A Radical In The East-The papers presented here represent over twenty-five years of publications by S. Brent Morris. They explore his many questions about Freemasonry, usually dealing with origins of the Craft.
ABC of Criminology-by Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon Durkheim: There is no society known where a more or less developed criminality is not found under different forms. No people exists whose morality is not daily infringed upon. We must therefore call crime necessary and declare that it cannot be non-existent, that the fundamental conditions of social organization,…Read more ABC of Criminology
Abortion and Informed Common Sense-The controversy over a woman’s “right to choose,” as opposed to the numerous “rights” that abortion opponents decide should be assumed to exist for “unborn children,” has always struck me as incomplete.
Adirondack Summer, 1969: A Novel-by Alan Robert Proctor Purchase through Amazon “In Adirondack Summer, 1969, Alan Proctor has fashioned a marvelous world that invokes nostalgia and realism (and even magical realism) to superb effect. It’s a poignant, playful, intensely imagined book, written with grace and good humor and the kind of sentences all writers ache to produce. Highly recommended,…Read more Adirondack Summer, 1969: A Novel
All Flowers Bloom-by Kawika Guillermo Buy it here Winner of the 2021 Reviewers Choice Gold Award for Best General Fiction/Novel In a cruise ship stateroom, a soul awakens in the afterlife, still dressed in the Roman servant garbs of his previous life. He can’t remember much, but a silent woman stands out in his memory: his first…Read more All Flowers Bloom
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…Read more Avant-Garde Politician
Baronial Bedrooms-By Barbara Billauer Bailey A grand tour of 700 years of palatial bedrooms spanning four continents and ten countries, Baronial Bedrooms: The Kama Sutra of Grand Design, presents a historiography of design, architecture, history and bedroom-intrigue through the ages. Beginning at a time when the bedroom supplanted the salon or parlor as audience-chamber and meeting-room of the imperial class, this book distills the…Read more Baronial Bedrooms
Beijing Express: How To Understand New China-by David Baverez Purchase through Amazon ABOUT THE BOOK 2017. The new President of France just took office. He knows his country needs radical reforms. The question is how to make his mark from the word go and how to make a clean break from his predecessors’ policies. He has an idea: instead of going…Read more Beijing Express: How To Understand New China
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…Read more Bulwarks Against Poverty in America
China & Europe: The Turning Point-In creating five fictitious conversations between Xi Jinping and five European experts, David Baverez, who lives and works in Hong Kong, offers up a totally new vision of the relationship between China and Europe.
Colonial American History: The Essential Story-By Robert Owens Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace This work is written for non-Historians, and is a handy easy-to-read condensed look at Early American History. It is composed of short chapters each of which is designed to be a stand-alone treatment of a segment of time. It is my hope that this…Read more Colonial American History: The Essential Story
Conflicts in Health Policy-Edited by Bonnie Stabile, Introduced by Randy S. Clemons & Mark K. McBeth When conflicts arise in health policy, the insights of policy scholars can contribute to crafting solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Beyond their mere technical attributes, health and medical policy issues require political acumen and policy knowledge to diagnose problems, inform debate, and devise…Read more Conflicts in Health Policy
Criminology Confronts Cultural Change-Edited by Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon Is using the humanities and social sciences (psychology, sociology, law, etc.) to understand the crime, the criminal, the victim, criminality, and society’s reaction to crime a science? A crime is the unique combination of a perpetrator, a victim, and a set of circumstances. Its individual and quantitative analysis…Read more Criminology Confronts Cultural Change
Demand the Impossible: Essays in History as Activism-Editors: Nathan Wuertenberg and William Horne Purchase through Amazon Born from the wave of activism that followed the inauguration of President Trump, Demand the Impossible asks scholars what they can do to help solve present-day crises. The twelve essays in this volume draw inspiration from present-day activists. They examine the role of history in shaping…Read more Demand the Impossible: Essays in History as Activism
Dialogue in the Greco-Roman World-by Leslie Kelly, Ph.D. Purchase through Amazon This short book is designed to introduce students of ancient history to the genre known as “the dialogue.” This literary form went through periods of popularity and decline in ancient Greece and Rome but it was present from the classical period through late antiquity and carried over into…Read more Dialogue in the Greco-Roman World
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.
Donald J. Trump’s Presidency: International Perspectives-Editors: John Dixon and Max J. Skidmore Purchase through Amazon President Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy rhetoric and actions become more understandable by reference to his personality traits, his worldview, and his view of the world. His campaign rhetoric catered to Americans comfortable with isolationism and certainly with no appetite for foreign military engagements. So, his…Read more Donald J. Trump’s Presidency: International Perspectives
Freemasonry, Politics and Rijeka (Fiume) (1785-1944)-by Ljubinka Toseva Karpowicz Purchase through Amazon LJUBINKA TOŠEVA KARPOWICZ studied sociology and later political science at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade. She received her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Ljubljana in 1987. She worked as a researcher in various institutes in Yugoslavia and…Read more Freemasonry, Politics and Rijeka (Fiume) (1785-1944)
Freemasonry: A French View-by Roger Dachez and Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon Perhaps one should speak not of Freemasonry but of Freemasonries in the plural. In each country Masonic historiography has developed uniqueness, but it is safe to say that one of the highest levels of scholarship has been in France. This book is a case in point, as…Read more Freemasonry: A French View
Geopolitics of Outer Space: Global Security and Development-by Ilayda Aydin Purchase Civilization in the twenty-first century is characterized by its technological capacity, which is substantially realized through space technologies. A desire for increased security and rapid development is driving nation-states to engage in an intensifying competition for speed and superiority to better utilize the unique assets of space. This competition, however, is…Read more Geopolitics of Outer Space: Global Security and Development
History of the Grand Orient of Italy-Emanuela Locci, Editor Purchase The initiative to write this volume comes from the need to fill a bibliographic gap: no book in Masonic literature upon the history of Italian Freemasonry has been edited in English up to now. Thus, it aims to cover this lack and to enter those scholars referring to the English idiom…Read more History of the Grand Orient of Italy
Issues in Maritime Cyber Security-Editors: Dr. Joe DiRenzo III, Dr. Nicole K. Drumhiller, Dr. Fred S. Roberts Purchase Free Chapter Download The world relies on maritime commerce to move exceptionally large portions of goods, services, and people. Collectively this effort comprises the Maritime Transportation System or MTS. A major component of this daunting multifaceted enterprise are cyber networks, and…Read more Issues in Maritime Cyber Security
It Can Happen Here: A Novel Look Backward-by Max J. Skidmore Purchase It Can Happen Here is set in the near future following the term of a rogue president. Its protagonist has kept a detailed journal of American politics of the period. He responds to numerous requests from family and friends for descriptive analyses of the 2020 elections and the resulting first…Read more It Can Happen Here: A Novel Look Backward
La Máquina Oscura-by D. G. Sutter Purchase through CreateSpace | Purchase through Amazon The ground rumbles. The humming beneath begins, a droning monotonous tune that will one day drive us mad. The machines rise and steal oxygen from the air, rotating at dangerous speeds and emitting lethal radiation. Upon the return home to the small village of Montejo de la…Read more La Máquina Oscura
Los BRICS y el Discurso del Nacionalismo en el Siglo XXI-Edited by Myrna Rodriguez Anuez, Luis Ochoa Bilbao, and Marisa Pineau Purchase through Amazon En el siglo XXI el nacionalismo sigue latiendo con fuerza y se expresa de multiples formas ya sea en los sentimientos sociales aparentemente compartidos como en las retoricas literarias, las expresiones artisticas, el marketing turistico y en los proyectos politicos. Pero…Read more Los BRICS y el Discurso del Nacionalismo en el Siglo XXI
Managing Challenges for the Flint Water Crisis-Edited by Toyna E. Thornton, Andrew D. Williams, Katherine M. Simon, Jennifer F. Sklarew Purchase The field of emergency and crisis management covers countless natural and human-induced hazards as well high threats. Focusing events occur at every level of governance; however, it is at the local level in which the ‘rubber’ response efforts meets the…Read more Managing Challenges for the Flint Water Crisis
Masonic Myths and Legends-The papers presented here represent over twenty-five years of publications by S. Brent Morris. They explore his many questions about Freemasonry, usually dealing with origins of the Craft.
Natural Gas as an Instrument of Russian State Power-by Ion A. Iftimie Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace “Since the Cold War, Russia has been perceived as a broken nation that no longer represents a threat to the North Atlantic Alliance. This book emphasizes that Russia overcame this major vulnerability by developing the capacity to use unilateral economic sanctions in the form of…Read more Natural Gas as an Instrument of Russian State Power
Peacebuilding: A Personal Journey-Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama by David L. Phillips Purchase David L. Phillips is Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Phillips served as Foreign Affairs Expert and as Senior Adviser to the U.S. Department of State and as Senior Adviser to…Read more Peacebuilding: A Personal Journey
Post Arab Spring: Middle East Reviews-Edited by Mohammed M. Aman PhD and Mary Jo Aman MLIS Purchase through Amazon The book brings together reviews of books published between 2012 and 2015 about the Middle East and North Africa. The subject coverage spans the humanities, arts, and social sciences but excludes books on science and technology. Reviews are written by experts…Read more Post Arab Spring: Middle East Reviews
Siren of the Heart-by Gad Ben-Meir Purchase Siren of the Heart is a selection of Ben-Meir’s poems written over the last twelve years celebrating his avid appreciation and colourful insight into love and friendship in all their manifestations, repercussions and, sometimes, conversion into hate or antipathy. His rhymes and free verse illuminate the breadth and depth of such…Read more Siren of the Heart
Sources in Late Antiquity and Byzantium-by Leslie Kelly Purchase This book introduces the student of Late Antiquity and Byzantium to the types of sources they are most likely to encounter in their research, explaining how these genres work and how best to utilize them as sources for history. When attempting to draw on a letter, a legal text, a code…Read more Sources in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
Springfield: The Novel-by William Morris Purchase through Amazon “So why for God’s sake,” asked Mike Hanlin in his avuncular manner, “did Mary kill herself?” Hanlin, the seasoned ex-diplomat, perceptive but bewildered, finds himself stalking a dangerous unknown killer. The plot and setting are classically American with the pillars of the Catholic Church compromised and the establishment confused…Read more Springfield: The Novel
Stamped: An Anti-Travel Novel-by Kawika Guillermo Buy it in print | for Kindle Winner of the 2020 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in Prose Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Literary category of the 2019 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest Exasperated by the small-minded tyranny of his hometown, Skyler Faralan travels to Southeast Asia with…Read more Stamped: An Anti-Travel Novel
Storia del Grande Oriente d’Italia (Italian Edition)-by Emanuela Locci Purchase Questo volume è la traduzione italiana di un libro precedente nato con l’intento di colmare una lacuna bibliografica, infatti, fino alla sua pubblicazione non era presente nella letteratura massonica un libro che trattasse in maniera organica la storia della massoneria in Italia, scritto in inglese. Questo volume si proponeva di eliminare…Read more Storia del Grande Oriente d’Italia (Italian Edition)
The Idea of the Digital University-Purchase through Amazon By Frank McClusky & Melanie Winter It is widely believed that college is not what it used to be. Politicians are calling for a full-scale overhaul of higher education. The public is losing its confidence in higher education. It is argued that American higher education is in crisis. The authors, who together…Read more The Idea of the Digital University
The Middle East: New Order or Disorder?-Edited by Mohammed A. Aman, Ph.D. and Mary Jo Aman, MLIS Purchase through Amazon This book brings together edited papers contributed to this volume by presenters at the most recent Middle East Dialogue (MED Conference held annually in Washington, DC, and sponsored by the Policy Studies Organization (PSO), the Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES),…Read more The Middle East: New Order or Disorder?
The Politics of Fiscal Responsibility: A Comparative Perspective-As the OECD member nations emerged from the fiscal fall out in 2008, question about whether democratic countries can take pro-active leadership before a crisis forces their hand emerged. This book is a collection of country chapters detailing their austerity response to such an interconnected and punctuating event.
The Politics of Impeachment-Margaret Tseng, Editor Purchase Print Edition | Purchase Kindle Edition As changes in our political system have developed over the last two centuries, impeachment has grown even more political. The polarization of political parties, the power of interest groups and the expansion of suffrage has deeply impacted who we elect. Those elected officials, in turn, are responsible…Read more The Politics of Impeachment
The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate-by Bruce Stevens Proctor and Alan Robert Proctor Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace 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…Read more The Sweden File: Memoir of an American Expatriate
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…Read more Toward the Abyss: Israel and the Palestinians