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OCoLC |
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20250417003727.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
| LC control number |
2022942777 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781982185763 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
1982185767 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
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(Sirsi) i9781982185763 |
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(OCoLC)1294344215 |
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(OCoLC)1294429893 |
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(OCoLC)1294454331 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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YDX |
| Modifying agency |
BDX |
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OCO |
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OJ4 |
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IUO |
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UAP |
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GO6 |
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n-us--- |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
| Classification number |
BP605.S2 |
| Item number |
R56 2022 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
| Classification number |
299.936092 |
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[B] |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Rinder, Mike, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955-2025 |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
A billion years : |
| Remainder of title |
my escape from a life in the highest ranks of Scientology / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Mike Rinder. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
| Edition statement |
First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Gallery Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2022. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
xv, 317 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Media type code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Carrier type code |
nc |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc. |
Mike Rinder's parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology's elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard's yacht and promised training in Hubbard's most advanced techniques, Mike was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still, Rinder bought into the doctrine that his personal comfort was secondary to the higher purpose of Hubbard's world-saving mission, swiftly rising through the ranks. In the 1980s, Rinder became Scientology's international spokesperson and the head of its powerful Office of Special Affairs. He helped negotiate Scientology's pivotal tax exemption from the IRS and engaged with the organization's prominent celebrity members, including Tom Cruise, Lisa Marie Presley, and John Travolta. Yet Rinder couldn't shake a nagging feeling that something was amiss--Hubbard's promises remained unfulfilled at his death, and his successor, David Miscavige, was a ruthless and vindictive man who did not hesitate to confine many top Scientologists, Mike among them, to a makeshift prison known as the Hole. In 2007, at the age of fifty-two, Rinder finally escaped Scientology. Overnight, he became one of the organization's biggest public enemies. He was followed, hacked, spied on, and tracked. But he refused to be intimidated and today helps people break free of Scientology. In A Billion Years, the dark, dystopian truth about Scientology is revealed as never before. Rinder offers insights into the religion that only someone of his former high rank could provide and tells a harrowing but fulfilling story of personal resilience. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Rinder, Mike, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955-2025 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Scientologists |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Ex-church members |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Scientology |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
| Genre/form data or focus term |
Autobiographies. |
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lcgft |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |