Turning the Tables on Las Vegas
Title | Turning the Tables on Las Vegas PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Andersen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Cardsharping |
ISBN |
Die in Neuenburg ansässigen Architekten Geninsaca Delefortrie machen seit einigen Jahren mit ihren Projekten auf sich aufmerksam. Die Art und Weise der Projektrealisierung, die Geninasca Delefortrie betreiben ist ebenso ungewöhnlich wie sie einen Weg jenseits der gängigen Akquiseformen weist. Spätestens mit dem Bau des neuen städtische Fussballstadion in der Maladière, drang das Büro auch in das Bewusstsein einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit. Das Büro ist damit nicht nur zur treibenden Kraft der lokalen Architekturszene geworden, sondern, viel wichtiger, auch der Stadtentwicklung und damit Beispiel, wie Architektur bewusst städtische Entwicklungsprozesse beeinflussen und auch lenken kann. Die Architekten sind dabei – das ist das besondere– ihre eigenen Auftraggeber: Sie definieren städtische Grundstücke mit Entwicklungspotenzial und gehen dann auf die Städte zu, um gemeinsam mit den zuständigen Ämtern Bebauungspläne wie Konzept für die Bebauung zu entwickeln. Mit der ersten Monografie über Geninasca Delefortrie wird nun erstmals ihr beeindruckendes Werk einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit präsentiert.
Burning the Tables in Las Vegas
Title | Burning the Tables in Las Vegas PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Andersen |
Publisher | Huntington Press Inc |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2002-12 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 0929712846 |
In Burning the Tables in Las Vegas, Ian Andersen, author of the classic Turning the Tables on Las Vegas and one of the most successful high-stakes blackjack players of all time, shares his personal program for success at blackjack, poker, and life. This second edition contains three important new chapters: one on the use of the surrender option at blackjack as a camouflage technique, one on green-chip play for medium rollers; and one on understanding casino psychology. The "Crazy Surrender" chapter expands Andersen's Ultimate Gambit and adds another dimension to his technique of using elements of mathematics and psychology to remain below the casino radar. This new edition also contains a Foreword by blackjack legend Stanford Wong.
Turning the Tables
Title | Turning the Tables PDF eBook |
Author | Rita Rudner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780307339126 |
This romp through the wilds of Las Vegas features a nice girl, a slimy entertainment executive, a really bad magician, and more laughs and excitement than can be found anywhere on the strip.
Vegas Knights
Title | Vegas Knights PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Forbeck |
Publisher | Watkins Media Limited |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2011-03-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0857660861 |
It's a kind of magic... When two college freshmen decide to spend Spring Break using their magic to fleece the gambling tables of Las Vegas, little do they imagine that Vegas harbors some magical secrets of its own... And of course what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas - alive or dead. File Under: [The Mob & Magic | Ancient Secrets | Zombie Wizardry | Bet Your Life]
Sun, Sin & Suburbia
Title | Sun, Sin & Suburbia PDF eBook |
Author | Geoff Schumacher |
Publisher | Stephens Press, LLC |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Las Vegas (Nev.) |
ISBN | 9781932173147 |
People all over the globe know Las Vegas as gambling's Mecca, Sin City, the Entertainment Capital of the World, a resort destination that attracts more than 35 million visitors per year. But that's just one piece of the story of this fascinating metropolis of 1.5 million people - and counting. With more than 6,000 people rushing to the valley each month, Las Vegas responded to the influx with enthusiasm and a can-do attitude, all while coping with enormous economic, social and political challenges. This carefully documented history focuses on the most exciting and chaotic decade in Las Vegas history: the 1990s. Veteran journalist Geoff Schumacher captures the true essence of Las Vegas, seeing past the neon and discovering the multi-faceted communities beyond.
Gambling Wizards
Title | Gambling Wizards PDF eBook |
Author | Richard W. Munchkin |
Publisher | Huntington Press Inc |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2012-03 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 0929712684 |
Get into the minds of the greatest gamblers of all time. Read in-depth interviews with eight masters of the games. Learn how they think, how they play, and what made them successful. The interview subjects include: Billy Walters (sports betting), Chip Reese (poker), Doyle Brunson (poker), Mike Svobodny (backgammon), Stan Tomchin (backgammon and sports betting), Cathy Hulbert (blackjack and poker), Alan Woods (blackjack and horse racing), and Tommy Hyland (blackjack).
Leaving Las Vegas
Title | Leaving Las Vegas PDF eBook |
Author | John O'Brien |
Publisher | Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
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.