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The Bin Ladens: The Story of a Family and Its Fortune
by Steve Coll
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1846141249
- ISBN 13
- 9781846141249
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Allen Lane, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 688 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Afghanistan; History. ISBN: 1846141249. ISBN/EAN: 9781846141249. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB16786. . 9781846141249 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Synopsis
In The Bin Ladens , two- time Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll continues where Ghost Wars left off, shedding new light on one of the most elusive families of the twenty-first century. Rising from a famine-stricken desert into luxury, private compounds, and even business deals with Hollywood celebrities, the Bin Ladens have benefited from the tensions and contradictions in a country founded on extreme religious purity, suddenly thrust into a world awash in oil, money, and the temptations of the West. But what do these incongruities mean for globalization, the War on Terror, and America's place in the Middle East? Meticulously researched, The Bin Ladens is the story of a remarkably varied and often dangerous family that has used money, mobility, and technology to dramatically different ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB16786
- Title
- The Bin Ladens: The Story of a Family and Its Fortune
- Author
- Steve Coll
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1846141249
- ISBN 13
- 9781846141249
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Biography & Autobiography; Afghanistan; History. ISBN: 1846141249 EAN: 9781846141249 Steve Coll The Bin Ladens: The Story of a Family and Its Fortune
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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