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101 Things for Kids in Las Vegas
Author: Carol Anne Stout
101 Things for Kids in Las Vegas is a comprehensive guide written for parents, tourists and locals detailing family entertainment and activities in Las Vegas. This book is informative, educational, easy to use and a must for anyone traveling to Las Vegas with kids. <read more>
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24/7 : Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas
Author: Andrés Martinez
In April 1998, Andrés Martinez spent a month within the belly of the beast that is Las Vegas. 24/7 is the round-the-clock chronicle of his wild ride through America's neon Gomorrah. <read more>
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A Short History of Las Vegas
Authors: Barbara Land, Myrick Land; Photographs by: Guy Louis Rocha
A Short History of Las Vegas provides a fresh, vital, and balanced look at the phenomenal history of this oasis in the thirsty desert. <read more>
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Access Las Vegas
Author: Richard Saul Wurman
The 15 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops, and sights of Las Vegas. <read more>
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Berlitz Las Vegas
Packed with all the information you really need to know: all the sights, popular shows, lodging recommendations, dining recommendations, plus the best places to shop and get married. Stunning photography and detailed maps. <read more>
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Burning The Tables in Las Vegas--Keys to Success in Blackjack and in Life
Author: Ian Andersen
Burning the Tables in Las Vegas addresses virtually every aspect of blackjack advantage play: game selection, longevity, tipping, employee relations, guises, disguises, false identification, credit, comps, risk, heat, dress, demeanor, and diet. <read more>
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Comp City : A Guide to Free Las Vegas Vacations
Author: Max Rubin
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be among the Las Vegas elite who get treated to free rooms, gourmet meals, shows, even airfare-all compliments of the casinos? Thanks to this book, anyone can take advantage of the secret system that casinos use to determine who gets the freebies. It details everything one needs to know about qualifying for and obtaining casino complimentaries. <read more>
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Compass American Guides (Las Vegas)
Author: Deke Castleman, Photographers: Michael Yamashita, Kerrick James
Local author Deke Castleman takes readers to the newest hotels and megaresorts, the glitziest casinos, and the cheapest buffets, while handing out the scoop on the owners, mobsters, and night life of this notorious city. <read more>
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Experience Las Vegas
Author: Robert Collins
Nowhere else can you find as comprehensive a single city reference guide. It is a complete visitor guide as well as a valuable relocation guide. Even long-time Nevada residents will find it useful. Over 800 illustrations including photos, charts/graphs, 114 maps and over 10,000 listings. Fully indexed and organized for quick and easy use. <read more>
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The Family Fun Guide to Las Vegas
Author: Connie Emerson
Las Vegas isn't the first place you would probably think of taking your kids to. The Family Fun Guide details family-friendly sights, hotels and trips in the Las Vegas vicinity. <read more>
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Author: Hunter S Thompson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken. <read more>
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Fodors Las Vegas
Editor: Fodors
You know what you get with Fodor's Gold Guides - featuring rich, reliable coverage the world over. The Las Vegas, Tahoe and Reno edition is no different, but is not really ideal for the budget visitor! <read more>
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Forever Craps!
Author: Frank Scoblete
In Forever Craps, Fran Scoblete shows you how to use the 5-Count and the Golden Ruler for selecting the best shooters to risk money on. He thoroughly explains the theory and his technique of Rhythmic Rolling to make the dice obey your will. He analyzes how to utilize the best bets for your style of play and for your style of shooting. Finally, Frank shows you how to use the casino's own comping systems to get more money for less risk! It all adds up to this: Advantage to the Player! <read more>
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Frommers Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas
Author: Jordan Simon
ir-rev-er-ent: 1. lacking proper respect 2. sophisticated guides to what's hot, what's not. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas brings you beyond the regular Strip guides and brings you the lowdown on accommodations, dining, diversions, casinos, shopping, nightlife, and entertainment. <read more>
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Frommers Las Vegas
Authors: Mary Herczog
Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Las Vegas features lavish full-color photos of the spectacle that awaits you. This is simply the most frank, funny, outrageous guide you can buy -- and it's much more up-to-date and indepth than its competition. <read more>
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Frommers Portable Las Vegas
Author: Mary Herczog
Another great cut-down format guide to Las Vegas - everything you need when you're pounding the Strip (but get the full-size version as well to keep in your room!) <read more>
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Hiking Las Vegas-60 Hikes Within 60 Minutes of the Strip
Author: Branch Whitney
Fed up of the only hiking being the long walk from the Parking Lot to the hotel elevators? Then this book is the ideal distraction, providing information on some stunning hiking trails, all easily accessible within an hour. <read more>
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The Insiders Guide to Las Vegas
Authors: David Stratton, Linda Linssen, Ken Ward
Local authors provide the inside scoop on gaming, accommodations, restaurants, daytrips, the great outdoors, kidstuff, nongaming activities, retirement, medical care, schools, real estate, local history and much more. <read more>
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Las Vegas : The Great American Playground
Author: Robert D. McCracken
About as thorough examination of the history of Las Vegas from the year dot you're ever likely to find! <read more>
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Las Vegas : The Social Production of an All-American City
Authors: Mark Gottdiener, Claudia C. Collins, David R. Dickens, Mark Gottidiener
Las Vegas: The Social Production of an All-American City provides a fascinating look at how Las Vegas - in addition to being the capital of glitz - is home to over one million permanent residents and is the fastest growing metropolitan region in the US. Using the perspective of the new urban sociology, this book tells the story of the development and maturation of Las Vegas into a region of over 1 million people. <read more>
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Las Vegas Blackjack Diary
Author: Stuart Perry
For eight weeks in early 1994 the author played blackjack in Las Vegas for stakes of up to two hands of $200. This book describes what happens at every one of the 269 sessions that he played. Perry describes the cover he used, the heat he received, dealer and player interactions, and the mental and financial ups and downs which he experienced. <read more>
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Las Vegas for Dummies
Author: Mary Herczog
Las Vegas is not just for Elvis lovers, gamblers, and lounge lizards anymore. This down-to-earth guide helps you plan a terrific stay and enjoy the best this glittering town has to offer. You will discover:
Diverse vacation suggestions for both gamblers and non-gamblers alike, as well as the latest on family attractions. Candid, helpful reviews of resorts old and new, plus tips on how to enjoy a first-class experience and stay within a budget. Thorough instructions for the most popular casino games, plus advice for increasing the odds of winning The best nightlife entertainment, from Cirque du Soleil to Siegfried and Roy. <read more>
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Las Vegas Hacienda Hotel History Book Volume II
Author: Richard B. Taylor
Hardly the catchiest title in the world, but if you're at all interested in the hotel that came before Mandalay Bay, then this is the book for you! <read more>
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Leaving Las Vegas
Author: John O'Brien
The wrenching but compelling story of unconditional love between two lost and disenfranchised souls. Sera, a prostitute, and Ben, an alcoholic, stumble together and discover in each other a respite from their unforgiving lives. <read more>
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Leaving Las Vegas (Screenplay)
Author: Mike Figgis, John O'Brien
Screenplay of the film featuring Oscar winner Nicholas Cage and Elisabeth Shue <read more>
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Lonely Planet Las Vegas
Author: Scott Doggett
The World famous Lonely Planet range reaches Las Vegas - not the first place you associate with backpackers on a meagre budget, but there you go! If you're a Lonely Planet fan then this is probably the guide book for you. <read more>
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No Limit - The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas´ Stratosphere Tower
Author: John L. Smith
No one can miss Bob Stupaks most impressive creation - The Stratosphere Tower - but did you also notice the rather unfinished hotel building? This book details his rise - and eventual fall. <read more>
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O Cirque du Soleil at Bellagio
Photographer: Veronique Vial; Introduction: Franco Dragone
Veronique Vial is the official photographer for Cirque du Soleil, the widely adored theatrical troupe that mixes traditional circus performance tropes with imaginative mysticism and exotic storytelling in sold-out performances worldwide. Vial captures the vivid color, breathtaking special effects, and mesmerizing costume, set design, and troupe performances--in and out of water (eau)--that are the hallmark of Cirque's Vegas venue at the Bellagio. <read more>
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The Players : The Men Who Made Las Vegas
Editor: Jack Sheehan
It's another history book of Las Vegas, but with a twist: The Players is about the people that made Las Vegas, rather than the place itself. <read more>
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Super Casino : Inside the ´New´ Las Vegas
Author: Pete Earley
"Pete Earley takes an incredibly fascinating subject and makes it mesmerizing. You have to keep reminding yourself that this is fact, not fiction. Super Casino is truly the best book ever written about Las Vegas, and I think I've read them all. This must have been a fun book to research. After I finished it, I called my travel agent and booked a flight to Vegas." <read more>
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The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas
Author: Bob Sehlinger; Contributor: Deke Castleman
The only guide to Las Vegas you need - other than guidetotheworld that is. Unlike the others, the Unofficial guide gives genuine, first party opinions on everything - including the stuff they don't like. It's the guide we at gttw aspire to be! <read more>
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Casino - DVD
Director: Martin Scorsese; Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
Scorsese in typical mob-style, only this time set amongst the glitz of Las Vegas. For any fan of Las Vegas this is a fascinating semi-true historical piece, detailing the rise and eventual fall of mob control in the City of Sin. De Niro is great, Pesci incredibly violent, but it is Sharon Stone that steals the show in an Oscar nominated performance. <read more>
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - DVD
Director: Terry Gilliam; Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro
A real love-it or hate-it movie - generally reviewed as a one-joke drug-fest. On the other hand fans of the Hunter S Thompson novel may love it, and it may well be easier to wade through the two hours if you're in the same sort of state of mind as the characters in the film! <read more>
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Honeymoon in Vegas - DVD
Director: Andrew Bergman; Cast: Nicholas Cage, James Caan, Sarah Jessica Parker
Cage and Parker finally decide to tie the knot--in Las Vegas--but he loses her in a rigged poker game to mobster Caan! Engaging farce from writer-director Bergman has enough twists, turns, and cockeyed humor to keep things lively from start to finish... including a corps of "Flying Elvises'' <read more>
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Leaving Las Vegas - DVD
Director: Mike Figgis; Cast: Nicholas Cage, Elisabeth Shue
Lets get this straight, this is not a fun film. What it is is a compelling look into one man's descent into alcohol induced suicide. It is an astonishingly moving, frighteningly powerful story, with superb performances from Cage (who won an Oscar) and Shue, who plays a Las Vegas hooker who falls for Cage, despite being almost as sunk into despair as he is. <read more>
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Viva Las Vegas - DVD
Director: George Sidney; Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret
Well, what Las Vegas guide would be complete without an appearance by the King! If you don't know the story, you've probably not spent a wet Sunday afternoon infront of the TV - Elvis plays 'Lucky' a racing driver whose planning to race in the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Ann-Margret plays his love-interest and the classic Elvis songs come thick and fast! <read more>
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