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The Black Book and the Mob

The Untold Story of the Control of Nevada's Casinos

By: Ronald Farrell,Carole Case

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The Black Book and the Mob

The Untold Story of the Control of Nevada's Casinos

By: Ronald Farrell,Carole Case

A tale of good and evil, of corruption and deceit, of prejudice, politics, and power, this compelling account scrutinizes the immensely lucrative Nevada gambling industry’s struggle to maintain legitimacy—or at least the appearance of it. Ronald A. Farrell and Carole Case tell how state regulators created the “Black Book” in the 1960s, a list of “notorious and unsavory” persons banned forever from owning, managing, or even entering casinos in the state. The regulators dramatically pursued and publicly denounced former lieutenants of Al Capone, alleged overlords of the American Mafia, nationally known professional gamblers, and major casino owners, as well as small-time bookies and hoods, reputed sports fixers, and gambling cheats. To date, thirty-eight names have been entered in the Black Book, including Sam Giancana, Anthony Spilotro, and Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal. Farrell and Case contend, however, that the denunciations were a melodrama, meant to show that the government was cleansing the city of corruption. Through the Black Book, the regulators focus public attention on “the Mob,” rather than on a multitude of competing criminal interests already in the gaming industry. The authors uncover evidence of ethnic discrimination by the regulators, including selective prosecution of Italian Americans whose notoriety fit popular Mafia stereotypes. The Black Book and the Mob records hearings of the regulatory commission and the voices of lawyers, government officials, casino owners, and the people named in the Black Book itself. This Las Vegas story is a rebuke to the gaming industry and a cautionary tale for many states and communities now weighing the legalization of casino gambling.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299147533

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9780299147532

Political Change in the Metropolis

By: Ronald Vogel,John Harrigan

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Political Change in the Metropolis

By: Ronald Vogel,John Harrigan

This popular text has been thoroughly updated and revised to sharpen the focus on its 'bias and change' theme, include the latest data/studies informing the field, and cover important new topics (e.g., flood disaster in New Orleans). Political Change in the Metropolis, Eighth Edition, continues to focus on the political changes that have taken place in American cities and the reactions of urban scholars to them. In addition to offering scholarly perspectives, the text offers students a theoretical framework for interpreting these changing events for themselves. This framework analyzes the patterns of bias inherent in the organization and operation of urban politics, giving students an in-depth look at the fascinating and constantly changing face of urban politics. Features Accessible writing style engages students in the material. Provides excellent coverage of the impact of immigrants and ethnic groups in the making of the American city. An abundance of historical material helps students better understand the origins and development of urban politics and structures. Case studies throughout the text give students an opportunity to apply important material. The text exposes students to first-rate discussions of political phenomena and empirical literature on those phenomena.

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505

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Routledge

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1317345584

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Linking Arms, Linking Lives

How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities

By: Ronald J. Sider,John Perkins,F. Albert Tizon

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Linking Arms, Linking Lives

How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities

By: Ronald J. Sider,John Perkins,F. Albert Tizon

Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class, comfortable, upwardly mobile suburban Christian mix fact and fiction. Linking Arms, Linking Lives looks beyond stereotypes and makes a compelling case for partnership that crosses urban and suburban for effective ministry among the poor. Drawing from a growing network of development practitioners, pastors, and theologians, this book focuses on the experiences of partnership between urban and suburban entities to provide both theological foundations and practical guidelines for those who desire to partner effectively. All who want to find viable ways to help the poor will welcome this thoughtful and hope-filled book. Includes a Foreword by Noel Castellanos.

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Baker Books

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1441201874

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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Moving from Affluence to Generosity

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Moving from Affluence to Generosity

By: Ronald J. Sider

Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. He has, since before he first published Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger in 1978. Despite a dramatic reduction in world hunger since then, 34,000 children still die daily of starvation and preventable disease, and 1.3 billion people, worldwide, remain in abject poverty. So, the professor of theology went back to re-examine the issues by twenty-first century standards. Finding that Conservatives blame morally reprehensible individual choices, and Liberals blame constrictive social and economic policy, Dr. Sider finds himself agreeing with both sides. In this new look at an age-old problem, he offers not only a detailed explanation of the causes, but also a comprehensive series of practical solutions, in the hopes that Christians like him will choose to make a difference.

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368

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Thomas Nelson

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1418575690

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9781418575694

Bad Faith Good Faith

By: Ronald Santoni

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Bad Faith Good Faith

By: Ronald Santoni

An incisive analysis of Jean-Paul Sartre's early writings.

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Temple University Press

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1439906475

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Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States

By: Ronald K. Vogel

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Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States

By: Ronald K. Vogel

A comprehensive reference work which provides a way to access research on urban politics and policy in the United States. Experts in the field guide readers through major controversies, while evaluating and assessing the subfields of urban politics and policy. Each chapter follows the same basic organization with topics such as methodological and theoretical issues, current states of the field, and directions for future research. For students, this work provides a starting place to guide them to the most important works in a particular subfield and a context to place their work in a larger body of knowledge. For scholars, it serves as a reference work for immediately familiarity with subfields of the discipline, including classic studies and major research questions. For urban policymakers or analysts, the handbook provides a wealth of information and allows quick identification of existing academic knowledge and research relevant to the problem at hand.

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466

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313032947

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9780313032943

Murder Is a Matter of Color

By: Ronald J. Rich

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Murder Is a Matter of Color

By: Ronald J. Rich

Murder is a Matter of Color is a racially charged murder mystery , a detective story set in an unnamed city somewhere in the United States. The story contains violence, death, fear, the drug trade, sex, honor, and retribution. The plot centers on a black police officer, Detective Roy Hines, and his struggle to obtain acceptance and inner peace in a bigoted community, while attempting to overcome numerous obstacles thrown in his path. Drugs are distributed from a restaurant, one of the finer dining establishments in the city. The owner, Paul Palmer, is forced under the threat of blackmail and endangerment to his family, to cooperate with the drug dealers. The local drug lord, Neal Peterson, posing as a respectable businessman is blackmailing the owner, Palmer, into cooperating with the drug dealers by threatening harm to his family. Money collected from the sale of the drugs is spent on the organization of a paramilitary Force: C.L.A.W., or Civil Liberties Are for Whites. This group is bent on keeping African Americans hooked on drugs and, therefore, forever downtrodden and beneath the white race. Aided by cohorts Ralph Manchetti and Colonel Bubba Dorcey. Peterson is determined to wreck havoc by instigating racial unrest while still collecting sufficient drug money to appease his suppliers. Peterson, through C.L.A.W., stages a mass demonstration which evolves into a full-blown riot and confrontation between the paramilitary force and the local police. A crime that goes horrendously wrong and ends in brutal murder brings Detective Roy Hines and his Sergeant, James Woodson, into the picture. Loose ends are slowly pieced together, with Woodson ultimately killed in a car wreck, discovered to have been caused by a deliberate tampering of the brakes. Neal Peterson is savagely murdered. It can be any number of people in the novel. The reader discovers who the murderer is in the final paragraphs of the book.

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148

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AuthorHouse

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1456769847

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9781456769840

Liberation Theologies

A Research Guide

By: Ronald G. Musto

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Liberation Theologies

A Research Guide

By: Ronald G. Musto

First Published in 1991. The following is a comprehensive scholarly bibliography of published materials on the varieties of liberation theology, mostly in book form, available in English. It is intended as an introductory survey to this vast and quickly expanding field for the teacher and student of contemporary theology, of biblical hermeneutics, and to the interrelationship of politics and religion around the world. It will also serve as a comprehensive bibliography.

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315

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Routledge

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1135757054

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Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology E-Book

By: Ross E. Petty,Ronald M. Laxer,Carol B Lindsley,Lucy Wedderburn,Robert C Fuhlbrigge,Elizabeth D. Mellins

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Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology E-Book

By: Ross E. Petty,Ronald M. Laxer,Carol B Lindsley,Lucy Wedderburn,Robert C Fuhlbrigge,Elizabeth D. Mellins

Offering up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of disease progression, diagnosis, management, and prognosis, Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology is the definitive reference in the field. For physicians caring for children with rheumatic diseases, this revised 8th Edition is an unparalleled resource for the full spectrum of rheumatologic diseases and non-rheumatologic musculoskeletal disorders in children and adolescents. Global leaders in the field provide reliable, evidence-based guidance, highlighted by superb full-color illustrations that facilitate a thorough understanding of the science that underlies rheumatic disease. - Offers expanded coverage of autoinflammatory diseases, plus new chapters on Takayasu Arteritis and Other Vasculitides, Mechanistic Investigation of Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Genetics and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, and Global Issues in Pediatric Rheumatology. - Reflects the changes in diagnosis, monitoring, and management that recent advances have made possible. - Covers the latest information on small molecule treatment, biologics, biomarkers, epigenetics, biosimilars, and cell-based therapies, helping you choose treatment protocols based on the best scientific evidence available today. - Features exhaustive reviews of the complex symptoms, signs, and lab abnormalities that characterize these clinical disorders. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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1043

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323636535

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9780323636537

Just Generosity

A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America

By: Ronald J. Sider

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Just Generosity

A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America

By: Ronald J. Sider

Just Generosity calls Christians to examine their priorities and their pocketbooks in the face of a scandalous tendency to overlook those among us who suffer while we live in practical opulence. This holistic approach to helping the poor goes far beyond donating clothes or money, envisioning a world in which faith-based groups work with businesses, the media, and the government to help end poverty in the world's richest nation. This updated edition includes current statistics, policy recommendations, and discussions covering everything from welfare reform, changes to Medicade, and the Social Security debate. "Sider's most important book since Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger."--Jim Wallis, author, God's Politics "Sider knows how to lift up people in need.... [An] important and challenging book."--John Ashcroft, former Attorney General of the United States

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Baker Books

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1441201629

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9781441201621

Nintendo 64 Games Guide

By: Ronald Wartow,Christine Cain,J. Rich,BradyGames

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Nintendo 64 Games Guide

By: Ronald Wartow,Christine Cain,J. Rich,BradyGames

Updated from the first volume, this collection covers secrets, statistics, and strategies for a series of Nintendo titles, including Tukok: Dinosaur Hunter, Mario Kart 64, Blast Corps, Starfox 64, Body Harvest, and Mission Impossible.

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Bradygames

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1566866936

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9781566866934

Inorganic Reactions in Water

By: Ronald Rich

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Inorganic Reactions in Water

By: Ronald Rich

Organized to facilitate reference to the reagents involved, this book describes the reactions of the elements and their mostly simpler compounds, primarily inorganic ones and primarily in water. The book makes available some of the more comprehensive coverage of descriptive aqueous chemistry found in older sources, but now corrected and interpreted with the added insights of the last seven decades.

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529

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540739629

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9783540739623

Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury

By: William Charles Whiting,Ronald F. Zernicke

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Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury

By: William Charles Whiting,Ronald F. Zernicke

This edition presents the basic mechanics of injury, function of the musculoskeletal system and the effects of injury on connective tissue which often tends to be involved in the injury process.

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Human Kinetics

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0736054421

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9780736054423

Book's by Ronald J. Rich

The Black Book and the Mob

The Black Book and the Mob

Political Change in the Metropolis

Political Change in the Metropolis

Linking Arms, Linking Lives

Linking Arms, Linking Lives

Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Bad Faith Good Faith

Bad Faith Good Faith

Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States

Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States

Murder Is a Matter of Color

Murder Is a Matter of Color

Liberation Theologies

Liberation Theologies

Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology E-Book

Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology E-Book

Just Generosity

Just Generosity

Nintendo 64 Games Guide

Nintendo 64 Games Guide

Inorganic Reactions in Water

Inorganic Reactions in Water

Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury

Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury

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