Lawrence Wright: 26 books

Book cover of Cienciología

Cienciología

Hollywood y la prisión de la fe

by Lawrence Wright
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 7, 2013

El Premio Pulitzer Lawrence Wright realiza una extraordinaria investigación sobre la Iglesia de la Cienciología, una de las organizaciones más poderosas y cuestionadas del mundo. ¿Qué se esconde detrás de la iglesia de la Cienciología? ¿Cómo ha logrado convertirse en una de las organizaciones...
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Going Clear

Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

by Lawrence Wright
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013

National Book Award Finalist A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, the now-classic study of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attack. Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with current and former...
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Der Tod wird euch finden

Al-Qaida und der Weg zum 11. September - Ein SPIEGEL-Buch

by Lawrence Wright
Language: German
Release Date: January 26, 2009

In einer packenden Erzählung schildert der Journalist Lawrence Wright erstmals umfassend die Vorgeschichte des 11. September. Vier Männer stehen im Mittelpunkt: Osama Bin Laden und seine Nummer zwei, Aiman al-Sawahiri, der FBI-Mann John O’Neill und der saudische Geheimdienstchef Turki al-Faisal....
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Los años del terror

De Al-Qaeda al Estado Islámico

by Lawrence Wright
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 4, 2017

Ganador del premio Pulitzer por La torre elevada, Lawrence Wright es considerado uno de los periodistas más prestigiosos en temas de terrorismo y Oriente Medio. Los reportajes reunidos en Los años del terror buscan dar explicación a la metamorfosis y la expansión de al-Qaeda desde sus orígenes...
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Twins

And What They Tell Us About Who We Are

by Lawrence Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008

A New York Times Notable Book for 1998 Critical acclaim for Lawrence Wright's A Rhone-Poulenc Science Prize Finalist "This is a book about far more than twins: it is about what twins can tell us about ourselves."—The New York Times "With plenty of amazing...
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Gli anni del terrore

Da al-Qaeda allo Stato Islamico

by Lawrence Wright
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 29, 2017

Per molti anni, la guerra al terrorismo islamico è stata la caccia a un fantasma che aveva il volto e il nome di Osama bin Laden. Poi un giorno, all'improvviso, quel fantasma è stato ucciso, e il suo corpo scaraventato nell'Oceano Indiano. Ma mentre dagli abissi quel volto e quel nome continuavano...
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Dios salve a Texas

Viaje al futuro de Estados Unidos

by Lawrence Wright
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 11, 2019

La exploración de uno de los estados más controvertidos de Norteamérica desde la penetrante mirada y el humor de un nativo. Las botas, las camionetas, las armas, la actitud... El estado de la Estrella Solitaria está definido por una serie de estereotipos que suelen constituir en su conjunto...
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Saints and Sinners

Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell , Matthew Fox

by Lawrence Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011

In this fascinating book about religion in America, one of this country's most probing yet sympathetic journalists puts forth stories not only of real grace but of despair, sexual scandal, and attempted murder. Lawrence Wright's Saints and Sinners are Jimmy Swaggart, who preached a hellfire...
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God's Favorite

A Novel

by Lawrence Wright
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013

In this fascinating work of historical fiction, award-winning author Lawrence Wright captures all the gripping drama and black humor of Panama during the final, nerve-racking days of its legendary dictator, Manuel Antonio Noriega. It is Christmas 1989, and Tony Noriega's demons are finally...
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La prigione della fede

Scientology a Hollywood

by Lawrence Wright
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 22, 2015

Acquistando per due dollari un libro, offertogli per strada da un giovane entusiasta un giorno del 1975, Paul Haggis ancora non sa che l'affiliazione casuale, e all'inizio piuttosto scettica, alla Chiesa di Scientology segnerà la sua carriera di regista, trasformandosi via via in un inferno personale...
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Thirteen Days in September

The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace

by Lawrence Wright
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014

A dramatic, illuminating day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter convinced Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to sign a peace treaty--the first treaty in the modern Middle East, and one which endures to this day. With...
Book cover of In the New World

In the New World

Growing Up with America from the Sixties to the Eighties

by Lawrence Wright
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012

We first meet Larry Wright in 1960. He is thirteen and moving with his family to Dallas, the essential city of the New World just beginning to rise across the southern rim of the United States. As we follow him through the next two decades—the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the devastating...
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Le altissime torri

Come al-Qaeda giunse all’11 settembre

by Lawrence Wright
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 21, 2017

Questa è una storia che tutti credono di conoscere, e che invece nessuno, prima di Lawrence Wright, aveva raccontato. Parla di un saudita non poi così ricco, né così carismatico, né così brillante, che l’incontro con un medico egiziano ha trasformato nell’immagine stessa del terrore globale;...
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Im Gefängnis des Glaubens

Scientology, Hollywood und die Innenansicht einer modernen Kirche

by Lawrence Wright
Language: German
Release Date: September 2, 2013

Die Sekte der Stars: Was Scientology so attraktiv und gefährlich macht Scientology ist eine der umstrittensten sogenannten neuen religiösen Bewegungen. In Deutschland wird die Organisation vom Verfassungsschutz beobachtet. Was aber macht Scientology immer wieder attraktiv für Menschen auch...
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