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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Language
English
Description
Jenna Miscavige Hill was raised in the church of Scientology and always obeyed what she was instructed to do. At age twenty-one she risked everything by leaving Scientology and now speaks out about her life, the Church, and her dramatic escape to reveal details about a religion that has been the subject of fierce debate and speculation worldwide.
2) Escape
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A woman forced into a plural marriage as a teenager with a man thirty-two years her senior describes the years of psychological abuse she suffered, her decision to escape with her eight children, and her successful battle with the church over custody of her children.
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
xvi, 239 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tesh describes how the obstacles that shaped him--including being suspended from college, living homeless for months, and facing a deadly disease--shaped his remarkable life. You'll hear how Tesh became the youngest correspondent at WCBS News less than thirty-six months after he was working at a gas station and sleeping in a public park. You'll go inside the unconventional way he composed the now-iconic theme song for NBC Sports basketball and how...
Author
Publisher
Progressive Rising Phoenix Press
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
174 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Growing up Amish and leaving the fold, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, at the age of eighteen. Disagreeing with the beliefs of Amish traditions and upbringing, the pressure became too much for her to bear. Forced to make a personal decision, Emma found the courage to leave the only life she had ever known.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
ix, 271 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the author's Amish childhood, his departure from his community at age seventeen, his struggles to return to the Amish way of life, and his final acceptance of his own identity and his past.
9) In the shadow of a badge: a memoir about Flight 93, a field of angels, and my spiritual homecoming
Author
Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lillie Leonardi, a former law enforcement professional, gives her gripping personal account of the 12 days she spent acting as an FBI liaison between the law enforcement and social service agencies at the crash site of Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. She also discusses the spiritual side of the events that affected her.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xvii, 233 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A former Palestinian sniper discusses his subsequent life in America, the religious experience which resulted in his conversion to Christianity, and his founding of a humanitarian organization which works toward a reconciliation between Palestinans and Jews.
Author
Publisher
Plough Publishing House
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Melissa Ohden was fourteen when she learned she was the survivor of a botched abortion. In this memoir she details her search for her biological parents, and her own journey from anger and shame to faith and empowerment.