Brothels of Nevada: Candid Views of America's Legal Sex Industry

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The state of Nevada is known as a place for quick money, 24-hour marriages, and easy divorces. But it's also the only place in the United States with a legal sex industry. About 300 women today work in Nevada brothels, all regulated by the state government. Often shunned from serious condsideration, little is known about the prostitutes or the environments in which they work.
In Brothels of Nevada, photographer Timothy Hursley offers a view of this unknown side of America. He exposes the sites in all their variety and complexity, from neon signs on double-wide trailers, to red-toned bars where workers and customers meet, to bedrooms lined with velvet and lace. Far from risque, the images are poignant reminders of how little brothels differ from many American settings. Hursley photographs twenty-five houses, roughly the entire sex industry, in views from the mid-1980s to today. Brothels of Nevada includes large well-known places like the Chicken Ranch and Mustang Ranch as well as tiny houses off the beaten track, like Angel's Ladies and Bobbie's Buckeye Bar. Alexa Albert addresses how the design of the brothels affects the work they house.

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Fine Art Photographic Documention of Nevada's Brothels........2007-09-06

This excellent book is more of an exotic voyeur's tour of the legal whore houses, actually trailers, of Nevada's brothels than it is a portrait of the prostitutes working in these houses of ill repute. Only a few or the working girls are seen in the book and in those cases they are only blurred fleeting figures, seen from the back working their Internet sites or practically invisible behind barely open blinds and screen covered windows. This is an architectural photographer's color documentation of what is probably a disappearing remnant of the Wild West. The photographer has won numerous Architectural awards including the "Architect's Honor Award." The book's publisher is the Princeton Architectural Press. It's important to know these facts if you are interested in the book, which is masterfully done in every way, but may not be what many potential readers are searching for. The title may suggest more eroticism than is actually in the tome. It's more a fancy coffee table art book designed to peak the interest of guests and spark some interesting before or after dinner conversations. It's contains only a hint of raciness. It's also a dark portrait of decay and human weakness.
Alexa Albert, M.D. writes a very brief introduction to Timothy Hursley's photographic studies of many of Nevada' s working, some now closed, brothels. Alexa Albert wrote "Brothel: Mustang Ranch and It's Women" about her lengthy study of prostitution and public health while attending Harvard Medical School. The books are somewhat like two facets of the same story. One is about the workingwomen, their safe sex practices, and the other is a comprehensive portrait of the same women's places of business. However, the two facets remain totally independent of each other.
"Brothels of Nevada" very much resembles "Love Hotels: The Hidden Fantasy Rooms of Japan" both in style and subject matter, although the Love Hotels of Japan are not brothels and are merely convenient meeting places for lovers from all walks of life.
The rather boring, Spartan, but occasional fancy trailers of Nevada's brothels are only a faint echo of the grand style of the Love Hotels of Japan, which are much more sophisticated and accepted fantasy worlds in every way.

It ain't what you think.......2004-08-18

From a skilled architectual photographer one might be surprised to find the legal brothel as the subject of this elegant collection. First, the movies have created quite a different image of brothels. As opposed to the pleasure palaces of Victorian Chicago or the upstairs at the saloon, the real brothels of today's Nevada are mostly double wide house trailers singly or in groups (since in the beginning they had to be mobile because of changing zoning ordinances). The excellent large format images shown are not girly pictures and in fact there almost no human figures to be seen. Rather they are a demonstration of a part of America seldom seen and even less understood..
The economics of brothels is not well studied. Naturally owners are intent on the greatest possible profits from the least investment. Since the women work on a piece work basis (no pun) it is difficult to increase the throughput of the operation. To construct a spledid brothel is almost a conflict in terms. Instead, brothels are constructed as a compromise in tastes. What is the minimum place attractive to clients who by definition are unsophisticated but that will not affect business? The women in turn concoct their living-working rooms intended to demonstrate their own taste or lack of it.
For all the housewives with their fanatasies of escaping their bloated husband and being paid for those services thy have contributed in the past, the alternative of those clusters of double wides may be sometimes attractive.
Hursley has captured a lonely and wistful collection of images that are classic Americana. I urge you to read the companion book, "Brothel" by Alexa Albert to form your own conclusions.

Abroad in Nevada........2004-01-04

It's a big jump from the lively paintings by Toulouse-Lautrec of prostitutes in Montmarte to Timothy Hursley's interesting coverage of America's only legal sex industry and the one big difference you'll notice is the understandable absence of people in the photos, consequently they offer a rather detached view of this very human activity.

The photos date from the mid-eighties to today so several of the buildings are no more. The five chapters geographically cover Nevada and Hursley seems to have visited most of the State's sex industry. He has tried to cover everything, the wire fenced entrances, parlours, bedrooms, recreation areas, kitchens and the rubbish bins outback. Several kitchen photos show cooking timers, used for obvious reasons. The Shamrock went to the trouble of making a custom unit to house their fourteen timers. The exterior shots suggest that these brothels are rather isolated (parking would never be a problem) though the Chicken Ranch, in 1986, thoughtfully provided a runway, shown on page forty-three.

Overall an interesting book of photos, good color and well designed. As a visual record of this particular area of American life Tim Hursley will probably retain his monopoly. I doubt anyone will do it better and just the book, in the bookcase, to sit next to Barbara Heyl's 'The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution' (ISBN 087855211)

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Fantastic!

Paint Like Monet (Masterclass)
James Heard
Manufacturer: Cassell Illustrated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Instructional & How-To | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1844034453

Book Description

Monet’s revolutionary approach to painting allowed a new understanding of light, composition, and form. By exploring how his paintings were conceived, constructed, and executed, aspiring artists can broaden their technical knowledge and vastly expand their creative horizons. The first in a new series of instructional books, Paint Like Monet takes the reader on a guided journey through the artist’s methods, tools, materials, and techniques. Step-by-step exercises and detailed explanations of composition and context are complemented by ideas on developing a personal style and tips on how to check and improve a painting in progress. This hands-on encounter with Impressionist theory is rich with insight and inspiration for anyone interested in art—offering a master class with one of history’s greatest artists.

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Fantastic!.......2007-03-25

A fantastic book for gaining insight into Monet's painting methods. As an art historian, I've spent years learning the academic facts about the Impressionists, but never picked up a brush until a few years ago. If you're like me, you don't really expect to paint exactly like Monet, but this book just walks you through a number of the artist's better-known works and guides you to create a painting exploring the key techniques. If you do all the exercises in the book, you will certainly gain an enhanced appreciation of painting with color and light. I wish my art history professors had offered us an afternoon with brush and canvas instead of just slides and books. This book would be invaluable for teachers, and it would also make a great gift for anyone interested in learning more about the process of making art.

You Can Paint Like Monet: A Complete Kit for Aspiring Artists (Artist in a Can)

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You Can Paint Like Monet: A Complete Kit for Aspiring Artists (Artist in a Can)
Amy Runyen
Manufacturer: Walter Foster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Ages 9-12 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books

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You Can Paint Like Van Gogh: A Complete Kit for Aspiring Artists (Artist in a Can)

ASIN: 1600585167

Book Description

The clear plastic container allows the consumer to see all the contents at first glance.

Everything a child needs to make paintings like Monet's is contained within this clever package resembling a paint can! Using the acrylic paints, paintbrush, and other materials provided, kids can follow along with the full-color, step-by-step illustrations of the project book to replicate three recognizable Monet's pieces.

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STEP ASIDE SUPERHEROS! - No one is more politically correct! No one has the power of his compassion. No one's heart bleeds more profusely.

It's Liberal Man. Faster than the average white, European male. More powerful than a tax-package locomotive in a Democrat controlled Congress. Able to leap tall buildings when requested by whiny special interest groups. His motto -- "I fight truth and justice everywhere for the Democrat way."

LIBERAL MAN is the ultimate spoof on liberalism. The book contains "best of" stories from the nationally acclaimed 10-episode comic series with a brand new mission in which Liberal Man is launched towards his death to save the President's legacy.

Includes 8 full color pin-up pages.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Satire.......2007-09-18

"The Adventures of Liberal Man" is one of the funniest graphic novels you probably never heard of. Written in the 1990s as a 10-issue comic book series during the time of Clinton shenanigans, this black and white graphic novel is a perfect spoof of left-wing political correctness and just plain leftist idiocy. Marcus P. Meleton, Jr. writes the story and Pete Garcia illustrates it.

James Carville stars as the title character. He is transformed (not "created" or "birthed," as these terms are politically incorrect) in an amusing origin scene and then he proceeds to fight for liberalism. Real people such as Hillary and Bill Clinton appear in Liberal Man's adventures and Meleton and Garcia also add creative characters, such as Donaldson Jennings (an obvious combination of two, famous leftist propagandists), Reverend JJ ("A self-serving, race-baiting, man-of-the-cloth who would be labeled as a racist, KKK member, and a danger to America by the mass media were it not for the fact that he's black."), and Equal Kick ( a female unwillingly "anointed as Liberal Man's side kick because she was black, female, homeless and a crack baby.")

"The Adventures of Liberal Man" is lighthearted throughout and dead-on in its satirical commentary. This is perhaps one of the best graphic novels that I have ever read and I encourage all adults to read and enjoy it.

A Scream!.......2001-10-04

I just got my copy of Liberal Man! This is an excellent satire of the Left because it is based in truth. James Carville has always dreamed of being a superhero, I'm sure. Now he gets his wish!
Join Liberal Man and all his pals in their best adventures from 1994 to 1999. Explore how the world's first Liberal superhero combated the new Republican Congress in early 1995. Read a Bill Clinton Christmas Carol. Check out Liberal Man's adventures in Sudan and Kosovo. A+ for Marcus Meleton and Pete Garcia.

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How to make the most of the latest technology.......2001-05-21

Use Mastering Communication Through Technologys as a guide to help control information flow, maintain privacy, and use business systems more effectively: while its appearance is slim the information is not: chapters offer valuable quick tips on how to make the most of the latest technology to gain time and effectiveness.

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With the new changes going into effect on April 1, 2006 in North Carolina, count on Nancy Keck and Anne Rasheed to update your instructional materials necessary for real estate education. This updated text covers the new brokers-only license, provisional broker license, increase in required education, and increase in requirements for brokers-in-charge. In addition, the same writing style and winning approach that has been used to educate many in the past can still be found in this new edition. Don't settle for less, your students deserve the best. Fully Updated - The entire text is fully updated and approved by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to reflect the recent 2006 changes. Essential Resources - An appendix of the North Carolina Real Estate License Law and Commission Rules included. Accurate - Given the new changes, the authors have taken every step possible to check and recheck each chapter to verify it for accuracy to ensure your satisfaction. Items to Consider - This feature helps better prepare students for the licensing examination. Important Points - Each chapter includes a summary for quick review and exam preparation.

Customer Reviews:

excellent book far better then GALATY BOOK.......2005-10-09

We re using the yellow book in class and it is not as good or helpful as this book. I use this book along with the required text and this is far better. Our teacher agrees although he prefers the other book because in answer section it gives you the page number of the info for the question you miss.

North Carolina real estate: Principles & practices

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North Carolina real estate: Principles & practices
David A Hagen
Manufacturer: Gorsuch Scarisbrick
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Real Estate | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0897879198

Book Description

This book comes approved by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to fulfill the 30-hour course requirement for salespersons. Its approach is easier to read-yet more comprehensive-than most competing texts, effectively blending information regarding national laws and concepts with information specific to North Carolina statutes, principles and practices.

North Carolina Real Estate : Principles and Practice

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North Carolina Real Estate : Principles and Practice
Ralph A. Palmer Nancy F. Keck
Manufacturer: South-Western Educational Pub
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUBKO6

North Carolina Real Estate Principles & Practice

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North Carolina Real Estate Principles & Practice
Nancy F. Keck
Manufacturer: International Thomson Publishing Services
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Binding: Paperback

General | Real Estate | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0324139969

North Carolina Real Estate- Principles And Practices

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North Carolina Real Estate- Principles And Practices
Palmer, Keck
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OHOATQ

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Praise for Family Life Education:

"Excellent for use by university instructors teaching family life education and program development courses. The book's strength is the focus on bridging theory and research with actual practice, something much needed in the family life education field. This is a good book for both university instructors as well as practitioners working with family life education programs."

-Brent A. McBride, University of Illinois

"A big strength is the authors. . . .they are two excellent family life educators with a great depth of experience in this area."

-Charles A. Smith, Kansas State University

"This book will make a valuable contribution to teaching faculty in Family Life Education."

-Karen DeBord, North Carolina State University

Family Life Education: Principles and Practices for Effective Outreach is an excellent book for helping students and field professionals develop the knowledge and skills needed to take family science principles to citizens via family life education programs. Authors Stephen F. Duncan and H. Wallace Goddard incorporate leading outreach scholarship with years of professional experience to provide a scholarly, yet practical, guide for current and future family life outreach professionals.

Opening chapters lay the foundation of family life education by discussing its philosophical underpinnings and by encouraging readers to develop their own outreach philosophy. Subsequent chapters help readers learn principles and methods for reaching out to the public and diverse audiences. The book helps readers form and use community collaborations, navigate the social marketing of programs, and explore means of improving the practice of family life education.

Key Features

Uses the authors' practical, hands-on experience to demonstrate how to put principles from the latest scholarship into action
Provides figures, tables, and boxes to illustrate concepts
Includes an end-of-chapter Conclusions section to summarize key points
Offers an interactive Explorations section to give students practice in applying principles with useful, real-world questions and activities

Family Life Education is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who are preparing to be family life educators, as well as for current field professionals. It is a comprehensive, scholarly, yet practical how-to text that should prove to be the ultimate resource on effective family life education.

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What did the media tell us in the run up to war on Iraq? Was it all true? Where are the weapons of mass destruction? This book is for everyone who is appalled by the duplicity and misinformation churned out by the media in the lead up to war with Iraq, and in its long and continuing aftermath. Written by some of the world's leading journalists and commentators, it's a scathing indictment of the media's role in creating public support for a war which, day by day, is taking a heavy toll in coalition and Iraqi lives, and which threatens to create further instability and resentment of the US throughout the Middle East.

Critics, activists and journalists from both sides of the Atlantic destroy the idea that the mainstream media have anything to do with objectivity and balance. The propaganda machinery of the UK and US in the Iraq war is exposed as fundamentally dishonest and as a significant threat to freedom of thought and expression.

The book draws on the experience of leading anti-war and media activists to provide analysis and guidance on how to resist the media war.

Contributors include John Pilger, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Edward Herman, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel, Phillip Knightley, Tim Llewelyn (BBC Middle East Correspondent), Abdul Hadi Jiad (Iraqi journalist sacked by the BBC before the war), David Cromwell and David Edwards (Media Lens), Mark Curtis, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton (PR Watch, and co-authors of Weapons of Mass Deception and Toxic Sludge is Good For You), Pat Holland, Norman Solomon (columnist and director of the Institute for Public Accuracy), Nancy Snow (California State University, Fullerton, author of Propaganda Inc. and Information War), Doug Kellner (UCLA), Julian Petley, Yvonne Ridley (Aljazeera.net and author of In the Hands of the Taliban), Tim Gopsill (Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom), Faisal Bodi (UK Guardian, Aljazeera.net), Alistair Alexander (Stop the War Coalition), Greg Philo (Glasgow University Media Group), Steve Dorrill, Andy Rowell, Granville Williams and cartoonists Steve Bell, Steve Caplin and Polyp.

Customer Reviews:

The media's methods.......2005-12-14

This book is a compilation of articles written for this book by some of the worlds top journalists and scholars. It is a study of the methods by which the mass media decieves the people. The person believeing the contributors to be liers failed to understand that disagreing with them does not make them so. This is a great book for understanding the mechanics of propaganda in the US and everywhere. An excellent book by the people that understand what is going on.
-Ukdollars

must-read book for anyone with intelligence and curious mind.......2004-11-27

this is a great book revealing all the lies put into our face by our very own media govt that we elect.everyone knows there were no evidence against WMD in iraq and attack on other countries are so unjustified.we have also being killing more than 500,000 iraqis since the sanction in 1994, and daily killings of palestinians in their own land. is the jewish n american life mor eprecious than the arabs? we apply state terrorism in our policy n to defend our dear friend israel,when this friend is actually the cause of all the problem in middle east. it is occupying someone's land and no action is taken about it, while we go around killing innocent people.and all the attacks were planned even earlier than 911.people with conscience and the right mind will find this book very interesting. Those whose brains have been programmed to reject anything that's against the govt or a certain illegal country might be a bit uncomfortable though reading this book.

If you want to be told lies, this will supply them.......2004-11-24

Of course, this book is well-named. And it raises the question of why anyone would want to buy it, just to be told lies.

I simply don't understand why anyone would want to produce such stuff.

After all, there are quite legitimate things one could say about what we were told in the leadup to the war against Iraq. We all knew that Saddam Hussein had used poison gas against his own people. We knew that there was a question about Iraq's progress towards obtaining nuclear weapons, or at least enough of a threat to preclude an attack.

Can it be argued that the statements about the Iraqi nuclear weapons threat were false and that these statements caused us to reach a decision to go to war? I think a case can be made for it. But don't worry! The authors of this book do no such thing. They just say whatever nonsense pops into their heads and pretty much taunt their readers.

Can it be argued that the media are becoming ever more untrustworthy? Yes. A case can be made for that as well. And once again, the authors miss an opportunity to address their readers in a civilized and honest manner.

Folks, it doesn't have to be this way. If you have a case, please make it! When you want to expose lies, just do it! Sure, many of the authors of this book have very bad records when it comes to honesty. But I'd ignore that and just read the book on its merits if they would put the past behind them and simply tell the truth. And my advice has to be: if you want to fight lies, tell the truth. When you publish a book like this one, be on your best behavior.

In any case, the actual book is a ridiculous joke.

Customer Reviews:

Two of the same.......2006-06-12

Interested readers should know that this is the exact same book as STORM AND STAMPEDE ON THE CHISHOLM, published by Bison Books, that appears above. I believe WARPATH AND CATTLE TRAIL was the earlier title. Both editions are excellent.

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Warpath and Cattle Trail
Hubert (or Herbert) Collins
Manufacturer: William Morrow and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000EF59V

WARPATH AND CATTLE TRAIL. Illustrated by Paul Brown; foreword by Hamlin Garland.

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WARPATH AND CATTLE TRAIL. Illustrated by Paul Brown; foreword by Hamlin Garland.
Hubert E. Collins
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N6XX5U

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Warpath & Cattle Trail
Hubert Collins
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NV5ZQ0

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Warpath & Cattle Trail
Hubert Collins
Manufacturer: MORROW, WILLIAM & COMPANY IN
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Backyard birdhouses

Tweet Tweet!

The Best Birdhouses for Your Backyard
Michael Berger
Manufacturer: Popular Woodworking Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 155870583X

Book Description

With more than a dozen birdhouse projects suitable for more than 25 species of wild birds, The Best Birdhouses for Your Backyard is perfect for every woodworker wanting to attract wildlife. No complex tools are needed, and most projects can be completed in a day or over a weekend.

An excellent resource for woodworkers, naturalists, and parents looking for projects they can build with their children, this book offers an overview of the tools and techniques that yield the best results. In addition to specific projects, sidebars discuss:

* All you need to know about predator guards
* Entrance hole placement and dimensions
* Wildlife-friendly finishes
* How to fight the decline of the Eastern Bluebird

Customer Reviews:

Backyard birdhouses.......2004-05-21

This book first explains some of the basic tools, then goes into the houses, how to build them, what you need for lumber and supplies. The book also explains a little about the bird most likely living in the house, when, how many eggs, ect. It also explains where to put the birdhouse for mounting.
This book is excellent for the beginner. Excellent pictures and directions. Well done book. I actually have birds living in some of the houses. Nice to make a "home" for someone, hihi.

Tweet Tweet!.......2002-02-28

The Best Birdhouses for your Backyard includes thirteen projects. Most of the projects are birdhouses, some are feeders. This is a well put together book with great photographs and instructions. There are even projects to attract butterflies, and bats! (Ick)

The part I like most about this book is that the projects are arranged according to what bird youýd like to attract. This makes it easy to build the spring house for your Robins, or the hide away for the purple martin! Also, the designs are made using basic tools.
For all you bird lovers, GET THIS BOOK! It is great!

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