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Taking you to the World Famous Las Vegas Strip...and beyond! Featuring conversations with entertainers and experts as well as trip reports with reviews of hotels, casinos, restaurants, shows, attractions, and more!
One of the only things I enjoy more than actually going to Vegas is reading books about Vegas. and over the course of hosting this podcast, I've had the opportunity to talk to some amazing authors who've written some very cool books about Las Vegas & topics that can be related to Las Vegas.
If you'd like to join me in reading these books, click the links below to order your copies today!
As featured in the podcast:
- "Classic Vegas Mistakes" by David Demontmollin (EP#16: Classic Vegas Mistakes)
- "Whale Hunt In The Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost" by Deke Castleman (EP#25: Steve Cyr - Vegas Superhost)
- "Elvis In Vegas - How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show" by Richard Zoglin (EP#42: Long Live The King - Elvis In Vegas)
- "Superstition - A Very Short Introduction" and "Believing In Magic: The Science of Superstition" by Stuart Vyse (EP#52: Superstitious Feeling)
- "Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia and Palace Intrigue" by Geoff Schumacher (EP#62: Howard Hughes, Aviator, Innovator & Las Vegas Legend)
- "At The Sands by David G. Schwartz" (EP#78: A Place In The Sun)
- "The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell" by Dr. Rachel Herz (EP#79: The Science of Scent)
- "Addiction By Design" by Natasha Dow Schull (EP#84: Total Immersion - The Psychology of Slot Machines)
- "Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas" by Nicholas Pileggi (EP#87: Casino - Fact vs Fiction)
Other books to check out:
- "Winner Takes All: How Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Won - and Lost - the High Stakes Gamble to Own Las Vegas" by Christina Binkley
- "Touring With Legends: A Comic's Tale of Opening for Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, George Carlin, Tom Jones and many more" by Dennis Blair
- "Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas; How Jay Sarno Won a Casino Empire, Lost It, and Inspired Modern Las Vegas" by David G. Schwartz
- "Sun, Sin & Suburbia: The History of Modern Las Vegas" by Geoff Schumacher
(Full disclosure: Jeff Does Vegas is an official Amazon Affiliate - meaning that by using the links above, we earn commission on every sale. This means that, not only are you supporting these great authors, but you're also helping to support the podcast as well!)