Abusive Controlling Relationships

 

Topics

Groups

 

General Issues of Interest

Abuse

  • In the Name of Love: Abusive Controlling Relationships (DVD)
  • The Battered Woman Dr. Lenore Walker (Perennial; Reprint edition, May 30, 1980) Order
  • Breaking the Cycle of Abuse: How to Move beyond Your Past to Create an Abuse-Free Future Beverly Engel (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2005) Order
  • The Covert Passive-Aggressive Narcissist: Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse Debbie Mirza (Debbie Mirza Coaching December 6, 2017) Order
  • Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate YouSusan Forward & Donna Frazier (Harper Paperbacks April 1, 1998) Order
  • Emotional Vampires: Dealing with People who Drain You Dry Albert J. Bernstein (McGraw-Hill, 2000) Order
  • The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming YourselfM.F.C.C. Beverly Engel (Ballantine Books, Reissue edition 1992) Order
  • Father's Touch, Second Edition Donald D'Haene (LTI Publishing, Inc.; 2nd edition October 2004) Order
  • In Sheeps Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative PeopleGeorge K Simon (A.J. Christopher, 1996) Order
  • Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate RelationshipLisa Aronson Fontes (The Guilford Press; 1 edition March 11, 2015) Order
  • Lunch with a Sociopath Lucie Lilly Pawlak (CreateSpace February 12, 2012) Order
  • Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Susan Forward (Bantam January 2, 2002) Order
  • More Than Victims: Battered Women Syndrome, Society, and the Law Donald Alexander Downs (University of Chicago Press, 1996) Order
  • People Who Play God: How Ultra-Authorities Enslave the Hearts, Minds, Souls of Their Victims Beth E. Peterson (Xlibris Corp., 2003) Order
  • Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl WorldRosalind Wiseman (Three Rivers Press; 2 Original edition October 13, 2009) Order
  • Saving Beauty From the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter from an Unhealthy RelationshipVicki Crompton, Ellen Zelda Kessner (Little Brown & Company, 2003) Order
  • The Secret of Overcoming Verbal Abuse: Getting Off the Emotional Roller Coaster and Regaining Control of Your LifeAlbert Ellis and Marcia Grad Powers (Wilshire Book Company, 2000) Order
  • Sex in the Forbidden ZoneRutter, Peter, M.D (Fawcett; Reprint edition October 21, 1991) Order
  • Shattered: Six Steps from Betrayal to Recovery Fay A. Kingler, Bettyanne Bruth (Mappletree Publishing Company 2005) Order
  • The Son of Seven Mothers Benjamin Risha (WildBlue Press March 18, 2021) Order
  • Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of WholenessBarbara M. Orlowski (Wipf & Stock Publishers January 2010) Order
  • Surviving Domestic Violence, Voices Of Women Who Broke FreeEd.D. Weiss Elaine (Agreka Books, 2000) Order
  • Surviving Intimate Terrorism Hedda Nussbaum (Publish America September 12, 2005) Order
  • Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive RelationshipsJanja Lalich, Madeleine Landau Tobias (Bay Tree Publishing, 2nd Revised edition May 30, 2006) Order
  • Therapy Gone Mad : The True Story of Hundreds of Patients and a Generation BetrayedCarol Lynn Mithers (Perseus Books, April 1994) Order
  • Trauma and Recovery Judith Herman, MD (Basic Books, 1997) Order
  • Understanding Religious Abuse and Recovery: Discovering Essential Principles for Hope and Healing Patrick J. Knapp ( Pickwick Publications April 21, 2021) Order
  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to RespondPatricia Evans (Adams Media Corporation, 2nd edition 1996) Order
  • When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the LawShawn Francis Peters (Oxford University Press, USA November 14, 2007) Order
  • Why Does He Do That: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Lundy Bancroft (Berkley Publishing Group, 2003) Order
  • Why is it Always About You?: Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Life Sandy Hotchkiss (Free Press, 2002) Order
  • Women Who Love Psychopaths Sandra L.Brown and Liane J. Leedom (Health and Well-Being Publications, LLC April 28, 2008) Order

Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi

  • Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness Gail Tredwell (Wattle Tree Press October 22, 2013 Order

Church and State

  • American Theocracy : The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century Kevin Phillips (Viking Adult, 2006) Order
  • Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America James W. Fraser (Palgrave Macmillan September 2, 2000) Order
  • Divided by God: America's Church-State Problem--and What We Should Do About It Noah Feldman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux June 23, 2005) Order
  • The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America Frank Lambert (Princeton University Press January 9, 2003) Order
  • God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law Marci A Hamilton, Edward R. Becker (Cambridge University Press June 17, 2005) Order
  • God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters Sarah Posner (PoliPointPress LLC January 2008) Order
  • The Separation of Church and State: Writings on a Fundamental Freedom by America's Founders Forrest Church (Beacon Press; 1st edition August 9, 2004) Order

Clergy Abuse

  • A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church Frank Bruni and Elinor Burkett (Perennial, 2002) Order
  • An Irish Tragedy: How Sex Abuse by Irish Priests Helped Cripple the Catholic Church Joe Rigert (Crossland Press April 4, 2008) Order
  • The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side Mark Oppenheimer (The Atlantic Books December 4, 2013)Order
  • Tragic Grace: The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse Stephen J. Rossetti (Liturgical Press, 1996) Order
  • Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe (Bay Back Books, 2003) Order
  • The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream Chris Lehmann ( Melville House May 18, 2016) Order
  • Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis Philip Jenkins (Oxford University Press, 2001) Order
  • Soul Murder God Priest and Me Sara Atman (Lulu.com March 27, 2007) Order
  • Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II ason Berry and Gerald Renner (Free Press; December 6, 2007) Order

Columbine school shootings

  • Columbine Dave Cullen (Twelve April 6, 2009) Order

Cults

  • The Agony of Freedom: How I Lost Myself in a Cult, Rebuilt My Life, and Faced My DeathEliana Berlfein (SES Press March 30, 2020) Order
  • American Priestess: The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in JerusalemJane Fletcher Geniesse (Nan A. Talese June 17, 2008) Order
  • The Anatomy of Illusion: Religious Cults and Destructive PersuasionW. Keiser, Jacqueline L. Keiser (Charles C. Thomas Publishing, 1987) Order
  • Better Than a Turkish Prison: What I learned from Life in a Religious CultSinasta Colucci (Independently published February 18, 2018) Order
  • Blinded by Deceit Joanne Hansen (Beaver Pond Press 2002) Order
  • Cult Following: My escape and return to the Children of God Bexy Cameron (Manilla Press July 8, 2021) Order
  • Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults Hardcover Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr (Hanover Square Press February 18, 2020) Order
  • Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults Janja Lalich (University of California Press, 2004) Order
  • The Burn Zone: A Memoir Renee Linnell (She Writes Press October 9, 2018) Order
  • Captive Hearts, Captive Minds: Freedom & Recovery from Cults and Abusive RelationshipsJanja Lalich (Hunter House Pubs) Order
  • Caryatid: Memoir of Life in a Religious CultChristine Rugullies (Vox Pop, Inc. September 8, 2008) Order
  • Charismatic Cult LeadersStreissguth, Thomas (The Oliver Press Inc, 1995) Order
  • Child of the CultNori Muster (Amazon Digital Services) Order
  • Corporate Cults: The Insidious Lure of the All-Consuming OrganizationDave Arnott (American Management Association; 1 Ed edition October 1999) Order
  • Cult ChildVennie Kocsis (Vennie Kocsis; 1 edition June 26, 2014)Order
  • Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more Arthur Goldwag( Vintage; 1 Original edition August 11, 2009)Order
  • Cults and PersonalityFrank J. MacHovec (Charles Thomas Publishing, 1989) Order
  • Cults: Faith, Healing, and CoercionMarc Galanter (Oxford Univ Press, 1999) Order
  • Cults in our MidstMargaret Singer (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995) Order
  • Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out Rick Alan Ross (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform October 16, 2014) Order
  • Cults on Campus: Continuing Challenge Marcia Rudin Order
  • Cults and TerrorismFrank MacHovec (lulu.com April 13, 2010) Order
  • Cult to Christ: The Church With No Name and the Legacy of the Living Witness DoctrineElizabeth Joy Coleman (Adeline Press April 30, 2015) Order
  • Delivered from DeceptionRand Burkey (WestBow Press July 26, 2011) Order
  • Escape: My Lifelong War Against CultsPaul Morantz, Hal Lancaster (Figueroa Press May 18, 2012) Order
  • "Join Us" (documentary about cults in America) DVDOndi Timoner Order
  • The Facts About CultsStevens, Sarah (Crestwood House, 1992) Order
  • The FamilyChris Johnston and Rosie Jones ( Scribe UK November 24, 2016) Order
  • Fortney Road: Life, Death, and Deception in a Christian CultJeff C. Stevenson (Freethought House June 2, 2015) Order
  • Free to Be Tegan: Free from the cult...to find love, to be herselfMary Grand (Amazon Digital Services LLC March 5, 2015) Order
  • From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era
    Stephen Kent and Benjamin Zablocki (Syracuse University Press 2001)
    Order
  • The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad (North Atlantic Books, 1983) Order
  • The Heart of a Cult Lena Phoenix (Garuda, Inc. September 1, 2006) Order
  • In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father Rebecca Stott (Random House; Illustrated edition July 4, 2017) Order
  • Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of a Minneapolis Political Cult Alexandra Stein (North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2002) Order
  • Insane Therapy: Portrait of a Psychotherapy Cult Marybeth F. Ayella (Temple Univ Press, 1998) Order
  • Locked in: My Imprisoned Years in a Destructive Cult John Huddle (Survivor Publishing, LLC; 1 edition September 15, 2015) Order
  • Malignant Pied Pipers of Our Time: A Psychological Study of Destructive Cult Leaders from Rev. Jim Jones to Osama bin Laden Peter A. Olsson, M.D. (Publish America, 2005) Order
  • On the Edge: Political Cults of the Left and Right Dennis Tourish and Tim Wohlforth (Sharpe, 2000) Order
  • The Orange Robe: My Eighteen Years as a Yogic NunMarsha Goluboff Low (iUniverse.com June 14, 2011) Order
  • Out of Deception: The True Story of an Amish Youth Entangled in the Web of a Cult Nathan Miller (Ridgeway Publishing; 1st edition September 1, 2011) Order
  • The People & the Idiots: Surviving a Cult Childhood Daniel Hawes (Just Write Books March 1, 2019) Order
  • The Power of Cult Branding Matthew W. Ragas and Bolivar J. Bueno (Prima Publishing, 2002) Order
  • Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities Len Oakes (Syracuse University Press December 1997) Order
  • Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American UtopiaRussell King ( ‎Chicago Review Press March 8, 2022) Order
  • Recovery from Abusive GroupsWendy Ford (American Family Foundation, 1993) Order
  • Recovery From Cults Michael Langone (Editor) (Norton , 1995) Order
  • Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl Revolutionary Sonja Larsen (Random House Canada January 12, 2016) Order
  • Rescuing Randy: A Family Determined to Rescue Their Son from a Cult Geneva Paulson (WestBowPress October 24, 2012) Order
  • The Serpent Rising: A Journey of Spiritual Seduction Mary Garden (Sid Harta Publishers October 2002) Order (Author also has Order direct service)
  • Snapping - America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change (Second Edition)Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman (Stillpoint Press, 1978, 1995) Order
  • So Late, So Soon, A MemoirD'Arcy Fallon (Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts, LLC 2004) Order
  • Soul Snatchers Jean-Mari Abgrall (Algora Pub., 1999) Order
  • Spiritual Perversion Steve Sanchez (Turnkey Press, February 28, 2005) Order
  • The Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community: The Relationship of Radical Individualism and Authoritarianism Amy B. Siskind (Praeger Publishers January 30, 2003) Order
  • Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive RelationshipsJanja Lalich, Madeleine Landau Tobias (Bay Tree Publishing, 2nd Revised edition May 30, 2006) Order
  • Them and Us: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat Arthur J. Deikman and Doris Lessing (Bay Tree Publishing 2003) Order
  • TM and Cult Mania Michael A. Persinger, Normand J. Carrey, Lynn A. Suess (Christopher Pub House, 1980) Order
  • Too Close For Comfort: Escape from a Destructive Cult SG Williams (June 27, 2021) Order
  • Torn Asunder Bernie Tocholke (AuthorHouse November 3, 2008) Order
  • Under the Influence: The Destructive Effects of Group Dynamics John D. Goldhammer (Prometheus Books, 1996) Order
  • Unfollow: Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church Megan Phelps-Roper (Farrar, Straus and Giroux October 8, 2019) Order
  • The Way - The Truth - The Cult-like 2x2 Church with No Name: A personal insight into what it is like growing up in the secretive, cult-like 2x2 church J Wium (Amazon Digital Services LLC June 29, 2019) Order
  • We Walk on Water Cara Cobb (La Maison Publishing, Inc. December 14, 2018) Order
  • When the World Didn't End Guinevere Turner (Crown May 23, 2023) Order
  • Whispering in the Daylight: The Children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and Their Journey to FreedomDebby Schriver (Univ Tennessee Press; 1st edition April 2, 2018) Order
  • Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a CultSusan Ashline (Pegasus Books; 1 edition August 6, 2019) Order
  • The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American SocietyArthur J. Deikman, M.D. (Beacon Press, 1994) Order

Critical Thinking

  • In the Name of Love: Abusive Controlling Relationships (DVD)
  • Cults: An Educational Volume (DVD)
  • Conspiracy Theories & Secret Societies For Dummies Christopher Hodapp (For Dummies; 1 edition October 3, 2008) Order
  • Counterknowledge Damian Thompson (Atlantic Books January 1, 2008) Order
  • A Conscious Life Cox, Fran and Cox, Louis (Conari Press, 1996) Order
  • Amazing Face Reading: An illustrated encyclopedia for reading facesMac Fulfer (Creative Associates, 1996) Order
  • American Theocracy : The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century Kevin Phillips (Viking Adult, 2006) Order
  • Animal FarmGeorge Orwell (Signet Classic, 1996) Order
  • The Art of Happiness: A handbook for livingHoward Culter with H.H. Dalai Lama (Riverhead Books, 1998) Order
  • Believed-In Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality Joseph de Rivera and Theodore R. Sarbin (Editors) (American Psychological Assn, 1998) Order
  • Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole Stephen Law (Prometheus Books April 12, 2011) Order
  • The Biology of Belief: How our Biology Biases our Beliefs and Perceptions Joseph Giovannoli (Rosetta Press, 2001) Order
  • Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan Books October 13, 2009) Order
  • Chuck Whitlock's Scam SchoolCharles R. Whitlock and Chuck Whitlock (Hungry Minds October 1997) Order
  • Cognitive Models and Spiritual Maps: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Religious ExperienceEditors Jensine Andresen, Robert K.C. Forman, Ken Wilber (Imprint Academic, 2001) Order
  • Consciousness Explained Daniel C. Dennett (Little Brown & Co, 1992) Order
  • Craving for Ecstasy Harvey Milkman and Stanley Sunderwirth Order
  • Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Amanda Montell (Harper Wave June 15, 2021) Order
  • Dark Hero Of The Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman (Basic Books, 2004) Order
  • Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler (Vintage UK November 30, 1994) Order
  • The Death of Psychotherapy--From Freud to Alien AbductionsDonald A. Eisner (Praeger Publishers Westport, Conn., 2000) Order
  • The Demon-Haunted World: Science as the Candle in the Dark Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan (Ballantine Books, 1997) Order
  • Detecting Lies and Deceit: The Psychology of Lying and Implications for Professional PracticeWiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing, and Law By Aldert Vrij (John Wiley and Sons, 2000) Order
  • Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds and Hoaxes of the Occult and the Supernatural: James Randi's Decidedly Skeptical Definitions of Alternate Realities James Randi (St. Martins Press, 1997) Order
  • Encyclopedia of the Paranormal Gordon Stein, editor Carl Sagan (Prometheus Books, 1996) Order
  • Everybody's Guide to People WatchingAaron Wolfgang (Intercultural Press, 1995) Order
  • Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds Charles MacKay and Andrew Tobias (Crown Pub, 1995) Order
  • Faith Beyond Faith Healing: Finding Hope After Shattered Dreams Kimberly Weston (Paraclete Press, 2002) Order
  • Feet of Clay: Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of GurusAnthony Storr (Free Press; Reprint edition August 19, 1997) Order
  • The First Honest Book About LiesJoni Kincher (Free Spirit Publishing, 1992) Order
  • Fraud!: How to Protect Yourself from Schemes, Scams, and SwindlesMarsha Bertrand (American Management Association; 1 Ed edition October 1999) Order
  • Frauds, Myths and Mysteries Kenneth L. Feder. (Mayfield Publishing, 1998) Order
  • The Fringes of Reason Tim Schultz (editor) (A Whole Earth Catalogue: Harmony Books, 1989). Order
  • From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt E.A. Wallis Budge (Dover Pub, 1989) Order
  • From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era (Religion and Politics)Stephen Kent, PhD (Syracuse University Press, 2001) Order
  • The God Part of the BrainMatthew Alper (Rouge Press, 2001). Order
  • Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide Cass R. Sunstein (Oxford University Press, USA May 13, 2009) Order
  • Healing: A Doctor in Search of a Miracle William Nole, M.D. (Random House, 1974) Order
  • The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science Will Storr (Picador February 14, 2013) Order
  • How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered the World Francis Wheen (Public Affairs, 2005) Order
  • How the Mind Works Steven Pinker (W.W. Norton & Co, 1999) Order
  • How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age Theodore Schick, Jr. and Lewis Vaughn (Mayfield Publishing, 1999) Order
  • Invasion From Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic Hadley Cantril (Harper Torchbooks, 1966) Order
  • Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-ReligionsRonald H. Fritze (Reaktion Books May 15, 2009) Order
  • Karma Cola: Marketing to Mystic East Gita Mehta (Vintage, 1994) Order
  • Leaps of Faith Nicholas Humphrey (Springer; 1 edition June 4, 1999) Order
  • Lies, Lies, Lies! The Psychology of DeceitCharles V. Ford (American Psychiatric Press, 1995) Order
  • The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn EvilPhilip Zimbardo (Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition January 22, 2008) Order
  • The Many Faces of Deceit: Omissions, Lies and Disguise in PsychotherapyHelen K. Gediman and Janice Lieberman (Jason Aronson, 1996) Order
  • Maximize Your MemoryJonathan Hancock (David and Charles, 2000) Order
  • Mind Magic: Tricks for Reading MindsOrmond McGill and Canevari Green (Millbrook Press March 1, 1995) Order
  • Mind Reading and Magic TricksBob Longe (Sterling Books, 1999) Order
  • My Father's Guru: A Journey through Spirituality and Disillusion Jeffrey M. Masson (Addision Wesley, 1993) Order
  • The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience Andrew Newberg, MD and Eugene G. Aquili, PhD (Fortress Press, 1999) Order
  • The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide Robert Jay Lifton (Basic Books, 2000) Order
  • Nineteen Eighty-four George Orwell (Penguin Books Ltd; New Ed edition January 29, 2004) Order
  • The Observing Self: Mysticism and Psychotherapy Arthur J. Deikman, M.D. (Beacon Press; Reprint edition April 15, 1983) Order
  • Official Know-it-all Guide to Secrets of Mind PowerHarry Lorayne (Frederick Fell, 1999) Order
  • On the Wild Side Martin Gardner (Prometheus Books, 1992) Order
  • Outbreak! The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior Hilary Evans, Robert E. Bartholomew (Anomalist Books April 20, 2009) Order
  • Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't ThereRichard Wiseman (MacMillan March 2011) Order
  • Physics: Concepts and ConnectionsArt Hobson (Prentice Hall, 2nd edition 1999) Order
  • The Power of MythJoseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (Contributor), Betty Sue Flowers (Editor) (Anchor, 1991) Order
  • The Practical Dreamer's Handbook: Finding the Time, Money, and Energy to Live the Life You Want to Live Paul and Sarah Edwards (JP Tarcher, 2000) Order
  • Practical Mental MagicTheodore Annemann (Dover, 1983) Order
  • Prophetic Charisma: The Psychology of Revolutionary Religious Personalities Len Oakes (Syracuse Univ. Press, 1997) Order
  • Psychic Mafia M. Lamar Keene, Allen Spraggett, Lamar Keene and V. Raucher (Prometheus Books, 1997) Order
  • The Road to Malpsychia: Humanistic Psychology and Our Discontents Joyce Milton (Encounter Books, 2002) Order
  • The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence Ervin Staub (Cambridge University Press, 1992) Order
  • Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology Steven Jay Lynn (Editor), Scott O. Lilienfeld (Editor), Jeffrey M. Lohr (Editor) (Guilford Press 2002) Order
  • Secrets of Mind Power: How to Organize and Develop the Hidden Powers of Your MindHarry Lorayne (Frederick Fell, 1999) Order
  • Self-Working Mental Magic: Sixty-Seven Foolproof Mind-Reading TricksKarl Fulves (Dover, 1989) Order
  • Self-Working Table Magic: Ninety-Seven Foolproof Tricks with Everyday ObjectsKarl Fulves and Joseph Schmidt (Dover, 1981) Order
  • Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America HelplessSteve Salerno (Crown June 21, 2005) Order
  • The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions Robert Todd Carroll (John Wiley & Sons, August 2003) Order
  • Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Sandra Blakeslee (Henry Holt and Co.; 1 edition November 9, 2010) Order
  • Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and MarriagePaul Ekman (W.W. Norton, 2000) Order
  • Trauma and Recovery Judith Herman, MD (Basic Books, 1997) Order
  • Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius Valentine Lachman (The Disinformation Company 2003) Order
  • The Vanishing HitchhikerJan Harold Brunvand (Norton, 1981) Order
  • Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History David Aaronovitch (Jonathan Cape October 5, 2006) Order
  • Weird Water and Fuzzy Logic: More Notes of a Fringe-Watcher Martin Gardner (Prometheus Books, 1996) Order
  • Who's Crazy AnywayJoan Mazza (iUniverse April2000) Order
  • Why God won't go away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief Andrew Newberg, MD (Ballantine Books, 2001) Order
  • Without Conscience Robert Hare (The Guilford Press January 8, 1999) Order
  • Witness to an Extreme Century: A MemoirRobert Jay Lifton (Free Press; 1 edition June 14, 2011) Order
  • The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American SocietyArthur J. Deikman, M.D. (Beacon Press, 1994) Order

Destructive Churches

  • Amazing Grace Kathleen Norris (Riverhead Books, 1998) Order
  • Blackbird—a Memoir: The Story of a Woman Who Submitted to Marcial Maciel, Became Free, and Found Happiness Again Elena Sada (Independently published September 14, 2018) Order
  • By What Authority: The Rise of Personality Cults in American ChristianityRichard Quebedeaux (Harper Collins, 1981) Order
  • The Changing Face of the Priesthood: A reflection of the Priest's Crisis of Soul Donald B. Cozzens (Liturgical Press, 2000) Order
  • Charismatic Chaos John F. MacArthur, Jr. (Zondervan Publishing House, 1993) Order
  • Churches that AbuseRonald Enroth (Zondervan Publishing House, 1992) Order
  • Cult Proofing Your KidsPaul Martin (Zondervan Press, 1993) Order
  • Damaged Disciples: Casualties of Authoritarian Churches and the Shepherding MovementRon and Vicki Burks Order
  • The Drift Into Deception - The Eight Characteristics of Abusive ChristianityAgnes C. Lawless with John W. Lawless (Kregel Resources, Grand Rapids, MI, 1995) Order
  • Exposing Spiritual Abuse: How to Rediscover God's Love When the Church Has Let You Down Mike Fehlauer (Charisma House, 2001) Order
  • For the Love of GodLawrence W. Gold M.D. (CreateSpace January 19, 2012) Order
  • "Join Us" (documentary about cults in America) DVDOndi Timoner Order
  • The Grace Awakening Charles Swindoll. (Word Books, 1996) Order
  • Healing Spiritual Abuse : How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences Ken Blue (InterVarsity Press October 1993) Order
  • The Heresy of Mind Control Recognizing Con Artists, Tyrants, and Spiritual Abusers in LeadershipStephen Martin ( ACW Press 2009) Order
  • The Jesus People; Old-Time Religion in the Age of Aquarius Ronald M. Enroth (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., May 1972) Order
  • Lead us not into temptation: Catholic Priests and the Sexual Abuse of Children Berry and Andrew Greely (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2000) Order
  • Letters to a Devastated ChristianGene Edwards (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, Wheaton, IL 1984, 1992) Order
  • More Jesus, Less Religion: Moving from rules to relationshipStephen Arterburn and Jack Felton (Waterbrook Press, 2000) Order
  • Occult:They Didn't Think it Could Happen in Their Church June Summers (Global Strategic Resources, 2005 ) Order
  • Religion of Fear: The True Story of the Church of God of the Union Assembly David Cady (University of Tennessee Press; 1st Edition May 29, 2019) Order
  • Rescuing Randy: A Family Determined to Rescue Their Son from a Cult Geneva Paulson (WestBowPress October 24, 2012) Order
  • Sex, Priests and Power: Anatomy of a Crisis A.W. Richard Sipe (Bruner/Mazel, 1995) Order
  • Shackles of Faith Mark Hosler (Tate Publishing February 2, 2010) Order
  • Spiritual Abuse Recovery: Dynamic Research on Finding a Place of WholenessBarbara M. Orlowski (Wipf & Stock Publishers January 2010) Order
  • The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse - Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority within the ChurchDavid Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen (Bethany House Publishers, Mpls. MN, 1991) Order
  • Tithing: Low- Realm, Obsolete & DefunctMatthew E. Narramore (Tedoa Publishing, 2004) Order
  • The Unhealed Wounded: The church and human sexuality Eugene Kennedy (St. Martins Press, 2001) Order
  • Youth, Brainwashing, and the Extremist Cults Ronald M. Enroth (Zondervan Publishing Company November 2000) Order

Gurus

  • Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up CultJayanti Tamm (Harmony April 14, 2009) Order
  • Dark Oasis: A Self-Made Messiah UnveiledJasun Horsley (Auticulture November 11, 2017) Order
  • Enthralled: The Guru Cult of Tibetan BuddhismChristine A. Chandler (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition July 26, 2017) Order
  • Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power Joel Kramer (Frog, Ltd. May 20, 1993) Order
  • Feet of Clay: Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus Anthony Storr (Free Press; Reprint edition August 19, 1997) Order
  • I Am Revealed: Behind the Ashram DoorRobin Barbosa Full Court Press August 13, 2016) Order
  • The Inner Circle - Book One: My Seventeen Years in the Cult of the American SikhsPeter Blachly (‎Sheep Island Press May 23, 2021) Order
  • Karma Cola: Marketing to Mystic East Gita Mehta (Vintage, 1994) Order
  • My Life in Orange: Growing up with the Guru Tim Guest (Harvest Books February 1, 2005) Order
  • The Enlightenment Blues: My years with an American Guru Andre Van Der Braak (Monkfish Book Publishing October 2003) Order
  • The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America Robert Love (Viking Adult April 29, 2010) Order
  • The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments Eliezer Sobel (Santa Monica Press February 1, 2008) Order
  • The Serpent Rising: A Journey of Spiritual Seduction Mary Garden (Sid Harta Publishers October 2002) Order
  • Without the Guru: How I took my life back after thirty yearsDr Michael Robert Finch (BookSurge Publishing October 6, 2009) Order

New Age Groups

  • A Path With Heart : A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life Jack Kornfield. (Bantam, 1993) Order
  • Carlos Castaneda, Academic Opportunism and the Psychedelic Sixties Jay Courtney Fikes. (Millinea Press, 1996) Order
  • The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher Martin Gardner. (Prometheus Books, 1991) Order
  • 19 Years in a Manhattan Cult: The Cult Next DoorJudith L. Carlone (Ace Academics July 1, 2005) Order
  • Psychic Dictatorship in America Gerald B.Bryan, Talita Paolini, Kenneth Paolini. (Feb 2000) Order
  • Understanding the New Age Russell Chandler. (Zondervan, 1993) Order
  • Lost and Found: My Life in a Group Marriage CommuneMargaret Hollenbach (University of New Mexico Press, 2004) Order
  • Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America HelplessSteve Salerno (Crown June 21, 2005) Order

Persuasion Techniques

  • In the Name of Love: Abusive Controlling Relationships (DVD)
  • Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion Anthony Pratkanis & Elliot Aronson Order
  • Battle for the Mind William Sargent Order
  • Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control Kathleen Taylor (Oxford University Press August 24, 2006) Order
  • Brainwashed: A New History of Thought ControlDaniel Pick(Wellcome Collection September 3, 2020) Order
  • Coercive Persuasion - A Socio-Psychological Analysis of the "Brainwashing" of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese CommunistsEdgar H. Schein with Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker (New York WW Norton & Company, 1971) Order
  • Crazy Therapies-What are they? Do they work?Margaret Singer and Janja Lalich (Jossey-Bass, San Francisco 1996) Order
  • Creating Conspiracy Beliefs Dolores Albarracin (Cambridge University Press; New edition November 25, 2021) Order
  • Dark Hero Of The Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman (Basic Books, 2004) Order
  • Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media Joel E. Dimsdale (Yale University Press August 10, 2021) Order
  • Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us Sara E. Gorman and Jack M. Gorman (Oxford University Press; 1 edition September 1, 2016) Order
  • Easily Fooled: New Insights and Techniques for Resisting Manipulation Bob Fellows (Mind Matters, 2000) Order
  • Easily Led: A History of PropagandaOliver Tomson (Sutton Press, 1999) Order
  • From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era Stephen A. Kent (Syracuse University Press, 2001) Order
  • Get Anyone to Do Anything and Never Feel Powerless Again : Psychological Secrets to Predict, Control, and Influence Every Situation David J. Lieberman (St. Martin's Press; 1st edition May 10, 2000) Order
  • The Hidden Persuaders Vance Packard (Pocket; Updated edition June 3, 1984) Order
  • Hypnotism InvestigatedTony Bamgridge. (Renew February 1998) Order
  • InfluenceRobert B. Cialdini, Ph.D. (Quill, NY, 1984 (Revised 1993)) Order
  • The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning, and Indoctrination Denise Winn (Malor Books, 2000) Order
  • Obedience to Authority Stanley Milgram (Harper Perennial August 8, 1983) Order
  • People Who Play God: How Ultra-Authorities Enslave the Hearts, Minds, Souls of Their Victims
    Beth E. Peterson (Xlibris Corp., 2003)
    Order
  • Ponzi Schemes, Invaders from Mars and More Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Joseph Bulgatz (Harmony Books) Order
  • The Power of Cult Branding: How 9 Magnetic Brands Turned Customers Into Loyal Followers (and Yours Can, Too)Matthew W. Ragas, Bolivar J. Bueno (Prima Publishing, 2002) Order
  • The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence Philip Zimbardo (McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 3 edition February 1, 1991) Order
  • Rape of the MindJ.Meerloo (Putnam Pub Group, 2000) Order
  • Stages of Faith - The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for MeaningJames W. Fowler (Harper Collins, 1995) Order
  • Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and HealErik Vance (National Geographic November 8, 2016) Order
  • The True BelieverEric Hoffer (Harper and Row, 1951) Order
  • Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism - A Study of Brainwashing in ChinaRobert J. Lifton, MD. (The University of N.C. Press Original Publisher: Norton and Co., 1961) Order
  • Under the Influence: The Destructive Effects of Group Dynamics John D. Goldhammer (Prometheus Books, 1996) Order
  • When Prophecy Fails Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken and Stanley Schachter (Harpercollins College Div June 1964) Order

Repressed Memories & MPD

  • My Lie: A True Story of False MemoryMeredith Maran Jossey-Bass September 14, 2010) Order
  • The Best Kept Secret: Sexual Abuse of ChildrenFlorence Rush. (Prentice Hall Trade October 1980) Order
  • Child Sexual Abuse and False Memory SyndromeRobert A. Baker (Editor). (Prometheus Books, 1998) Order
  • The Cognitive Neuropsychology of False Memories: A Special Issue of Cognitive NeuropsychologyDaniel L. Schacter (Editor). (Taylor & Francis, 1999) Order
  • Confabulations: Creating False Memories, Destroying FamiliesEleanor C. Goldstein, Kevin Farmer (Editor) (Social Issues Resources Series, 1992) Order
  • Crazy TherapiesMargaret Thaler Singer, Janja Lalich (Contributor) (Jossey-Bass, 1996) Order
  • Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Dis OrderJoan Ross Acocella (Jossey-Bass, 1999) Order
  • Diagnosis for Disaster: The Devastating Truth About False Memory Syndrome and Its Impact on Accusers and FamiliesClaudette Wassil-Grimm (Penquin USA, 1996) Order
  • Eyewitness TestimonyElizabeth F. Loftus (Harvard University Press, 1996) Order
  • False-Memory Creation in Children and Adults: Theory, Research, and ImplicationsDavid F. Bjorklund (Editor). (Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, 2000) Order
  • How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday LifeThomas Gilovich (Free Press, 1993) Order
  • Making Monsters: False Memories, Pyschotherapy and Sexual HysteriaRichard Ofshe and Ethan Watters (Charles Scribner's Sons NY, 1994) Order
  • Manufacturing Victims: What the Psychology Industry Is Doing to PeopleTana Dineen (Robert Davies Publishers, 1998) Order
  • Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the PastDaniel L. Schacter (Editor). (Harvard University Press, 1997) Order
  • The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual AbuseElizabeth Loftus, Katherine Ketcham (St. Martin's Press, 1996) Order
  • National Incidence Studies on Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children in AmericaDavid Finkelhor (DIANE Publishing, 1990) Order
  • Psychology Astray: Fallacies in Studies of 'Repressed Memory' and Childhood TraumaHarrison G Pope, Jr., MD (Social Issues Resources Series, 1997) Order
  • Recovered Memories of Child Sexual Abuse: Psychological, Social, and Legal Perspectives on a Contemporary Mental Health ControversySheila Taub (Editor). (Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 1999) Order
  • 'Recovered Memory' and Other Assaults upon the Mysteries of Consciousness: Hypnosis, Psychotherapy, Fraud and the Mass MediaWilliam Rogers (McFarland and Company, 1995) Order
  • Science of False Memory, TheCharles J. Brainerd, Valerie J. Reyna (Oxford University Press, 2005 ) Order
  • Second ThoughtsPaul Simpson (Thomas Nelson, 1997) Order
  • Searching for Memory: The Brain, The Mind, and The PastDaniel L. Schacter (Editor). (Harper Collins, 1997) Order
  • Slaughter of Innocents: Child abuse through the ages and today Sander J. Breiner. (Plenum Pr April 1990) Order
  • Suggestions of Abuse: True and False Memories of Childhood Michael D. Yapdo, Ph.D (Diane Books Publishing Company April 1994) Order
  • Survivor Psychology: The Dark Side of a Mental Health MissionSusan Smith (Social Issues Resources Series, 1998) Order
  • Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality CaseDebbie Nathan (Free Press October 18, 2011) Order
  • Therapy Gone Mad : The True Story of Hundreds of Patients and a Generation Betrayed Carol Lynn Mithers (Basic Books, 1997) Order
  • Therapy's Delusions: The Myth of the Unconscious and the Exploitation of Today's Walking WorriedEthan Watters and Richard Ofshe (Simon & Schuster, 1999) Order
  • Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in ChildhoodLenore Terr (Harper Collins, 1992) Order
  • Trance on Trial Alan W. Scheflin, LL.M. and Jerold Lee Shaprio, Ph.D (The Guilford Press August 4, 1989) Order
  • Truth in MemorySteven J. Lynn (Editor), Kevin M. McConkey (Editor) (Guilford Press, 1998) Order
  • Try to Remember: Psychiatry's Clash over Meaning, Memory, and MindPaul R. McHugh (Dana Press; 1 edition November 15, 2008) Order
  • Victims of Memory - Incest Accusations and Shattered LivesMark Pendergrast (Upper Access Inc. VT, 1995) Order
  • Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child AbuseRichard Wexler (Prometheus Books, 1995) Order

Terrorists and Terrorism

  • American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Amongst Us Steven Emerson (Simon and Schuster, 2002) Order
  • American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Lou Michel, Dan Harbeck (Regan Books, 2001) Order
  • Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State Ali Soufan (W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition May 2, 2017) Order
  • Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS Hardcover Joby Warrick (Doubleday September 29, 2015) Order
  • The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy Masha Gessen (Riverhead Books April 7, 2015) Order
  • Cults and TerrorismFrank MacHovec (lulu.com April 13, 2010) Order
  • Digital World War: Islamists, Extremists, and the Fight for Cyber SupremacyHaroon K. Ullah (Yale University Press October 24, 2017) Order
  • Eco-Terrorism & Eco-Extremism Against Agriculture Joseph M. Miller and R.M. Miller (Joseph a Miller - R M Miller; Spiral edition January 5, 2000) Order
  • The Fertile Soil of Jihad: Terrorism's Prison Connection Patrick T. Dunleavy ( Potomac Books September 1, 2011) Order
  • Holy War Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden Peter Bergen (Free Press, 2001) Order
  • In the Skin of a Jihadist: A Young Journalist Enters the ISIS Recruitment Network Anna Erelle and Erin Potter (Harper Paperbacks; First Edition edition May 26, 2015) Order
  • Inside Terrorism Bruce Hoffman. (Columbia University Press, 1999) Order
  • The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State William McCants (St. Martin's Press September 22, 2015) Order
  • ISIS: The State of Terror Jessica Stern (Author), J. M. Berger (Ecco; First Edition edition March 12, 2015) Order
  • The Militia Threat: Terrorists Among Us Robert L. Snow (Perseus Press, 1999) Order
  • The New Jackals: Ramzi Youseff, Osama bin Laden and the Future of TerrorismSimon Reeve (Northeastern University Press, 1999) Order
  • The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction Walter Laqueur (Oxford University Press, 1999) Order
  • Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind Walter Reich (Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1998) Order
  • Profiles in Terrorism: Twenty Years of Anti-Abortion Terrorism Frederick Clarkson (Common Courage Press, 2000) Order
  • Targets of Hatred: Anti-Abortion Terrorism Patricia Baird-Windle, Eleanor J. Bader (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001) Order
  • Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence Mark Jeurgensmeyer. (University of California Press, 2001) Order
  • Them and US: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat Arthur Deikman (Bay Tree Publishing September 25, 2003) Order
  • The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War Tim Butcher (Chatto & Windus 1 May 2014) Order
  • Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Setnam (Transnational Publishing, 2001) Order

Yoga

  • The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the RewardsWilliam J Broad (Simon & Schuster; 1 edition February 7, 2012) Order

 

Groups of Interest

al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden

  • Holy War Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden Peter Bergen (Free Press, 2001) Order
  • The New Jackals: Ramzi Youseff, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism Simon Reeve (Northeastern University Press, 1999) Order
  • Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Setnam (Transnational Publishing, 2001) Order

Amish

  • Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life Ruth Irene Garrett and Rick Farrant (Harper San Francisco, January 7, 2003) Order

Amway

  • Amway Motivational Organizations: Behind the Smoke and Mirrors Ruth Carter (Backstreet Publishing September 1, 1999) Order
  • Amway: The Cult of Free Enterprise Stephen Butterfield (South End Press, 1985) Order

Aum Shinrikyo

  • Aum Shinrikyo -- Japan's Unholy Sect Rei Kimura (GreatUnpublished.com, 2002) Order
  • The Cult at the End of the World: The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult, From the Subways of Tokyo to Arsenals in Russia David E. Kaplan and Andrew Marshall (Crown Publishing, 1996) Order
  • Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism Robert Jay Lifton (Owl Books September 1, 2000) Order
  • Holy Terror: Armageddon in Tokyo D.W. Brackett (Weatherhill, 1996) Order

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

  • My Life in Orange: Growing up with the Guru Tim Guest (Harvest Books February 1, 2005) Order
  • Promise of Paradise Satya Bharti (Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc.; 1 edition January 1, 2010) Order
  • The Rajneesh Chronicles: The True Story of the Cult that Unleashed the First Act of Bioterrorism on U.S. Soil Win McCormack (Tin House Books; Second Edition edition September 1, 2010) Order

The Brethren

  • From Dean's List to Dumpsters Jim Guerra (Dorrance Publishing Company, 2000) Order

Brother XII/Edward Arthur Wilson

  • Brother XII:The Strange Odyssey of a 20th-century Prophet and His Quest for a New World John Oliphant (Twelfth House Press September 30, 2006) Order

Catholic Sects

  • More Catholic than The Pope: And Inside Look At Traditionalism
    Patrick Madrid, Pete Vere (Our Sunday Visitor September 30, 2004)
    Order
  • The Pope's Armada : Unlocking the Secrets of Mysterious and Powerful New Sects in the ChurchGordon Urquhart (Prometheus Books, 1999) Order
  • Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary CatholicismMichael W. Cuneo (John Hopkins University Press, 1999) Order
  • Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II
    Jason Berry and Gerald Renner (Free Press, 2004)
    Order

Chabad Lubavitch

  • The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox IndifferenceDavid Berger (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, September 2001) Order
  • Rescued from the Reich: How One of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe Mark Rigg (Yale University Press, 2004) Order

Children of God/The Family

  • Apocalypse Child: A Life in End TimesFlor Edwards (Turner March 13, 2018) Order
  • Blinded by Deceit Joanne Hansen (Beaver's Pond Press, 2002) Order
  • Cult Following: My escape and return to the Children of God Bexy Cameron (Manilla Press July 8, 2021) Order
  • Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years as a Sacred Prostitute in the Children of God CultMiriam Williams (William Morrow, 1998) Order
  • Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical EdgeDon Lattin HarperOne (October 9, 2007) Order
  • Not Without My SisterChristina Jones, Celeste Jones, Juliana Burhring (HarperCollins Entertainment July 2, 2007) Order
  • Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult Faith Jones (William Morrow November 30, 2021) Order
  • Uncultured: A Memoir Daniella Mestyanek Young (St. Martin's Press September 20, 2022) Order

Christian Fundamentalists

  • The Age of Evangelicalism: America's Born-Again Years Hardcover Steven P. Miller ( Oxford University Press May 12, 2014) Order
  • American Apocalypse: A History of Modern EvangelicalismMatthew Avery Sutton (Belknap Press November 17, 2014) Order
  • The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular AgeRandall J. Stephens and Karl W. Giberson (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press October 24, 2011) Order
  • Behind the Scenes: The True Face of Fake Faith HealersYves A. Brault (FirstPublish, 2000) Order
  • Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme ReligionsCami Ostman and Susan Tive, (Seal Press April 2, 2013) Order
  • Building God’s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian ReconstructionJulie J. Ingersoll (Oxford University Press; 1 edition August 3, 2015) Order
  • The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and TruthValerie Tarico, Ph.D. (Lulu.com Paperback -- January 18, 2007) Order
  • C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American DemocracyJeff Sharlet (Little, Brown and Company September 27, 2010) Order
  • Damned Nation: Hell in America from the Revolution to ReconstructionKathryn Gin Lum (Oxford University Press September 1, 2014) Order
  • Eternal Hostility--The Struggle Between Theocracy and DemocracyFrederick Clarkson (Common Courage Press, 1997) Order
  • Faith Beyond Faith Healing: Finding Hope After Shattered Dreams Kimberly Weston (Paraclete Press, 2002) Order
  • From Fear to Faith Joel Watts and Travis Milam(Energion Publications May 31, 2013) Order
  • From Rapture to Revelation: Addressing the Spiritual and Theological Concerns of Former Fundamentalists in the United States of AmericaMichelle Grace Lyerly (Wolf & Stock Publishers August 2006) Order
  • The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and TruthValerie Tarico, Ph.D. (Lulu.com Paperback -- January 18, 2007) Order
  • The Fundamentals of ExtremismKimberly Blaker (New Boston Books, 2003) Order
  • God's Own Party: The Making of the Christian Right Daniel K. Williams (Oxford University Press June 12, 2012) Order
  • The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children Katherine Stewart (Public Affairs January 24, 2012) Order
  • Holy Ghost Girl: A MemoirDonna M. Johnson (Gotham October 13, 2011) Order
  • Holy Terror - The Fundamentalist War on America's Freedoms and Religion Politics in our private livesFlo Conway and Jim Siegelman (Delta Books, Del Publishing, 1982) Order
  • The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in CanadaMarci McDonald (Vintage Canada February 15, 2011) Order
  • The Jew and the Christian Missionary: A Jewish Response to Missionary ChristianityGerald Sigal (KTAV Publishing, 1981) Order
  • Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian NationalismMichelle Goldberg (W. W. Norton May 11, 2006) Order
  • Leaving the Fold Marlene Winell (Apocryphile Press January 15, 2006) Order
  • Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace William Lobdell (Collins February 24, 2009) Order
  • The Mind of the Bible-BelieverEdmund Cohen (Prometheus Books, 1988) Order
  • The Politics of Evangelical Identity: Local Churches and Partisan Divides in the United States and Canada Lydia Bean (Princeton University Press August 24, 2014) Order
  • Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke FreeLinda Kay Klein(Touchstone September 4, 2018) Order
  • The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation Barbara R. Rossing (Westview Press, 2004) Order
  • Rescuing the Bible from FundamentalismJohn Shelby Spong (Harper Collins, 1992) Order
  • Spiritual Warfare: The Politics of the Christian RightSara Diamond (South End Press, 1989) Order
  • Stealing Jesus : How Fundamentalism Betrays ChristianityBruce Bawer (Three Rivers Press, 1998) Order
  • Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's LamentRandall Balmer (Perseus Books Group July 31, 2006) Order
  • Trusting Doubt: A Former Evangelical Looks at Old Beliefs in a New LightVeronica Chater (W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition February 2, 2009) Order
  • Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family HardcoverValerie Tarico (Oracle Institute Press LLC September 1, 2010) Order
  • Why the Religious Right is Wrong: About Separation of Church and StateRob Boston, Robert Boston and Barry W. Lynn (Prometheus Books, 1994) Order

Christ Miracle Healing Center, Rev. Frances Thomas

  • Shootout at Miracle Valley William R. Daniel (Wheatmark December 15, 2008) Order

Christian Science

  • Faith Beyond Faith Healing: Finding Hope After Shattered Dreams Kimberly Weston (Paraclete Press, 2002) Order
  • fathermothergod: My Journey Out of Christian Science Lucia Greenhouse (Crown August 9, 2011) Order
  • God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church Caroline Fraser (Owl Books 2000) Order
  • The Healing Revelations of Mary Baker Eddy: The Rise and Fall of Christian ScienceMartin Gardener (Prometheus Books, 1993) Order
  • The Religion That Kills - Christian Science: Abuse, Neglect, and Mind Control Dr. Linda S. Kramer (Huntington House Publishers) Order

Chung Moo Quan (later Chung Moo Doe and now called Oom Yung)

  • Herding the Moo: Exploits of a Martial Arts Cult Joe Smith (Trafford Publishing May 4, 2006) Order

Andrew Cohen and Moksha Foundation

  • American GuruWilliam Yenner (Epigraph Publishing August 11, 2009) Order
  • Enlightenment Blues: My years with an American GuruAndre van der Braak (Consortium Book Sales & Dist 2003) Order
  • The Mother of God Luna Tarlo Order

The D.C. Sniper, Lee Boyd Malvo and John Muhammad

  • The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. SniperCarmeta Albarus and Jonathan Mack (Columbia University Press August 28, 2012) Order

Elan Treatment Center

  • Duck in a RaincoatMaura Curley (Menukie Press/Virgin Voice; 2 edition December 13, 2012) Order
  • Duck in a Raincoat - [Kindle Edition]Maura Curley (Menukie Press/Virgin Voice; 2 edition December 13, 2012) Order

The Endeavor Academy--Chuck Anderson, a.k.a. "The Master Teacher"

  • Complete Story of the Course : The History, the People, and the Controversies Behind a Course in MiraclesD. Patrick Miller, (Fearless Books, August 1997) Order

Extremists and Hate Groups

  • A Force Upon the Plain - The American Militia Movement and the Politics of HateKenneth S. Stern (Simon and Schuster, NY 1996) Order
  • American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others John George and Laird Wilcox (Prometheus Books, 1996) Order
  • American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate Pete Simi and Robert Futrell (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. January 16, 2010) Order
  • American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Lou Michel, Dan Harbeck (Regan Books, 2001) Order
  • Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social MovementHarold D. Guither (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1998) Order
  • Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, Ph.DFrank Meeink, Jody M. Roy, and Elizabeth Wurtzel (Hawthorne Books March 16, 2010) Order
  • The Bondage of Self Kirsten Helene Kaiser (Milo House Press August 15, 2002) Order
  • Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream Leonard Zeskind (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1 edition May 12, 2009) Order
  • Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America Kathleen Belew (Harvard University Press April 9, 2018) Order
  • Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture Mark Fenster (University of Minnesota Press, 1999) Order
  • Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy Talia Lavin (Hachette Books October 13, 2020) Order
  • Documents of American Prejudice: An Anthology of Writings on Race from Thomas Jefferson to David Duke S.T. Joshi (Basic Books, 1999) Order
  • Dragons of God: A Journey Through Far Right America Vincent Coppola (Longstreet Press, 1997) Order
  • Eco-Terrorism & Eco-Extremism Against Agriculture Joseph M. Miller and R.M. Miller (Joseph a Miller - R M Miller; Spiral edition January 5, 2000) Order
  • Encyclopedia of White power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right Jeffrey Kaplan (Altamira Pass, 2000) Order
  • Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America Robert Alan Goldberg (Yale University Press, 2001) Order
  • Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in AmericaVegas Tenold (Nation Books February 20, 2018) Order
  • Far-Right Fantasy: A Sociology of American Religion and Politics James Aho (Routledge December 17, 2015) Order
  • The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America Craig Wade (Oxford University Press, 1998) Order
  • From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam Era Stephen A. Kent (Syracuse University Press, 2001) Order
  • Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat James Corcoran (Harper Perennial April 23, 1997) Order
  • Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America Ryan Busse (Public Affairs October 19, 2021) Order
  • Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into―and Out of―Violent ExtremismMichael Kimmel (University of California Press; First edition March 23, 2018) Order
  • Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux KlanDavid Mark Chalmers (Duke University Press, 1987) Order
  • In God's Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific NorthwestDavid A. Neiwert (Washington State University Press, 1999) Order
  • Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate MovementKathleen M. Blee (University of California Press, 2002) Order
  • Live from the Gates of Hell: An Insider's Look at the Anti-Abortion Movement Jerry Reiter (Prometheus Books, 2000) Order
  • The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan Laurence Leamer(William Morrow June 7, 2016) Order
  • The Militia Threat: Terrorists Among Us Robert L. Snow (Perseus Press, 1999) Order
  • One Aryan Nation Under God: How Religious Extremists Use the Bible to Justify Their Actions Jerome Walters (Sourcebooks, 2001) Order
  • Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind Walter Reich (Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1998) Order
  • Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko (Redwood Press; 1st edition June 15, 2021) Order
  • The Politics of the Extreme Right: From the Margins to the Mainstream Paul Hainsworth (London: Pinter, 2000) Order
  • The Politics of Unreason Seymour M. Lipset and Earl Raab (Harper & Bro Place of Publication, 1978) Order
  • Profiles in Terrorism: Twenty Years of Anti-Abortion Terrorism Frederick Clarkson (Common Courage Press, 2000) Order
  • The Racist Mind: Portraits of American Neo-Nazis and Klansmen Raphael S. Ezekiel (Penguin US, 1996) Order
  • Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Chrisitian Identity Movement Michael Barkun (University of North Carolina Press, 1996) Order
  • Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist Eli Saslow (Doubleday September 18, 2018) Order
  • Selling Fear: Conspiracy Theories and End Times Paranoia Gregory S. Camp (Baker Pub Group March 1997) Order
  • Soldiers of God: White Supremacists and their Holy War for America Howard Bushart (Pinnacle Books, 1999) Order
  • Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American RightLisa McGirr (Princeton University Press, 2001) Order
  • Tabernacle of Hate: Why They Bombed Oklahoma City Kerry Noble (Voyageur Pub, 1998) Order
  • Targets of Hatred: Anti-Abortion Terrorism Patricia Baird-Windle, Eleanor J. Bader (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001) Order
  • Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence Mark Jeurgensmeyer. (University of California Press, 2001) Order
  • The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical RightDaniel Levitas (St. Martin's Griffin, January 2004) Order
  • Unmasked!: The Rise & Fall of the 1920s Ku Klux Klan Ann Patton (Aplcorps Books LLC April 6, 2016) Order
  • The War Against the Greens: The "Wise Use" Movement, The New Right and Anti-Environmental Violence David Helvarg (Sierra Club Books, 1997) Order
  • Waves of Rancor: Tuning in the Radical Right (Media, Communication, and Culture in America) Robert L. Hilliard, Michael C. Keith and Donald Fishman (Published by M.E. Sharpe, 1999) Order
  • White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement-and How I Got Out Christian Picciolini (Hachette Books December 26, 2017) Order
  • The White Separatist Movement in the United States: White Power, White Pride Betty A. Dobratz, Stephanie L. Shanks-Meile (John Hopkins University Press, 2000) Order

Father Divine, Peace Mission Movement

  • Promised Land: Father Divine's Interracial Communities in Ulster CountyCarleton Mabee (Purple Mountain Press; First edition November 22, 2008) Order

Goths

  • The Goth BibleNancy Kilpatrick (St. Martin's Griffin September 23, 2004) Order
  • Goth Chic: A Connoisseur's Guide to Dark CultureGavin Baddeley (Plexus Publishing; 2nd edition June 22, 2006) Order
  • Goth: Undead SubcultureLauren M. E. Goodlad (Duke University Press March 30, 2007) Order
  • What is Goth?Voltaire (Weiser Books; illustrated edition edition September 2004) Order
  • Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture (Dress, Body, Culture)Paul Hodkinson (Berg Publishers; 8 edition (October 1, 2002) Order

Gothard, Bill

  • A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian LifeDon Veinot (Midwest Christian Outreach August 25, 2003) Order

Heaven's Gate

  • Cosmic Suicide: The Tragedy and Transcendence of Heaven's GateForrest Jackson, Rodney Perkins (Pentaradial Press, 1997) Order
  • The Keepers of Heaven's Gate: The Millennial Madness, the Religion Behind the Rancho Santa Fe SuicidesWilliam Henry, Cary Anderson (Earthpulse Press, 1997) Order

Benny Hinn

  • Behind the Scenes: The True Face of Fake Faith HealersYves A. Brault (FirstPublish, 2000) Order
  • The Confusing World of Benny HinnG. Richard Fisher and M. Kurt Goedelman (Personal Freedom Outreach, 1997) Order

House of Yahweh

  • The House of Yahweh My Side of the StoryKay Hawkins (AuthorHouse July 31, 2012) Order

International Church of Christ

  • Bewitchment: You Foolish GalatiansTimothy Williams (WinePress Publishing, 2002) Order

Islamic Fundamentalism

  • God's Armies: Crusade and Jihad: Origins, History, Aftermath Malcolm Lambert (Pegasus; 1 edition October 4, 2016) Order
  • Radical: My Journey Out Of Islamist Extremism Maajid Nawaz (Lyons Press; First Edition edition October 15, 2013) Order
  • Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia Ahmed Rashid (Yale University Press, 2001) Order
  • Triumph of Dis Order: Islamic Fundamentalism, The New Face of War Morgan Norval (McKenna Publishing, 2001) Order
  • Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories From the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism Karima Bennoune (W. W. Norton & Company (August 26, 2013) Order

Jehovah's Witnesses

  • 30 Years a Watchtower Slave: The Confessions of a Converted Jehovahs Witness William J. Schell (Baker Books; Abridged edition December 2001) Order
  • Answering Jehovah's Witnesses: Subject by Subject David A. Reed (Baker Books April 1996) Order
  • Apocolypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses M. James Penton (University of Toronto Press; 2nd edition March 1998) Order
  • Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness: Escape from the Watchtower SocietyDianne Wilson (Prometheus Books, 2002) Order
  • Blood on the Altar: Confessions of a Jehovah's Witness MinisterDavid A. Reed (Prometheus Books, 1996) Order
  • Captives of a Concept (Anatomy of an Illusion) Don Cameron (Lulu Press, 2005) Order
  • Confessions of a Teenage Jesus JerkTony DuShane (Soft Skull Press January 19, 2010) Order
  • Crisis of ConscienceRaymond Franz, former member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnessess (Commentary Press, Atlanta, 1983) Order
  • Growing Up in Mama's Club - A Childhood Perspective of Jehovah's Witnesses Richard E. Kelly (Parker Ridge Publishing; 3rd edition February 26, 2008) Order
  • The Four Presidents of the Watch Tower Society Jehovah's Witnesses Edmund C. Gruss (Xulon Press December 2003) Order
  • The Gentile Times Reconsidered: Chronology & Christ's Return Carl O. Jonsson (Commentary Press; 3rd edition July 1998) Order
  • The Ghosts from Mama's Club Richard E. Kelly (Parker Ridge Publishing April 30, 2012) Richard E. Kelly (Parker Ridge Publishing April 30, 2012) Order
  • Have You Seen My MotherJerry Bergman, Bryan Lee McGlothin (Taurleo Publishing , 2005) Order
  • I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing Kyria Abrahams (Touchstone March 3, 2009) Order
  • In Search of Christian Freedom Raymond Franz (Commentary Press, 1992) Order
  • Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich: Sectarian Politics under Persecution M. James Penton (University of Toronto Press November 27, 2004) Order
  • Jehovah's Witnesses-- their monuments to false prophecyEdumund C. Gruss (Witness Inc 1997) Order
  • The Liberated HeartValerie Acuff (Daystar Rising LLC; 1 edition August 4, 2011) Order
  • Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a LifeAmber Scorah ( Viking June 4, 2019) Order
  • The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses Heather Botting, Gary Botting (University of Toronto Press May 1, 1984) Order
  • Out of the Cocoon: a Young Woman's Courageous Flight from the Grip of a Religious Cult Brenda Lee (Robert D. Reed Publishers, 2006) Order
  • The Sign of the Last Days Carl Olof Jonsson and Wolfgang Herbst (Commentary Pr September 1987) Order
  • The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses Joy Castro (Aracade Publishing, 2005) Order
  • Understanding Jehovah's WitnessesRobert M. Bowman, Jr.(Baker Book House, 1991) Order

"Jews for Jesus"

  • Hawking God - A Young Jewish Womans Ordeal in Jews for JesusEllen Kamentsky (Sapphire Press) Order
  • Jesus and JudaismE.P. Sanders (Fortress Press, 1987) Order
  • The Jew and the Christian Missionary: A Jewish Response to Missionary ChristianityGerald Sigal (KTAV Publishing, 1981) Order
  • Judaism and Chrisitanity: The DifferencesTrude Weiss-Rosmarin (Jonathan David Pub., 1997) Order
  • What do Jews Believe: The Spiritual Foundations of Judaism David S. Ariel (Schocken Books, 1996) Order

Jonestown/ Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple

  • A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at JonestownJulia Scheeres (Free Press October 11, 2011) Order
  • The Children of JonestownKenneth Wooden (McGraw Hill) Order
  • The Cult that Died: The Tragedy of Jim Jones and the People's Temple George Klineman (Putnam 1980) Order
  • The Ghosts of November: Memoirs of an Outsider Who Witnessed the Carnage at Jonestown, GuyanaJeffrey Brailey (J&J Publishers, 1998) Order
  • Raven: The untold story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People Tim Reiterman, John Jacobs (Planeta Pub Corp., 1986) Order
  • The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple Jeff Guinn (Simon & Schuster April 11, 2017) Order
  • Seductive Poison Deborah Layton (Anchor Books, 1998) Order
  • Six Years with God: Life Inside Jim Jones' People's Temple Jeannie Mills (A&W, 1979) Order
  • Suicide Cult: The Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect and the Massacre in Guyana Marshall Kilduff and Ron Javers (Bantam Books, 1978) Order
  • White Night: The True story of what happened before and after Jonestown John Peer Nugent (Scribner, 1979) Order

Krishna

  • Betrayal of the Spirit Nori Muster (University of Illinois Press November 1996) Order
  • Devotee Farm George Vaishnava (Upfront Publishing, 2002) Order
  • Monkey on a Stick John Hubner and Lindsey Gruson (Onyx Books; Reprint edition March 1990) Order
  • Servant of the Lotus Feet: A Hare Krishna Odyssey Gabriel Brandis (Universe Inc., 2004) Order

Landmark Education/EST, the Forum

  • Outrageous Betrayal : The Real Story of Werner Erhard from Est to ExileSteven Pressman (St Martins Pr; 1st ed edition August 1993) Order
  • Werner Erhard: The Transformation of a Man. The Founding of est W.W. Bartley, III. (Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1978) Order

Lyndon Larouche

  • Lyndon Larouche and the New American FascismDennis King (Doubleday; 1st ed edition January 1, 1989) Order

Charles Manson

  • Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry (Bantam Books, 1996) Order
  • The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten: Life Beyond the Cult Karlene Faith (Northeastern University Press, 2001) Order
  • Manson, Jeff Guinn Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (August 6, 2013) Order
  • Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson Jeff Guinn ( Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition August 5, 2014) Order
  • Manson: The Unholy Trail of Charlie and the Family John Gilmore, Ron Kenner (Amok Books, 2000) Order
  • Manson in His Own Words Charles Manson, Nuel Emmons (Grove Press, 1998) Order

The Mormon Church/The Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter Day Saints--LDS

  • American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows Sally Denton (Knopf, 2003) Order
  • Early Mormonism and the Magic World View D. Michael Quinn (Signature Books, 1998) Order
  • Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith : Psychobiography and the Book of MormonRobert D. Anderson (Signature Books, 1999) Order
  • Inside Today's Mormonism: Understanding Latter-day Saints in Light of Biblical TruthRichard Abanes (Harvest House Publishers January 1, 2007) Order
  • Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American FrontierBenjamin E. Park (Liveright; Illustrated Edition February 25, 2020) Order
  • Leaving the Fold: Candid Conversations with Inactive MormonsJames W. Ure (Signature Books, 1999) Order
  • Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church Simon G. Southerton (Signature Books, 2004) Order
  • Mormon America: The Power and the PromiseRichard N. Ostling, Joan K. Ostling (Harper, 2000) Order
  • Mormon Polygamy - A HistoryRichard S. Van Wagoner (Signature Books, 1986 (Salt Lake City, UT) Order
  • Mormon UnderwearJohnny Townsend (Booklocker.com, Inc. November 11, 2009) Order
  • Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage"George D. Smith (Signature Books December 5, 2008) Order
  • The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple WorshipDavid John Buerger (Signature Books, 1994) Order
  • The Mormon Conspiracy Charles L. Wood (Black Forest Book Promotions, 2001) Order
  • The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of PowerD. Michael Quinn (Signature Books, 1997) Order
  • The Mormon Murders: A True Story of Greed, Forgery, Deceit and Death Steven Naifeh (Onyx Books, Reissue edition 1989) Order
  • The Pattern of the Double-Bind in Mormonism Marion Stricker (Universal Publishers, 2000) Order
  • The Sins of Brother Curtis: A Story of Betrayal, Conviction, and the Mormon Church Lisa Davis (Scribner March 15, 2011) Order
  • No Man Knows My History-The Life of Joseph SmithFawn M. Brodie (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1971) Order
  • Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Archaeological Search for the Book of MormonStan Larson (Freethinker Press, 1998) Order
  • Reconsidering No Man Knows My History : Fawn M. Brodie and Joseph Smith in Retrospect Newell G. Bringhurst (Utah State University Press August 1996) Order
  • Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control Luna Lindsey (Amazon Digital Services, Inc. July 14, 2014) Order
  • Secret Ceremonies:A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond Deborah Laake (William Morrow and Company, 1993) Order
  • Studies of the Book of MormonBrigham D. Madsen (Editor), B. H. Roberts, Sterling M. McMurrin (September 1992) Order

Multi-Level Marketing

  • All that Glitters is not God: Breaking Free From the Sweet Deceit of Multi-Level Marketing Athena Dean (Wine Press Publishing, 1998) Order
  • Consumed by Success: Reaching the Top and Finding God wasn't there Athena Dean (Wine Press Publishing, 1997) Order
  • False Profits: Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid SchemesRobert Fitzpatrick and Joyce K. Reynolds (Herald Press, 1997) Order
  • Home Businesses You can Buy: The Definitive Guide to Exploring Franchises, Multi-Level Marketing and Business Opportunities Paul and Sarah Edwards (Walter Zooi, JP Tarcher, 1997) Order
  • Spellbound: My Journey Through a Tangled Web of SuccessRobert Morgan Styler (Sandy Creek Publishing; 1 edition January 1, 1998) Order
  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man: How Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid Frauds Work...and Why They're More Common Than EverJames Walsh (Silver Lake) (Merritt Publishing 1998) Order

Nation of Islam

  • Inside the Nation of Islam, A Historical and Personal Testimony by a Black MuslimVibert White (University Press of Florida, 2001) Order

North Korea

  • The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It MattersB.R. Myers (Melville House January 26, 2010) Order
  • This is Paradise!: My North Korean ChildhoodHyok Kang, Philippe Grangereau (Little, Brown Book Group July 5, 2007) Order
  • Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim DynastyBradley K. Martin (St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition January 10, 2006) Order

Nuwaubians

  • Soul Sacrifice: One Story of ManyRuby S. Garnett (AuthorHouse November 18, 2011) Order
  • Ungodly: A True Story of Unprecedented EvilBill Osinski (Indigo Custom Publishing May 2007) Order

NXIVM

  • Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying CultCatherine Oxenberg with Natasha Stoynoff (Gallery Books August 7, 2018) Order
  • The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVMToni Natalie with Chet Hardin (Grand Central Publishing September 24, 2019) Order
  • Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult that Bound My LifeSarah Edmondson with Kristine Gasbarre (Chronicle Prism September 17, 2019) Order

Oneness Pentecostalism

  • Christianity Without the Cross: A History of Salvation in Oneness Pentecostalism Thomas A. Fudge (Universal Publishers, 2003) Order

Opus Dei

  • Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei Maria del Carmen Tapia (Continuum Pub Group, 1998) Order
  • Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church John L. Allen Jr. (Doubleday Religion 2005) Order
  • Opus Dei: An Investigation into the Powerful Secretive Society within the Catholic Church Michael Walsh Harper (San Francisco 2004) Order
  • Opus Dei: The false Work of God, A guide to Families all over the World Betty Silberstein (3rd Edition March 12, 2011 Amazon Digital Services) Order
  • The Popes Armada: Unlocking the Secrets of Mysterious and Powerful New Sects in the Church Gordon Urquhart (Transworld Publishers Limited, May 1996) Order
  • Saints and Schemers: Opus Dei and Its Paradoxes Juan Estruch, Joan Estruch, Elizabeth L. Glick (American Philological Association, September 1995) Order
  • Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei Robert A. Hutchison (St. Martin's Press, June 1999) Order

Polygamists

  • Answer Them Nothing: Bringing Down the Polygamous Empire of WarrenDebra Weyermann (Chicago Review Press August 1, 2011) Order
  • Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My FatherWarren Jeffs Rachael Jeffs (Harper November 14, 2017) Order
  • Colorado City Polygamists: An Inside Look for the Outsider Benjamin G. Bistline (Agreka Books; 1 edition July 21, 2004) Order
  • Church of Lies Flora Jessop (Jossey-Bass January 27, 2009) Order
  • Daughter of the Saints: Growing up in Polygamy Dorothy Allred Solomon (W.W. Northon & Company, 2004) Order
  • Escape Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer (Hardcover - Oct 16, 2007) Order
  • God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy Andrea Moore Emmett (Prince-Nez Press, 2004) Order
  • His Favorite Wife Susan Ray Schmidt The Lyons Press (March 3, 2009) Order
  • Inside the World of Warren Jeffs Carole A., Dr. Western (Wyndham House Publishing November 15, 2007) Order
  • "It's Not About the Sex" My Ass Steve Cuno and Joanne Hanks( lulu.com February 2, 2013) Order
  • Lost Boy Brent W. Jeffs (Broadway May 19, 2009) Order
  • Mormon Polygamy: A History Richard S. Van Wagoner (Signature Books 1992) Order
  • Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage"George D. Smith (Signature Books December 5, 2008) Order
  • The Polygamists: A History of Colorado City, Arizona Benjamin G. Bistline (Agreka Books, 2004) Order
  • The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir Anna LeBaron ( Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. March 21, 2017) Order
  • Polygamous Families in Contemporary Society Sterling M. McMurrin, Irwin Altman, Joseph Ginat (Cambridge University Press 1996) Order
  • Predators, Prey, and Other Kinfolk: Growing Up in Polygamy Dorothy Allred Solomon (W.W. Norton & Company 2003) Order
  • Property: The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife Carol Christie and John Christie (Dundurn April 27, 2013) Order
  • Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day SaintsJon Krakauer (Bloomsbury USA August 30, 2011) Order
  • The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect Daphne Bramham (Random House Canada March 25, 2008) Order
  • The Secret Story of Polygamy Kathleen Tracy (Sourcebooks 2001) Order
  • Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's WifeIrene Spencer (Center Street August 22, 2007) Order
  • SisterWifeNatalie R. Collins (Zumaya Publications, 2003) Order
  • The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir Ruth Wariner (Flatiron Books January 5, 2016) Order
  • The Sixth of Seven Wives: Escape from Modern Day Polygamy Mary Mckert (Truth Publishing, 2000) Order
  • A Teenager's Tears : When Parents Convert to Polygamy John R. Llewellyn (Agreka Books 2001) Order
  • When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back Stephen Singular (St. Martin's Press April 21, 2008) Order
  • The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice Rebecca Musser and M. Bridget Cook (Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition June 17, 2014) Order
  • Wives and Sisters Nalie R. Collins (St. Martin's Press, 2004) Order

Ray, James Arthur

  • Tragedy in Sedona: My Life in James Arthur Ray's Inner Circle Connie Joy (Transformation Media Books October 1, 2010) Order

Sai Baba

  • Avatar of Night: The Millennial EditionTal Brooke (End Run Publishing, 1999) Order

Sahaja Yoga

  • Sahaja YogaDr Judith Coney (Curzon Press, 2000) Order
  • Shamans, Mystics and DoctorsDr Sudhir Kakar (University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition April 9, 1991) Order
  • The Shortest JourneyPhilippa Pullar (Unwin Paperbacks, 1984) Order

Satanism

  • Speak of the Devil: Tales of Satanic Abuse in Contemporary England Jean La Fontaine (Cambridge University Press February 28, 1998) Order
  • A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case Lynley Hood (Longacre Press, 2001) Order
  • The Day Care Ritual Abuse Moral Panic Mary de Young (McFarland and Company 2004) Order
  • In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the OccultRobert D. Hicks (Prometheus Books, 1991) Order
  • Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions and the Media Bill Ellis (University Press of Kentucky 2000) Order
  • Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980sKier-La Janisse, Paul Corupe (FAB Press; 2 edition August 1, 2016) Order
  • Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker (Basic Books, 1995) Order

Scientology

  • A Piece of Blue Sky - Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard ExposedJon Atack (NY Carol, 1990) Order
  • Bare Faced Messiah - The True Story of L. Ron HubbardRussell Miller (M. Joseph 1987) Order
  • Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing EscapeJenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer (William Morrow February 5, 2013) Order
  • Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of ScientologyMarc Headley (BFG BOOKS INC.; 1st edition November 5, 2009) Order
  • Commodore's Messenger: A Child Adrift in the Scientology Sea OrganizationJanis Gillham Grady (Outback Publishing; 1 edition August 1, 2017) Order
  • The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of ScientologyJohn Sweeney (Silvertail Books January 7, 2013) Order
  • The Church of Scientology: A History of a New ReligionHugh B. Urban (Princeton University Press August 21, 2011) Order
  • Closing Minds: How Scientology's "Ethics Technology" is Used to Control Their Members Jefferson Hawkins (Hawkeye Publishing Company (February 17, 2015) Order
  • The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of ScientologyJohn Duignan and Nicola Tallant (Merlin Publishing; 1st Edition edition October 7, 2008) Order
  • Counterfeit Dreams: One Man's Journey Into and Out of the World of ScientologyJefferson Hawkins (Hawkeye Publishing Co. 2010) Order
  • Deceived One Woman's stand against the Church of Scientology Bonnie Woods (Bonnie Woods June 12, 2009) Order
  • Escaping Scientology: An Insider's True Story: My Journey with the Cult of Celebrity Spirituality, Greed & PowerKaren [Schless] Pressley (Pressley & Associates; 1st edition September 21, 2017) Order
  • The Expert Witness: My Life at the Top of ScientologyJesse Prince (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform September 13, 2018) Order
  • Flunk. Start.: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in ScientologySands Hall (Counterpoint March 13, 2018) Order
  • Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of BeliefLawrence Wright (Knopf; First Edition edition January 17, 2013) Order
  • Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive ReligionJanet Reitman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt July 5, 2011) Order
  • L. Ron Hubbard - Messiah or Madman?Bent Corydon (Fort Lee, NJ Barricade Books, 1992) Order
  • Leaving Scientology: A Practical Guide to Escape and RecoveryJefferson Hawkins (Hawkeye Publishing Co. June 7, 2012) Order
  • My Billion Year ContractNancy Many (Xlibris Corporation September 12, 2009) Order
  • Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I LoveMichelle LeClair with Robin Gaby (Berkley September 11, 2018) Order
  • The Road to Xenu:Life Inside ScientologyMargery Wakefield (lulu.com February 24, 2010) Order
  • Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me Ron Miscavige and Dan Koon (St. Martin's Press; Unabridged edition May 3, 2016) Order
  • Scientology: A to Xenu: An Insider's Guide to What Scientology is Really All About Chris Shelton ( GraphicsWerks; 1 edition December 23, 2015) Order
  • Scientology - Abuse At the TopAmy Scobee (Scobee Publishing; 1st edition May 9, 2010) Order
  • Scientology in Popular Culture: Influences and Struggles for LegitimacyStephen A. Kent (Editor),‎ Susan Raine (Editor) (Praeger July 14, 2017) Order
  • Scythe Tleppo: My Survival of a Cult, Abandonment, Addiction and HomelessnessNathan Rich (Dynasty Systems September 17, 2018) Order
  • The Symphony of Leif Paul Y Csige (CsiMec, Incorporated; 1st edition January 15, 2010) Order
  • Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and ScientologyLeah Remini Rebecca Paley (Ballantine Books November 3, 2015) Order
  • The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette CooperTony Ortega (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform May 1, 2015) Order

Seventh Day Adventist

  • The White LieWalter Rea (M&R Publications, 1982) Order

Sidha Meditation

  • The Guru Looked GoodMarta Szabo (Tinker Street Press January 30, 2009) Order

Sri Chinmoy

  • Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up CultJayanti Tamm (Harmony April 14, 2009) Order

Straight Inc.

  • Institutionalized Persuasion Marcus Chatfield (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform November 6, 2014) Order
  • Straightling: A MemoirCyndy Drew Etler (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform June 22, 2012) Order

Synanon

  • Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults Paperback Paul Morantz (Cresta Publications September 26, 2013) Order
  • The Light On Synanon: How A Country Weekly Exposed A Corporate Cult-And Won The Pulitzer Prize Dave Mitchell (Wideview Books; First edition 1982) Order
  • The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia Rod Janzen (The Johns Hopkins University Press (uly 11, 2001) Order

Transcendental Meditation

  • The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Actually Change You?Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm (Watkins Publishing May 26, 2015) Order
  • TM and Cult Mania Michael A. Persinger, Normand J. Carrey and Lynn A. Suess (Christopher Pub House, 1980) Order
  • The Maharishi Effect: A Personal Journey Through the Movement That Transformed American Spirituality Geoff Gilpin (Tarcher October 19, 2006) Order
  • Roots of TM: The Transcendental Meditation of Guru Dev & MaharishiMahesh Yogi Paul Mason (Premanand June 2, 2015) Order
  • Transcendental Deception: Behind the TM curtain – bogus science, hidden agendas, and David Lynch’s campaign to push a million public school kids into Transcendental MeditationAryeh Siegal (Janreg Press January 15, 2018) Order

Trinity Foundation - Ole Anthony

  • I Can't Hear God Any More: Life in a Dallas Cult Wendy J. Duncan (VM Life Resources 2006) Order

Ultra Orthodox Jewish Groups

  • All Who Go Do Not Return: A MemoirShulem Deen (Graywolf Press March 24, 2015) Order
  • Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme ReligionsCami Ostman and Susan Tive, (Seal Press April 2, 2013) Order
  • Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood Leah Vincent (Nan A. Talese January 21, 2014) Order
  • The Faith of the Mithnagdim: The Rabbinic Responses to Hasidic Rapture Allan Nadler (Johns Hopkins Jewish Studies, 1997) Order
  • Theocratic Democracy: The Social Construction of Religious and Secular ExtremismNachman Ben-Yehuda (Oxford University Press, USA November 29, 2010) Order
  • Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came HomeLeah Lax (She Writes Press August 28, 2015) Order
  • Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic RootsDeborah Feldman (Simon & Schuster February 14, 2012) Order

Unification Church/Rev. Moon

  • Bad Moon Rising John Gorenfeld (Polipoint Press March 1, 2008) Order
  • Heartbreak and Rage: Ten years under Sung Myung Moon Gordon Neufeld (Virtual Bookwork, 2002) Order
  • Hostage to Heaven: Four Years in the Unification CultBarbara Underwood, Betty Underwood (Random House Value Publishing December 12, 1988) Order
  • In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's FamilyNansook Hong (Little Brown & Company, 1998) Order
  • To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the InfluenceLisa Cohen (Heliotrope Books LLC September 18, 2018) Order

Urantia

  • Urantia: The Great Cult MysteryMartin Gardner (Prometheus Books, 1995) Order

Waco Davidians/David Koresh

  • See No Evil: Blind Devotion and Blood Shed in David Koresh's Holy WarTim Madigan (The Summit Group, Fort Worth TX, 1993) Order
  • Mad Man In Waco: The Complete Story of the Davidian Cult, David Koresh and the Waco MassacreBrad Bailey & Bob Darden (WRS Publishers, 1993) Order
  • Inside the CultMarc Breault & Martin King (Signet Books, 1993) Order
  • Massacre at WacoClifford Linedecker (St. Martins Paperback, 1993) Order

Westboro Baptist Church

  • Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church Lauren Drain with Lisa Pulitzer (Grand Central Publishing March 5, 2013) Order
  • Girl on a Wire: Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church Libby Phelps with Sara Stewart (Skyhorse Publishing August 8, 2017) Order

The Way, Victor Paul Wierwille

  • Losing the Way: A Memoir of Spiritual Longing, Manipulation, Abuse, and Escape Kristen Skedgell (Bay Tree Publishing June 18, 2008) Order
  • Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of the Way International Charlene L Edge (New Wings Press, LLC November 21, 2016) Order
  • Victor Paul Wierwille and the Way International J. L Williams Moody Press (1979) Order

Wicca

  • The Law Enforcement Guide to WiccaKerr Cuhulain (Horned Owl Publishing, 1997) Order

"Word of Faith" Movement

  • Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity GospelKate Bowler (Oxford University Press; 1 edition June 5, 2013) Order
  • Christianity in CrisisHank Hanegraff (Harvest House Publishers, Inc, 1997) Order
  • The Confusing World of Benny HinnG. Richard Fisher and M. Kurt Goedelman (Personal Freedom Outreach, 1997) Order
  • A Different Gospel - A Historical and Biblical Analysis of the Modern Faith MovementD. R. McConnell (Hendrickson Publishers Inc., 1988) Order
  • The Walking Wounded-A Look at Faith TheologyJeremy Reynalds (Huntington House Publishers Lafayette, LA, 1996) Order

Worldwide Church of God

  • The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Jerald Walker (Beacon Press September 6, 2016) Order
  • Cults and Closets: Coming Out of Chaos Troy Fitzgerald (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition August 15, 2013) Order
  • On Angels Wings: A Spiritual JourneyPatricia Ann Laessig (Authorhouse November 2002) Order

Your Black Muslim Bakery

  • Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith, Racism's Backlash, and the Assassination of a JournalistThomas Peele (Crown February 7, 2012) Order

 

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