San Antonio College Library

"In The Peoples of Las Vegas, seventeen local scholars from several disciplines - most of them members of the groups they write about - profile thirteen of the ethnic groups that make up Las Vegas's population. They discuss the motivations and processes of their group's migration to Las Vegas, its economic pursuits, its institutions and other means of preserving traditional culture, its involvement with the broader community and its ties with the...

In 2017, 58 people were murdered and more than 500 others were wounded when a gunman opened fire on the throng of concertgoers at the annual Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Survivor, journalist, and attorney interviews come together to paint a picture of a community who chose strength in the face of terror--who will forever be #VegasStrong.

"Robert, an Oakland cop, still can't let go of Suzy, the enigmatic Vietnamese wife who left him two years ago. Now she's disappeared from her new husband, Sonny, a violent Vietnamese smuggler and gambler who's blackmailing Robert into finding her for him. As he pursues her through the sleek and seamy gambling dens of Las Vegas, shadowed by Sonny's sadistic son, 'Junior, ' and assisted by unexpected and reluctant allies, Robert learns more about his...

The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like theme parks featuring castles and pirates, followed by replicas of Venetian canals, New York skyscrapers, and the Eiffel Tower. (It might be noted that forty-two million people visited Las Vegas in 2015...

A detailed travel guide to the top ten places to stay, eat, and shop in Las Vegas, along with a listing of the best casinos, golf courses, and other attractions.

Las Vegas is where so many of the key moments of Elvis' life took place: from his first appearance there at age twenty-one, to his marriage to Priscilla at the Aladdin Hotel, to the annual "Elvis Festivals" of the 1970s, Vegas was his home away from Graceland. These photographs constitute a fan's chronicle of the original American superstar. Personal, poignant, and atmospheric, they are much more than a gathering of studio or magazine images--in fact,...

Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city of Las Vegas and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, he identifies changing trends in the city's portraits from a "frontier town" to a sophisticated resort city, to a city largely built by organized crime.

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. Wanting to transfer to the Harvard School of Medicine, he learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the tuition. Then Ben is introduced into a small but secretive club by his math professor, Micky Rosa. The club has four other students: Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Jimmy; and they are being trained by Mickey in the skill of blackjack card counting. Intrigued by the desire to make money,...