by Charles Mason Remey Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Charles Mason Remey (1874-1974) was the son of Admiral George Collier Remey and grew up in the house at 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, which is the headquarters of Westphalia Press and the Policy Studies Organization. He drew plans and did a study of the house,… Continue reading Observations of a Bahai Traveler
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Engineering America: The Rise of the American Professional Class, 1838-1920
by Edward Rhodes Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace In a single lifespan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, America passed through an extraordinary economic and social transformation. Industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and westward expansion into the vast interior of the continent yielded the structural framework of the modern America we still recognize more than a century later.… Continue reading Engineering America: The Rise of the American Professional Class, 1838-1920
Baghdad and Points East
by Robert J. Casey Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Robert Casey belonged to the generation of foreign correspondents who outdid Hollywood in their adventures. Cited for bravery in World War I, he then spent twenty-seven years as a columnist for the Chicago Daily News. His search for stories took him to Indochina and Cuba,… Continue reading Baghdad and Points East
Freemasonry in Inverness
by Alexander Ross Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Alexander Ross (1834-1925) was educated at Inverness Royal Academy and became an architect like his father. He joined St. John’s Masonic Lodge in 1833 and eventually was its Master. Ross traveled throughout Scotland as public education expanded and was responsible for the plans of over 450… Continue reading Freemasonry in Inverness
On Foreign Service
by T. T. Jeans Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace This story is based on Experiences, of my own, in various parts of the world, and describes a Revolution in a South American Republic, and the part played by two armoured cruisers whilst protecting British interests. It describes life aboard a modern man-of-war, and attempts to… Continue reading On Foreign Service
Lodge “Himalayan Brotherhood” No. 459 E.C.: Minute Books and Correspondence
by G. Reeves-Brown Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace The famous Himalyan Brotherhood lodge owes its origins to a Masonic lodge established in Calcutta in 1773. Members of descendant lodges organized Himalyan Brotherhood in 1838 in the Indian hill station of Simla, where British rulers spent the hot summers. Over the years the lodge attracted a… Continue reading Lodge “Himalayan Brotherhood” No. 459 E.C.: Minute Books and Correspondence
Spring or Cruel Winter?: The Evolution of the Arab Revolutions
by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace The Arab Spring, sparked by Tunisian university graduate turned street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi’s act of self-immolation, is an ongoing, integral part of global transformation, ushering in a new era in which no ruler can deprive his citizens of their basic rights. However, this idealism was… Continue reading Spring or Cruel Winter?: The Evolution of the Arab Revolutions
Death Valley in ’49
by William Lewis Manly Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mills in California in 1848 caused thousands to give up their homes in the eastern states and head West. To avoid the Sierra Mountains, which in winter could be deadly, a party led by William Lewis Manly (1820-1903) attempted… Continue reading Death Valley in ’49
Roads of Adventure
by Ralph D. Paine Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Ralph Delahaye Paine (1871-1925) owed part of his swashbuckling success as a writer to connections forged at Yale’s secret society Skull and Bones and to an early friendship with the publisher William Randolph Hearst, for whom he covered the Spanish American War as well… Continue reading Roads of Adventure
The Story of the City Companies
by P.H. Ditchfield Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace As this volume shows, the guilds or livery companies of London started as medieval associations of tradesmen: haberdashers, skinners, goldsmiths, and ironmongers. They became charity foundations, trustees of schools and hospitals, custodians of art treasures and historic buildings, and the electorate for the leadership of the… Continue reading The Story of the City Companies
Philippine Masonic Directory ~ 1918
by Chas. M. Colton Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Originally limited to the Spanish occupiers, Freemasonry attracted leaders of the Philippine independence movement and has played an important role in the history of the islands. The great leader Joseph Rizal was an active member, as were Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Jose… Continue reading Philippine Masonic Directory ~ 1918
Gems of Song for Eastern Star Chapters
compiled by Pitkin & Mathews Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Although the Order of the Eastern Star at one time claimed ties to orders in the seventeenth and eighteenth century Swedish royal court, the consensus is that it was largely invented as a companion secret society to Freemasonry in the nineteenth century. Both… Continue reading Gems of Song for Eastern Star Chapters
Mexico: The Wonderland of the South
by W. E. Carson Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace William English Carson (1870-1940) was a controversial writer about social issues but when his book about Mexico first appeared in 1910, critics enthused: “Mr. Carson knows Mexico thoroughly …It would be hard to discover anything worth seeing that he has not seen. He has wandered… Continue reading Mexico: The Wonderland of the South
A Trip to Palestine and Syria
by John P. Hackenbroch Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace In 1913, the same year that this nuanced and colorful account of the Middle East was published, a group of Arab students living in Paris proposed an international meeting about Syria and Lebanon to discuss the decay of the Ottoman Empire, the part the… Continue reading A Trip to Palestine and Syria
Hints on Masonic Etiquette
by R. H. Gaynor Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Freemasonry not only has myriad complex ceremonies for initiating and advancing candidates, but also preserves a code for every social occasion, including requirements for addressing others during meetings, offering banquet toasts, opening and closing letters, entering and leaving rooms – in short, conduct that… Continue reading Hints on Masonic Etiquette
Star Gleams: A Collection of Songs, Odes, and Ceremonials
by Carrie B. Jennings Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Although sometimes claiming seventeenth and eighteenth century Scandinavian origins and found in Scotland and Canada and Australia, the Eastern Star is really an American secret society closely tied to Freemasonry. Women largely lead it, although some male Masons serve as officers. This collection, made by… Continue reading Star Gleams: A Collection of Songs, Odes, and Ceremonials
Old Time Schools and School Books
by Clifton Johnson Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Primers and other early American schoolbooks were often lost due to years of use, neglect and eventually becoming outdated. Thankfully, Clifton Johnson, in Old Time Schools and School-Books, is able to draw from his vast collection of school books in order to offer readers a taste… Continue reading Old Time Schools and School Books
Manual of Knights Templar
by Edward J. Newman Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Partly because of novelists and Hollywood, the Masonic Knights Templar have enjoyed an enormous amount of recent attention, and are the subject of extravagant claims about their antiquity. The truth is that the present Templars, while admittedly going back many years, owe much to the… Continue reading Manual of Knights Templar
History of the Knights of Pythias
by Jos. D. Weeks Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Although a secret society, the Pythians sought to aid reconciliation after the Civil War and gave rise to other movements, including the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, Princes of Syracuse, Knights of Omar, and Order of Calanthe. Membership is less than it once was, but… Continue reading History of the Knights of Pythias
Gems of Poetry and Song on James A. Garfield
by J. C. McClenahan Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace The outpouring of grief over the assassination of James Garfield coincided with a Victorian high tide in emotional display about the dear departed, and produced enormous amounts of glassware, statues and other memorabilia to preserve the memory of the martyred president. This not atypical volume… Continue reading Gems of Poetry and Song on James A. Garfield
Bulwarks Against Poverty in America
by Max J. Skidmore Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace In Bulwarks Against Poverty in America, long-time Social Security scholar Max J. Skidmore presents seminal articles selected from the journal Poverty and Public Policy to clear away much of the confusion dominating pubic discussion relating to Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act. Experts… Continue reading Bulwarks Against Poverty in America
Surviving Education’s Internet Revolution
Edited by Melissa Layne Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Melissa Layne, Ed.D., is the Director of Research Methodology and Editor-in- Chief for Internet Learning at American Public University System. Layne earned her doctoral degree in reading (digital literacies) from Sam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas and also holds a master’s in curriculum and… Continue reading Surviving Education’s Internet Revolution
Understanding Internet Policies and Complexities
Edited by Melissa Layne Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Melissa Layne, Ed.D., is the Director of Research Methodology and Editor-in- Chief for Internet Learning at American Public University System. Layne earned her doctoral degree in reading (digital literacies) from Sam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas and also holds a master’s in curriculum and… Continue reading Understanding Internet Policies and Complexities
New Directions in the Middle East
Edited by Mohammed M. Aman and Mary Jo Aman Purchase This book presents essays based on papers at the annual Middle East Dialogue held in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES) and the Policy Studies Organization (PSO), and at the Conference of the Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and… Continue reading New Directions in the Middle East
Middle East Conflicts & Reforms
Edited by Mohammed M. Aman, PhD and Mary Jo Aman, MLIS Purchase Since its inception, the annual Middle East Dialogue conference sponsored by the Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES) journal and the Policy Studies Organization (PSO), has become a major international event that brings together leading scholars, diplomats, and policy makers, seeking possible solutions to… Continue reading Middle East Conflicts & Reforms
Lyrics & Love Songs
by Albert Pike, with a new introduction by Paul Rich Purchase on Amazon Albert Pike was a Harvard dropout, Confederate general, lawyer for Native American causes, celebrated Masonic leader, and lifelong writer of poems. Erudite in many languages and expert on folklore and mythology, his work “Morals and Dogma” continues to be a major text in… Continue reading Lyrics & Love Songs
Spies I Knew
by Marthe McKenna Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Born in Flanders, Marthe Cnockaert McKenna (1892-1986) was recruited in 1915, during World War I, to an Anglo-Belgian espionage ring. Her cover was as a nurse, and the Germans awarded her the Iron Cross for her hospital work. After a period as a double agent she was apprehended by them… Continue reading Spies I Knew
A Study in Forgery
by Scaevola with a new introduction by Katherine Mead-Brewer A Study in Forgery is a truly unique read centered on Polish and Soviet Russian relations in the first half of the 20th century. Written under the pseudonym of Scaevola in the height of World War II, this book provides a fascinating and passionate call for Poland’s… Continue reading A Study in Forgery
The Historic Codfish
by George H. Proctor, Samuel D. Hildreth, and William Frank Parsons There may be 160 representatives in the Massachusetts legislature, but there is only one codfish. The nearly five-foot carving hanging from the ceiling is the third reminder of the importance of fishing to the state. The first was burnt in a 1747 fire and the second… Continue reading The Historic Codfish
Avant-Garde Politician
By Yehezkel Dror In this iconoclastic book, Dror argues that humanity cascades through a metamorphosis, driven mainly by science and technology. Radical human enhancement, synthesis of viruses, quasi-intelligent robots and molecular engineering illustrate the emerging quantum leap, as do value changes ranging between mass-killing fanaticisms to human “maturation.”Along with the windfall of opportunities for thriving… Continue reading Avant-Garde Politician
The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters
by Wilmer M. Ely with a new preface by Robert Rich Jr. Wilmer M. Ely introduced whole generations of American youth to the adventures of the Chums and produced this classic story of Florida in the days of rum runners. The young heroes have their boat stolen from them, and without any money they sign on… Continue reading The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters
John Rowe
by John C. Phillips with a new preface by Robert E, Rich Jr. John Rowe’s observations on fishing near Boston in the eighteenth century appeared in a rare limited edition of only 150 copies more than eighty years ago. Besides his Boston area fishing, Rowe went on excursions to the Monument River, which is now the Cape… Continue reading John Rowe
Crime 3.0: The Rise of Global Crime in the XXIst Century
by Alain Bauer with a forward by Paul Rich Alain Bauer argues that we need, with considerable immediacy, to press the formal study of crime in the academy, and that more resources need to be channeled towards that purpose. The approach in universities, if they do deign to study the subject, is often relegated to… Continue reading Crime 3.0: The Rise of Global Crime in the XXIst Century
Revolutionary Civility
by George Washington There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among other advantages made possible political discourse without viciousness. Decorum has been jettisoned, often with the excuse that the… Continue reading Revolutionary Civility
Expansive Civility
by Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among other advantages made possible political discourse without viciousness. Decorum has been jettisoned, often… Continue reading Expansive Civility
Manifest Civility
Manifest Civility: The Young Man’s Own Book There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among other advantages made possible political discourse without viciousness. Decorum has been jettisoned, often with the… Continue reading Manifest Civility
Industrial Civility
by Alex M. Gow There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among other advantages made possible political discourse without viciousness. Decorum has been jettisoned, often with the excuse… Continue reading Industrial Civility
Progressive Civility
by Henry J. Wehman There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among other advantages made possible political discourse without viciousness. Decorum has been jettisoned, often with the excuse… Continue reading Progressive Civility
Civility and the Great War
by Walter Lippman There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among other advantages made possible political discourse without viciousness. Decorum has been jettisoned, often with the excuse that the… Continue reading Civility and the Great War
Postwar Civility
by Rev. J. Guibert There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among other advantages made possible political discourse without viciousness. Decorum has been jettisoned, often with the excuse… Continue reading Postwar Civility
The Autobiography of Theophilus Waldemeier
by Theophilus Waldemeier Theophilus Waldmeier (1832-1915) was a Swiss Quaker who first attracted international attention when he was imprisoned by King Theodore of Ethiopia and rescued by British forces at the battle of Magdala in 1859. He went to Beirut and founded the Brumana School, his lasting achievement, and which became one of the most… Continue reading The Autobiography of Theophilus Waldemeier
Misunderstood Children
Purchase through Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace by Elizabeth Harrison Elizabeth Harrison (1849-1927) founded the National Louis University in Chicago, originally meeting in the Art Institute. She was a friend of Maria Montessori, with whom she spent time in Rome in 1912-13, and of Jane Addams, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and social reformer, and… Continue reading Misunderstood Children
Maxims of James Abram Garfield
Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace by James A. Garfield James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1881. He is the only president to have been an ordained clergyman and was president of Hiram College in Ohio, and… Continue reading Maxims of James Abram Garfield
France & New England-Volume 3
Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace by Allan Forbes & Paul Cadman This is the third volume of a series published during the 1920s that was prompted by the 100th anniversary of the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to America at the end of his life to farewell the country he had helped… Continue reading France & New England-Volume 3
Eight Decades in Syria
Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace by A.J. McFarland The Reformed Presbyterian Church is a very small denomination of about six thousand members that at one time had a presence in the Middle East. This scarce record of its activities amongst the Arabs was compiled by Andrew James McFarland, 1869-1952, a missionary clergyman who… Continue reading Eight Decades in Syria
Meeting Minutes of Naval Lodge No. 4 F.A.A.M. 1813
Purchase through Amazon Edited and Introduced by Isaiah Akin This book contains the Meeting minutes of Naval Lodge No. 4 F.A.A.M. of Washington DC from 1813, along with articles about the people mentioned and the Washington Navy Yard where many of them worked, and gives insight into Freemasonry in early America. In the book, you… Continue reading Meeting Minutes of Naval Lodge No. 4 F.A.A.M. 1813
Ivanhoe Masonic Quartettes
Purchase through Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Selected and arranged by Thomas C. Pollack with a new preface by Sion M. Honea The numerous initiatory degrees which are staged by Masonic organizations are generally plays in which the candidate is a principal actor. Music has been a part of these dramas for at least the… Continue reading Ivanhoe Masonic Quartettes
France & New England Volume 2
by Allan Forbes & Paul Cadman The French may have lost their war for America in the eighteenth century but they have never disappeared from New England. About five percent of the population of Maine speak French, with another three percent speaking it in New Hampshire and two and a half percent in Vermont. In… Continue reading France & New England Volume 2
Callinicus
Callinicus: A Defense of Chemical Warfare by J. B. S. Haldane Purchase through Amazon Coming soon to Kindle! Ironically, considering current Middle East problems, it was a Syrian named Callinicus who allegedly was the first to use chemical warfare. Born in AD 673, he combined naphtha, pitch, sulfur, saltpeter and other toxins to produce Greek… Continue reading Callinicus
Dr. John Bull
by Leigh Henry, with a new introduction by Matthew Brewer Dr. John Bull is a fascinating look at the life and times of one of the most influential English composers in musical history. Leigh Henry vividly realizes both the events that shaped John Bull as well as the world he inhabited. Through a richly detailed account… Continue reading Dr. John Bull
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