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SIGNED Going Clear: Scientology ... by Lawrence Wright, 2013, 1st Edition
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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Signed By
- Lawrence Wright
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Title
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, 1st Printing
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subjects
- Religion & Beliefs
- ISBN
- 9780307700667
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307700666
ISBN-13
9780307700667
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150686143
Product Key Features
Book Title
Going Clear : Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Scientology, Christianity / History, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-532009
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright "Powerful . . . essential reading." --Michael Kinsley, the front page of The New York Times Book Review "Who''d have thought a history of a religion would offer so many guilty pleasures? Lawrence Wright''s enthralling account of Scientology''s rise brims with celebrity scandal. To anyone who gets a sugar rush from Hollywood gossip, the chapters on Tom Cruise and John Travolta will feel like eating a case of Ding Dongs." --Evan Wright, The Los Angeles Times "An utterly necessary story . . . A feat of reporting. The story of Scientology is the great white whale of investigative journalism about religion."--Paul Elie, The Wall Street Journal "Wright''s account of the church''s history and struggles is helpful, admirably fair-minded and, at times, absorbing . . . The book''s most intriguing aspect, though is not its treatment of Scientology, in particular, but its raising general questions about the nature of faith and reason and the role of religion in American life." --Troy Jollimore, Chicago Tribune "A wild ride of a page-turner, as enthralling as a paperback thriller . . .I could go on and on, listing Hubbard''s tall tales, paranoid delusions and eccentricities, as well as Miscavige''s brutalities and tidbits from the famously wacky and decidedly unscientific Scientologist cosmology."--Laura Miller, Salon.com "Insightful, gripping, and ultimately tragic . . . The initial biographical section [about L. Ron Hubbard] could stand as an engrossing book in itself. . . .The second section, "Hollywood," provides the answer to one of the great mysteries of the modern world: What''s the deal with Tom Cruise and Scientology?"--Buzzy Jackson, The Boston Globe "A hotly compelling read. It''s a minutiae-packed book full of wild stories." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Lawrence Wright brings a clear-eyed investigative fearlessness to Scientology--its history, theology, its hierarchy--and the result is . . . evidence that truth can be stranger even than science fiction."--Lisa Miller, The Washington Post "A gripping, exhaustive, remarkably evenhanded investigation of the religion everyone loves to hate."--Lawrence Levi, Newsday "It''s incredible. It is an incredible, fascinating read. It is like a pirate novel, but there are celebrities in it. I admired [Wright''s] chutzpah, he''s like Don Quixote."-- The Hairpin "Revealing and disturbing . . . A series of devastating revelations that will come as news even to hardened Scientology buffs who follow the Church''s every twist and turn."-- The Daily Beast "Devastating . . . A patient, wholly compelling investigation into a paranoid "religion" and the faithful held in its sweaty grip."-- Kirkus Reviews "Not only a titillating expose on the reported "you''re kidding me" aspects of the religion, but a powerful examination of belief itself."-- Entertainment Weekly "A fascinating look behind the curtain of an organization whose ambition and influence are often at odds with its secretive ways. . . . For those aware of Scientology through its celebrity adherents (Tom Cruise and John Travolta are the best known) rather than its works, the sheer scope of the church''s influence and activities will be jaw-dropping." --Keir Graff, Booklist "An eye-opening short biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and a long-form journalism presentation of the creature Hubbard birthed: a self-help system complete with bizarre cosmology, celebrity sex appeal, lawyers, consistent allegation of physical abuse, and expensive answers for spiritual consumers."-- Publishers Weekly, Praise for Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright "Powerful . . . essential reading." -Michael Kinsley, the front page of The New York Times Book Review "Who'd have thought a history of a religion would offer so many guilty pleasures? Lawrence Wright's enthralling account of Scientology's rise brims with celebrity scandal. To anyone who gets a sugar rush from Hollywood gossip, the chapters on Tom Cruise and John Travolta will feel like eating a case of Ding Dongs." -Evan Wright, The Los Angeles Times "An utterly necessary story . . . A feat of reporting. The story of Scientology is the great white whale of investigative journalism about religion."-Paul Elie, The Wall Street Journal "Wright's account of the church's history and struggles is helpful, admirably fair-minded and, at times, absorbing . . . The book's most intriguing aspect, though is not its treatment of Scientology, in particular, but its raising general questions about the nature of faith and reason and the role of religion in American life." -Troy Jollimore, Chicago Tribune "A wild ride of a page-turner, as enthralling as a paperback thriller . . .I could go on and on, listing Hubbard's tall tales, paranoid delusions and eccentricities, as well as Miscavige's brutalities and tidbits from the famously wacky and decidedly unscientific Scientologist cosmology."-Laura Miller, Salon.com "Insightful, gripping, and ultimately tragic . . . The initial biographical section [about L. Ron Hubbard] could stand as an engrossing book in itself. . . .The second section, "Hollywood," provides the answer to one of the great mysteries of the modern world: What's the deal with Tom Cruise and Scientology?"-Buzzy Jackson, The Boston Globe "A hotly compelling read. It's a minutiae-packed book full of wild stories." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Dewey Decimal
299/.936
Synopsis
National Book Award Finalist A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, the now-classic study of al-Qaeda's 9/11 attack. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative ability to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology. At the book's center, two men whom Wright brings vividly to life, showing how they have made Scientology what it is today: The darkly brilliant science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, whose restless, expansive mind invented a new religion. And his successor, David Miscavige--tough and driven, with the unenviable task of preserving the church after the death of Hubbard. We learn about Scientology's complicated cosmology and special language. We see the ways in which the church pursues celebrities, such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, and how such stars are used to advance the church's goals. And we meet the young idealists who have joined the Sea Org, the church's clergy, signing up with a billion-year contract. In Going Clear, Wright examines what fundamentally makes a religion a religion, and whether Scientology is, in fact, deserving of this constitutional protection. Employing all his exceptional journalistic skills of observation, understanding, and shaping a story into a compelling narrative, Lawrence Wright has given us an evenhanded yet keenly incisive book that reveals the very essence of what makes Scientology the institution it is.
LC Classification Number
BP605.S2W75 2013
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