Showing results for "Las Vegas" in Biographies & Memoirs

Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions, the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators, police officers, and assorted Middle Americans.

Two girls discussing curious things and life, because they can.

‘My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.’ From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain's best-loved comic actors. But...

Laly nous ouvre les portes du monde du strip-tease, un univers fascinant où au fil des nuits elle se glisse dans des rôles prédéfinis pour satisfaire les fantasmes des clients. Un espace où chaque interaction est un équilibre précaire entre attirer et repousser, séduire et maintenir une distance. Une danse constante sur le fil du rasoir qui cesse au petit matin, lorsque, forte de ses expériences, de ses rencontres emplies d'humanité, Laly rejoint son autre vie, plus libre et plus forte que jamais.

Vegas Bartender Chronicles: Volume One pulls back the curtain on the real nightlife circus–told one shift at a time. These are true stories guests begged me to tell; straight-up accounts from the front lines of Sin City hospitality, where one mistake can cost you your job or your dignity, and one tip can be more than your rent.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with this candid, humorous, and captivating memoir chronicling her journey toward reinvention and self-acceptance. When you've come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion, where do you land? If you're Holly Madison...

A layered saga, Vegas Concierge spans more than a decade and includes world-famous stars, violent “gorilla” pimps, crooked and honest cops, struggling journalists, ambitious FBI agents, influential casino executives, and high-profile political figures. It tells the inside story of this failed investigation and its countless twists, moving from the luxury hotel rooms of the Las Vegas Strip to the inner offices of the Las Vegas police, to the newsrooms of some of Nevada’s biggest news organizations.

In 2006, Johnny's pie-in-the-sky dreams of becoming world champion were dashed when his kings ran into aces in the World Series of Poker Main Event. But lady luck was with him when he met Amy, the woman of his dreams, who soon became his wife. Like many players, he drifted away from the game after Congress passed a law later that year that cut off funds to online poker and harkened the decline of the game. But even as Johnny returned to the working world, the itch remained.

Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas...what could possibly go wrong? Ricky Hatton's brilliance as a boxer, his down-to-earth demeanour and his live-wire sense of humour have made him a national treasure. Five of Ricky's biggest and most explosive fights took place in the boxing Mecca of Las Vegas. Tens of thousands of British fans followed him there to watch these monumental bouts and to soak up the unique atmosphere in Sin City.

La obra más enloquecida de Hunter S. Thompson, figura legendaria del nuevo periodismo. Una acción delirante: así como los caballeros de la Tabla Redonda se lanzaban en pos del Santo Grial envueltos en una armadura de poder sobrenatural, Thompson entró en Las Vegas pertrechado con un arsenal verdaderamente mágico de "nefandas sustancias químicas" en su búsqueda del Sueño Americano.

Carolyn V. Hamilton arrives in Las Vegas in 1973 to join a circus. When that job doesn't work out, she opens the new MGM Grand Hotel/Casino as a cocktail waitress. This turns out to be more involved than a nice Lutheran girl from Seattle would think: parties, stealing, sex, drinking and drugs...

Brought to you by Penguin. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - until now. Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you . . . It's not just the five-star dining, or the casinos, or the clubs, or the crowds. It's...

Vegas Crime Files takes you inside the crimes that shaped Las Vegas — and the investigations that brought the bad guys down. Hosted by longtime Las Vegas broadcaster Heidi Harris, this isn’t armchair true crime or breathless speculation. Heidi knows the city, the streets, and — yes — the guy who arrested the guy. As a Vegas native with decades of local media experience, Heidi brings real access, real context, and real conversations with the detectives, prosecutors, and insiders who worked the cases. No sensationalism. No crime-as-entertainment fluff. Just smart, sober storytelling from...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wrong turns, humiliating flops, painful heartbreaks—and happiness? Yes, believe it or not, they can go hand in hand. Blogger and author Mandy Hale, affectionately known as “The Single Woman” to her half-million social-media followers, is living an adventurous life...

Melodías del alma nos invita a embarcarnos en un viaje musical a través del tiempo, apelando a los clásicos de ayer y de hoy al compás de las estaciones del año, y a sumergirnos en las resonancias musicales de las profundidades del alma recorriendo la cartografía de las emociones que cada estación suscita en la autora a lo largo de las cincuenta y dos semanas del año. En este singular ejercicio de maridaje, cada una de las trece emociones asociadas a cada estación se acompaña de una composición que la representa.

Rebeldía, resistencia y amor. Un relato luminoso y revelador que nos sumerge en la historia de una de las actrices más influyentes del nuevo siglo. Un diario íntimo que emana tras desenredar la madeja de su propia vida para darnos a conocer —con luz, reflexiones e imágenes—, sus primeros años: infancia, juventud y adultez.

In 2015, Bart Torres spent time with comedian, actress, and writer Wanda Sykes leading up to her show at Treasure Island in Las Vegas. Wanda talked about the fated Curb Your Enthusiasm revival, her past career in the NSA, and what activities she was planning for her time on the Vegas Strip.

The late comedian Richard Jeni of Platypus Man and The Mask talked to Bart Torres in this interview from 2005 about his most recent HBO special, A Big Steaming Pile of Me. Jeni makes some humorous observations about hotels and explains how he enjoys Las Vegas without gambling. Jeni also talks politics and about the ever-widening partisan gap in America.

In this episode of Las Vegas Connection, Adam Carolla, comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director talks to Bart Torres about making up for lost time doing nothing and working construction for 10 years. Carolla jokes about his lax upbringing with hippy parents and taking over for Norm McDonald as the voice of “Death” on the animated series Family Guy. Carolla gives his thoughts on Trump from his experience on Celebrity Apprentice.

Steven Wright, actor, comedian, writer, Oscar winner, narrator of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, and Rolling Stone’s 15th greatest stand-up in the world, got his start on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In this installment of Las Vegas Connection, Wright talks to Bart Torres about his unique, signature deadpan delivery, and how he doesn’t believe in time.