by Dr. Liz Johnson Purchase through Amazon With ABM (agent-based model simulations, researchers can observe the dynamics of agents, the collective, and the interrelating environment, in relation to policy. ABM simulations are well suited for capturing relationship connections and interaction processes from heterogeneous agents in operation during the policy process. ABMs allow for generating models… Continue reading Agent-Based Model Basics: A Guidebook & Checklist for Policy Researchers
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The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate
by Bruce Stevens Proctor and Alan Robert Proctor Purchase through Amazon Bruce Proctor’s journey was a harrowing one – from top secrete Pentagon war-policy insider to American deserter. Interpreting reconnaissance photos taken over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, he concluded that the conflict was immoral, misguided and deceptive. He suddenly quit the Defense Intelligence Agency… Continue reading The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate
California Chinese Chatter
by Albert Dressler Purchase through Amazon by Albert DresslerCalifornia Chinese Chatter contains telegrams sent in 1874 between Chinese citizens living in Downieville, California, and a court transcript of the murder trial of Ah Jake. It offers a unique view of the difficulties that Chinese immigrants had in the United States, particularly in the midst… Continue reading California Chinese Chatter
New Ideas for Online Learning: Keeping up with the Changes
Edited by Melissa Layne Purchase through Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace | Open Access Can a growing number of students in distance education reach such levels that conventional education is permanently changed? Does online education reflect the current economic crisis? Are faculty becoming less and less conventional, while adjunct ranks swell still further? Is “education by… Continue reading New Ideas for Online Learning: Keeping up with the Changes
Gold Days: California During the Eventful Days of ’49
by Owen Cochran Coy Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace The California Gold Rush really was a bonanza. Between 1849 and 1855 more than $400 million dollars was gathered by the miners; once adjusted, it is a sum today reaching into the trillions. It was a social phenomenon marked by the carnivalesque. In Mark… Continue reading Gold Days: California During the Eventful Days of ’49
Europe’s Welfare Policies: The Frayed Safety Net
European Policy Analysis, Vo. 1, No. 1: Europe’s Welfare Policies: The Frayed Safety Net Edited by Klaus Schubert, Nils Bandelow, Peter Biegelbauer, and Fritz Sager Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace | Open Access Contents: Editorial Introduction to the First Issue of European Policy Analysis Enhancing gender equity through evidence-based policymaking? Theorizing and tracing the use of… Continue reading Europe’s Welfare Policies: The Frayed Safety Net
Who is the Enemy?: The Revolution in Terrorism Affairs and the Ways to Understand It
by Alain Bauer Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Few people have the advantages that Alain Bauer possesses in providing an overview of the current world security crisis. He is the ultimate example of “been there, done that”. Welcome in the inner circles of a half dozen countries, his opinions are eagerly sought as… Continue reading Who is the Enemy?: The Revolution in Terrorism Affairs and the Ways to Understand It
A Young Volunteer in Cuba: Or, Fighting for the Single Star
by Edward Stratemeyer, Illustrated by A. B. Shute Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace A Young Volunteer in Cuba is a work of historical fiction for young readers written by Edward Stratemeyer. This work, along with his Fighting in Cuban Waters, depicted the Spanish-American War. Stratemeyer used a variety of pseudonyms because he found… Continue reading A Young Volunteer in Cuba: Or, Fighting for the Single Star
The Symbolic Tradition of Freemasonry
Edited by Pierre Mollier Purchase Print Version | Purchase on CreateSpace This volume, full of significant work on Freemasonry and kindred subjects, is the result of a bold effort to make the best in articles about fraternalism appearing in tonguesother than English available to the English-speaking scholarly world. The productivity and sophistication of researchers in Europe… Continue reading The Symbolic Tradition of Freemasonry
Toward the Abyss: Israel and the Palestinians
by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir Purchase on Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace The Israeli-Palestinian conflict does not appear to be any closer to a resolution, even after decades of continuous struggle. Since the signing of the historic Oslo Accords, the divide between the two sides has devolved to its lowest point yet, which has made the opportunity… Continue reading Toward the Abyss: Israel and the Palestinians
Harvard Episodes
by Charles Macomb Flandrau Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace When this book first appeared in 1897, the student newspaper the Harvard Crimson, was upset: “With the exception of Haydock, all the characters are unmanly, snobbish, morbid or unhappy. That such characters exist in every college class is of course undeniable, but they are, after… Continue reading Harvard Episodes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Amenities of Book Collecting
by A. Edward Newton with a new introduction by Katherine Mead-Brewer The Amenities of Book Collecting is a unique compilation of literary history, autobiography, travel writing, and, of course, the history of book collecting. Through these essays and reflections, Newton presents his own travels, collecting goals and expeditions, relationships, and interests as an introduction, for the… Continue reading The Amenities of Book Collecting
France & New England Volume 1
by Allan Forbes & Paul Cadman The State Street Bank, which published this book as part of a series of three about France and New England to mark the 100th anniversary of the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to Boston, was given a charter in 1792 by none other than John Hancock, in his… Continue reading France & New England Volume 1
Dante and His Time
by Karl Federn In Dan Brown’s book, Professor Langdon tells his Harvard class that “Dante’s Inferno is a landscape so rich in symbolism and iconography that I often dedicate an entire semester course to it.” While taking Dr. Langdon’s course on Dante is impossible, there is no better guide to the references in Brown’s novel… Continue reading Dante and His Time
President John Quincy Adams’ Quarrel with the Freemasons
Edited and Introduced by Guillermo De Los Reyes Such was the revulsion in the United States over the purported murder of William Morgan, an upstate New Yorker who in 1826 disappeared after threatening to expose Masonic secrets, that political groups campaigned to drive Masons out of office and close down their lodges. President John Quincy… Continue reading President John Quincy Adams’ Quarrel with the Freemasons
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