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Roll the Bones

David Schwartz
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Author : David Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615847781

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Roll the Bones tells the story of gambling: where it came from, how it has changed, and where it is now. This is the new Casino Edition. which updates and expands the global history of gambling to include a greater focus on casinos, from their development in European spas to their growth in Reno and Las Vegas. New material chronicles in greater depth the development of casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and their spread throughout the United States. A new chapter better places Atlantic City's casinos into their correct context, and new material accounts for the rise of casinos in Asia and online gaming. From the first modern casino in Venice (1638), casinos have grown incredibly. During the 18th and 19th century, a series of European spa towns, culminating in Monte Carlo, hosted casinos. In the United States, during those same years, gambling developed both in illegal urban gambling halls and in the wide-open saloons of the western frontier. Those two strands of American gambling came together in Nevada's legal casinos, whose current regime dates from 1931. Developing with a healthy assist from elements affiliated with organized crime, these casinos eventually outgrew their rough-hewn routes, becoming sun-drenched pleasure palaces along the Las Vegas Strip. With Nevada casinos proving successful, other states, beginning with New Jersey in 1976, rolled the dice. From there, casinos have come to America's tribal lands, rivers, and urban centers. In the last decade, gambling has moved online, while Asia--with multi-billion dollar projects in Macau and Singapore--has become a new casino frontier. Reading Roll the Bones, you'll get a better appreciation for how long casinos and gambling have been with us--and what they mean to us today.

Gonna Roll the Bones

Fritz Leiber,Sarah L. Thomson
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Author : Fritz Leiber,Sarah L. Thomson
Publisher : Milk & Cookies
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fantasy
ISBN : 0689035918

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The Caldecott Award-winning artist presents this adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning story by a legendary grand master master of fantasy fiction--a classic fable in the tradition of "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Full color.

A Roll of the Bones

Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
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Author : Trudy J. Morgan-Cole
Publisher : Breakwater Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1550817981

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**CANADA BOOK AWARD WINNER** In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16 women. A Roll of the Bones tells the story of some of these nameless women by tracing the journeys of three young people--Ned Perry, Nancy Ellis, and Kathryn Gale--who leave Bristol, England, for a life in the struggling community. Ned dreams of altering his fate with the promise of a New World. Kathryn only wishes to follow her husband--little dreaming she might find romance outside her marriage. And Nancy, the servant girl, has no desire to leave Bristol, but her fealty will ultimately test her ability to survive.A vivid reimagining of settler life in the early seventeenth century, A Roll of the Bones is the first in a trilogy of novels wrestling with the realities of colonization. Here, Trudy J. Morgan-Cole presents an array of unforgettable characters inhabiting the space where two worlds will collide, where the limits of love and loyalty will be tried in a harsh and unforgiving landscape.

Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass

Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee s Big Beautiful Book of Bass Book PDF

Author : Geddy Lee
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780062747846

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"It's not surprising that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world of vintage bass guitars."—Geddy Lee From Rush frontman Geddy Lee's personal collection of vintage electric bass guitars, dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, comes the definitive volume on the subject. Geddy's love of the bass has been nurtured over a lifetime spent in the limelight as one of the world's premier rock bassists. For the past seven years, he's dedicated himself to studying the history of the instrument that's been so essential to his career, collecting hundreds of basses from around the globe. Written with arts journalist Daniel Richler, gorgeously photographed in breathtaking detail by Richard Sibbald, and with insight from Geddy’s trusted bass tech and curator, John "Skully" McIntosh, Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass profiles over 250 classic basses from Geddy’s extensive collection. Representing every tone in the bass palette, every nuance of the rock and roll genre as well as blues, jazz, pop, and country, this one-of-a-kind collection features so-called "beauty queens"—pristine instruments never lifted from their cases—as well as "road warriors"—well-worn, sweat-soaked basses that proudly show their age and use. Complete with personal commentary from Geddy that showcases his knowledge both as a musician and an aficionado, this luxuriously produced volume is a revelatory look at the heavy hitters in the world of bass—Fender, Gibson/Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Höfner, Ampeg—and lesser known but influential global luthiers such as Antonio Wandr Pioli, Dan Armstrong, and Tony Zemaitis. The book also features interviews with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin); Adam Clayton (U2); Robert Trujillo (Metallica); Jeff Tweedy (Wilco); Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones); Les Claypool (Primus); Bob Daisley (Rainbow); Fender expert and owner of the legendary Gibson Explorer, Bass Ken Collins; veteran guitar tech for The Who, Alan Rogan; plus comments from many other great players across three decades of rock and roll. Written in Geddy's singular voice, this book reveals the stories, songs, and history behind the instruments of his inimitable collection. Complete with an index and a graphically designed timeline of the history of the bass, as well as an up-close look at Geddy's basses on Rush's final R40 Tour, his stage and recording gear from 1968 to 2017, and forewords by author and respected vintage expert, Terry Foster, and Rush band member, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass is the ultimate compendium for the consummate collector, musician, Rush fan, and anyone who loves the bass guitar.

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk
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Author : Olga Tokarczuk
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525541356

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . . A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?

Driven: Rush in the '90s and "In the End"

Martin Popoff
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Author : Martin Popoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 177041570X

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Driven: Rush in the '90s and "In the End" by Martin Popoff Pdf

Driven covers the last three decades of Rush, including the band's retirement and Peart's passing. There is much to celebrate, including a surprise platinum hit record to kick off the decade and a full-blown concept album, Clockwork Angels, to close off what is one of the most remarkable careers in rock history.

The Bones

Kovalic John,Keith Baker
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Author : Kovalic John,Keith Baker
Publisher : Atomic Overmind Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0981884016

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What are these small, insignificant things-these dice-and why do they disturb us so, with their vertiginous surplus of meaning?

Rule Of The Bone

Russell Banks
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Author : Russell Banks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307375643

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Chappie is a punked-out teenager rejected by his mother and abusive stepfather. Out of school and in trouble with the police, he drifts through crash pads, doper squats, and malls until he finally settles in an abandoned school bus with Rose, a seven-year-old child, and I-Man, an exiled Rastafarian who will dramatically change his life. Together they begin an amazing journey...

Contents Under Pressure

Martin Popoff
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Author : Martin Popoff
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770901414

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Celebrating Rush’s 30th anniversary, this retrospective of Canada’s most successful music group examines each of the band's approximately 20 lauded records and sold-out tours, eliciting fresh insights into the marriage of Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee’s clas

The Tidewater Tales

John Barth
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Author : John Barth
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 080185556X

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Barth's richest, most joyous novel yet describes a couple's journey on the Chesapeake Bay, a cruise that overflows with stories--of past lives and love, entanglements with the CIA and toxic waste, and inventive brushes with Don Quixote, Odysseus and Scheherazade.

Servant of the Bones

Anne Rice
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Author : Anne Rice
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307575906

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In a new and major novel, the creator of fantastic universes o vampires and witches takes us now into the world of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the destruction of Solomon's Temple, to tell the story of Azriel, Servant of the Bones. He is ghost, genii, demon, angel--pure spirit made visible. He pours his heart out to us as he journeys from an ancient Babylon of royal plottings and religious upheavals to Europe of the Black Death and on to the modern world. There he finds himself, amidst the towers of Manhattan, in confrontation with his own human origins and the dark forces that have sought to condemn him to a life of evil and destruction.

2113

Kevin J. Anderson,John McFetridge
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Author : Kevin J. Anderson,John McFetridge
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1458735389

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2113 by Kevin J. Anderson,John McFetridge Pdf

18 exhilarating journeys into Rush - inspired worlds. The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, and thought - provoking futures and pasts. In this anthology, notable, bestselling, and award - winning writers each chose a Rush song as the spark for a new story, drawing inspiration from the visionary trio that is Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Enduring stark dystopian struggles or testing the limits of the human spirit, the characters populating 2113 find strength while searching for hope in a world that is repressive, dangerous, or just debilitatingly bland. Most of these tales are science fiction, but some are fantasies, thrillers, even edgy mainstream. Many of Rush's big hits are represented, as well as deeper cuts . . . with wonderful results. This anthology also includes the seminal stories that inspired the Rush classics ''Red Barchetta'' and ''Roll the Bones, '' as well as Kevin J. Anderson's novella sequel to the groundbreaking Rush album 2112. 2113 contains stories by New York Times bestselling authors Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Z. Williamson, David Mack, David Farland, Dayton Ward, and Mercedes Lackey; award winners Fritz Leiber, Steven Savile, Brad R. Torgersen, Ron Collins, David Niall Wilson, and Brian Hodge, as well as many other authors with imaginations on fire

Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward
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Author : Jesmyn Ward
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : African American children
ISBN : 9781408827000

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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Pdf

A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. He's a hard drinker, largely absent, and it isn't often he worries about the family. Esch and her three brothers are stocking up on food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; at fifteen, she has just realized that she's pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pit bull's new litter, dying one by one. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to a dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family - motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce - pulls itself up to face another day.

Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll

Stephen Pearcy,Sam Benjamin
Sex Drugs Ratt Roll Book PDF

Author : Stephen Pearcy,Sam Benjamin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451694581

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Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll by Stephen Pearcy,Sam Benjamin Pdf

A tell-all memoir from the lead singer of the 1980s hair-metal band Ratt reveals all the aspects of rock star excess, including the groupies, the trashed hotel rooms, and the drugs.

Dreaming of the Bones

Deborah Crombie
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Author : Deborah Crombie
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451617658

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It is the call Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid never expected -- and one he certainly doesn't want. Victoria, his ex-wife, who walked out without an explanation more than a decade ago, asks him to look into the suicide of local poet, Lydia Brooke -- a case that's been officially closed for five years. The troubled young writer's death, Victoria claims, might well have been murder. No one is more surprised than Kincaid himself when he agrees to investigate -- not even his partner and lover, Sergeant Gemma James. But it's a second death that raises the stakes and plunges Kincaid and James into a labyrinth of dark lies and lethal secrets that stretches all the way back through the twentieth century -- a death that most assuredly is murder, one that has altered Duncan Kincaid's world forever.