A Night in Vegas (readers copy)


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Get a readers copy of the script for Joe Marshall's award-winning play ""A Night in Vegas,"" a raucous comedy in six vignettes that gives us a peek into the flamboyant Vegas nightlife all through the door of one hotel room. From male prostitutes and anonymous sex, to gay marriage and everything in between, this fantastic comedy set in the gayest hotel on the Vegas strip will have you laughing and leave you declaring what happens in Vegas... A Night in Vegas is the second play from award-winning playwright Joe Marshall ("The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever!," "A Waning Gibbous Moon," "Dirty Secrets"). It was awarded two AriZoni awards for Best Original Script and Best Original Production in 2000.




Heat in the Vegas Night


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​This true story will take the reader on a scary ride through the trials and tribulations of a card cheater on the run. Las Vegas is a gambling mecca that lures in tourists from all over the world, each trying to win money at their favorite casino game. The game of Blackjack or "21" is played by more tourists than any other casino game. Jerry Reedy, the author of this true story, was introduced to a group of blackjack players shortly after he got out of college. This group of country boys from the northwest was led by one man named Steve Kammeyer (the Boss). The Boss developed a system in blackjack based on knowing what the dealer's hole card was. This type of activity is absolutely forbidden in Las Vegas, but this group was tough to detour.




Fourth Estate


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The Charles Ilfeld Company


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In a pioneering study of far western commercial enterprise from Santa Fe Trail days to the present, detailed company records reveal the merchants' solutions of monetary exchange, balance of trade, and transportation problems, in depression and prosperity. Finally, the author traces the defeat of mercantile capitalism by modern specialization. New materials give valuable insights into the history of economic development in the western hemisphere. An important book for economists and historians, its frontier stories will delight less specialized readers.




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The Everything Online Poker Book


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Whether you're a beginner or an intermediate player who wants to move from live games to playing online, The Everything Online Poker Book is your user-friendly guide to the fundamentals of the game, along with tips and techniques that are specific to online play This insider's guide offers step-by-step instructions and real-world tips on: - Setting up an account and making secure bets; - Finding the right site, joining a table, and navigating an online game; - Online poker etiquette; - Figuring out the stakes and other player expenses; - Avoiding cheaters; - Finding poker resources on the Internet. The popularity of online poker is exploding, with some 2 million people playing on more than 300 sites every day! Whether you're a risk-taker or a more conservative player, The Everything Online Poker Book gives you everything you need to devise a winning strategy and cash in on the online action!




Bootlegger of the Soul


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The award-winning novelist William Kennedy is perhaps best known for his Albany Cycle, a series of novels that put Albany on the world's literary map alongside James Joyce's Dublin, Gabriel García Márquez's Macondo, and William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County. Bootlegger of the Soul offers a fresh and authoritative overview of Kennedy's long literary career and his astonishing trajectory from journalist to struggling novelist to Pulitzer Prize winner. Included here are reviews, interviews, and scholarly essays on Kennedy's work, as well as essays, speeches, a play, and a short story by the author himself, together with more than fifty historical and personal photographs. Lively, readable, and brimming with the infectious wit and lyrical prose that animates Kennedy's novels, Bootlegger of the Soul is a celebration of a writer still working hard at his craft at age ninety.




Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction


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As the first encyclopedia solely devoted to the popular romance fiction genre, this resource provides a wealth of information on all aspects of the subject. Romance fiction accounts for a large share of book sales each year, and contrary to popular belief, not all of its readers are women: roughly 16 percent are men. This enormously popular genre continues to captivate people reading for pleasure, and it also commands a growing amount of academic interest. Included are alphabetically arranged reference entries on significant authors along with works, themes, and other topics. The articles are written by scholars, librarians, and industry professionals with a deep knowledge of the genre and so provide a thorough understanding of the subject. An index provides easy access to information within the entries, and bibliographies at the end of each entry, a general bibliography, and a suggested romance reading list allow for further study of the genre.




The Participating Reader


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Hell Has No Fury


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FBI Special Agent Phoenix Perry is faced with two serial killers as she investigates the brutal murders of a District of Columbia warden and his wife, and a socialite, her lover, and her closest friends. Original.