{"id":30434,"date":"2018-09-12T09:14:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=30434"},"modified":"2018-09-12T09:14:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:14:10","slug":"cheap-books-inside-scientology-guns-of-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/cheap-books-inside-scientology-guns-of-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap books: Inside Scientology, Guns of August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two items I know many of you have been planning to read someday, currently cheap on Kindle:<br \/>\n<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008XOJ7C2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B008XOJ7C2&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=a61eaf0fc87d25f41073fe3e8db89cd6\">Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B008XOJ7C2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In Beyond Belief, she shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect, details her experiences as a member Sea Org\u2014the church&#8217;s highest ministry, speaks of her &#8220;disconnection&#8221; from family outside of the organization, and tells the story of her ultimate escape.<\/p>\n<p>In this tell-all memoir, complete with family photographs from her time in the Church, Jenna Miscavige Hill, a prominent critic of Scientology who now helps others leave the organization, offers an insider&#8217;s profile of the beliefs, rituals, and secrets of the religion that has captured the fascination of millions, including some of Hollywood&#8217;s brightest stars such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002TXZS8A\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B002TXZS8A&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=grlasbl0a-20&#038;linkId=b01447b62cec1d8f65f84885aa5360dd\">The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. Tuchman&#8217;s Great War Series (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B002TXZS8A\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In this landmark, Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: thirty days in the summer of 1914 that determined the course of the conflict, the century, and ultimately our present world. Beginning with the funeral of Edward VII, Tuchman traces each step that led to the inevitable clash. And inevitable it was, with all sides plotting their war for a generation. Dizzyingly comprehensive and spectacularly portrayed with her famous talent for evoking the characters of the war\u2019s key players, Tuchman\u2019s magnum opus is a classic for the ages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two items I know many of you have been planning to read someday, currently cheap on Kindle: Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige, was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In Beyond Belief, she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/cheap-books-inside-scientology-guns-of-august\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cheap books: Inside Scientology, Guns of August<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5044],"tags":[1038],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/books_greg_ladens_blog-copy.png?fit=510%2C340&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-7US","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30435,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30434\/revisions\/30435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}