Vegas Concierge is the riveting inside story of a decade-long investigation into sex tracking, police corruption, and hip-hop music in Sin City.A layered saga spanning more than a decade, Vegas Concierge moves from the luxury hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip to the inner offices of the Las Vegas police and some of Nevada’s biggest news organizations. Using public and private records as well as exclusive first-person accounts from primary sources, this book shows how prostitutes a...

Dusk, some believe, is a time when two worlds meet and are divided by the thinnest of veils. It is a time when that which is not meant to be seen can be. The walls are down, and the windows are open.If one finds themself alone in the woods at dusk, when the fog rolls across the ground and your sense of direction is lost, beware. There are those who say something may find you.You may come across a staircase. It may be of rusted iron, or collapsing, weathered wood. It is a sp...

Short stories from an author with "a roomy imagination, big appetite for the absurd, healthy sense of humor, [and] heightened sense for the telling detail" ( Telegraph-Journal).The elderly take to the streets at night for illegal and cathartic electric scooter racing. A copy editor suffers brain damage from West Nile virus and is suddenly filled with cannibalistic violence and award-winning minimalist poetry. Mayor McCheese visits a sexually repressed Brit...

When We Arrested James SpaderIt was the saddest thing I’d seen. How he kept thinking he was a cat and he wouldn’t get out of that filthy litter box.And then, in the back of the cruiser, meowing for his cat brothers to save him.Deliciously wicked satires about local and international celebrities, the poems in Portable Altamont evince an irrepressible grasp of the zeitgeist, its machinations and manipulations, its possibilities and puerility. Who other than artist and...

This book critically engages with how the conservation of tropical rainforests is financed. Beginning with the context of tropical deforestation, alongside an overview of tropical ecology, global environmental policy and finance, the book reviews several conservation financing instruments. These include ecotourism and private reserves, debt-for-nature swaps and government domestic budgetary expenditures for state and national parks.Tropical deforestation and forest degradation are ...

Lab Manual for Social Science Statistics Using R is a hands-on, workbook-style text that introduces students to statistical analysis through active engagement with real data using R and RStudio®. Designed for introductory statistics and research methods courses, the book guides students step by step through the research process using data from the General Social Survey. Beginning with an orientation to R, RStudio, and data preparation, the text covers core statistical topics—inclu...

This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the correlates and consequences of residential relocation. Drawing on multiple nationally representative data sets, the book explores historic patterns and current trends in household mobility; individuals’ mobility-related decisions; and the individual, family, and community outcomes associated with moving. These sections inform later discussions of mobility-related policy, practice, and directions for future research.

This book critically engages with how the conservation of tropical coral reefs is financed. Beginning with the context of tropical coral reef degradation and loss, alongside an overview of tropical ecology, global environmental policy and finance, the book reviews several conservation financing instruments. These include ecotourism, debt-for-nature swaps, impact investments, and government domestic budgetary expenditures.From the Great Barrier Reef, to the Coral Triangle, to the Me...

A Guide to R for Social and Behavioral Science Statistics is a short, accessible book for learning R. This handy guide contains basic information on statistics for undergraduates and graduate students, shown in the R statistical language using RStudio®. The book is geared toward social and behavioral science statistics students, especially those with no background in computer science. Written as a companion book to be used alongside a larger introductory statistics text, the text ...

Tells the social history of the Iroquois people of Ohio during the buildup to removal.A Longhouse Fragmented is a historic ethnography of the Ohio Iroquois and, in particular, of the people known as the Seneca of Sandusky during the early nineteenth century. Using contemporary social theory and interdisciplinary methodologies, Brian Joseph Gilley tells the social history of the Native peoples of Ohio before and during the sociopolitical buildup to removal....

Inspired by true prophecies, this science fiction novel chronicles a planet nearly identical to Earth at the mercy of the cosmos. Joe's distant planet floats on the brink of survival, while the universe displays a cosmic scale of Darwinism. He learns of the possible metaphysical occurrence and tries to save his community from consequences that could lead to death. In the process, personal travesties and resistance from the media prove challenging. Will the planet evolve in time? Will Joe a...

"3am Songbook" is an inspiring compilation of lyrical poems, bursting with positivity, inspiration, and the promise of new beginnings. This unique collection presents stories of life's journeys, focusing on themes of love, faith, music, and more. Born out of 3am wake-up calls, these poems serve as melodic narratives of the author's life and spiritual walk. The poems are not just verses but songs, recounting the author's spiritual awakening and newfound understanding of life's battles betwe...