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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The heart of redness	Zakes Mda	"In The Heart of Redness Zakes Mda sets a story of South African village life against a notorious episode from the country's past. The result is a novel of great scope and deep human feeling, of pass…	OL135380W
Hocus croakus	Mary Daheim	With major renovations going on at Seattle’s favourite B&B, Mary Daheim moves Judith, Renie and the rest of the unforgettable clan to temporary lodgings at a casino resort. But when a magic show resu…	OL14937618W
Super Casino	Pete Earley	In this lively and probing book, award-winning author Pete Earley traces the extraordinary evolution of Las Vegas -- from the gaudy Mecca of the Rat Pack era to one of the country's top family vacati…	OL15103503W
Havana	Stephen Hunter	Sent by the CIA to 1950s Cuba to eliminate young revolutionary Fidel Castro, ex-Marine hero Earl Swagger finds himself confronting outdated ideals about honor and duty as the world around him erupts …	OL15836851W
Unlucky	Jana DeLeon	Mallory Devereaux is known throughout the town of Royal Flush, Louisiana as a walking disaster and her luck just got worse. She needs to raise ten-thousand dollars in one week to keep the IRS from se…	OL16052083W
The seven sins	Jon Land	Once an orphaned farm boy in his native Sicily, Michael Tiranno made millions by mastering the intricate world of high finance, and is now the fabulously wealthy owner of Las Vegas' The Seven Sins, t…	OL17732756W
At odds with the heiress	Cat Schield	Actress turned casino mogul Scarlett Fontaine uses her beauty to get what she wants. But it doesn't work with Logan Wolfe. Now the infuriatingly gorgeous security expert needs her help. Finally, Scar…	OL17794870W
Back in her husband's bed	Andrea Laurence	"She can finally have the one thing she wants. All she has to do is play the happy wife...and not fall in love with her husband. It's been three years since Annie Baracas left her husband, Vegas casi…	OL17795182W
Decadent	Suzanne Forster	Discreet...and Decadent Club Casablanca--an exclusive gentlemen's club where exotic hostesses cater to the every need of high-stakes gamblers, politicians and big-business execs. No rules apply…	OL17819521W
Backflash	Donald E. Westlake	The master thief, Parker, plots to rob a floating casino on the Hudson River. He puts together a team of robbers, ensures weapons are smuggled on board, and arranges for a getaway boat. The planning …	OL1814907W
Whisper no lies	Cindy Gerard	When a high roller at the Vegas casino where Crystal Debrowski manages security makes a scandalous proposition, she flat-out refuses, especially given rumors of his shady overseas connections. Despit…	OL18576679W
Welcome to the slipstream	Natalka Burian	When her mother is lured into the desert by a cult leader, Van, seventeen, must leave Alex, the boy she is falling for, her comfortable life in a Las Vegas casino, and the dream of playing in a rock …	OL19712047W
The house always wins	Brian Rouff	"A Vegas Ghost Story... Anna Christiansen's small-town life is about to go haywire. A young reporter stuck in a dead-end job, Anna falls head over heels for an interview subject, the bass player in a…	OL19721017W
Le casino pour les nuls	Kevin Blackwood	Ce guide décrit toutes les règles des jeux présents au casino (black-jack, poker, roulettes, machines à sous...), explique le jargon utilisé, donne des trucs et astuces, montre comment développer une…	OL19882692W
The big thaw	Donald Harstad	A killer is placing his cross hairs over the American heartland....The pair of frozen corpses were found under a tarp in the machine shed of an empty farmhouse. Two males -- brothers -- both killed b…	OL1988760W
What stays in Vegas	Adam Tanner	"In What Stays in Vegas, journalist Adam Tanner exposes the greatest threat to privacy today. It's not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers and other firms are…	OL19984197W
The mirror thief	Martin Seay	In sixteenth century Venice, the famed makers of Venetian glass faced death if they tried to leave the island... but one man schemes to outwit the enforcers of the edict. In 1958 Venice Beach, Califo…	OL20028003W
In the Shade of the Blossom Tree	Joanna Rees	541 pages ; 20 cm	OL20680919W
Frugal Gambler Casino Guide	Jean Scott	301 pages : 22 cm	OL21140524W
Don't look twice [Large Print]	Andrew Gross	After a drive-by shooting in Greenwich, Connecticut, nearly kills him, Hauck follows the trail to a sinister gambling scheme at an upstate casino and is caught in a deadly maze of cover-up and corrup…	OL21181657W