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They were the Rat Pack of Wall Street. Four close friends: one a decorated war hero, one an emotional hippie, and two regular guys with big hearts, big dreams, and noble aims. They were going to get rich on Wall Street. They were going to prove that men like them ? with zero financial training – could more than equal the Ivy-League-educated white shoe bankers who were the competition. They were going to create an institution for men like them — men who were hungry and untrained ? and they were going to win, but not at the cost of their souls. In short, they were going to be the good guys of finance. Under their watch, Lehman Brothers started to grow and became independent again in 1994. But something… More >>
The Devil’s Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers
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The Devil’s Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers
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Super Casino: Inside the “New” Las Vegas
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- ISBN13: 9780553573497
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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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 vacation spots. He revisits the city’s checkered history of moguls, mobsters, and entertainers, reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn and legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and offers a fascinating portrait of the life, death, and fantastic rebirth of the Las Vegas Strip.
Dummy Up And Deal: Inside The Culture Of Casino Dealing
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The glitter and excitement that tourists associate with casinos is only a facade. To the gaming industry’s front-line employees, its dealers, the casino is a far less glamorous environment, a workplace full of emotional tension, physical and mental demands, humor and pathos. Author H. Lee Barnes, who spent many years as a dealer in some of Las Vegas’s best-known casinos, shows us this world from the point of view of the table-games dealer. Told in the voices of dozens of dealers, male and female, young and old, Dummy Up and Deal takes us to the dealer’s side of the table. We observe the “breaking in” that constitutes a dealer’s training, where the hands learn the balletic motions of the game while the mind … More >>
Dummy Up And Deal: Inside The Culture Of Casino Dealing