Böcker av Don Hall

Every casino is the same physical space. No windows, no clocks, the Feng Shui of confusion with ranks of slot machines, blackjack tables, carpet with a labyrinthian design, cocktail waitresses with trays of drinks in plastic cups, the constant promise of the quick buck and a timeless oasis of ups and downs, hope and despair. Some are palaces, others are dumps, all offer something subversive and, underneath the smell of smoke, whiskey, and oddly manufactured air deodorizer, a whiff of possibility. What sets one casino from another is the people who decide that this place is *the* place, their place. Las Vegas did have a place for me but it wasn't anything like I imagined. A building is just a building but the Wild Wild West was something so much more, so much seedier and alive, than the tried and true dazzle of this circus in the desert that it felt like *the* place, my place. Part memoir, part history of Las Vegas, "Casino at the End of the World" is a as wild and seedy as the place it memorializes.

The Regeneration Handbook offers an abundance of insights, stories, tools, and resources for experienced and aspiring changemakers to step into their power. By introducing readers to a different kind of activism, based on natural and universal patterns, it points the way to a truly just and regenerative future.

"My ex-wife is a whore" is one of the most common phrases known to modern society. In Don Hall's case, it is the literal truth.After a confession that blows his life up, Hall-through a series of essays and sixteen short stories-clumsily navigates his membership in a very select club. Shock turns to grief which transforms to rage and finally acceptance, his story is an extreme in a sea of common infidelity."I Didn't Marry a Prostitute... is a journey of healing through the fallout from an emotional nuclear devastation. It shows the power of exorcising demons by writing what you know. Part therapy, part what the hell!?, these stories are entertaining cautionary tales of beating hindsight to the punch."-David Himmel, author of The Last DJ: The Life and Times of a 20-Something Oldies Radio Disc Jockey

It's finally here! The follow-up to 2018's crusty, snarky "Belief is a Sledgehammer" has arrived every bit as angry and full of tidbits to live by as that celebrated tome.Complete with hundreds of beliefs and commentary about the chaotic world we've been living in, the book includes essays including: WHEN THE WORLD IS ON FIRE, WHO CAN LAUGH ABOUT ANYTHING?THE FEAR MONGERING WILL BEGIN BY HITTING THE PLAY BUTTONPERFORMATIVE TRAUMA IS A DEVIL'S BARGAINYOUR LIFE IS NOT LIKE THE MOVIESTHE ERA OF UNRELENTING COMPARISONCULTURE IN REAL TIMEIF THERE IS NO EVIL, HOW CAN THERE BE GOOD?Hop on the couch or the toilet or some weird drinking game and dive in because BELIEF IS A BULLDOZER.

More Secret Life of Waldo F. Dumbsquat is the second volume in a series of books by Don Hall. In this humorous story collection, Don captures the essence of cadet life at the United States Air Force Academy. More Secret Life.describes the misadventures of Waldo F. Dumbsquat, a perpetual freshman fated to never graduate. As cadets encounter academic and military training challenges at the Blue Zoo, Waldo comes to the aid of his classmates in an amazing way. Mixing Academy mythology with cadet issue satire, Don recruits the reader into the ranks of the Cadet Wing for a laugh-filled flight.