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At the Sands: The Casino That Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together, and Went Out With a BangThe lights are coming down. Frank, Dean, and Sammy are about to take the stage. This is the moment we remember, when Las Vegas became classic. And it was at the Sands. Built in 1952 over the ashes of Hollywood Reporter publisher Billy Wilkerson's...
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When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem and MurderWhat is it about Las Vegas that captivates us? Is it how the skim worked at the Stardust and how millions of dollars walked out the door uncounted? Or what really happened when Frank Sinatra threw a chair at the casino boss of the...
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Give a Boy a Gun: The True Story of Law and Disorder in the American WestThe war between society and the antisocial personality has long been a subject of fascination, and few have explored it as thoroughly as award-winning author Jack Olsen. In his national best seller Son: A Psychopath and His Victims, Olsen studied a psychopathic rapist who...
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The Snow-Shoe Itinerant - An AutobiographyWestern Reflections is reprinting an engaging, historical autobiography for the general public -- "The Snow-Shoe Itinerant." Reverend John Dyer, an intrepid Methodist minister, came to Colorado in 1861 at the ripe old-age of forty-nine, but soon fit in as one of the "boys" in...
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Kill Zone: A Sniper Looks at Dealey PlazaIn 1987, former U.S. Marine Corps sniper Craig Roberts, a seasoned veteran of the Vietnam war, stood for the first time at the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository. As he looked down into that the U.S. Government maintains was the kill...
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Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty CultureHope in a Jar The Making of America's Beauty Culture Kathy Peiss "Incisive, lively. The model of everything social history should be."--Los Angeles Times How did powder and paint, once scorned as immoral, become indispensable to millions of respectable women? How did a "kitchen...
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Indian Trial: The Complete Story of the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the Fall of the Kiowa NationKiowa and Comanche raids on the Southern Plains in 1870-71 terrorized settlers. The raids culminated in the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the arrest of Satank, Santanta, and Big Tree by General William Tecumseh Sherman. The Jacksboro Indian Trial led to a confrontation between...
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Not Like Us: Immigrants and Minorities in America, 1890-1924Examining the conditions of immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans between 1890 and 1924, the heyday of immigration and a time of supposed progress for American minorities, Mr. Daniels finds that these groups experienced as much repression as advance.Author: Roger DanielsPublisher: Ivan R. Dee...
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From Maine to MeccaMecca is a town in the California desert, 126 feet below sea level. In summer the temperature can rise to 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. It is often 100 degrees at midnight. In those early days there was no electricity or air conditioning....
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Finding the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: A Novel Based on a True StoryR.C. Nidever's novel is based on the true story of a California Indian woman left alone on a remote island in the year 1835 and the man, George Nidever, who finally found her. Based on the same story as the well-known book for young...
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The Public ArtsFirst published in 1956 and then again in 1994. Seldes can be viewed as a pioneer of popularising and giving value to popular culture in his various publications since 1924. The Public Arts first published in 1956 starts with a letter to Jimmy Durante...
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Black Powder and Hand Steel: Mines and Machines on the Old Western FrontierMining in the western United States entered its great era after 1860 through use of the double-jack, black powder, hand steel, Bickford fuse, wire rope, and the steam engine. Those were the years of bonanza strikes: Henry Wickenburg's Vulture Mine in Arizona Territory; the...
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What Really Happened on October 5, 1892: An Attempt at an Accurate Account of the Dalton Gang and CoffeyvilleThis is an illustrated account of the Dalton Gang's unsuccessful raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas on October 5, 1892. Originally published by the Coffeyville Historical Society, this reprint includes an updated foreword by the author. Included in the book are brief histories...
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Jump: 40th Anniversary of Attending the "1984" Van Halen ConcertIn 1984, five teenagers and two adults were given more than what they expected at a Van Halen concert. Forty-years ago, a band from Pasadena, California delivered one amazing concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. Van Halen gave these kids an experience that would last for...
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Farewell, My BoyFrom the deserts of North Africa to the dark forests in the Third Reich, Tommy Haupner, together with his American lover, Henry "Shorty" Reiter, lead their team in a daring mission to rescue a gifted young savant from Nazi Germany's T4 euthanasia program. They...
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The Communist Manifesto"There is no other edition at the moment that can match its quality in terms of translation, and its substance in terms of historical context." -- Renate Holub, University of California, Berkeley Author: Friedrich Engels, Karl MarxPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 08/30/2004Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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A Genealogical History Of The Noble And Illustrious Family Of Courtenay: In Three Parts. The First Giveth An Account, Of The Counts Of Edessa, Of ThatA Genealogical History Of The Noble And Illustrious Family Of Courtenay: In Three Parts. The First Giveth An Account, Of The Counts Of Edessa, Of That Family. The Second, Of That Branch Is In France. The Third, Of That Branch Is In England, has...
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The Entertaining History of King Philip's War: Which Began in the Month of June, 1675: Also of Expeditions More Lately Made Against the Common Enemy aTitle: The entertaining history of King Philip's War: which began in the month of June, 1675: also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy and Indian rebels in the eastern parts of New-England: with some account of the Divine Providence towards Col....
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When We Were EnemiesTwo women, generations apart, in the spotlight. A powerful novel about family secrets, devastating choices, and hope for the future by the bestselling author of When I'm Gone.Camera-shy Elise Branson is different from the other women in her maternal line. Her mother is an...
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Lincoln in the Black Hawk WarAuthor: Alfred Augustus JacksonPublisher: Spoken RealmsPublished: 01/23/2024Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798874692117
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