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Laurence Leamer has written fourteen books including five New York Times bestsellers. He has worked in a factory in France, a coal mine in West Virginia and as a Peace Corps volunteer in a remote village in Nepal two days from a road. He has written one novel but is primarily known for his nonfiction, especially a trilogy on the Kennedys. His new book, The Price of Justice, is the story of two Pittsburgh lawyers and their struggle to bring Don Blankenship, the chair of Massey Energy, to justice. John Grisham says the book is "superb...This is a book I wish I had written. Bobby Kennedy says "The Price of Justice is bound to be an environmental and legal classic.” Ken Starr says The Price of Justice is "an important, compelling, powerful book...more

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Bruce Stanley's got an enormous chip on his shoulder that nothing can knock off. He's enraged that the legal and political system is his native state of West Virginia is so corrupt that the bad and the compromised often float to the top of the system while the true and the caring are just as often endlessly stymied. For the past 15 years, Stanley and his fellow Pittsburgh co-counsel Dave Fawcet... Read more of this blog post »

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	The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach 3.04 of 5 stars 3.04 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sons of Camelot: The Fate of an American Dynasty by Laurence Leamer (Goodreads Author), Lawrence leamer 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 68 ratings — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of the Night: The Life of Johnny Carson 3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Chords and the Truth: Behind the Scenes with Those Who Make and Shape Country Music 3.04 of 5 stars 3.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As Time Goes By: The Life Of Ingrid Bergman 3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ascent: The Spiritual And Physical Quest Of Legendary Mountaineer Willi Unsoeld 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Laurence Leamer rated a book 4 of 5 stars Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laurence Leamer rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laurence Leamer rated a book 3 of 5 stars Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laurence Leamer rated a book 5 of 5 stars Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2) by Robert A. Caro	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laurence Leamer rated a book 5 of 5 stars Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 by Taylor Branch	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laurence Leamer rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laurence Leamer rated a book 5 of 5 stars All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Laurence Leamer rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Second World War by John Keegan	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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