Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Escape From the Green Felt Jungle PDF full book. Access full book title Escape From the Green Felt Jungle by John Horvat. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: John Horvat Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc. ISBN: 1646541383 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
John Horvat, dealer of games to dealer of fortunes. John, a struggling twenty-one dealer, becomes a multimillionaire and says, “I guarantee that you can do it, too, if you apply my formula to your life and use a dog-eared copy of this book to keep your dream alive.” His motivation has nothing to do with personal gain. It has to do with passing to you what he’s been privileged to learn. He says, “It’s my duty as a Christian.” He struggled through different jobs—served a tour in the military, failed in small businesses, has a bad marriage, and worked for a few years as a twenty-one dealer. John fought his way out of the green felt jungle and shares his escape route with you.
Author: John Horvat Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc. ISBN: 1646541383 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
John Horvat, dealer of games to dealer of fortunes. John, a struggling twenty-one dealer, becomes a multimillionaire and says, “I guarantee that you can do it, too, if you apply my formula to your life and use a dog-eared copy of this book to keep your dream alive.” His motivation has nothing to do with personal gain. It has to do with passing to you what he’s been privileged to learn. He says, “It’s my duty as a Christian.” He struggled through different jobs—served a tour in the military, failed in small businesses, has a bad marriage, and worked for a few years as a twenty-one dealer. John fought his way out of the green felt jungle and shares his escape route with you.
Author: Hal Rothman Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 456
Book Description
The West is popularly perceived as America's last outpost of unfettered opportunity, but twentieth-century corporate tourism has transformed it into America's "land of opportunism." From Sun Valley to Santa Fe, towns throughout the West have been turned over to outsiders—and not just to those who visit and move on, but to those who stay and control. Although tourism has been a blessing for many, bringing economic and cultural prosperity to communities without obvious means of support or allowing towns on the brink of extinction to renew themselves; the costs on more intangible levels may be said to outweigh the benefits and be a devil's bargain in the making. Hal Rothman examines the effect of twentieth-century tourism on the West and exposes that industry's darker side. He tells how tourism evolved from Grand Canyon rail trips to Sun Valley ski weekends and Disneyland vacations, and how the post-World War II boom in air travel and luxury hotels capitalized on a surge in discretionary income for many Americans, combined with newfound leisure time. From major destinations like Las Vegas to revitalized towns like Aspen and Moab, Rothman reveals how the introduction of tourism into a community may seem innocuous, but residents gradually realize, as they seek to preserve the authenticity of their communities, that decision-making power has subtly shifted from the community itself to the newly arrived corporate financiers. And because tourism often results in a redistribution of wealth and power to "outsiders," observes Rothman, it represents a new form of colonialism for the region. By depicting the nature of tourism in the American West through true stories of places and individuals that have felt its grasp, Rothman doesn't just document the effects of tourism but provides us with an enlightened explanation of the shape these changes take. Deftly balancing historical perspective with an eye for what's happening in the region right now, his book sets new standards for the study of tourism and is one that no citizen of the West whose life is touched by that industry can afford to ignore.
Author: Andrew Smith Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101590068 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 418
Book Description
A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction "Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone “Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --New York Times Book Review In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean. Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.
Author: Ovid Demaris Publisher: ISBN: 9784871873345 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 450
Book Description
This long out-of-print book is reprinted here because in Chapter 30 entitled "Trumping Up the Boardwalk," starting on page 379, it reveals the compromises President-Elect Donald Trump made and had to make with the Mafia that was in control of Atlantic City to get his foot in the door. It reveals how Trump was able to use his connections to get in control of Atlantic City casinos without putting in a dime of his own money. These reports have been recently confirmed by The New York Times. It also reveals why Trump had to keep his strange alliance with the obviously corrupt Governor of the State of New Jersey. "I've said it before and I will repeat it again to organized crime. Keep your filthy hands off of Atlantic City! Keep the Hell out of our state." New Jersey Governor, June 2, 1977 (the date he signed the Casino Control Act) This warning was in vain. Powerful crime families were already muscling their way into Atlantic City. Their methods were extortion, bribery and when necessary murder. Atlantic City became The Boardwalk Jungle. Acclaimed Journalist and author Ovid Demaris, the man who revealed Las Vegas to the world in The Green Felt Jungle, now gives us the shocking true story of how Atlantic City went from seaside haven to Mafia Mecca. From licensing hearings to wiretapped conversations, from the governors office to the gambling tables, the author names names and shows us the chilling truth of how greed money and terror conquered a state. Here you will learn the inside the inside story behind each casino - Resorts International, Caesars Boardwalk Regency, Bally Park Place, Playboy/Atlantas, Harrah's, Tropicana, Sands, Claridge, Trump Plaza and the Trump Castle. As the glittering extravaganzas shot skyward, the rest of the city withered to a slum, overrun by loan sharks, thieves and prostitutes. The Boardwalk became a billion dollar capital of crime as bad if not worse than Las Vegas.
Author: Geno Munari Publisher: TrineDay ISBN: 1634243854 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 605
Book Description
"The intent behind this book is to record classic Las Vegas history that would be lost forever if not memorialized." The Dunes operation was a spectrum of information that is intricate and mysterious at times, protected by a shroud of secrecy and intrigue that is virtually impossible to decipher. It featured different operators and Mob characters who, at various times in the history of the hotel, were involved in various ventures, including gambling, bookmaking, real estate investment, and many other business arrangements. There are more than 390 footnotes and an index. I have been working on this book for almost four years, which included many hours of research and the development of a timeline. My research helped bring forth answers to questions regarding notable gambling operators, Mafia chiefs, U.S. Senators, Governors, and memorable events. One such event solves a mystery of a bomb assassination plot and a shooting; politicians were compromised, Hoffa pulled strings, and there are heretofore undisclosed facts that involve President Kennedy's assassination. I never dreamed these details would ever be uncovered.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: Castrovilli Giuseppe ISBN: Category : Adventure stories, English Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
Presents the further adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.
Author: John Horvat
Author: John Horvat
Author: Ed Reid
Author: Gerald Huber
Author: Hal Rothman
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Author: Andrew Smith
Author: Ovid Demaris
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Author: Geno Munari
Author: Rudyard Kipling