please welcome lawrence wright! [cheers and applause] all right. you are a staff writer for the new yorker. one of your previous books is called the looming tower which you won a pulitzer prize for. congratulations. >> thank you. >> stephen: you have a new book here called "going clear: scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief." what do you mean? are you a sub pressive person yament. do you believe in kfw? ly not hesitate to put my outethics in you? >> i guess i've come to the wrong show. >> stephen: do you know what i'm saying right now? are you upset right now? >> i'm upset. >> stephen: i will confront shatter suppression. >> i had no idea you spoke this language. >> stephen: not entirely sure what i said but it sounds impressive. [laughter] why did you want to write about scientology? why investigate somebody's elz's religion. if you want to believe it, believe it, if not, move on. >> i'm fascinated by religion especially in this country where you can believe anything you want which isn't true in a lot of places. >> stephen: when you say

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>> from politics & prose in d.c., lawrence wright reports on the church of scientology. the author who interviewed former and current scientologists recounts its history of profiles its founders, the science fiction writer. this is about an hour. [applause] >> well, thank you, bradley. thank you overcoming. this bookstore is a great institution and i've been here many times, spoken many times that my son used to be of the reset as a matter of fact. we have a lot of old ties to politics & prose. you know, i would type of a centile g, but here i am in wash 10, that is a unique roadside koji's and had better talk about how washington plays into scientology. ron hubbard was born in 1911 and when he was 12, his father was stationed here in the navy. so little raunchy through the panama canal with his family and that was a memorable trip for him because i'm not ship with a figure who would change his life and his name was lieutenant commander steve thompson. many people say that and didn't really exist, that he did. he was a real figure and part of his assignment in the navy -

number five is lawrence wright looking into the world of church of scientology. in his book, going clear. bill o'reilly and martin do guard a peer pure back to back on the list for their book, killing lincoln. the books are sixth and seventh respectively. number eight is susan king studying the lives of introverts in her book, quiet. followed by

lawrence wright debuts on the list third with the look to the world of church of scientology in going clear. scientology in hollywood. no. 4 bill they recount the assassination of john f kennedy. it's in the 16th week on the list. mark owens no easy day. a detailed account of the mission to kill osama bin laden is fifth followed by the second appearance on the list with killing lincoln. that's sixth. the creators of total frat move.com and w. r bollen is seventh with the book of fraternity humor. eighth hoda cron criminal of a personal transformation of six people in the book "ten years later." john's biography of thomas jefferson is ninth. and no. 10 adam's and larry alexander tell the story of an american and german pilot flighting over germany in 1964 with a "higher call" for more go to ny times.com and click on arts. you were able to see the fraternity rates declining. by the time we hit the second world war we are right around the replacement rate. and immediately after the -- second world war we had the only major of increase in the fertility rate. that's the baby boom. everybod

lawrence wright debuts on the list third with his look into the world of the church of scientology in"going clear: scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief." number four, bill o'reilly and martin dugard recount the assassination of president john f. kennedy in "killing kennedy." the book is in its t 16th week on the list. mark owen's "no easy day" is fifth followed by bill o'reilly and martin dugard's second appearance on the list with "killing lincoln." seventh, the book of fraternity humor, total frat move. it's the book's first week on the bestseller list. eighth, the personal transformations of six people in the book "ten years later." pulitzer prize-winning journalist jon meacham's biography of thomas jefferson is ninth, and at number ten, larry alexander tells the story of an american and german pilot flying over germany in 1943 with "a higher call." for more on these bestsellers and more, go to ny times.com and click on arts.

number five, lawrence wright in "going clear: scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief." co-authors bill o'reilly and martin dugard appear back to back on the list with their books "killing kennedy"

lawrence wright debuts on the list third with his look into the world of the church of scientology in clear, kyl scientology, hollywood, the prism of belief. number four, the assassination of john f. kennedy. the book in its 16th week on the list. mark owen, a detailed account of the mission to kill osama bin laden is fifth, followed by bill o'riley's second appearance on the lest, killing lincoln. the creators of total frat are seventh with their book of fraternity humor. the book's first week on the bestseller list. eighth, the chronicle of the percentage transformations of six people in their book, ten years later. pulitzer prize winning author jon meacham's story of thomas eversend, and then the story of an american and german pilot flying over germany in 1943 with, a higher call. for more on these best sellers go to ny times.com and click on arts. >> if you want to convert people you have to first of all persuade them their soul is in dire danger. ... >> there is always more than one face to issue and more to appearances. there is an embodiment of the lesson. when it comes to hum

on monday booktv continues our programming with lawrence wright on scientology, michelle alexander on the new jim crow, max boot on guerrilla warfare and jonathan katz on haiti aid, just to name a few. watch these programs and more all weekend on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >>> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. earnest free berg, humanities professor at the university of tennessee, recounts how thomas edison's invention of the lightbulb in 1879 transformed the united states. in "the age of edison: electric light and the invention of modern america." in "the terror courts," jess bravin reports on legal issues surrounding the prosecution of alleged terrorists by military or commissions. former boston global reporters dick lar and gerard to kneel recount the life of whitey bulger, fbi informant in "whitey: the life of america's most notorious mob boss." david shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university examines china's growing economic influence in the global marketplace. margueri