{"product_id":"9780547549231","title":"Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion","description":"“A masterful piece of reporting . . . Reitman tells a spellbinding story of a larger-than-life personality whose quirks, ticks and charisma shaped America’s newest homegrown religious movement.” —\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScientology is known for its celebrity believers and its team of “volunteer ministers” at disaster sites such as the World Trade Center; its notably aggressive response to criticism or its attacks on psychiatry; its requirement that believers pay as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars to reach the highest levels of salvation. But for all its notoriety, Scientology has remained America’s least understood new religion, even as it has been one of its most successful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Janet Reitman tells its riveting full story in the first objective modern history of Scientology, at last revealing the astonishing truth about life within the controversial religion for its members and ex-members. Based on five years of research, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, this is an utterly compelling work of nonfiction and the defining work on an elusive faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A meticulously researched history and revealing exposé, a frightening portrait of a religion that many find not just controversial, but dangerous.” — \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is fearless.” — \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eAmazon.com Best Books of 2011, Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten of 2011","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120452681968,"sku":"9780547549231","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547549231_p0.jpg?v=1763716029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547549231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}