LeClair, Michelle
Summary: "The revelatory memoir by former 'poster girl for Scientology' Michelle LeClair describes her struggle to reconcile her same-sex attraction with the church's antigay doctrine, and the lengths to which Scientologists went to silence her. At eighteen, Michelle LeClair found her dream of going to college eclipsed by the lure of Scientology and its promise of a better world--and a better life. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LECLAIR, MICHELLE LECHill, Jenna Miscavige.
Summary: Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised away from her parents at the Ranch, a San Jacinto, California, boarding school for children of Scientology executives. In Beyond Belief, Jenna shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect, details her experiences as a member of Sea Org, the church's highest ministry, speaks of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HILL, JENNA MISCAVIGE HILLMiscavige, Ron
Summary: "The only book to examine the origins of Scientology's current leader, RUTHLESS tells the revealing story of David Miscavige's childhood and his path to the head seat of the Church of Scientology told through the eyes of his father. Ron Miscavige's personal, heartfelt story is a riveting insider's look at life within the world of Scientology,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Press 2016
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Summary: Mike Rinder's parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology's elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard's yacht and promised training in Hubbard's most advanced techniques, Mike was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still, Rinder...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RINDER, MIKE RINOrtega, Tony
Summary: In 1971 Paulette Cooper wrote a scathing book about the Church of Scientology. Desperate to shut the book down, Scientology unleashed on her one of the most sinister personal campaigns the free world has ever known. The onslaught, which lasted years, ruined her life, and drove her to the brink of suicide. The story of Paulette's terrifying ordeal is told in full for the first time in The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silvertail Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COOPER, PAULETTE ORTCannane, Steve
Summary: As astonishing as it is compelling - Steve Cannane's extraordinary insight into Scientology in Australia is investigative journalism at its very best. From Rugby League players trying to improve their game, to Hollywood superstars and the depressed sons of media moguls, Scientology has recruited its share of famous Australians. Less known is that Australia was the first place to ban...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silvertail Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 CANReitman, Janet.
Summary: Reitman offers the first full, journalistic history of the Church of Scientology, in an even-handed account that at last establishes the astonishing truth about the controversial religion. She traces Scientology's development from the birth of Dianetics through to the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.936 REISummary: "... [A] look inside the controversial religion from Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOIHill, Jenna Miscavige
Summary: The niece of controversial Scientology leader David Miscavige presents a tell-all memoir about her life in the Church of Scientology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HILL, JENNA MISCAVIGE HILWright, Lawrence
Summary: Examines the Church of Scientology; discusses the esoteric cosmology, the auditing process for determining an inductee's state of being, and the Bridge for Total Freedom; and details how the church pursues celebrities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.936 WRIMontell, Amanda
Summary: "From SoulCycle to Scientology, we're all obsessed with cults. Linguist Amanda Montell examines the language cults use to draw us in"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.44 MONBauer, Peter Matthew
Contents: I was born in an ashram -- Latin American ficciones -- Philadelphia raga -- Fortune tellers -- Shiva the destroyer -- Liberation! -- Scientology airplane conversations -- Istanbul field recording -- Irish wake in Varanasi -- Shaved heads & ponytails -- You are the chapel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BAUSummary: Join Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny in another series of escapades in South Park, Colorado, including the Emmy Award winning episode, "Best friends forever." In this season, the four boys also take on Scientology, global warming, and gay marriage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SOURemini, Leah
Summary: "The outspoken actress, talk show host, and reality television star offers up a no-holds-barred memoir, including an ... insider account of her tumultuous and heart-wrenching thirty-year-plus association with the Church of Scientology"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015