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Author Coll, Steve.

Title The Bin Ladens : the story of a family and its fortune / Steve Coll
Published Camberwell, Vic. : Allen Lane, 2008

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 MELB  953.8052 Bin Col/Blt  AVAILABLE
Description 671 pages, 8 unnumbered of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents Patriarchs 1900 to September 1967. In exile -- The royal garage -- Silent partners -- The glory of his reign -- For Jerusalem -- The backlash -- A modern man -- Crosswind -- Sons and daughters -- October 1967 to May 1988 -- The guardians -- Young Osama -- Realm of conspiracy -- The rising son -- Discovering America -- The convert's zeal -- Wired -- The amusement park -- In the king's service -- Anxiety disorder -- The grinder -- The arms bazaar -- Off the books -- The proposal -- Kitty Hawk field of dreams -- The global family -- June 1988 to September 2001 -- Writer-director-producer -- Lump sums -- America in motion -- The Swiss accounts -- A Rolls Royce in the rain -- The construction of exile -- Hedge funds -- A trojan desk -- The aesthetics of worship -- One phone, one world -- Lawyers, guns and money -- Bin Laden island -- Legacies -- September 2001 to September 2007 -- The name -- Public relations -- Brands -- So what? -- In exile
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
Bin Laden family.
SUBJECT Saudi Arabia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117713 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781846141348 (paperback)