Going Clear Audiobook by Lawrence Wright

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/64/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Going Clear Subtitle: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief Author: Lawrence Wright Narrator: Morton Sellers Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 01-17-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3452 votes Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Looming Tower, the now-classic study of al-Qaedas 9/11 attack. Based on more than 200 personal interviews with both 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 books 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 Scientologys 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 churchs goals. And we meet the young idealists who have joined the Sea Org, the churchs 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. Critic Reviews: Brings a clear-eyed, investigative fearlessness to Scientology . . . a rollicking, if deeply creepy, narrative ride, evidence that truth can be stranger even than science fiction." (The Washington Post) A hotly compelling read. Its a minutiae-packed book full of wild stories. (The New York Times) An utterly necessary story. . . . A feat of reporting. (The Wall Street Journal)