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Manhattan Cult Story
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Author : Spencer Schneider
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-07-05
Manhattan Cult Story written by Spencer Schneider and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“We were invisible. We had to be. We took an oath of absolute secrecy. We never even told our immediate families who we were. We went about our lives in New York City. Just like you. We were your accountants, money managers, lawyers, executive recruiters, doctors. We owned your child’s private school and sold you your brownstone. But you’d never guess our secret lives, how we lived in a kind of silent terror and fervor. There were hundreds of us.” Right under the noses of neighbors, clients, spouses, children, and friends, a secret society, simply called School—a cult of snared Manhattan professionals—has been led by the charismatic, sociopathic and dangerous leader Sharon Gans for decades. Spencer Schneider was recruited in the eighties and he stayed for more than twenty-three years as his life disintegrated, his self-esteem eroded, and he lined the pockets of Gans and her cult. Cult members met twice weekly, though they never acknowledged one another outside of meetings or gatherings. In the name of inner development, they endured the horrors of mental, sexual, and physical abuse, forced labor, arranged marriages, swindled inheritances and savings, and systematic terrorizing. Some of them broke the law. All for Gans. “During those years,” Schneider writes, “my world was School. That’s what it’s like when you’re in a cult, even one that preys on and caters to New York’s educated elite. This is my story of how I got entangled in School and how I got out.” At its core, Manhattan Cult Story is a cautionary tale of how hundreds of well-educated, savvy, and prosperous New Yorkers became fervent followers of a brilliant but demented cult leader who posed as a teacher of ancient knowledge. It’s about double-lives, the power of group psychology, and how easy it is to be radicalized—all too relevant in today's atmosphere of conspiracy and ideologue worship.
The Cult Next Door
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Author : Judith L. Carlone
language : en
Publisher: Two Poles Press, LLC
Release Date : 2017-03-18
The Cult Next Door written by Judith L. Carlone and has been published by Two Poles Press, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
During Thanksgiving vacation of her freshman year at Swarthmore College (1977), Elizabeth, at her mother's insistence, attended a "stress-reduction" session with a biofeedback technician on staff at a Manhattan psychologist's office. During that first visit, this man filled her ears with prophetic visions of a glorious future--the inheritance of those fortunate few who might choose to accompany him. His confidence and charisma entranced her, and she soon recruited two of her college roommates. When the psychologist fired his assistant two years later, Elizabeth and her mother followed. Over the next decade, this man, a malevolent genius and master of manipulating metaphysical concepts to benefit a self-serving agenda, organized a small, dedicated band of followers. "The Group" evolved into an incestuous family--a cult. Their brainwashed minds became fused with a distinctive, New Age doctrine. A coterie of spiritual "Navy Seals", they scrambled in terror, training to survive the inevitable cataclysm--one man's divine vision of Armageddon. Subsequent to a momentous event in August 1994, with the guru as high priest, "The Black Dog Religion" was born. Elizabeth sank into a pit of despair, darker than she ever could have imagined was possible. From the adolescent gullibility which seduced her astray, to the enlightenment which led her to freedom, you will travel an incredible journey. For anyone who has ever been trapped by a person who would not let them go, within this book lies a message of hope.
Happy As Larry
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Author : Kaethe Cherney
language : en
Publisher: Kaethe Cherney
Release Date : 2018-11-27
Happy As Larry written by Kaethe Cherney and has been published by Kaethe Cherney this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-27 with Fiction categories.
After her dad suddenly dies, teenage Saskia gets a crash course in growing up in the gritty glamour of 1970s New York. Her now downwardly mobile family moves to the seedy Upper West Side. Their mom becomes increasingly nihilistic and embarks on a sexual walkabout, which costs her the trust of her two eldest kids who run away to join the Sullivanian cult. Ex-communicated by her siblings, Saskia becomes her mom's mom. High school becomes all about getting high at school as Saskia struggles with grieving, hapless crushes, fixing her family and the desire to be loved. This witty, heart-breaking but ultimately affirming coming of age novel doubles as a love letter to a Manhattan of an edgier era, that speaks to the chaos of closure and the satisfaction of self-determination.
Man In Armour
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Author : Siobhan McKenna
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2020-08-01
Man In Armour written by Siobhan McKenna and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-01 with Fiction categories.
How much money is enough? How powerful do you want to be? And what price will it extract from you? An intriguing, powerful and hard-hitting novel set in the world of big money and big deals, written by a leading business insider. Charles lives in the testosterone-driven, high-powered, brutal world of investment banking. It is a world dominated by deals, bonuses, bravado and savagery. Charles is a master of this world. Each day he shrugs on a metaphorical suit of armour and goes out into a dog-eat-dog world to accumulate power and make money. He's a man who is familiar with casual brutality - his childhood saw to that. But there is a price to pay. Now, at the peak of his career, his armour is rusted and bloodstained and no longer protecting him the way it once did. He finds himself empty. Always cold. No friends. A family that is falling apart. Over the course of two days, everything in Charles' life comes into question. His carefully constructed world is starting to splinter - and he's splintering too. Shocking and at times immensely moving, Man in Armour is a compelling story of a man at the end of his tether, written with a sharp-eyed, incisive focus that also carries real emotional - and moral - resonance. Written by an ultimate business insider - a woman who knows intimately and at first hand this world of power, money and deal-making - this novel carries an undeniable authenticity and force. 'The detailed setting of the finance world - the highs and lows, cutthroat practices and relentless pace -is vividly rendered ... Man in Armour is very readable' Bookseller+Publisher 'There's no doubt McKenna can write a page-turner' Sydney Morning Herald
Captive
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Author : Catherine Oxenberg
language : en
Publisher: Gallery Books
Release Date : 2018-08-07
Captive written by Catherine Oxenberg and has been published by Gallery Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this heartbreaking and shocking exposé, one of Dynasty’s biggest stars lays bare a secretive organization that is holding her daughter hostage and details her mission to save her in this powerful depiction of a mother’s love and determination. I am a mother whose child is being abused and exploited. And I am not alone. In 2011, Catherine joined her daughter, India, at a leadership seminar for a new organization called NXIVM. Her twenty-year-old daughter was on the threshold of building a new company and they both thought this program might help her achieve her dream. But quickly, Catherine saw a sinister side to what appeared to be a self-help organization designed to help its clients become the best versions of themselves. Catherine watched in horror as her daughter fell further and further down the rabbit hole, becoming brainwashed by the organization’s charismatic leader. Despite Catherine’s best efforts, India was drawn deeper into the cult, eventually joining a secret, elite “sorority” of women members who are ordered to maintain a restricted diet, recruit other women as “slaves,” and are branded with their leader’s initials. In Captive, Catherine shares every parent’s worst nightmare, and the lengths that a mother will go to save her child. Featuring interviews with past members of NXIVM and experts in the field of cults, Oxenberg attempts to draw back the curtain on how these groups continue to lure in members. She relates her continuing journey to try to reach her daughter, to save her from what she believes is a dangerous, mind-controlling cult.
Torn From The Arms Of Satan
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Author : Elizabeth R. Burchard
language : en
Publisher: Ace Academics
Release Date : 1999
Torn From The Arms Of Satan written by Elizabeth R. Burchard and has been published by Ace Academics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Cults categories.
In 1977, during Thanksgiving vacation of her freshman year at Swarthmore College, Elizabeth, at her mother's insistence, attended a stress-reduction session with a biofeedbacktechnician on staff at a Manhattan psychologist's office. During that first visit this man filled her ears with prophetic visions of a glorious future, the inheritance of those fortunate few who might choose to accompany him. His confidence and charisma were so entrancingthat she soon recruited two of her college roommates. When the psychologist fired his assistant two years later, Elizabeth and her mother followed. Over the next decade this man, a malevolent genius and master of twisting spiritual truth to benefit a self-serving agenda, organized a small dedicated band of followers. The Group evolved into an incestuous family, a cult. Their minds were fused with brainwashed doctrine of distinctly New Age philosophies. An intimate group of spiritual Navy Seals, they scrambled in terror, preparingthemselves to survive an approaching spiritual catastrophe, one man's divine vision of Armageddon. Subsequent to a momentous event in August 1994, The Black Dog Religion was born with their leader as high priest. Elizabeth sank lower and lower into a pit ofdespair, darker than she ever could have imagined. She became so deeply buried that escape seemed impossible. From the childish gullibility that seduced her astray, to the enlightenment which led to her freedom, you will travel an incredible journey. For anyone whohas ever been trapped by a person who would not let them go, within this book lies a message of truth and hope.
Don T Call It A Cult
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Author : Sarah Berman
language : en
Publisher: Steerforth
Release Date : 2021-04-20
Don T Call It A Cult written by Sarah Berman and has been published by Steerforth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-20 with True Crime categories.
They draw you in with the promise of empowerment, self-discovery, women helping women. The more secretive those connections are, the more exclusive you feel. Little did you know, you just joined a cult. Sex trafficking. Self-help coaching. Forced labor. Mentorship. Multi-level marketing. Gaslighting. Investigative journalist Sarah Berman explores the shocking practices of NXIVM, a cult run by Keith Raniere and many enablers. Through the accounts of central NXIVM figures, Berman uncovers how dozens of women seeking creative coaching and networking opportunities instead were blackmailed, literally branded, near-starved, and enslaved. Don't Call It a Cult is a riveting account of NXIVM's rise to power, its ability to evade prosecution for decades, and the investigation that finally revealed its dark secrets to the world.
Scarred
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Author : Sarah Edmondson
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2019-09-17
Scarred written by Sarah Edmondson and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As seen in the HBO docuseries THE VOW: The shocking and subversive memoir of a 12-year-NXIVM-member-turned-whistleblower, and her inspiring true story of abuse, escape, and redemption. "'Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor.' From the second I climb onto the table, acutely aware that I am lying in the sweat of my sisters, I will have blocked that out. Lying there completely naked, I am at my most vulnerable but determined to prove my strength. I try to keep my legs closed as my body wills itself to protect my most private area. . . . I tell myself: I am a warrior. I birthed a human. I can handle pain. But nothing could have ever prepared me for the feel of this fire on my skin." Scarred is Sarah Edmondson's compelling memoir of her recruitment into the NXIVM cult, the 12 years she spent within the organization (during which she enrolled over 2,000 members and entered DOS—NXIVM's "secret sisterhood"), her breaking point, and her harrowing fight to get out, to expose Keith Raniere and the leadership, to help others, and to heal. Complete with personal photographs, Scarred is also an eye-opening story about abuses of power, female trust and friendship, and how sometimes the search to be "better" can override everything else. • In the tradition of Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman, Escape by Carolyn Jessop, and Troublemaker by Leah Remini • This tell-all follows Sarah from the moment she takes her first NXIVM seminar, to the invitation she accepts from her best friend, Lauren Salzman, into DOS, to her journey toward become a key witness in the federal case against its founders • Evokes questions about friendship, ethics, good and evil, making it a brilliant selection for book clubs Audio edition read by the author.
Doomsday Cult Story
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Author : Ward Osdoba
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-06-19
Doomsday Cult Story written by Ward Osdoba and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-19 with categories.
The author writes a gripping story about how a child is thrown into a doomsday cult, and ultimately gets out of the cult on his own. But this story is about so much more. The author goes into detail about how and why someone might choose to join a cult - what sucks them in and what keeps them coming back for more. And how this decision by a parent affects the child that is forced to go along with it, as well. But as if that's not enough, the child also has to deal with a broken home, where the other parent suffers from mental illness. Salo also goes into detail about the difficulties he faced in school, knowing that everyone thought he was strange, because of all his weird beliefs and rules that he must follow for his cult, known as the "House of Yahweh."
People True Crime Stories
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Author : The Editors of PEOPLE
language : en
Publisher: Time Home Entertainment
Release Date : 2018-11-09
People True Crime Stories written by The Editors of PEOPLE and has been published by Time Home Entertainment this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-09 with True Crime categories.
The Editors of PEOPLE Magazine present True Crime: Cults.