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Author
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: A "riveting . . . account of how organized crime looted the casinos they controlled" ( Kirkus Reviews ). Focusing on Chicago bookie Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and his partner, Anthony Spilotro, and drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of the Mafia classic Wiseguy --basis for the film Goodfellas --Nicholas Pileggi reveals how the pair worked together to oversee...
2) Casino
Language
English
Formats
Description
This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino,...
3) To the nines
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Description
Pursuing a skip, Stephanie travels to Las Vegas, where she meets up with Sally Sweet, Joe Morelli, and Ranger, and works to outmaneuver a trio of mobsters who are determined to prevent Stephanie's return home.
6) Overturned
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nikki Tate's father has been on death row for killing his best friend in a gambling dispute, but he has always maintained his innocence, and now his conviction has been overturned and he is back at the casino, where high school junior Nikki has been operating illegal poker games in the hopes of saving enough money to get out of Vegas after graduation--and now he is determined to find the real killer, and Nikki is inevitably drawn into his dangerous...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Jack Bruno is a Las Vegas cab driver. Scientist Dr. Alex Friedman is one of his passengers. She is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space. The next day Jack notices Sara and Seth sitting in the back seat of his cab. He takes them to a run down house in the middle of nowhere, where they must obtain an object. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke is searching for information pertaining to two aliens that landed days earlier....
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, with its constant influx of visitors, criminals are provided with ripe targets of all varieties. Luckily for the victims, the Las Vegas Police Department's night shift Crime Scene Investigations is on the case. In this season, Laurence Fishburne joins the CSI team in the lead role of Dr. Raymond Langston.
14) Vegas sunrise
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"A jam-packed finale" in the trilogy that follows the powerful legacy of the Thornton family from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Vegas Heat (Kirkus Reviews).
Fanny Thornton Reed, proud matriarch of the Thornton dynasty, chooses her first husband's illegitimate son Jeff to run Babylon, her family's successful Las Vegas casino. For Jeff, this is a chance of a lifetime. For Fanny, it is a decision...
Fanny Thornton Reed, proud matriarch of the Thornton dynasty, chooses her first husband's illegitimate son Jeff to run Babylon, her family's successful Las Vegas casino. For Jeff, this is a chance of a lifetime. For Fanny, it is a decision...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The infamous boxing match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield on June 28, 1997, was like none other in the sports history, and this insightful account of the anticipation, the gruesome fight itself, and the ongoing aftermath of that one night reveals just how much of an impact it really made. The rivals met for a rematch that would never be finished, as Tyson earned a disqualification and infamy that followed in the third round by biting off...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Sara is kidnapped by the miniature killer; the parents of a missing girl are murdered and the suspect is a pastor; a popular movie actress is murdered; a young boy and his babysitter are murdered and FBI agent Jack Malone comes to investigate; a well-known Vegas humanitarian is killed for her involvement in a dog-fighting ring; the team investigates the death of a young girl left in a cardboard box; Warrick is found at a mobster's crime scene with...
19) Ocean's thirteen
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Banks in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Banks. Banks' even goes so far as to finding amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Banks and what he's done to a friend. Uniting...
20) Deal
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A hot-shot college kid finds himself pulled into the World Series of Poker, where his mentor is his toughest competition.
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