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Winner Takes All recounts the real estate development history of the Las Vegas Strip between 1998 and 2007. [2] The book primarily covers three major corporate deals: Kirk Kerkorian's 2000 purchase of Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts; MGM Mirage's 2004 buyout of Mandalay Resort Group; and Gary Loveman's Harrah's 2004 takeover of Caesars.
[1] Whang, in temporary remission from stage 4 breast cancer, wrote and performed a solo show about her experience, and was writing a book about it at the time she died. [2] On October 19, 2013, Whang married long-time boyfriend Jay Nickerson at The Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew in Manhattan. The two had met decades prior, working together ...
Nora Okja Keller, author of Comfort Woman (1997) and Fox Girl (2002) Porochista Khakpour; Uzma Aslam Khan; Parag Khanna; Crystal Hana Kim; Elaine H. Kim, author of Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context; Jaegwon Kim, philosopher; Myung Mi Kim; Patti Kim; Richard E. Kim, novelist; Suki Kim, novelist ...
Lisa See (born 18 February 1955) is an American writer and novelist. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love (2007) and Shanghai Girls (2009), which made it to ...
Liv Østhus, also known by her stage name Viva Las Vegas, is a writer, musician, actress, activist, and for more than 25 years, a stripper. [1] She has written for The Village Voice , The New York Times Magazine , and other national and regional publications, and published two books about her experiences on stage. [ 2 ]
It tells the story of Lucky and Kris, two gay South Asian-Americans whose parents immigrated from Sri Lanka, who marry to stay in the closet. The novel won the 2018 Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction [1] and was a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction finalist [2] and Stonewall Honor Book. [3]
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Introduced in chapter 1. Kamola (カモーラ, Kamōra) A lovely young woman in the village who is well-regarded because she is skillful at domestic tasks and is well-mannered and good-natured. She is known to have many suitors. Pariya aspires to more like her as she perceives Kamola to be an ideal young woman and tries to discreetly to observe ...