Research journalist Mark W. Curran tells the story of how organized crime built the town of Las Vegas into the glittering mecca it is today.

Learn how the mob built the most dazzling and decadent city in the West before being dismantled by federal prosecutors hell-bent on taking them down.

Through archival photos and first hand accounts from those who participated, American Mafia: Las Vegas takes you inside the story from the people who know it best.

Based on the documentary 'American Mafia: The Rise and Fall of Organized Crime In Las Vegas'

Interviews Featuring:

Larry Henry - Broadcast Journalist/Columnist 'The Mafia Chronicles'

Jeffrey Burbank - Author 'Las Vegas Babylon'/The Washington Post

Gary Jenkins - Crime Investigator/Mafia Expert/Host of Gangland Wire

Michael Green - Asst. Professor of History - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Dr. J. Michael Niotta, PhD. - Author/Crime Historian/Mob Authority

Eric Dezenhal - Author 'The Devil Himself'/Mafia Crime Historian

Learn to Sing Like An Idol

True Vocal Power Can Be Yours With This Easy To Read Manual

Let professional vocalist Mark W. Curran show you how to learn vocal techniques that will make you sound like a pop idol. Whether you aspire to become a singing pop star or just want to learn to sing better in the shower, this manual will help you to learn to sing better using proven vocal techniques that command attention and get results.

This book explores live vocal performance techniques, and also briefly examines the opportunities that currently exist for singers - tips and tricks for memorizing lyrics; even advice on how to market yourself as a professional vocalist.

- Learn to avoid common mistakes when singing improperly that can cause you to damage your voice.

- Learn the secrets to true vocal power and confidence.

- Discover how to master pitch, intonation and projection.

Learn to sing like an idol

It's the perfect do-it-yourself manual for the modern singer - whether you are into rock, jazz, classical or rap - there's something for young and old alike.

Whether you want to explore a professional career as a 'crooner' or simply want to sound better when you sing, this book is for you

About the Author:

Mark W. Curran is a professional singer and a respected authority on music marketing. He has authored several books on do-it-yourself music marketing, including Sell Your Music Online, and The Musician's and Singers Survival Guide To Booking Better Paying Gigs With or Without An Agent.

He has performed in a many professional stage productions, including The Best of Broadway, All Shook Up, Shake Rattle and Roll, and Crooners.

He currently resides in Long Beach, California and is a full time singer, author and musician.

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One of the best manuals on singing I've seen. - David Foster

Delivers the rudiments of singing in a concise and readable style, while addressing the concerns of today's modern vocalist in a way that other books on singing do not. - Publisher's Weekly

Extremely useful book with dead-on accurate insights into the marketing, psychology and joy of singing. - Simon Fuller

With this book, anyone can pursue their dream of being a pop idol - anytime, anywhere. - Fantasia Barrino

This book shows you in easy, step by step format, how to profitably sell your own recordings online. You'll read in-depth interviews, tips and tricks from independent musicians who have made thousands of dollars selling their music from home Includes up to date lists and websites where you can promote your music for free, plus a bonus user guide on setting up your own home recording studio. REVIEWS: From The Critics Booknews Shows how to make money selling one's own music on the Internet, with advice on recording and selling music from home, designing a music sales Web site, becoming a guerilla music publicist, forming an online record label, and getting free publicity from TV, radio, print, and Internet media. Also gives instructions for setting up a home-based digital music studio. Appendixes list merchant account sources, music publications, online music sites, and indie music organizations, and explain Usenet, search engine placement, writing press releases, and Internet radio. The author is a music marketing consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) (Barnes & Noble) The Midwest Book Review Written by a recognized expert in online music marketing, Mark Curran's Sell Your Music: How To Profitably Sell Your Own Recordings Online is a comprehensive, user-friendly, step by step guide to using the Internet in order to make money from your own music. Sell Your Music contains extensive interviews with independent musicians who have made thousands of dollars, as well as tips, tricks, and techniques to reaching your target market and maximizing your profits while minimizing hassle. Highly recommended for all aspiring performers whether they are soloists or band members. (Midwest Book Review) Customer Reviews Extremely Useful Book This book doesn't beat around the bush it gets right down to brass tacks of selling your own music over the internet. Curran covers all the bases, and gives detailed instructions, with plenty of diagrams. Easy to read, a great book. - Ramsay Hogan, a musician from Rhode Island, June 11, 2003 (Barnes & Noble) This is a fantastic book I would recommend to any level of musician. - Faith Rivera, Recording Artist, Emmy & Grammy Award Nominee (Amazon) Two thumbs up on an incredible book. Curran is a music marketing genius. - Gary Roman, Rock Group Romulus (Baker & Taylor) - Curran leaves no stone unturned in his methodology for finding and marketing to an online audience - Jeffrey Coronado - Alternative Music Press

Learn how to supercharge your creative writing and infuse it with inspiring energy by tapping the unlimited source of new ideas that sleeps beneath the surface of your awareness.

By using the power of the creative unconscious, writers can learn to innovate and imagine to heights never before achieved and to experience the profound ecstasy of creation.

This book teaches proven and effective techniques for exploring the inner world of your divine creativity by delving deep into your psyche to mine the gold within you.

It examines effective techniques writers have used for decades to tap into this mysterious creative power - with real world examples and advice from successful modern day writers such as Issaac Asimov, Stephen King and Ray Bradbury.

It also reveals the secrets discovered by the literary masters: Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, William Falkner and Mary Shelley to create great works of timeless beauty by accessing the power of their subconscious minds.

Learn to avoid common mistakes when attempting to access deeper levels of awareness.

Discover tips and tricks on how to get your own ideas out of your head and onto the paper even when you feel blocked or discouraged.

This book helps both aspring and professional writers to become more prolific and productive by showing how to tap the creative power of the subconscious mind.

This resourceful writer's tool is a valuable asset to any reference library.

It has been called The Swiss Army Knife of the Creative Unconscious. by Publisher's Weekly.

Well written and organized - A Swiss Army Knife of the creative unconcious. - Publisher's Weekly
A concise resource tool for writers in navigating the shadow world the subconscious - The New York Times
A very helpful book in accessing the depths of creativity that lie hidden beneath the surface. - Writer's Digest

A comprehensive guide to getting the best paying gigs for musicians and singers, from local to international stages - with or without an agent! A music business veteran gives the inside track to creating a profitable career performing music from local clubs to international cruise ships. This new updated edition includes interviews with successful musicians and entertainment directors who share their secrets in landing the best paying gigs. Also includes directories of resources for further research.

Unquestionably the best book ever written on finding gigs - Michelle W. Benton, Warner-Chappel Music

If you want to make it as a gigging musician, this book is one of the best you'll find - Michael A. Lyons - Sony Records

A clear and concise manual on finding and making gigs for yourself in any market - Arcy Donahue, CBS Records