«Alcune donne», scrive Truman Capote, «sono nate per essere ricche.» A Barbara «Babe» Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Nancy «Slim» Keith, Pamela Churchill Harriman, C.Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (sorella di Jackie Kennedy), questa descrizione calzava a pennello: belle, raffinate e ricchissime, sfavillanti sotto i riflettori dell'alta società newyorchese, a cavallo tra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta erano considerate delle vere e proprie icone di stile. Capote, sulla cresta dell'onda dopo il successo diA sangue freddo e Colazione da Tiffany, era riuscito a entrare nelle loro grazie e dunque nei circoli più esclusivi dell'epoca, diventando egli stesso una figura di spicco del jet-set. Tra il 1975 e il 1976, la pubblicazione dei primi capitoli del nuovo libro "Preghiere esaudite" arrivò come un fulmine a ciel sereno: dietro la maschera del romanzo Capote divulgò le più intime confidenze delle sue facoltose amiche, esponendole così alla pubblica gogna. La reazione del mondo newyorchese fu spietata. Laurence Leamer, autore bestseller del «New York Times», ripercorre la parabola di questa vicenda drammatica e scrive un avvincente e crudele non-fiction novel che non sarebbe dispiaciuto a Capote.

«Alcune donne», scrive Truman Capote, «sono nate per essere ricche.» A Barbara «Babe» Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Nancy «Slim» Keith, Pamela Churchill Harriman, C.Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (sorella di Jackie Kennedy), questa descrizione calzava a pennello: belle, raffinate e ricchissime, sfavillanti sotto i riflettori dell'alta società newyorchese, a cavallo tra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta erano considerate delle vere e proprie icone di stile. Capote, sulla cresta dell'onda dopo il successo diA sangue freddo e Colazione da Tiffany, era riuscito a entrare nelle loro grazie e dunque nei circoli più esclusivi dell'epoca, diventando egli stesso una figura di spicco del jet-set. Tra il 1975 e il 1976, la pubblicazione dei primi capitoli del nuovo libro "Preghiere esaudite" arrivò come un fulmine a ciel sereno: dietro la maschera del romanzo Capote divulgò le più intime confidenze delle sue facoltose amiche, esponendole così alla pubblica gogna. La reazione del mondo newyorchese fu spietata. Laurence Leamer, autore bestseller del «New York Times», ripercorre la parabola di questa vicenda drammatica e scrive un avvincente e crudele non-fiction novel che non sarebbe dispiaciuto a Capote.

A best-selling author and award-winning journalist describes how the tyrannical head of a large energy conglomerate bought judges, disregarded safety standards for mine workers and polluted drinking water until challenged by two lawyers who brought him to justice.

A nonfiction legal thriller that traces the fourteen-year struggle of two lawyers to bring the most powerful coal baron in American history, Don Blankenship, to justice

Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early 1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of America’s electric power. But wealth and influence weren’t enough for Blankenship and his company, as they set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging the Constitution, purchasing the West Virginia judiciary, and willfully disregarding safety standards in the company’s mines—in which scores died unnecessarily.

As Blankenship hobnobbed with a West Virginia Supreme Court justice in France, his company polluted the drinking water of hundreds of citizens while he himself fostered baroque vendettas against anyone who dared challenge his sovereignty over coal country. Just about the only thing that stood in the way of Blankenship’s tyranny over a state and an industry was a pair of odd-couple attorneys, Dave Fawcett and Bruce Stanley, who undertook a legal quest to bring justice to this corner of America. From the backwoods courtrooms of West Virginia they pursued their case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and to a dramatic decision declaring that the wealthy and powerful are not entitled to purchase their own brand of law.

The Price of Justice is a story of corporate corruption so far-reaching and devastating it could have been written a hundred years ago by Ida Tarbell or Lincoln Steffens. And as Laurence Leamer demonstrates in this captivating tale, because it’s true, it’s scarier than fiction.

Describes how the tyrannical head of a large energy conglomerate bought judges, disregarded safety standards for mine workers, and polluted drinking water until challenged by two lawyers who brought him to justice.

Describes how the tyrannical head of a large energy conglomerate bought judges, disregarded safety standards for mine workers, and polluted drinking water until challenged by two lawyers who brought him to justice.

For a hundred years Palm Beach has been a fantasy land nurtured by, and maintained for, the megawealthy. Leave it to Laurence Leamer, the author known for getting the inside story on his elusive subjects, to take us behind the walls of America's most exclusive enclave. He tells a braided story involving a socialite determined to make it to the top of Palm Beach society, two infamous murders, and a powerful society reporter. As a backdrop, Leamer tells the story of the clash between old money and new, religion and status, and the love, lust, and fatal hatreds that determine the shape of a fiercely protected society. The cast of characters include trophy wives, trophy husbands, purported gigolos, glamorous widows, a pioneering gay couple, a wildly irreverent event planner, a sociopathic multimillionaire, and an elegant society queen.--From publisher description.

For a hundred years Palm Beach has been a fantasy land nurtured by, and maintained for, the megawealthy. Leave it to Laurence Leamer, the author known for getting the inside story on his elusive subjects, to take us behind the walls of America's most exclusive enclave. He tells a braided story involving a socialite determined to make it to the top of Palm Beach society, two infamous murders, and a powerful society reporter. As a backdrop, Leamer tells the story of the clash between old money and new, religion and status, and the love, lust, and fatal hatreds that determine the shape of a fiercely protected society. The cast of characters include trophy wives, trophy husbands, purported gigolos, glamorous widows, a pioneering gay couple, a wildly irreverent event planner, a sociopathic multimillionaire, and an elegant society queen.--From publisher description.

One of Bobby Kennedy's first acts after JFK's assassination was to write a letter to his eldest son, reminding him of the obligations of his name. Bobby sent the letter to eleven-year-old Joe, but the message was meant for all his sons and nephews.

Sons of Camelot is the compelling story of that message and how it shaped each Kennedy son and grandson in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's death. Based on five years of rigorous research and unprecedented cooperation from both the Kennedys and the Shrivers, Sons of Camelot examines the lives characterized by overwhelming drama -- from the most spectacular mishaps, excesses, and tragedies to the remarkable accomplishments that have led to better lives for Americans and others around the world.

The third volume in Laurence Leamer's bestselling history of America's first family, Sons of Camelot chronicles the spellbinding journey of a message sent from a father to his son ... from a president to his people.

The best-selling author of The Kennedy Women presents an incisive, multigenerational portrait of the Kennedy men and their rise to the heights of American politics, beginning in 1901 with a twelve-year-old Joseph P. Kennedy and ending in 1963 with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Reprint.

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"A FRESH AND UNVARNISHED PORTRAIT OF A FASCINATING, TALENTED, AND DEEPLY FLAWED FAMILY."
—Boston Herald

Laurence Leamer was granted unheralded access to private Kennedy papers, and he interviewed family and old friends, many of whom had never been interviewed before, for this incredible portrait of the women in America's "royal family." From Bridget Murphy, the foremother who touched shore at East Boston in 1849, to the intelligent, independent Kennedy women of today, Laurence Leamer tells their unforgettable stories.

Here are the private thoughts of Kathleen, the flirtatious debutante in prewar England . . . the truth behind Joe Kennedy's insistence that his mildly retarded daughter, Rosemary, be lobotomized . . . the real story behind Joan and Ted's whirlwind romance . . . Jackie's desire for a divorce from JFK in the 1950s . . . Pat Lawford's disastrous Hollywood marriage . . . how Caroline discovered her cousin David's death by overdose, and more.

Tough enough to withstand the unimaginable, these Kennedy women soldier on in the name of their extraordinary family and what they believe is right.

"MASTERFUL . . . AN ENDLESSLY FASCINATING READ . . . A wealth of beautifully rendered social detail, at times reading like a realist novel by Edith Wharton . . . [A] page-turner from start to finish."
—The Dallas Morning News