by Isabel Anderson Purchase through Amazon Isabel Anderson was born Isabel Weld Perkins (1876-1948). Though a wealthy socialite, she wrote numerous books including On the Move, The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines, Circling Africa and The Spell of Japan. Her favored genres included children’s literature, accounts of travel and family memoirs such… Continue reading Zigzagging: An American Female Nurse’s Experiences During WWI
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Chains of Empire: English Public Schools, Masonic Children, Historical Causality, and Imperial Clubdom
by P. J. Rich Purchase through Amazon The British Empire’s and the English public schools’ peculiar system of rituals and rewards had more in common than has been realized. In Chains of Empire, Paul Rich related this to controversies about historical causality, morphic resonance, chaos, and the claims to influence of other bastions of the… Continue reading Chains of Empire: English Public Schools, Masonic Children, Historical Causality, and Imperial Clubdom
Disaster Response: Medical and Health Policies
by Arnauld Nicogossian, Edited by Bonnie Stabile Purchase through Amazon Disaster Response offers research and insights from medical professionals and policy scholars to help improve interventions and reduce suffering when disasters occur, whether they result from natural or human made threats.
Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington Vol. V
by Philosophical Society of Washington Purchase through Amazon The Philosophical Society of Washington was founded on March 13, 1871. It was preceded by gatherings at the home of Joseph Henry, the great scientist whose discoveries laid the foundations for advances in magnetism and electromagnetism. Since 1887 it has met at the Cosmos Club, in whose… Continue reading Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington Vol. V
Discourse on the Life and Character of William Wirt
by John P. Kennedy Purchase through Amazon Wirt made headlines most recently in 2005, but for an unfortunate reason. Someone had broken into the Wirt Tomb, located in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC, and his skull was taken and later found in a tin box with gold letters announcing that it was the skull… Continue reading Discourse on the Life and Character of William Wirt
Masonic Poems
by Masonic Service Association US Purchase through Amazon Masonic poems can be maudlin or marvelous, but critics must concede that Rudyard Kipling and Robert Burns cannot be accused of being amateurs. In short, the poetry of Freemasonry is a very mixed bag. It often is on show at table lodges, which are ceremonial meals that… Continue reading Masonic Poems
Strategies for Online Education: New Paradigms: Internet Learning Journal: Vol. 4, No. 1
by Melissa Layne Purchase through Amazon Internet Learning Journal (ILJ) is a biannual, open-access, doubleblind peer-reviewed academic publication sponsored by The Policy Studies Organization (PSO) and American Public University System (APUS). The aim of Internet Learning Journal (ILJ) is to provide a venue for the publication of quality academic research with an emphasis on representing… Continue reading Strategies for Online Education: New Paradigms: Internet Learning Journal: Vol. 4, No. 1
Socrates: An Oration
by Thomas Starr King Purchase Boston fancied itself the Athens of America when Thomas Starr King delivered his celebrated lecture on Socrates to rapt audiences. On January 29th, 1849, he wrote his friend Randolph Ryer: The first of the week I was engaged in retouching my lecture (before the Mercantile Library Association)… Such a house… Continue reading Socrates: An Oration
Famous Stars of Light Opera
by Lewis C. Strang, Introduction by Matthew Brewer Purchase through Amazon In his catalogue of their character and artwork, Strang’s book becomes as much an exploration of the requisites of comedic performance as of the individuals who epitomized it. In the narratives of their lives, one sees the power these individual performers had to shape… Continue reading Famous Stars of Light Opera
Plain Thoughts on Secret Societies
by John Lawrence Purchase through Amazon John Lawrence (1824-1899) was a historian of the United Brethren churches and an abolitionist. When he wrote Plain Thoughts there was a clear consensus among his fellow believers that Freemasonry was insidious and diabolical. But in 1889 the United Brethren split into two denominations. Contributing to the schism was… Continue reading Plain Thoughts on Secret Societies
The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funeral Archeology
by E. A. Wallis Budge Purchase through Amazon E. A. Wallis Budge, despite having to leave school at the age of twelve to work, never stopped learning. He studied languages such as Hebrew and Assyrian, and volunteered at the British Museum. There he was introduced to leaders in Egyptian study, including Samuel Birch and George… Continue reading The Mummy: Chapters on Egyptian Funeral Archeology
Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard
by Vance Barnum Purchase through Amazon Joe Strong was a favorite hero and could ride any horse, juggle most anything, and climb buildings, all with a steel reserve. He was the child of unique parents: a mother that rode trick horses and a magician for his father. However, in Horatio Alger fashion, by age five,… Continue reading Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard
The Magic of Oz
by L. Frank Baum Purchase through Amazon When Kiki Aru discovers the magic word “PYRZQXGL” can transform him into anything he chooses (if you pronounce it correctly), he turns himself into a hawk and sets out for adventure. Former Nome King Ruggedo, an old enemy of Oz and Princess Ozma, joins him on his quest.… Continue reading The Magic of Oz
Gold Days: California During the Eventful Days of ’49
by Owen Cochran Coy Purchase on Amazon 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 Twain’s Roughing It (1872),… Continue reading Gold Days: California During the Eventful Days of ’49
Seventy Five Years in California: A History of Events and Life in California During the 1800s
by William Heath Davis Purchase through Amazon Seventy-Five Years in California spans the 19th century, offering William Heath Davis’ view of California’s Pastoral Period. He gives readers a unique look at the disintegration of missions, the rise of the rancheros, the American Invasion, the Gold Rush and the adoption of the territory as a state.… Continue reading Seventy Five Years in California: A History of Events and Life in California During the 1800s
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 | 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 systematic knowledge in… Continue reading Europe’s Welfare Policies: The Frayed Safety Net
Feeding the Global South: Food in Asian and African Societies
Edited by Keokam Kraisoraphong Purchase through Amazon | Open Access The second issue of World Food Policy (WFP) Journal continues to bring together research-based papers by invited authors. Diverse in topic and geographical coverage, the papers offer insightful food policy analysis from the approach of the contributors’ area of expertise. Examining food policy agenda from… Continue reading Feeding the Global South: Food in Asian and African Societies
Who is the Enemy?: The Revolution in Terrorism Affairs and the Ways to Understand It
by Alain Bauer Purchase on Amazon 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 the efforts to cope… 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 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 that the titles sold… Continue reading A Young Volunteer in Cuba: Or, Fighting for the Single Star
Freemasonry’s Research Agenda
by Margaret C. Jacob, Preface by Paul J. Rich Purchase in Print Perhaps it should not be surprising that a secret society remains something of a secret. A telling comment made on several occasions by Pierre Mollier, the librarian of the Grand Orient or premier national body of French Freemasonry, nicely summarizes the state… Continue reading Freemasonry’s Research Agenda
The Symbolic Tradition of Freemasonry
Edited by Pierre Mollier Purchase 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 has meant that important progress… Continue reading The Symbolic Tradition of Freemasonry
Challenges Facing Freemasonry
by John L.L. Cooper III, Preface by Paul J. Rich Purchase through Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace Secrecy and ritualism often go together, although for many societies the secrecy is no longer as strong as it once was. However, ritual remains one of their major characteristics, making them distinct from a large number of other… Continue reading Challenges Facing Freemasonry
World Food Policy
Edited by Keokam Kraisoraphong Purchase through Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace The first issue of World Food Policy (WFP) is one of the three issues for which we have invited the authors of the papers to shed light on current and emerging global, regional and national policy agenda for food. The papers in this… Continue reading World Food Policy
The Story of Secret Service
by Richard Wilmer Rowan, Introduction by Rahima Schwenkbeck Purchase through Amazon Few works attempt to be as ambitious as Richard Wilmer Rowan’s The Story of Secret Service. Rowan packs in thirty-three centuries of world history in this volume, tracing a long history of espionage and its impact. The history of espionage is a particularly difficult… Continue reading The Story of Secret Service
The Republican Manual: History, Priciples, Early Leaders, Achievements of the Republican Party
by E. V. Smalley Purchase through Amazon Eugene Smalley was a great journalist and well-known enthusiast for the expansion of the Pacific Northwest and one-time private secretary to President James Garfield. He helped expose the Ku Klux Klan and was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly. His stalwart support of the Republican Party started with… Continue reading The Republican Manual: History, Priciples, Early Leaders, Achievements of the Republican Party
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers
Edited by Robert Henry Newell Purchase through Amazon The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers highlights the sense of humor that was part of the literature of the Civil War in the United States. The Papers originally appeared as a series of installments to Sunday newspapers. Upon completion of the installments, they were edited and bound with… Continue reading The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers
Tales of Old Japan
by A. B. Mitford Purchase through Amazon Sir Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1837-1916) was raised to the peerage as Baron of Redesdale in 1902. He was also a Knight of the Bath and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. After joining the Foreign Service in 1858, Lord Redesdale was posted in St. Petersburg, Peking,… Continue reading Tales of Old Japan
Syria the Land of Lebanon
by Lewis Gaston Leary, Preface by Paul Rich Purchase through Amazon This emphatically is not a book about the territory now constituting Syria but about an era when the terms Lebanon and Syria were used in a politically incorrect inept way even by the foreign powers dominating the region. Leary’s son, Lewis Gaston Leary Jr.… Continue reading Syria the Land of Lebanon
Sturdy and Strong: or How George Andrews Made His Way
by G. A. Henty Purchase through Amazon George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) was born at Trumpington near Cambridge and attended Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge University. He became a war correspondent and covered the Austro-Italian War, the 1868 British invasion of Ethiopia, the Franco-Prussian War, the Ashanti Wars, the Turco-Serbian War and rebellions in Spain. When… Continue reading Sturdy and Strong: or How George Andrews Made His Way
Stories for the American Freemason’s Fireside
by C. W. Towle Purchase through Amazon This is a collection of stories intended to be morality tales for Masons and their admirers. Numerous nineteenth century writers saw a market for fiction whose intention was to inculcate the values of a popular, redefined Freemasonry. The result was a folklore that has been likened to a Disney… Continue reading Stories for the American Freemason’s Fireside
Schooldays of Fred Harley: Or, Rivals for all Honors
by Arthur M. Winfield Purchase through Amazon Arthur M. Winfield was the pseudonym of Edward L. Stratemeyer, who was an incredibly prolific writer. He collaborated in writing over 1,300 books, selling more than 500 million copies. He was behind several incredibly popular juvenile fiction series such as The Bobbsey Twins, The Hardy Boys and the Nancy… Continue reading Schooldays of Fred Harley: Or, Rivals for all Honors
Ritual and Secrecy Confront Reality
Edited by by Pierre Mollier, Daniel Kerjan, Yves Hilvert-Messeca, and Carter Charles Purchase through Amazon This special issue of Ritual, Secrecy and Civil Society, among other things, questions explores the ways in which the secret initiatory societies interface with political and social history. It would be a great mistake to think that organizations such as Freemasonry… Continue reading Ritual and Secrecy Confront Reality
Oriental Rambles
by George W. Caldwell M.D. Purchase through Amazon No excuse is offered for this volume and no apology is volunteered. The author did the best he could. It is not intended as a guidebook or a romance, but merely as a true account of the events of travel and the points of interest as the ordinary… Continue reading Oriental Rambles
Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days
by John D. Whidden Purchase on Amazon John D. Whidden served in various roles on ships since the age of twelve. Although he portrayed himself as a roguish boy, he quickly proved himself as a ship’s gofer, and earned a mate’s position by his early twenties. His travels saw him around the world, with stops at… Continue reading Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days
New Ideas for Online Learning: Keeping up with the Changes
Edited by Melissa Layne Purchase on Amazon 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 Skype” potentially more effective than time honored… Continue reading New Ideas for Online Learning: Keeping up with the Changes
New Frontiers in Criminology
Edited by Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon Criminology owes a great deal as a discipline to the eighteenth century social philosophers, particularly those like Cesare Beccaria who partly built some of their arguments on social contract theory. Certainly some of the aspects of the debate over free will date from then. The publishing of Beccaria’s Dei… Continue reading New Frontiers in Criminology
John Hawke’s Fortune: A Story of Monmouth’s Rebellion
by G. A. Henty Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) was born at Trumpington near Cambridge and attended Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge University. He became a war correspondent and covered the Austro-Italian War, the 1868 British invasion of Ethiopia, the Franco-Prussian War, the Ashanti Wars, the Turco-Serbian War and… Continue reading John Hawke’s Fortune: A Story of Monmouth’s Rebellion
Harvard University Songs
by E. F. DuBois Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Eugene Floyd DuBois (1882-1959) studied medicine at Columbia after doing his undergraduate work at Harvard and graduating in 1903. At Harvard he was business editor of the Harvard Lampoon, the humor magazine, and rowed. He had a lifelong avocational interest in music but as professor… Continue reading Harvard University Songs
Fiat Lux: Full Score, Parts Included
Composed by by Gregory Thomas Woolford Martin Purchase on Amazon (Fiat Lux: Full Score, Parts Included) | Purchase on CreateSpace Purchase on Amazon (Fiat Lux: Piano & Vocal Score) | Purchase on CreateSpace Gregory Thomas Woolford Martin has composed for small and large ensembles, electronica, choir, film, theater, dance and orchestra. He has received grants from… Continue reading Fiat Lux: Full Score, Parts Included
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards
by William Andrew Chatto Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace William Andrew Chatto (1799-1864) initially was employed in the wholesale tea business. However, his real passion was antiquarian scholarship, so in 1834, he gave up the family firm and devoted himself to writing full-time. His first work was entitled, Recollections of Fly-Fishing in Northumberland, under the… Continue reading Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards
Espionage!
by H. R. Berndorff, Translated by Bernard Miall Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Hans Rudolf Berndorff (1895-1963) was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. From a young age was a journalist with an interest in the bizarre and adventurous, including shipwrecks and piracy. During the Nazi era he published a number of popular novels that steered… Continue reading Espionage!
Debating the Ku Klux Klan
by Julia E. Johnsen Purchase through Amazon The Ku Klux Klan has had several manifestations in the United States. The first emergence was in the 1860s during the Reconstruction Era. Julia Johnsen’s work intersects with the second major resurgence of the Klan during the 1920s. The work takes a unique approach, as the Ku Klux Klan… Continue reading Debating the Ku Klux Klan
Benjamin Franklin and Canada
by Hon. William Renwick Riddell Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace While Benjamin Franklin is of paramount importance to American history, he deserves a place in Canadian history as well. As deputy postmaster general for the British colonies, he established the Canadian post office in Halifax to better link the North American settlements with Britain,… Continue reading Benjamin Franklin and Canada
Eben Holding’s Last Day A-Fishing
by Irving Bacheller Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace In addition to being a writer, Addison Irving Bacheller (1859-1950) founded the Bacheller Syndicate, the first newspaper syndicate in the United States established in 1885 to provide unique content to fill additional space of Sunday papers. It was often with writing by well-known authors like Rudyard… Continue reading Eben Holding’s Last Day A-Fishing
Old Towpaths: The Story of the American Canal Era
by Alvin F. Harlow Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Alvin Fay Harlow wrote on many historical subjects, including mailing services, waybills, the telegraph, stamp collecting and education. Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he attended Franklin College in Indiana and then worked in the coal and timber business, and as a commercial artist, before being able… Continue reading Old Towpaths: The Story of the American Canal Era
The Victor Book of the Opera
By Victor Talking Machine Co., Introduction by Matthew Brewer Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace The Victor Book of Opera carries on the proud tradition of operatic synopsis compendiums with a rich array of historic photos and recording references. With its intricate descriptions of opera synopses spanning the length and breadth of the repertoire,… Continue reading The Victor Book of the Opera
Social Media Writing Lesson Plans for YouTube, Facebook, NaNoWriMo, CreateSpace: Bonus Intro to Blogger
by Dr. Erik Bean and Emily Waszak Purchase through Amazon Your students are already using social networks. Why not take their lessons to where they spend much time? Social Media Writing Lesson Plans published by Westphalia Press imprint of the Policy Studies Organization, Washington, D.C. is geared towards secondary and higher education English and composition teachers… Continue reading Social Media Writing Lesson Plans for YouTube, Facebook, NaNoWriMo, CreateSpace: Bonus Intro to Blogger
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
Florence Nightingale: The Wounded Soldier’s Friend
by Eliza F. Pollard Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. The Nightingale Museum in London includes such curiosities as the lantern she carried on her rounds to the wounded during the Crimean War, more than a thousand of her letters, and her pet owl,… Continue reading Florence Nightingale: The Wounded Soldier’s Friend
Mexico En Marcha
by Manuel Eduardo Hubner Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Los que juzgan el movimiento social y político de México a través de las doctrinas recientes se encuentran generalmente con dificultades teóricas insalvables. No saben que los fenómenos característicos de la revolución fueron ya los motivos determinantes de las luchas por la emancipación a comienzos del… Continue reading Mexico En Marcha
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