Nevada Books

Gailmarie Pahmeier's work is as beautiful and heartbreaking and funny as anything you'll ever read - she cuts to the guts and the lovely underbelly...

I loved this book.

This is a valuable book (resource) for budding entrepreneurs. It seems to try to cover all the bases for starting a small business, but it can't do them all well in the space available between its covers. The book is only 288 pages long. If you are in the planning stages of starting a small business, then I highly recommend you get a copy of this book. Read it, study it, and outline it. There are helpful checklists to help you grasp the subjects. You will come up with a plethora of keywords and terms that you will want to google to find Web pages giving more detailed (and maybe more current) information.

I am a SCORE counselor (Senior Corps of Retired Executives) who typically does face-to-face counseling sessions three nights a month. It would really be neat if my clients would read this book BEFORE they came to their session with me because they would pretty much be "educated customers" ready to ask educated questions. Our sessions would be so much more beneficial.

My favorite chapters were:

1. Initial business concerns
2. Your business' structure
3. Business start-up details
5. Sources of business assistance (SCORE is mentioned here)
7. Your smart business plan (and a good sample plan is included)
8. Obtaining the financing you need

The book is weak when it comes to how the Internet can be used in corresponding, hiring, and marketing. But this is just one example of how googling keywords and concepts found in the book will make the book more complete. Don't treat the book as authoritative on the law. It isn't. Nor was it ever intended to be. It is light on tax information as it relates to small business.

I was particularly impressed with the material presented in Chapter 2: Choice of Legal Entity. That subject is sorely ignored in most small business books, and it is critically important. It is a subject I regularly must spend a great deal of time discussing at my SCORE sessions. This book does a pretty good job on the topic.

Chapters 4 and 9 through 12 are easy to find fault with. The topic of each could fill a book. But having these topics covered definitely will help a budding entrepreneur know some of the issues they raise.

I would have liked the book more if Chapter 6 (marketing) had been less superficial. When I read it I got the impression that the author was more a public relations expert than a marketing expert. I generally categorize public relations as a subset of marketing. Marketing includes advertising, public relations, and a whole host of other promotion techniques. I did not get this message when I read the book. I also would have liked the book better if the Internet, email, and Web sites had been discussed more. But there are many books on those subjects. Therefore, I can't complain too much about the limited discussion of computers.

When you read this book it may feel a little like it was produced on an assembly line. Maybe it was? There are 51 versions of this book sold; one for each state and the District of Columbia. Content is king, and this book has it. 5 stars!

Spiritualy overwhelming! This book makes you feel all the emotions of loss, pain and suffering and leaves you with a glorious effect from a divine encounter. There is also much information listed about mental health issues that serves more than just Nevada residents, but instead for people everywhere.
In The Realm of God, A True Story of a Miraculous Visit from Jesus (subtitle)My Walk Through Nevada Mental Health Law

Out of all the writers who discuss gambling--and, more specifically, poker, which is the only form of gambling I'm really interested in--I would have to say that David Spanier is the finest. Certainly, he was no Al Alvarez in terms of poetry, but his clarity and excellent narration make him a pleasure to read. His death at age 67 was a tragedy as his opinions are greatly missed.

The best compliment I can give Spanier is that, due to his exceptional ability, he establishes reader enthusiasm for subjects normally outside the scope of our interest. Nowhere is this more true than here as, unlike in Total Poker, he brings up topics like the founding of Monte Carlo, and the numerous ways in which players have attempted to decrease the house advantage in games like roulette. This is not riveting material on the surface, but Spanier's attention to detail and masterful knowledge base make them relevant. . His essay on gambling addiction was definitely the high point of the work as he proves within it that this is no run of the mill book. It's a work of psychology examining the motivation behind the act of wagering and the statistics which make or break the lives of the millions of individuals for whom gambling is, at least, a monthly activity. I highly recommend this one. It's "used" only, and cheap.

THE INSIDERS' GUIDE TO LAS VEGAS is a great book which, when coupled with TIME OUT LAS VEGAS, gives you a good idea on how to survive in Sin City, whether you're relocating or just vacationing there. Of course, some of the information in this book IS a little outdated, being that it was published in 2004, but if you pair it with TIME OUT LAS VEGAS, published late last year, that shouldn't be an issue.

An epic thriller of unmatched profundity! The debris-slope has never been so slippery, the carbonate never so fine grained! While Sheehan more than "deposits" his prose, we would be truly remiss to ignore the writing contributions of the eclecticly-minded "et al," who makes us question our very basic assumptions about the Devonian Age, especially undermining our generally held beilef about the so-called "Antelope Peak." After reading this work you'll be looking forward to enjoying the best days of the antelope, disabused of your notions that the antelopes better days had passed.

As for the climactic ending, I won't spoil the surprise, suffice it to say that Isolated Carbonated Bodies do not stay isolated forvever, especially those composed of stacked debris-flow!

One of the great weaknesses in the teaching of history, by and large, is to believe that we need not be creative in how we go about it. With this book, Gibson has researched and documented a collection of Nevada stories from ancient times to the late 1990s.

These thirty quick reads are arranged chronologically and cover events ranging from Anasazi times to the Comstock Lode to the modern speed record attempts at the Salt Flats. The array of topics touched upon is too broad to list here, but ranges from aboriginal to judicial to economic to industrial to political and beyond. In addition to a lengthy bibliography, a nice collection of Nevada-related facts wraps up the book.

I find Gibson's approach to debatable historical topics (such as, for example, the fate of Butch Cassidy) to be refreshingly dispassionate; I do not get the impression that she was ever predisposed to any conclusion, and was open to whatever she might discover--an approach too many historical writers fail to emulate. The result is high credibility for that which she presents to us.

Maybe some of the greedmongers who run Las Vegas can give a little back to their state by purchasing enough of these for every school in the state of Nevada--it would be a welcome way to interest children in history. Recommended, in any event, for those who appreciate Western history presented with hardly a preconceived notion or bias to be found.

If you like the Old West this book delivers. If there was a real life John Wayne, Jack Longstreet would be the one. Only perhaps a little darker. Nothing much was known about him before he moved to Nevada in the 1870's, but he racked up many wild stories during his time in the central Nevada desert. Claim jumping, cattle rustling, horse racing, bar keeping are all samples of what he was involved in. He spoke paiute and was a defender of the local native americans. He outlived all his enemies and died in 1928 at the age of 94.

Musical genius meeting improvisational photography; two artists coming together as one to capture the spirit of jazz and its energy on film.

Carole Bellmyre's photo exhibit of Jazz artists in Las Vegas.

This collection of amazing images is uplifting and powerful. Lake Tahoe is one of the most beautiful places on the planet and Larry Pesetski's book showcases all of the colors, seasons, and wonders that make up the Tahoe experience.