas written by Carole Marsh and published by Gallopade International. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One lucky lady! Two unlucky kids! Four rrroolllsss of the dice! Lots of neon! And a mystery that very likely includes a VAMPIRE! What seems like a city for adults only turns out to be an exciting town for kids who love neon, cactus, gigantic dams, rollercoasters atop tall hotels, chocolate, swimming pools and vampires. Vampires? Well, it seems so, but who knows in Las Vegas, a place where magic can be fake...yet the pretend be alllll too real! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Casinos Las Vegas facts and history Š Spiders and Scorpions Š Mojave Desert history Š Neon lights Š Elvis Presley impersonators Š The Las Vegas StripŠ history Š White Bengal Tigers Š Information on the hotels on the strip Š Rides in the Stratosphere Hoteltel Š Hoover Dam history Š Nellis Air Force BaseŠ Mojave Desert Š Fremont Street, Š Glitter Gulch Š Hoover Dam, Black Canyon Š Secret Garden of Siegfried and Roy Š Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Š Ethel M. Chocolate Factory Š Luxor Hotel Š Las Vegas Natural History Museum Š Flamingo Hotel Š Ice Canyon. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.6 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 126332 Lexile Measure: 750 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40
Book Synopsis Springs in the Desert by : Johnathan Peters
Download or read book Springs in the Desert written by Johnathan Peters and published by Stephens PressLlc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of Las Vegas, Nevada, from the native peoples who first visited the springs, to the coming of white settlers and the establishment of ranches and towns, to the appearance of Hoover Dam, the military, and the casinos.
Book Synopsis What Happens in Vegas a Kid's Guide to Las Vegas, Nevad by : Penelope Dyan
Download or read book What Happens in Vegas a Kid's Guide to Las Vegas, Nevad written by Penelope Dyan and published by Bellissima Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographer John D. Weigand and author Penelope Dyan went to Las Vegas and came back with another very special travel book meant for kids that will look great ion your coffee table. Suffice it to say, this is a new Las Vegas full of lots of surprises as it captures the essence of so many places all over the world! Los Vegas is till the city of lights, but now it is even more! Entertaining and compact, inexpensive and fun, Las Vegas makes a great place to have a family vacation. So take a bit of an explore though this book with photographer John D. Weigand and former teacher, author and attorney, Penelope Dyan. When you see the candy apples, imagine yourself taking a delectable bite, and when you see the gondolas, imagine yourself taking a ride through the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy! Purchase this book as a companion book to "Take A Dam Tour! A Kid's Guide To Hoover Dam, Nevada," (also by Dyan and Weigand), and then see and do it all and more with your kids, beginning with the pages of these books. Or you just travel vicariously though this book, because the mind and your imagination can take you anywhere! Fire up the imaginations of your children with this informative book and ask yourself what kinds of minds created such a diverse, fun and entertaining place that captures the essence of just about everywhere? Perhaps your child will be inspired to become an architect or an artist. You never know where an explore and a dream will lead you!
Book Synopsis Let's Learn About Las Vegas! by : Logan Stover
Download or read book Let's Learn About Las Vegas! written by Logan Stover and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about Las Vegas! Every Kid History book is illustrated with real-life pictures. Kid History is a series of history books created specifically for children, kids, and young adults! CHECK OUT OUR RELATED BOOK "Let's Learn About the United States of America!" Learn About: Paiute Native Americans - Mormon Missionaries - Helen Stewart - Senator William A. Clark - J.T. McWilliams Ragtown - Founding Auction - Fremont Street - El Rancho Last Frontier - Boulder Dam - Neon Signs - The Flamingo Bugsy Siegel - Mafia Influence - The Sands - Copa Room Entertainers - Desert Inn - Sands - Tropicana - Caesars Palace - Forum Shops - Howard Hughes - Corporate Hotel Era - Steve Wynn - Mirage Resort & Volcano - New York New York Resort - The Bellagio & Fountains - Monorail Wynn Resort - Roadside & Entertainment Attractions Vegas Golden Knights - Las Vegas Raiders Kid History is written in a way to help children learn! Perfect for homeschooling or teaching someone about their heritage. Other titles include: "Let's Learn About" ... France, Mexico, England, Australia, Japan, Ireland, Dublin, Paris, Edinburgh, Italy, Scotland, the United States of America, Anaheim, and MORE! Logan Stover is one of the best young upcoming authors! He is renowned for his wonderful way of teaching children. Make sure to follow Logan to never miss another book release in the Kid Planet Universe! If you like other books like the bad seed, I wish you more, T is for Tiger, The giving Tree, or when God made you. Or If you enjoy authors that inspired Logan, such as Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, J.K. Rowling, Judy Blume, Beatrix Potter ... then you will love Kid History Books! REVIEWS "One of the best children's book authors. Period." "Finally! A history lesson for kids that's FUN!!!" "Kid History are my Son's favorite learning books!"
Book Synopsis Little Black Girl by : Brittany Green
Download or read book Little Black Girl written by Brittany Green and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Black Girl is a love letter to little black girls all around the globe to remind them who they are, where they come from, and what they can become.
Book Synopsis Frommer's Las Vegas with Kids by : Lisa Derrick
Download or read book Frommer's Las Vegas with Kids written by Lisa Derrick and published by *Frommers. This book was released on 2003-05-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new title reveals the most fun and educational experiences for kids of all ages in Sin City. Believe it or not, in 2001, 12% of visitors to Las Vegas were families with children— that's more than 4 million visitors with children in tow! Las Vegas with Kids is full of incredibly detailed tips— right down to which hotels offer cribs and rollaway beds and which restaurants offer high chairs and kids' menus. Inside, you'll learn a wealth of information about where to find hands-on, interactive museums and attractions (with suggested age ranges for each activity); child-appropriate entertainment; kid-oriented shopping; and parks and other places to play— all perfect for families with kids of any age (and any budget).
Author :Mina Kelly Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781544665092 Total Pages :24 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (65 download)
Book Synopsis Amazing Pictures and Facts about Las Vegas by : Mina Kelly
Download or read book Amazing Pictures and Facts about Las Vegas written by Mina Kelly and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kid's U Presents... Las Vegas - Amazing Pictures and Facts About Las Vegas ---- Have you ever heard of the city of Las Vegas, and wondered what makes it such a big and popular place to go? Or have you asked yourself where the largest hotels in the world are found? In this book you will learn amazing things about Las Vegas, finding the answers to these questions, and many more! With pictures alongside them, this book will capture the attention of even the youngest of children, and you will all start to explore the many wonders of the world. Many children learn only because they have to, but don't realize how amazing the world is, and how fun it is to learn about! The goal of this book is to change that. This book will help your children to see how vast and wonderful the world is, and inspire them with the excitement of learning. Readers will Become more aware of the various cultures around the world. Discover a multitude of amazing facts to wonder and learn more about. Find that reading can be educational, but fun!And much more!
