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Book Synopsis Take Me to the River by : Peter Alson
Download or read book Take Me to the River written by Peter Alson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-07-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MEET PETER ALSON An overeducated underachiever, he's spent his postcollege decades doing his best not to grow up. Now, having just turned the incomprehensible (to him) age of fifty, and staring down his own mortality, this rambling- gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. After years of equivocating, he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend. A wedding date is set for just after Labor Day, and to pay for it, a plan is hatched involving poker and a trip to Vegas. Alson boards a plane bound for the neon desert on his way to the biggest game in town, the 2005 World Series of Poker. Thus begins Take Me to the River, a first-person account of one inveterate gambler and bad boy's quest to grow up while at the same time compete with more than 5,000 players vying for over $56 million in prize money during a scorching Vegas summer. Take Me to the River is a hilarious, heart-wrenching tale of Las Vegas and an exploration of what it means to be part of one of the fastest-growing and most popular sports in the United States, at the moment of its apogee, and of the lessons that poker has to teach about probability and luck, good and bad fortune, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment.
Book Synopsis Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by : Hunter S. Thompson
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.
Book Synopsis Murder In Las Vegas by : Serena B. Miller
Download or read book Murder In Las Vegas written by Serena B. Miller and published by L. J. Emory Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tough-as-nails Doreen Sizemore, decides she would rather fight a rabid skunk than set foot outside her tiny Kentucky town ever again. She’s tired of stumbling upon murders in her travels, and doesn’t intend to ever get involved in another one. But she can’t turn down one more trip when she accidentally wins a vacation to Las Vegas from the local IGA. Unfortunately, her brother joins her there and gets himself into a mess at a casino. Trying to spirit him out of town without getting caught teaches Doreen the meaning of “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!”
Book Synopsis Everyday Las Vegas by : Rex J. Rowley
Download or read book Everyday Las Vegas written by Rex J. Rowley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, more than thirty-five million people from all over the world visit Las Vegas; only two million call the city home. Everyday Las Vegas takes a close look at the lives of those who live in a place the rest of the world considers exotic, even decadent. Using broad research, including interviews with more than one hundred Las Vegans, Rex Rowley--who grew up in Las Vegas--examines everyday life in a place that markets itself as an escape from mundane reality. Rowley considers such topics as why people move to Las Vegas, the nature of their work and personal lives, the impact of growth and rapid change, and interaction with the overwhelmingly touristic side of the city. He also considers the benefits and perils of living in a nonstop twenty-four-hour city rich in entertainment options and easy access to gambling, drugs, and other addictions. His examination includes the previously unstudied role of neighborhood casinos patronized by locals rather than tourists and the impact that a very mobile population has on schools, churches, and community life. Rowley considers the very different ways people perceive a place as insiders or outsiders, a dichotomy that arises when tourism is a mainstay of the local economy. His work offers insights into what Las Vegas can teach us about other cities and American culture in general. It also contributes to our understanding of how people relate to places and how the personality of a place influences the lives of people who live there.
Download or read book Taking on Giants written by David Roybal and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist David Roybal explores New Mexico's fractious recent political history through the life of reform-minded former State Senator Fabian Chavez Jr.
Book Synopsis Don’t Call Me Angel by : Natalie M. Monet
Download or read book Don’t Call Me Angel written by Natalie M. Monet and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t Call Me Angel By: Natalie M. Monet Don’t Call Me Angel started one night as the author was writing in her journal. She was moved to expose Satan and how he plays his games. She wishes for the world to see the true face of Satan and how he works in an individual’s life to pull them into darkness and control them. I am saying I am Angel of God and that I want to see how Satan is working in your life. The night Natalie finished her book, Saint Michael was standing at the end of her bed, guarding her. She told him, you don’t have to babysit me, I’m fine. Her entire bed was shaking and she shouted out, “Knock it Off”! It was the Angels telling Michael and her that God wants to acknowledge her and her book. She found herself standing before God. He was the size of the tallest building you ever seen. He placed one finger on her head, for her to bow. A crown was placed on her head. She found herself back in room. She wanted to ask her Father a question. She was then standing next to his ear. She asked him a question in a whisper. He just laughed and said yes. But suddenly found herself in Heaven, standing before God. He placed a finger on her head and pushed her down to bow before Him. She felt a crown placed on her head. She was back in her room and wanted to ask her Father a question. Then she was next to His ear, asked the question, and He just laughed and said “yes.”
Book Synopsis Get Out! Save Your Life by : Tami Keele
Download or read book Get Out! Save Your Life written by Tami Keele and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story about my life experiences and the years of circumstances that went beyond my control and the abuse I have suffered starting at age 3. I was abused by my father as a child and then by my husband as an adult. My marriage of abuse lasted 18 years. I am a survivor, not a statistic. This book is full of the truth. It takes you through the tragic and triumphant moments and the struggles I've lived through. I tell of my addiction that was forced upon me by my abuser and the trauma that caused my Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Through it all there was one constant, my faith. My belief that God has a better plan for me is what kept me going.
Book Synopsis Asterisk: A Wildcard Character by : Booth Milovnik
Download or read book Asterisk: A Wildcard Character written by Booth Milovnik and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January of 1983, fourteen-year-old Cindy found out that she was pregnant. Her faith-filled mother was crushed. She ended up giving birth and naming the baby Matthew. Cindy ended up calling Matthew her little asterisk. As Cindy tells us the story of her life, Matthew seems to be a footnote to everything that happens. But Matthew is not just an asterisk in his mother's story. Family members and friends also share their stories, and Matthew seems to be an asterisk in all of them. Who is Matthew? Who is his father? Just how important is Matthew to everyone he encounters as he grows up? Read stories that are raw and emotional. Sometimes funny, often sad, but always compelling. Enjoy this unconventional look at someone's life through the eyes of many different people, including Matthew himself.
Book Synopsis Leave the Light On by : Michael Martin
Download or read book Leave the Light On written by Michael Martin and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-06-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When my son died, he was six years old. The day we buried him, the Lord and my son came and paid for his funeral. Three months later, the Lord took me to heaven, I found my son and had a short conversation with him, and the Lord talked to me and gave me some messages to give to the world. It was not a near-death experience! 2
Book Synopsis Retirement Tumultuous Events & Why US Presidents Are Impeached by : Cyrus Tahernia, MD, FAAP, FACC
Download or read book Retirement Tumultuous Events & Why US Presidents Are Impeached written by Cyrus Tahernia, MD, FAAP, FACC and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retirement Tumultuous Events & Why US Presidents Are Impeached By: Cyrus Tahernia, MD, FAAP, FACC Retirement Tumultuous Events & Why US Presidents Are Impeached details adventures and exotic places that author Cyrus Tahernia, MD, FAAP, FACC has been throughout his retirement, while also providing commentary on global events that have occurred. Through detailed reports, Tahernia provides an in-depth look into domestic and foreign politics and expands our world view through his travels abroad.
Book Synopsis Isaac's "Get Lucky" Tour Blog by : Isaac Shabtay
Download or read book Isaac's "Get Lucky" Tour Blog written by Isaac Shabtay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the spring-summer of 2010, I was following Mark Knopfler's
Download or read book Dear Samuel written by Barry Ivker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the things I most enjoy doing is going to estate sales. Call it the excitement of the huntthe prospects of finding a book by an author I had not known before, an artifact from some exotic culture, or even some dishes with a pattern I remembered from childhood. There is always the mystique of trying to reconstruct the life of someone who has diedseeing the things they valued spread out, to be snatched up by anyone willing to pay the asking price, much as my things will be dispersed when I am gone. There is always the prospect of finding something totally unexpected. Thus, it was some months ago when I came across a box of envelopes all marked First Day of Issue. The United States Postal Service designates a city on the first day a given stamp is issued, and all letters mailed from that city on that day can be cancelled with that marking. Frequently, dealers get bundles of such cancelled envelopes and sell them to collectors for a good price. Here was a boxful of these envelopes. I offered the sellers a price for the whole box. It was near the end of the sale. The sellers wanted to get rid of as much as possible, and they accepted my offer. I should add that I am not a stamp collector. I do have friends who collect stamps and thought this would make a nice gift for one of them. When I got home, I arranged the collection chronologically. They spanned a period of twelve years, from 1959 to 1971. They were all addressed to the same person in Birmingham, Alabama, a Samuel . They were all written by the same person, a Dwayne , who was born and raised in Birmingham. My curiosity was piqued. Who was this son of Birmingham who absented himself from his native town during one of the most turbulent periods of its history? What was the relationship of the two men that warranted such a long and voluminous correspondencefor me, a one-way correspondence, since I had no way of retrieving the letters Samuel sent to Dwayne. Why the long period of exile during that particular period of time? Why the widespread traveling? How did Dwayne manage to support himself? What did he do to occupy his time? My mind was filled with questions. When I started reading the letters, the answers I received were far more intriguing than I could have imagined. It is with this in mind that I offer this correspondence to the reading public. It reflects the psychological history not only of an unusual personality but also of an important era of American history. I have let the letters stand as they were written, preserving the style, grammar, and orthography of the author. I know little enough of the details of his childhood. He was obviously well read, even if he was not formally educated to any advanced degree. He was clearly an astute observer of the events of his time. It is my hope that the reader will find the letters edifying and entertaininguseful and pleasingand that my effort to bring them to public view will be deemed worthwhile.
Download or read book The Bellman written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evil Deceit written by P. G. Simmons and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1939war was on the horizon and many dangerous people lurked in the shadows plotting to damage America. Government agents were fighting across the country to bring down these enemy spies. When Katelynn Collins woke from a coma, she had no memoriesher mind was a clean slate. Haunted by her dreams, she fought hard to recall her past life. As her memory began to return, she found herself in middle of an espionage ringconfused, disoriented, and frightened. Until she could replace her present with her past, she did not know which side she was on.
Download or read book Top Secret written by Dale Kiser and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an intense love story wrapped up in CIA and KGB activities and intrigue. The two main characters, Mollie Sands and Jim Owens, have a long and stormy relationship over the eleven years. Mollie, an Alaskan woman who has to survive more hurt than most people ever expect to. Jim, a former Military Intelligence Officer and finally a CIA operative of much merit. After having hurt each other significantly several times the relationship falls apart for several years. During these years the two of them continue to work together. Jim has several relationships with other women during this time. Mollie has to contend with all that while still loving him. This is a detailed writing about the work they were involved in during the eleven years and all the hurts Mollie endured. It goes deeply into the thinking of some of the characters, revealing their weaknesses and fears as well as some of their strengths. One might ask why a woman would tolerate all that Mollied did and still keep her sanity? And why would she tolerate all the other things he did with other women and not completely dismiss him from her life? And why would she insist he tell her all the details of everything he did, knowing she would suffer tremendously? The amazing thing is that she seems to have kept her sanity while struggling mightly within herself. Happenings brought on by themselves, the KGB, and their own organization, the CIA. There is love; there are assassinations, much intrigue, loneliness, loss of several close friends as the CIA and the KGB battle each other. It is set in Alaska, but takes place in many parts of the world. It is very detailed and is a compelling story, one worthy of much psychological investigation and thought.
Book Synopsis The Wonder Working Power of Imagination by : Neville
Download or read book The Wonder Working Power of Imagination written by Neville and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If one is looking for answers to the meaning of life and how to make a happier, richer existence (e.g., relationships, finances, health), then Nevilles teaching from personal experience, testimonies from students, and his amazing visions paralleling and explaining the mysteries of the Old and New Testament will answer those questions. Learn his techniques, unleash your power to create, believe in your imaginary acts, and no power in this world can stop the desired results from appearing in your world. Its the only creative power, one that everyone is operating moment to moment. Learning how to direct it deliberately is essential to producing loving, positive changes in ones life. These 1963 lectures also begin a nine-year odyssey of discovering the deepest meanings of six visions of the end that had unfolded in Neville (19591963). The visions are the signs that this long journey as limited man; the terrible opacity and contraction is over, that the purpose of human life has been completed; man has endured and overcome six thousand years of amnesia plus the fires of experience and has emerged victorious. Hes been transformed by his inner being (I Am or God) back into the divinity he truly is and always was.
Book Synopsis Culture and Retardation by : L.L. Langness
Download or read book Culture and Retardation written by L.L. Langness and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental retardation in the United States is currently defined as " ... signif icantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior, and manifested during the development period" (Grossman, 1977). Of the estimated six million plus mentally retarded individuals in this country fully 75 to 85% are considered to be "func tionally" retarded (Edgerton, 1984). That is, they are mildly retarded persons with no evident organic etiology or demonstrable brain pathology. Despite the relatively recent addition of adaptive behavior as a factor in the definition of retardation, 1.0. still remains as the essential diagnostic criterion (Edgerton, 1984: 26). An 1.0. below 70 indicates subaverage functioning. However, even such an "objective" measure as 1.0. is prob lematic since a variety of data indicate quite clearly that cultural and social factors are at play in decisions about who is to be considered "retarded" (Edgerton, 1968; Kamin, 1974; Langness, 1982). Thus, it has been known for quite some time that there is a close relationship between socio-economic status and the prevalence of mild mental retardation: higher socio-economic groups have fewer mildly retarded persons than lower groups (Hurley, 1969). Similarly, it is clear that ethnic minorities in the United States - Blacks, Mexican-Americans, American Indians, Puerto Ricans, Hawaiians, and others - are disproportionately represented in the retarded population (Mercer, 1968; Ramey et ai., 1978).
