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Larry Kahaner

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Brooklyn, NY , The United States

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Humor and Comedy, Thriller, Suspense

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This is my bio. If you're in a hurry, read about me on Wikipedia.
If you've got time, read on.

I am what some people might call a successful author. I've had published more than 15 non-fiction books under my name, pseudonyms and as a ghost writer. I'm also a journalist and writer.

Several of my books have won awards and made me semi-famous. I've been on NPR, C-SPAN, CNN, USA Today, CBS, Evening News, Fox TV News, Bloomberg Business News, Voice of America, and my articles have been published by the Washington Post, LA Times and others.

I don't like to brag (well, a little maybe) but beat out all my cousins for the domain name Kahaner.com and I'm pretty proud of that.

For many years, I also was a licensed Private Investigator which is very muc ...more

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	AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War 3.64 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Cults That Kill: Probing the Underworld of Occult Crime 3.25 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Competitive Intelligence : How to Gather, Analyze, and Use Information to Move Your Business to the Top 3.78 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Alan Greenspan 3.13 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Values, Prosperity, and the Talmud: Business Lessons from the Ancient Rabbis 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	USA, Inc. 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Did the Frail Have a Heater? 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	On The Line: The Men Of MCI-Who Took On AT&T, Risked Everything, And Won! 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Audio and Video Interference Cures 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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