Author: Larry Wilmore
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401395473
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
From the host of Comedy Central's newest program, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, comes the first paperback reprint of his funny and provocative musings on race in America and other nightly topics--updated with new material for this edition. Now boasting three new chapters and an introduction exclusive the trade paperback edition, I'd Rather We Got Casinos And Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore gives Wilmore's on-screen character of the same name a place to voice his opinions on controversial topics in a way that anyone can find amusing . . . and eye-opening. Exploring various literary forms such as op-ed pieces, epistolary entries, graduation speeches, and long-lost transcripts, the result is a collection that the expanded audience from his successful Comedy Central program will enjoy, including: why black weathermen make him feel happy (or sad); why brothas don't see UFOs; letters to the NAACP; and more, including his frustration with Black History Month -- after all, can twenty-eight days of trivia really make up for centuries of oppression?"
I'd Rather We Got Casinos
Author: Larry Wilmore
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401395473
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
From the host of Comedy Central's newest program, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, comes the first paperback reprint of his funny and provocative musings on race in America and other nightly topics--updated with new material for this edition. Now boasting three new chapters and an introduction exclusive the trade paperback edition, I'd Rather We Got Casinos And Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore gives Wilmore's on-screen character of the same name a place to voice his opinions on controversial topics in a way that anyone can find amusing . . . and eye-opening. Exploring various literary forms such as op-ed pieces, epistolary entries, graduation speeches, and long-lost transcripts, the result is a collection that the expanded audience from his successful Comedy Central program will enjoy, including: why black weathermen make him feel happy (or sad); why brothas don't see UFOs; letters to the NAACP; and more, including his frustration with Black History Month -- after all, can twenty-eight days of trivia really make up for centuries of oppression?"
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401395473
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
From the host of Comedy Central's newest program, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, comes the first paperback reprint of his funny and provocative musings on race in America and other nightly topics--updated with new material for this edition. Now boasting three new chapters and an introduction exclusive the trade paperback edition, I'd Rather We Got Casinos And Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore gives Wilmore's on-screen character of the same name a place to voice his opinions on controversial topics in a way that anyone can find amusing . . . and eye-opening. Exploring various literary forms such as op-ed pieces, epistolary entries, graduation speeches, and long-lost transcripts, the result is a collection that the expanded audience from his successful Comedy Central program will enjoy, including: why black weathermen make him feel happy (or sad); why brothas don't see UFOs; letters to the NAACP; and more, including his frustration with Black History Month -- after all, can twenty-eight days of trivia really make up for centuries of oppression?"
Prison, Insanity, But Not Quite Death
Author: Mike McNichols
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456800876
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Gambling is fun. There is nothing like the bells, whistles and jackpots. In Prison, Insanity But Not Quite Death, Mike McNichols, chronicles his extraordinary journey into and ultimately out of the world of Compulsive Gambling. At the age of 28, Mike was living his dream of being a sports writer. He had married his high school sweetheart and had a beautiful young daughter when he changed careers rather than follow his dream. That single decision set in motion a 26-year search for self validation that led him to compulsive gambling, theft and prison. This is the story of great despair and loss. It is also the story of triumph in one man's life as he comes to realize it is who we are, not what we possess, that defines our true being.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456800876
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Gambling is fun. There is nothing like the bells, whistles and jackpots. In Prison, Insanity But Not Quite Death, Mike McNichols, chronicles his extraordinary journey into and ultimately out of the world of Compulsive Gambling. At the age of 28, Mike was living his dream of being a sports writer. He had married his high school sweetheart and had a beautiful young daughter when he changed careers rather than follow his dream. That single decision set in motion a 26-year search for self validation that led him to compulsive gambling, theft and prison. This is the story of great despair and loss. It is also the story of triumph in one man's life as he comes to realize it is who we are, not what we possess, that defines our true being.
What Casinos Don’t Want You to Know
Author: John T. Gollehon
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
ISBN: 1580425860
Category : Casinos
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
ISBN: 1580425860
Category : Casinos
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
The 21st-Century Card Counter
Author: Colin Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944877323
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This state-of-the-art treatment introduces the latest techniques and procedures for blackjack card counters on how to get away with the money today.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944877323
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This state-of-the-art treatment introduces the latest techniques and procedures for blackjack card counters on how to get away with the money today.
Last Bets
Author: Michaela McGuire
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522862403
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
On a Sunday evening in July 2011, 40-year-old Anthony dunning was pinned to the floor of Melbourne's Crown casino by security staff. Four days later, he died in the intensive care unit of the Alfred Hospital. The incident was reported to the police by two friends who were with dunning on the night—not by Crown casino. Later that week, a spokesperson for the police said that even though Crown had no legal requirement to report such incidents, 'they probably had a moral obligation' to do so. Crown casino said that its employees were just doing their job. Three months later, a young security guard was charged with manslaughter. Michaela McGuire follows the trial, trying to make sense of the gap between ethics and the law. She speaks to problem gamblers and psychologists, a casino priest and David Walsh, Australia's most notorious gambler. Last Bets is true crime writing at its best—disturbing, gripping, and unnerving. A must-read for gamblers, the gambling industry, law makers and everyone who cares.
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522862403
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
On a Sunday evening in July 2011, 40-year-old Anthony dunning was pinned to the floor of Melbourne's Crown casino by security staff. Four days later, he died in the intensive care unit of the Alfred Hospital. The incident was reported to the police by two friends who were with dunning on the night—not by Crown casino. Later that week, a spokesperson for the police said that even though Crown had no legal requirement to report such incidents, 'they probably had a moral obligation' to do so. Crown casino said that its employees were just doing their job. Three months later, a young security guard was charged with manslaughter. Michaela McGuire follows the trial, trying to make sense of the gap between ethics and the law. She speaks to problem gamblers and psychologists, a casino priest and David Walsh, Australia's most notorious gambler. Last Bets is true crime writing at its best—disturbing, gripping, and unnerving. A must-read for gamblers, the gambling industry, law makers and everyone who cares.
All or Nothing
Author: Preston L. Allen
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617751006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A “funny, relentless, haunting, and highly readable” novel about one man’s desperate gambling addiction (ForeWord Magazine). P is a school bus driver in Florida, and six month ago he won a hundred grand at the casino. What his wife and family don’t realize is that the money is long gone. To keep them fooled—and feed his ongoing compulsion—he indulges in bigger and bigger bets, scrounging for cash anywhere he can. Finally, faced with the ultimate financial crisis, he hits it really big. Yet winning, he soon learns, is just the beginning of a deeper problem . . . “Allen takes his place on a continuum that begins, perhaps, with Dostoyevsky’s Gambler, courses through Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano, William S. Burroughs’s Junky, [and] the collected works of Charles Bukowski and Hubert Selby Jr. . . . colorfully evokes the gambling milieu.” —The New York Times Book Review “This is strongly recommended and deserves a wide audience; an excellent choice for book discussion groups.” —Library Journal
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617751006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A “funny, relentless, haunting, and highly readable” novel about one man’s desperate gambling addiction (ForeWord Magazine). P is a school bus driver in Florida, and six month ago he won a hundred grand at the casino. What his wife and family don’t realize is that the money is long gone. To keep them fooled—and feed his ongoing compulsion—he indulges in bigger and bigger bets, scrounging for cash anywhere he can. Finally, faced with the ultimate financial crisis, he hits it really big. Yet winning, he soon learns, is just the beginning of a deeper problem . . . “Allen takes his place on a continuum that begins, perhaps, with Dostoyevsky’s Gambler, courses through Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano, William S. Burroughs’s Junky, [and] the collected works of Charles Bukowski and Hubert Selby Jr. . . . colorfully evokes the gambling milieu.” —The New York Times Book Review “This is strongly recommended and deserves a wide audience; an excellent choice for book discussion groups.” —Library Journal
Computer-Mediated Marketing Strategies: Social Media and Online Brand Communities
Author: Bowen, Gordon
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466665963
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
For years, technology has been the impetus for progress in various processes, systems, and businesses; it shows no sign of ceasing further development. The application of technology-driven processes in promotionally-oriented environments has become more and more common in todays business world. Computer-Mediated Marketing Strategies: Social Media and Online Brand Communities brings together marketing approaches and the application of current technology, such as social networking arenas, to show how this interaction creates a successful competitive advantage. Focusing on qualitative research, various technological tools, and diverse Internet environments, this book is a necessary reference source for academics, management practitioners, students, and professionals interested in the application of technology in promotionally-oriented processes.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466665963
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
For years, technology has been the impetus for progress in various processes, systems, and businesses; it shows no sign of ceasing further development. The application of technology-driven processes in promotionally-oriented environments has become more and more common in todays business world. Computer-Mediated Marketing Strategies: Social Media and Online Brand Communities brings together marketing approaches and the application of current technology, such as social networking arenas, to show how this interaction creates a successful competitive advantage. Focusing on qualitative research, various technological tools, and diverse Internet environments, this book is a necessary reference source for academics, management practitioners, students, and professionals interested in the application of technology in promotionally-oriented processes.
The Agendaneers I {English}
Author: Richard W. Custer
Publisher: Richard W. Custer
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Agendaneers are responsible for this apocalypse. Schematoria is where they send you for re-education. -And Anarchemy is the universal language of dissent on the wasteland... "The Agendaneers - Schematoria" is the first prequel to "Anarchemy"; which can be read in advance of the feature-length Trilogy involving "Schematoria", "Perturbatory" and the feature-lengthed version of "Anarchemy" -a novel which includes the Author's ever-popular "Dirty Chip and Uncle S.A.M.", and Best-Selling "Cosmos Line" products. All 12 of the Foreign Language Editions of "Anarchemy - The Crypto-Contagion" are 2014 International Bestsellers {iBookstore and Feedbooks}, and seven of the Editions; to include Five Editions of "Anarchemy's prequel, "The Agendaneers - Schematoria" are ALL-TIME BEST-SELLERS {iBookstore}, this being suggestive only of a broad audience's probable enjoyment of these Dystopian Comedies meant to serve as a preamble to the further enjoyment of the science fiction FPS/RPG frameworks that are now being offered to the public by innumerable developers, -or as an introduction to several Author-inspired near-future television and feature movie products that are already arriving on the market {readers will be able to unlock the code of NBC's "The Black List" when reading "The Agendaneers" and will, in many cases, recognize the Author's work spanning 30 years of cinema as the reader enjoys the entire Trilogy}. All Foreign Language Translations {Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, French, Spanish, German, Maori, Malay, Turkish, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Persian and Polish} are being provided by Google Translate! The Author thanks you, in advance, for your consideration of this series; and hopes that you enjoy the works completely.
Publisher: Richard W. Custer
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Agendaneers are responsible for this apocalypse. Schematoria is where they send you for re-education. -And Anarchemy is the universal language of dissent on the wasteland... "The Agendaneers - Schematoria" is the first prequel to "Anarchemy"; which can be read in advance of the feature-length Trilogy involving "Schematoria", "Perturbatory" and the feature-lengthed version of "Anarchemy" -a novel which includes the Author's ever-popular "Dirty Chip and Uncle S.A.M.", and Best-Selling "Cosmos Line" products. All 12 of the Foreign Language Editions of "Anarchemy - The Crypto-Contagion" are 2014 International Bestsellers {iBookstore and Feedbooks}, and seven of the Editions; to include Five Editions of "Anarchemy's prequel, "The Agendaneers - Schematoria" are ALL-TIME BEST-SELLERS {iBookstore}, this being suggestive only of a broad audience's probable enjoyment of these Dystopian Comedies meant to serve as a preamble to the further enjoyment of the science fiction FPS/RPG frameworks that are now being offered to the public by innumerable developers, -or as an introduction to several Author-inspired near-future television and feature movie products that are already arriving on the market {readers will be able to unlock the code of NBC's "The Black List" when reading "The Agendaneers" and will, in many cases, recognize the Author's work spanning 30 years of cinema as the reader enjoys the entire Trilogy}. All Foreign Language Translations {Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, French, Spanish, German, Maori, Malay, Turkish, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Persian and Polish} are being provided by Google Translate! The Author thanks you, in advance, for your consideration of this series; and hopes that you enjoy the works completely.
Casino Security and Gaming Surveillance
Author: Derk J. Boss
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 104008186X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Almost all incidences of cheating, theft, fraud, or loss can be detected through the surveillance of critical transactions, audit observations, and reviews of key metrics. Providing proven-techniques for detecting and mitigating the ever-evolving threats to casino security, this book covers the core skills, knowledge, and techniques needed to protect casino assets, guests, and employees. Drawing on the authors six decades of combined experience in the industry, Casino Security and Gaming Surveillance identifies the most common threats to casino security and provides specific solutions for addressing these threats. From physical security and security management to table and gaming surveillance, it details numerous best practice techniques, strategies, and tactics, in addition to the metrics required to effectively monitor operations. The authors highlight valuable investigation tools, including interview techniques and evidence gathering. They also cover IOU patrol, tri-shot coverage, surveillance audits, threat analysis, card counting, game protection techniques, players club theft and fraud, surveillance standard operating procedures, nightclub and bar security, as well as surveillance training. Complete with a glossary of gaming terms and a resource-rich appendix that includes helpful forms, this book covers everything surveillance and security professionals need to know to avoid high-profile incidents, costly compliance violations and damage to property and revenue. It‘s professionals like Al and Derk who personify the professionalism that is crucial when establishing and operating modern casino security and surveillance departments. This book will quickly become the Bible for any security and surveillance officer.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 104008186X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Almost all incidences of cheating, theft, fraud, or loss can be detected through the surveillance of critical transactions, audit observations, and reviews of key metrics. Providing proven-techniques for detecting and mitigating the ever-evolving threats to casino security, this book covers the core skills, knowledge, and techniques needed to protect casino assets, guests, and employees. Drawing on the authors six decades of combined experience in the industry, Casino Security and Gaming Surveillance identifies the most common threats to casino security and provides specific solutions for addressing these threats. From physical security and security management to table and gaming surveillance, it details numerous best practice techniques, strategies, and tactics, in addition to the metrics required to effectively monitor operations. The authors highlight valuable investigation tools, including interview techniques and evidence gathering. They also cover IOU patrol, tri-shot coverage, surveillance audits, threat analysis, card counting, game protection techniques, players club theft and fraud, surveillance standard operating procedures, nightclub and bar security, as well as surveillance training. Complete with a glossary of gaming terms and a resource-rich appendix that includes helpful forms, this book covers everything surveillance and security professionals need to know to avoid high-profile incidents, costly compliance violations and damage to property and revenue. It‘s professionals like Al and Derk who personify the professionalism that is crucial when establishing and operating modern casino security and surveillance departments. This book will quickly become the Bible for any security and surveillance officer.
Gambling Awareness, Little Religion and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Author: Reginald Bullard
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524525901
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Whether you bet on sports, scratch cards, roulette, poker, or slotsin a casino, at the track, or onlineproblem gambling can strain relationships, interfere with work, and lead to financial catastrophe. You may even do things you never thought you would, like stealing money to gamble or pay debts. You may think you cant stop, but with the right help, you can overcome a gambling problem or addiction and regain control of your life.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524525901
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Whether you bet on sports, scratch cards, roulette, poker, or slotsin a casino, at the track, or onlineproblem gambling can strain relationships, interfere with work, and lead to financial catastrophe. You may even do things you never thought you would, like stealing money to gamble or pay debts. You may think you cant stop, but with the right help, you can overcome a gambling problem or addiction and regain control of your life.