Sins of South Beach
by Alex Daoud
(Click here)
Book Summary Information
Author: Alex DaoudEdition: Kindle Edition
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Kindle eBook
Published: 2007-10-20
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: PEGASUS PUBLISHING HOUSE, INC.
Summary of Sins of South Beach
Sins of South Beach is the true story of sex, drugs, violence, corruption, murder, and the making of Miami Beach. The book is an autobiographical portrait of one of the most spectacular renovations that any city has ever undergone, and the seedy underside that fueled its rise.Sins of South Beach reveals the city?s renaissance, and the crime and corruption that fueled it. Alex Daoud, who served as Miami Beach?s Commissioner and Mayor from 1979 to 1991, describes in vivid, first-hand details how, as an idealistic young lawyer, he was seduced by money, power, and sex, and how that seduction led to the moral decay that nearly drove him insane.
Sins of South Beach is the true story of sex, drugs, violence, corruption, murder, and the making of Miami Beach. The book is an autobiographical portrait of one of the most spectacular renovations that any city has ever undergone, and the seedy underside that fueled its rise.
Sins of South Beach reveals the city?s renaissance, and the crime and corruption that fueled it. Alex Daoud, who served as Miami Beach?s Commissioner and Mayor from 1979 to 1991, describes in vivid, first-hand details how, as an idealistic young lawyer, he was seduced by money, power, and sex, and how that seduction led to the moral decay that nearly drove him insane.
Political Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Political Books
Peter the Greatby Robert K. Massie
Ballantine Books; Published: 1986-01-12; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $45.30
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritanceby Barack Obama
Crown; Published: 2007-01-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.98
Price in other shops:
Mussolini's Shadow: The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Cianoby Mr. Ray Moseley
Yale University Press; Published: 2000-02-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $30.00
Price in other shops:
Theodore Roosevelt: A Biographyby Henry F. Pringle
Mariner Books; Published: 1956-02-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.20
Price in other shops:
Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalismby Paul Klebnikov
Mariner Books; Published: 2001-09-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.87
Price in other shops:
Chasing the Flame: One Man's Fight to Save the Worldby Samantha Power
Penguin Books; Published: 2008-12-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.44
Price in other shops:
Autobiography (Penguin Classics)by John Stuart Mill
Penguin Classics; Published: 1990-04-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.84
Price in other shops:
Going Rogueby Sarah Palin
HarperAudio; Published: 2009-11-24; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $3.84
Price in other shops:
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.)by Loung Ung
Harper Perennial; Published: 2006-04-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.49
Price in other shops:
Trusted Moleby Milos Stankovic
Harpercollins Pub Ltd; Published: 2001-03; Hardcover; Book
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Company She Keepsby Georgia Durante
Signet; Published: 2008-09-13; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third Worldby Michael Lewis
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 2011-09-28; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medellín Cartel -- An Astonishing True Story of Murder, Money, and International Corruptionby Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen
Garrett County Press; Published: 2011-05-17; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
High On Arrivalby Mackenzie Phillips
Gallery Books; Published: 2009-09-19; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Assetby Evan Wright, Jon Roberts
Crown; Published: 2011-11-01; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religionby Janet Reitman
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Published: 2011-06-13; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
Weed Man: The Remarkable Journey of Jimmy Divineby John McCaslin
Thomas Nelson; Published: 2009-05-19; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
Fool's Paradise: Players, Poseurs, and the Culture of Excess in South Beachby Steven Gaines
Crown; Published: 2009-01-27; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops:
Brooklyn NY: A Grim Retrospectiveby Jerry Castaldo
Published: 2010-12-16; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Price in other shops: