[Philosophy]

The only meaningful definition of Austrian culture that I can see is "don't invade France."  Likewise, the definition of German culture, other than anschluss with Austria, is invade France.  Hitler added a wrinkle, first he invaded Poland.

[Philosophy]

1 hour ago, Novosedoff said:

May I ask your opinion about the book?

 

Jesus! I never read it myself 🙂 I know western folks would normally think of Russians as largely pro-communist (at least, as older generations are concerned), however by the time I was about to finish my high school they didn't teach us the history of the communist party or whatever it used to be called. Now they teach our kids other sh*t like the history of religion (often taught by the Orthodox priests) because we've got this twisted ex-KGB guy who attends the church service. 

I think some of Plato's dialogues were compulsory to read at uni (not much use though ). 

Containment of Germany was America's #1 foreign policy goal before the cold war, and both books are German!

I am about halfway through Mein Kampf and I don't understand the need to subjugate Austria to achieve Germanization.  When they threw off the yoke of Austrian repression, Germany invaded France (the Franco Prussian War).  Prussian cavalry was also instrumental at Waterloo.  Hitler is implicitly talking about conquering Austria (Anschluss), destroying their independent culture (that's not very nice), and then making Vienna the capital of a German super state?????? This man is insane.

Another angle - the notion that the bigger the metro area the worse it is is insane.  Berlin is big, and the capital of a war machine that had to be divided amongst 4 nations after WWII to prevent revanchism.  Now they make DAW software.  It does come from a fear of STDs and the truth that big metro areas are more likely to have prostitutes.  Syphilis in particular.  Nasty disease.  Metro areas also have higher wages, particular for those who would otherwise not be middle class such as school teachers.  

Did you know that Ferris Bueller's Day Off and ET are set in Los Angeles.  It is very beautiful.  Most of US private schools are located in NYC. 

He does say something human, no social policy should be pursued unless it is for the common good. 

The wikipedia has a map of Germania during the empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania

[Historical Historians]

A tricky thing with history is to remember that Hells Angels were WWI pilots.  The biker gang developed post WWII out of a misunderstanding.  There are movies about them.

[Philosophy]

I've included some more stuff, especially by Demosthenes!  He wrote during the golden age of Greece, just before the Macedonian conquest.

I can't believe some of the titles I forgot.  I don't suppose the Divine Comedy counts as philosophy, more like fiction.

[Clovis and the beginning of France]

I think the year of ex-communion is 483.

About Hugh Capet's coronation:

"The Carolingians limped on until the death, in May 987 as the result of an accident while hunting in the forest of Senlis, of Louis V the Lazy – or, as the French call him when they mention him at all, le Fainéant, the do-nothing. Since he left no legitimate offspring, the lords of France met to elect his successor. There were two candidates for the crown. The first was the Carolingian Duke Charles of Lower Lorraine; the second was Hugh Capet,† a great-grandson of Robert the Strong. According to the principle of heredity, Charles was obviously the legitimate king; but at an early stage of the proceedings the Archbishop of Rouen made his preference clear: ‘The throne’, he thundered, ‘is not acquired by hereditary right; he who is elected to it should be distinguished not merely by the nobility of his birth but by the wisdom of his mind.’ His words were heeded, and Hugh Capet was awarded the crown of France. It was, as he must have known perfectly well, a poisoned chalice. For a start, he was surrounded by a number of great feudal lords – the Dukes of Anjou, Aquitaine and (more recently) Normandy, the Counts of Flanders and Blois – who had risen up over the past century and who considered themselves every bit as worthy of the supreme power as he was himself. Had they combined against him he could not have raised a finger in his own defence. In the south, the crown was hardly recognised at all; there the Count of Toulouse was far more respected than the king could ever be. Hugh’s subjects did not even share a common language; Celtic was spoken in Brittany, German along his eastern borders, Flemish to the north, the langue d’oc in Provence and Aquitaine, to say nothing of at least a dozen dialects across the country. What did the king have on his side? It helped, of course, to have been unanimously elected; but above all he had the Church. And the Church gave him all it had got, including probably the most elaborate and impressive coronation service it had ever mounted. The oil with which Hugh was anointed – not just on the forehead but on various other parts of his body as well – was, it was claimed, the same as used by St Remigius to anoint Clovis five centuries before, when it had been brought down by a dove from heaven. After his consecration the king took communion in both kinds, and when he stepped out of the Cathedral of Noyon* into the sunshine, the crown radiant on his head, he must have seemed to many of those present a semi-divine being. He was almost certainly the first of the French kings to be credited with the power of curing scrofula (‘the king’s evil’) – a miracle which he is said to have performed on many occasions. Yet never for a minute could Hugh Capet have felt like a king. Between Paris and Orléans he possessed towns and estates extending over four hundred square miles; there were also a couple of small properties near Angers and Chartres. But nowhere else in France was it safe for him to travel; to do so would have been to risk almost certain capture, and though his life might perhaps have been spared he was sure to be held to ransom – quite probably in extremely unpleasant conditions. ‘Charlemagne’s successor’, remarked a contemporary, ‘did not dare leave home.’ It was doubtless this uncertainty, this constant feeling of living a lie, that prevented him from ever calling himself King of France; nor indeed did any of his successors do so until Philip Augustus at the end of the twelfth century. ‘King of the Franks’ – Roi des Francs – was the title with which he was crowned; and King of the Franks he remained."

Norwich, John Julius. A History of France (pp. 41-43). Grove Atlantic. Kindle Edition.

This is why we should all take Latin - if I'm not mistaken "Roi des Francs" is not a very good title.  To indicate full sovereignty the title needs to be "rex du...."

I remember two textbook related problems in freshman world history 1) The text had the publication of the History of the King of the Britons off by two years, the correct year is 1138.  We had to get a first press and look at the inside cover.  2) The instructor did not have a teacher's version of the book, instead relying on lecture notes from Wendell Holmes, the instructor from the community college.  A real instructor's version is 15 times the cost of the student version.  Now I do remember, we had one until Corine Sims decided to read about the fall of the Roman empire herself; she was so unhappy with it she had the teacher's version banned.

Since there were accusations of widespread cheating in history education the reformers thought they could improve the value of history education by requiring the signature of an independent grader to validate the grade.  When the instructor thought he could regrade and sign a valid grade under pressure from the students who missed the question; reform fell apart.  He wouldn't stand by the answers the grader considered correct, because, and I forgot the simple explanation, they would have to admit the graders weren't butt ugly.

I'm not sure how members of the public got into the classroom.

The test question I beat Jason Jeffreys on for the first exam was one where "mesolithic" was the right answer and I think it had to do with homes with wooden frames without solid walls.  He gesticulated when he understood why "mesolithic" was the right answer, from my explanation, and lay prone on his desk.

The textbook explained that the subdivision of the stone age is the responsibility of anthropologists.  I have confirmed this by skimming anthropology for dummies.  We had a classroom discussion where Adrianne Candia took the lead in desiring to throw the term "mesolthic" out and use "chacolithic" instead.

At one point instructor Alan L Dobson said "I want to kill whoever thought of the word 'mesolithic!'"

The big issue on the first test was the beginning of the middle ages.  I remember that he insisted that the coronation at Rheims in 496 could not be it.  That left the death of Childeric II as the answer, not the ascension of Clovis I to the throne.  The death of a father is not a sin, so it can be the beginning of a Christian era, that's an interpretation from Gary Anderson.  That has been grosely misinterpreted as to suggest gifted students should be chaste.  Which is why staff, members of the public, and remedial students have no place in a classroom like that.   I remember at one point Jackie Banks had to put a gun to my freshman English teacher's head to restore order.

Gary Anderson was certainly supposed to be there for, well, a high ranking religious opinion.  Gary Anderson is the guy who should have been teaching at Mancini Music.  The reason I chose him is they wanted a religious opinion higher than the archangel Michael.  Is that why Ben was there?  I don't know how NHS got that stupid.

I remember a discussion with Peter Freeman about whether Robin Hood was real.  Well, there is a gravestone and it appears he is real but he didn't do anything exciting like marry Maid Marion.  Peter thought that Ben would be the perfect man to talk about history because he would tell a moral story.  That is one without sex in it.

Once he was in class Ben said that WWII didn't really happen (I have no idea how it came up).  He said someone said, "Gah!"  Julie Walner pointed out he knew someone said "Gah!" therefore he knows history.  You see, you are supposed to know history to give a liturgy.  You are also supposed to be ordained.  You also aren't qualified to give one unless you are the Roman emperor, the king of England, Daniel Webster, saint Michael (Roy E Lancaster), or chosen by him.   Roy Lancaster chose me to give the liturgy that made it my divine right.

Another reason Ben was chosen - someone asked what is the source for these things (meaning history or the texbook) and Ben replied "my ma."  Making him a moral and historical expert for all time.  This could also come with confusion with the grader's name, "Marissa N Martin."

He considered the liturgy (the book) about the fall of Rome unholy.  The book was written by the Roman emperor at the time; that's a damnable offense.

A point worth noting - most historical sources were written by the Roman emperor.

Roy E Lancaster said to that "That's not fair Daniel..."

Also, the man who asked Ben that question assumed Ben was smarter than I because he looked nerdier.  I didn't get a chance to answer the question myself.  He assumed that all nerds have bad grades because Ben has them.

Ben also suggest "my ma" is where babies come from.

 

The recurring question over what is the beginning of the middle ages seamed to frequently be misinterpreted as asking for the age of manhood of a monarch?  16, according to the textbook.  But the historically important coronation of Clovis found in "Clovis" appears to be at Rheims when he was 30.

Jason Jeffreys seamed to support instructor re-grading even though he got the answer right.  Here's the problem with instructor regrading, it creates two right answers.  This makes the students with the original correct answer look like liars.  I didn't get a regrade, I think the instructor actually offered me to change my answer and I wouldn't do it, because I wouldn't participate in his falsification of history.  Jason did get a regrade.  The answer the instructor decided upon was "Temujin."

Embarrassingly enough, the grader's name was Marissa N Martin.  When I was supposed to read back the name of the grader to the instructor, my father's thumb was covering most of her name, leaving "ma" exposed.  She was a Student Resource Officer.  That is, a student employee.

The thing is - conservatives think that having a grader co-sign a grade to ensure authenticity is impossible because none of themselves knows the answers to those test questions anyway (the conservatives are usually the average and remedial teachers that like to encroach on the gifted program because they are "cool" or something).  I don't remember exactly who ventured this explanation, but it is the most important one.

What compounded all the problems was the presence of Kelly S McMahon, 

Corine Sims interjected a comment that if you are looking for a grader it must be Kelly because gifted students are always fat, viewing gifted students like "Gorillas in the Mist."  This woman said that without any experience with gifted students!  Teachers of gifted students outrank all staff members so she was in over her head and didn't recognize it.  It was a revolt of the remedial teachers against lawful authority.  We are looking for a gifted student. Our scientific theories said she must be fat.  Look at this girl right here!  With the revolt of the remedial teachers (proof that they revolted, Mrs Graves went from remedial economics to AP economics and is absolutely not qualified for that material) it stuck.  Kelly, a terror who would go around trying to scribble a "0" on my exams or write an essay for me.  

I compared my first exam to the answer key, which the instructor had given me to review.  I don't really remember getting anything other than 100 in that class anymore.  The problem with the answer key is that people thought it was a workbook.   The answer key looks like a workbook.  Carol A Freeman took it off my desk and said it was a remedial textbook.  The instructor, Alan L Dobson lied and said that's what it was. 

Oh, dear.  At one point I was reading the answers aloud from the answer key as the instructor had asked.  Corine Sims, took it, inspected it, and took it.  The reputation that I make things up comes from the answer key.  In college Kelly S McMahon waved it in my face and it was called the "book of lies."

Now I remember, with my grade reduced to 99, Steve Spade said I should take responsibility.  Like I should take a '0' because the rest of the class was misled?  Once I was reduced to a 99, I became prey to the redneck riviera.

I couldn't be a real grader because I was forced to regrade one of Ben's 8th grade tests to a 100, making me ethics questionable.

Also, one unattractive girl asked "Can we argue?" The one in cross country.  I said "no."  This is after grades had been returned by the grader and Jason and I were the only ones to get a question or several of them correct.  Becky Bilovecky, a friend from Ohio pointed out that the girl who asked the question was such a bad student she couldn't believe she was talking.  She admitted that the idea was crap.  For some reason, Steve Spade thought that was the right answer!  Jane Garrett criticized Becky as being a horrible student.  She said she wouldn't be allowed at the front of the classroom unless she were a terrible student.  I don't remember her at the front of the classroom.  I do remember her comments a little bit.

To wit of Becky's presence.  There is some question about the source for Clovis I's title, which is obscure.  I think he ended is reign "Prince of the Burgundians."  I explained the source as a table from a history textbook from Stingley.  The conservatives tried to counterexplain that tables come from math textbooks.  Fortunately, the math book from the same year did explain that tables are used in history textbooks.  I think it was 3rd grade.  Becky was from Ohio to bring the books.

There were a couple of other issues that bothered the students throughout the year.  One was the issue of Marco Polo and what was said to Kublai Khan.  Another was the name of Tamerlane as the ruler with the cursed tomb.  His tomb is called the Gur-e-Amir and I got that from Britannica.  A recurring problem was that the graders (I think they were Student Resource Officers) were prettier than Bridget Bardot, thus making it hard for people to believe they knew the material as well as they did.

K, now I remember I started with the answer "Casimir IV Jagiellon", and did change to "Tamerlane" after the argument about the correct answer in order to maintain my grade of 100.  Especially since Kelly crimped my ear.

Next thing I was trying to describe what was in a Marco Polo movie, which I thought would be beyond the emotional maturity of the class.  It came up because I thought Tamerlane was the first Ottoman emperor, and then people pointed out that would make him a vassal of the Mongol emperor, which brought up Marco Polo.  I called the mission an "embassy" and some people had a cow.   This movie is no longer available on Amazon.  There's a B/W old movie and a newer one (1975) that is a martial arts flick.  The one with gravitas had Marco Polo asking Kublai Khan for "deliverance of heaven."  Due to a threat, which I think came from Warren Russell, Ben Russell proceeded to punch me in the face and say "lies" until I mangled the line to "deliverance from heaven."  "Deliverance of heaven" implies heaven is in danger and they need Kublai Khan's help.  "Deliverance from heaven" implies that heaven is after them and they personally need help from being slain by angels or something ridiculous.   I am not sure whether the class's lack of emotional maturing got into a discussion of sex, which I was hoping to avoid because it is a side track.  I will say, letting staff, members of the public, and remedial students into a gifted class is a disaster.

I wouldn't bother bringing up the Marco Polo movie if it weren't for totally inane discussion of "deliverance of heaven" vs "deliverance from heaven."  He is asking for deliverance from Muslim/Ottoman invasion.

This is the problem with the Russells and the remedial teachers; they think if there are religious issues involved it is fine to accuse everything of being satanic.  I will tell  you, Kublai Khan accepted neither Marco Polo nor Roy Lancaster as the leader of Christianity.  It eventually comes around to Marco Polo to invoke the prayer.

I remember being confronted by the police.  The instructor had asked me to stand up, and I don't remember why.  I had already received a 100.  They accused me of complaining about the answers!  And told me to change one of them!  So I didn't have 100 anymore.  Or did I?  I'm not sure what was decided, but in a situation like this you should basically take two different answers as correct at the same time - that's the right way to override the grader, which really shouldn't be done anyway.

Then came accusations that Christina B Maxwell the re-regrader was a satanist because she was good looking.  I pointed out that Kelly S  McMahon was the only one I knew who was a satanist.  That's why I'm glad for the overturning of Roe v Wade, now we can be honest, sometimes fat women are the bad guys.

Why did we need a re-regrader?  It started when Kelly S McMahon wrote Ben Russell over my name on an exam from the 8th grade to make it look like Ben was a good history student.  So when the instructor calls on me because I got the highest grade on the first test in world history my freshman year, people think that can't be right because my mother said it would be Ben, who isn't even in my history class.  Ruckel, you aren't supposed to give out those old tests unless its the prince of heaven himself who asks.

Ben Russell proceed to give the worst speech in history on mesolithic, which he interpreted as "hyperlithic."  No, it means "middle stone age" and the key worth "lith" is Latin for stone.  Also, stone tepees were built in the paleolithic age, which is the oldest.

He also gave some gawdawful speech on Clovis I including the opinion that he wasn't allowed to marry or be coronated until after his mother was dead.  Have you seen the image of Clovis I in the bathtub?  That's supposed to be his baptism.  When I denied that the image means Clovis is fornicating I got the response from Ben that that must mean he isn't allowed to marry until his mother is dead.  I also pointed out that there is no historical doubt that Clovis I was a fornicater because he had a bastard son, the image of the bathtub itself is not demonstrating an act of fornication.  This is a very controversial thing to contend with conservatives who seam to go apeshit over any hint of nudity.  There are many images of Clovis I's baptism that appear to refer to the baptism font in front of the Licoln Cathedral at Tournai.  Some of them appear to be a young man.

 

Also, Steve Spade had told Ben, the bumpkin, and I have no idea why he kept intruding on my class, that if he wrote "ma" on his test it was like getting 100.  So he wrote "ma" on his exam and said "Only I can argue," repeatedly.

I also remember - Corine Sims asked Ben for the answer; he said "George Washington" and Corine Sims moved to mark my grade down.  

Also, Carol A Freeman, a relative who shouldn't have been there, thought I was trying to trade my grades down for sexual favors; since apparently that's a normal thing for conservatives to do.

Gods be good.  In the south, they are cheap, and never let anyone write in their workbook until they get to foreign language in highschool.  In Ohio, the school system pay the bill so every student has their own workbooks!  In Florida, the students don't know what the word "workbook" means!  I think they thought the term was sexual!

That reminds me, my aunt Elizabeth Anderson who was a highschool teacher in Tequesta, FL was there to mouth off, reminding the faculty of NHS that she makes 4 times more than they do.  Now, I remember, she was there because she the highest paid teacher in the country.  They treated her like a bumpkin.  Oh, dear.  As soon as she heard what the teachers on the Emerald Coast had to say, she lied and she said she taught average students.  No, she taught gifted ones, and made money doing it.  Yes, gifted program teachers qualified to teach AP Literature are supposed to make quite a bit.  Tequesta, FL made the decision that the gifted program in this country will never learn what it was supposed to learn, ever.

Liz is the teacher who came up with the term "white zinger" to describe the teachers on the emerald coast.

Melodrama aside, Ben Russell thought T-e-q-u-e-s-t-a spelled a Satan, in an attempt to discredit the Anderson family and make them look like the bad guys.  Chris Anderson said "Woah, you guys are not teachers are you?  That is so not happening."  Referring to Niceville High School.

Somehow - years later than it should have happened, Pratt and Whitney got the engine contract for the F-22, so Tequesta wins one in the end. 

Corinne Sims was flabergasted when she finally looked at the exam years later and it had my name on it.  And what the hell was she doing in the physics undergraduate lounge anyway?

I remember Kelly McMahon coming around to write a 0 on the exam because she thought that the correct answer to the cursed tomb was Temujin, who had no tomb.  Many people get Temujin and Tamerlane confused, that isn't my fault.

Another problem - the grader's signature is also on the test.  When the grader showed up and wasn't butt ugly she thought there was a mistake and Kelly S McMahon was the real grader.  If I recall, she said the grader can decide who the grade of the exam is for, thinking it is Kelly and having the real grader, Christine B Maxwell put in prison.

IIRC Corinne Sims had Patricia Moore,  the assistant director, a county official murdered.  The county seat is at Choctawhatchee highschool.  I believe she is using identity theft to maintain her position in Niceville.  Also, somehow they got Bill Stuckey recorded as the grader and Ben J Russell recorded as the instructor?  I don't remember what the good lies are after all these years. 

Also, the other high official was Pat Baxter.  I think she was higher than the county superintendent.

Somehow Joe Ann Tabor got confused with Pat Baxter.  I think Joe Ann Tabor was a remedial room teacher who wound up in the ECLDC, which got gifted studies confused with remedial reading.  A college class equivalent to gifted studies would be Stanford college 106, that's the closest thing.  Which is where James went.

Ben got in my face particularly over the Tamerlane issue.  Is that why some people thought he was the instructor? 

In addition to test performance the instructor wanted someone who had an award in 8th grade for history to read about the fall of the Roman empire which has religious significance.  James was our salutatorian, spoke at commensuration, went to Stanford pre-med, and his father was my father's boss's, boss's, boss's, boss's, boss's, boss.   So how'd they decide on Ben Russell being added to the class for this purpose?

James also got a 1570 on the SAT.

I remember now, Milo Banbury switched Ben's record for mine.  I don't know how he pulled it off.  That's how they thought Ben had won an award in the 8th grade - from my hidden record.  I don't see it on my transcript.  He thought my GPA was high enough to say Ben was the validictorian.  No.  I was 11th in class.

Ben thought that the level 4 diagnostic that he took in special ed 4 was the history contest.  Special ed 4 is 4 levels below remedial.  Someone named Casey Coleman got in his head that their tests were more sophisticated than the gifted programs' because he looked at some crap that Kelly S McMahon wrote and thought it was the exam.

Oh dear.  My father thought that he would help me get an attractive girlfriend by covering up "10" with his thumb and waving my test around saying I had a "0."  Ben didn't concern himself with anyone else's grade because he thought that everyone gets a "0" all the time anyway!  He had "ma" on his test as suggested by Steve Spade.

I do remember, Kelly S McMahon suggested to my father that if I get a good grade I may try to ass fuck my father.  Or the grader?

Also, Corine Sims said Ben, who was not in my history classroom, should get credit for my exam because he is convinced people in the 19th century did not have sexual intercourse.

It came from an attempt at a serious sermon from Roy E Lancaster on the subjective clause, which is a technical way of reading a sentence with more than one comma, so that we don't confused over the origin of the Etruscans when we read a college level history textbook someday.  The book I read is History of World Societies third edition.  This is not an original print.  This print says that we don't know anything about the Etruscans.  The former print said that the Etruscans are people who entered Italy who are not Indo-European.  The Etruscan language, according to Britannica is not Indo-European so it is not Greek in origin.  However, that doesn't mean the Etrsucan alphabet isn't based on the Greek alphabet!  Before that they may have used ideograms.

Someone put a gun to his head and he had to butcher the sermon.

There were police.  Someone named Kevin Smith said i have to do what Ben Russell says.  Ben Russell says I can't say "Tamerlane."  The police have the answer key, they ask me what my what my answer is, I say "Timur Gurkani" which he was also known by.  They think I'm an idiot.  I remember, the instructor Alan L Dobson said they were not the same person.  They are the same person.  Also, I did what Ben said because their were police there to intimidate for him.  Someone, I'm not sure it was an actual grader, regraded the exam to be a 99.  This made me look I lost to Ben in a huge way.

I also remember some discussion of what was more important, discovering Genghis Khan's tomb or finding out when Tamerlane's tomb was "entered."  I used the false term "entered" instead of "discovered" because Milo E Banbury was there saying he'll kill me if I use the word "discovered."  This is the Mikhail Gerasimov story.  It was in our textbook.  Web searching, there are at least 2 discoveries of the tomb.

Someone accused me of lying - leading to the discussion of Genghis Khan's and Tamerlane's tomb and was derailed by the confusion of Mikhail Gerasimov with Mikhail Gorbachev.

I tried pointing out the primary source for Tamerlane in the bibliography using the endnotes which are at the end of each chapter (Chicago manual of style).  Mary Rose said, "that's made up."  I was staggered.  That made me look like a liar.  It's not wrong to wonder where a textbook gets its information.  This is a culture gap, the remedial teacher invasion was full of people who are not used to students being able to give a precise answer to a question.

Another problem was when the LMS (life management skills teacher, an average student teacher who feels like a God amongst the remedial twits who were there.)  She wanted to know the style guide for a history textbook.  Jason Jeffrey has mentioned the Chicago manual of style a few minutes before.  Then Ben said you can't say the Chicago manual of Style, which is exactly the correct answer.  So I said the MLA handbook, which is for English term papers.  Because of the threats and the remedial people in the classroom, I looked like a liar.  There is an interesting trick with the average/remedial teachers.  They are used to their students not knowing the answer, so they look at questions as an excuse to kick a student's ass instead of an attempt to learn something.  It is pathetic.

 

I remember now, my father had me play "gimme see" with my first exam and Ben Russell.  The response is even with one stolen grade, he's a terrible student.  But with one stolen 100?  He can start playing identity thief.  I think the crime is called grade shuffling.  They did it with AP scores too.  Also, if someone finds a graded exam that isn't yours, it's quite possible that the grade on the exam isn't yours in the gradebook either.

I remember my father taking Ben's side and saying I know that my son lied because history comes from the people.  He then said that the current test doesn't count.  because even with one wrong I have a 99.  Then, I think someone like Corine Sims said you are supposed to say the grade is Ben's.  So my father took the exam and crumpled it.  I said to my father you make it look like the exam is concocted by crumpling it.  So then he fell unconscious.  I then commented that Ben is so bad ass he gets 100 whenever anyone's test is crumpled.  I tried to say that Ben is claiming someone else's grade, mine, I think history tried to turn the truth around on that.

I even remember the obscure answer that Ben was looking for - Shelby Lynne.  I had a sermon on that once.

In fact, history comes from the people had a peculiar meaning.  People argued over whether Shelby Lynne or his first wife Ginnifer Goodwin had the cursed tomb.  Generally speaking, I think they wanted the first and prettier wife to have the cursed tomb.

Wait a minute.  She died in 2008.  I've been working and plowing so long that even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone.

The answer Ben wanted was Thomas Jefferson, the first Democrat.  The man my father wanted was George Washington and they fought over it.  My father appeared to be winning, then my father stopped and said, for a graded test, just write whatever Ben said.  This was "Thomas Jefferson."

The reason for believing that TJ had a cursed tomb is apparently the presence of angels that have sex with you. The reason for Tamerlane's are the two inscriptions, one outside the tomb and one inside, and the fact that Hitler invaded Russia the day after Mikhail Gerasimov opened the sarcophagus.

This was major class warfare.  This was the remedial students not liking that the gifted students learned more than they did. Wanting their credibility.  The remedials reponse is that you don't need credibilty, you need obedience.  The British response is, indigent shits have no place mouthing off.

If I had a bad grade to begin with, there wouldn't be that many people trying to steal my test grade to get the grade for themselves, to rape the graders.

 

A potential point of misunderstanding - for test questions for which there were broken hearts, the instructor would frequently call on upon myself or Jason Jeffreys to explain why the incorrect choices in a multiple choice exam were in fact incorrect.  A good instructor will know which questions the class wants to review after an exam.  The ones that broke their hearts.

The official regrader was Carrie A Moore.  Not Kelly S McMahon.  Corinne Sims thought Kelly might be the grader because had a preconceived notion that gifted students are fat.  Corine Sims had no experience with any students but special ed students and had no business in our class!  Kelly was special ed IV.  Special ed IV is 4 levels below remedial.  The discipline secretary is supposed to have power over only the special IV students.  She is stupid and thought if she has power over special ed IV she should have power over everyone.  Kelly did read a book called "15,000 historical facts nerds obsess about" because she agreed to read that one book for me in preschool, because I knew she would stalk me my whole life.  That is a book allegedly published in the afterlife.  She is about 7 years older.

Now I kind of remember.  After receiving the test the instructor asked me to give it to the grader in the back.  What was he thinking?  Just stupid.  If you want the test back, ask it to be passed to the front of the room.

I think there's some misunderstanding that the class was a sex ed class because it discussed Clovis I with a bastard son.  I remember, they thought I was in special ed 4 because sexuality came up, when it does in special ed 4 they do it in such a way as to promote sodomy from what I've heard.  The presumption in special ed 4 is that you are forsaken by God anyway.

Also, conservatives considered it Satanic that Clovis I had children with his own wife.  This led to the men's rights movement and an attempt from National Review at preventing child support for children that weren't your own.  I desperately hoped that it would succeed.  It would establish, by law that conservatives say that children are produced sexually and are not the result of cloning, ass fucking, or something else unnatural like a damn stork.

 

I remember the cultural dysfunction this video represents and it is related to men's rights.  They may have deleted a line in the background.  Basically, it means men were afraid to admit they got their own wife pregnant.  And that was in the 1950s.  A proper legal system should get men in trouble if their wife is pregnant by anyone but them! 

One of a conservatives' hitches in understanding is the meaning of "circa."  It is defined in the abbreviations and transliterations of the NIV study bible as "about, approximately."  Conservatives think it means "cunt."

I figured something else out that conservatives have a hard time with - making a distinction between a year in the text of a book, and a page number in a bibliography or endnotes.  The Chicago Manual of Style defines how to write history books so it can explain what a bibliography or endnotes are.  I think they expect that the number for an answer is a page number for the text itself, and barring that something to do with the index in the Return of the King.

School tests, called "midterms" properly understood, involve something called an "assigned grade" for academic honesty.  Conservatives tend to look upon grades as something "agreed" rather than "assigned."  When you hear "agreed grade" what you have is academic fraud.

Questions about this exam followed me into economics, where Mrs Graves was fond of pointing out that you need a "B" in algebra II to get into AP macroeconomics.   A class where my desk was crammed and the row bowlderized.

There are a couple of ancillary facts to answer tertiary questions on the beginning of the Dark Ages.  The birth of Clovis I's first son, the date of his marriage, the date of the birth of his first son in wedlock, the death of his mother and his first 2 sons, and the date he committed murder just before he was coronated by the Ripuarians. 

Anyway, a genuine reason with being unhappy with the death of Childeric I as the beginning of the Dark Ages is that the death of a father is not a sin.  Neither is a coronation.  The term "ex-communion" implies that the pope did indeed call out the strangulation of Clovis I's legitimate first son in a papal bull as a sin.   This makes the history difficult.

You can also see there is a European interregnum between the Deposition of Romulus Augustus and the beginning of the Dark Ages.

 

The coronation by the Ripuarians appears to have gone nowhere, this is how Clovis got there

 

"...champion of Catholicity, who only waited for a suitable opportunity to deprive his ally of throne and life. The present juncture was favourable to his wishes, and enabled him to rid himself of his benefactor in a manner peculiarly suited to his taste. An attempt to conquer the kingdom of Cologne by force of arms would have been but feebly seconded by his own subjects, and would have met with a stout resistance from the Ripuarians, who were conscious of no inferiority to the Salian tribe. His efforts were therefore directed to the destruction of the royal house, the downfall of which was hastened by internal divisions. Clotaire (or Clotarich), the expectant heir of Sigebert, weary of hope deferred, gave a ready ear to the hellish suggestions of Clovis, who urged him, by the strongest appeals to his ambition and cupidity, to the murder of his father. Sigebert was slain by his own son in the Buchonian Forest near Fulda. The wretched parricide endeavoured to secure the further connivance of his tempter, by offering him a share of the blood-stained treasure he had acquired. But Clovis, whose part in the transaction was probably unknown, affected a feeling of horror at the unnatural crime, and procured the immediate assassination of Clotaire; an act which rid him of a rival, silenced an embarrassing accomplice, and tended rather to raise than to lower him in the opinion of the Ripuarians. It is not surprising, therefore, that when Clovis proposed himself as the successor of Sigebert, and promised the full recognition of all existing rights, his offer should be joyfully accepted. In 509 (A.D.) he was elected king by the Ripuarians, and raised upon a shield in the city of Cologne, according to the..."

Collection, .. Clovis . Editions Le Mono. Kindle Edition.

I have found one first person source for Clovis, "Histoire generale de la Tapisserie dans les Flandres."  There is a mural of Clovis I coronation.  Another spasmohican that conservatives have over history is when you try to translate anything into a foreign language.  The French word for coronation is couronnement. 

The coronation is also covered by "Le couronnement de Clovis," which is a source listed in the source "Clovis."   The city isn't on the inscription of the tapestry itself.  It does seam to say he is a "baronne" which is not that impressive.  This is a beautiful throne room scene and not something Pythonesque with him lifted on shields.  Flanders, is that the city?

The inscription says "after the death of  his father ...honneur et de noblelle ???..."  My guess is it is an archaic form of the name Liley as Lieluy.  His full name, Lieluy Ray Clovis.

This must be the 496 coronation.

Some thought any mention of religion meant the class was remedial.  There was also confusion over whether the answer key was a remedial textbook.

The classic image of Clovis in a bathtub is supposed to be Clovis in the baptismal font in front of the Lincoln cathedral in Tournai, which suggest there was a coronation in 481 when his father first died.

I remember another one of the bad words for what didn't quite happen - "instructor led grading" is a complete breakdown of the system.

I remember another highschool rule that wasn't followed correctly - remedial teachers rank below the staff, gifted teachers rank above the staff.  The top employees are labeled "administrators" including the principal.

I remember another stupid human trick that Ben pulled.  The Seven Enemies of Israel in the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 20 versus 16-17); “In the cities of these people that the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, but you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Girgashites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites as the Lord your God has commanded you”.

some have charitably pointed out that these were also enemies of the ancient Egyptians.  To do so is not a reference to the Satanic bible!

The discussion ended with Julie Walner saying there was no such thing as WWII or the Holocaust.

Ben tried to agree by saying the 19th century didn't happen. 

He also stole my most organized book bag award from Ruckel and flashed it around saying it was proof he was the best history student.  

The clergy from my church in Ohio were there, James Harold Day, Roy E Lancaster, and Gary Andrews. 

Gary Andrews was explaining how a man is supposed to raise his kids with his legitimate kids and not his bastard children.  In that sense Clovis I's behavior was Christian.

Ben was saying you can only lose your virginity with your "ma?"

That means nobody gets a girlfriend for doing well in school after all.

I referred to Gary Anderson's word as the "word of God."  They thought I meant Ben.  I hate Niceville High School.  and note, that the Oxbridge standards do not have world history any more.  The attempt to teach it was an epic fail.  There is an ambiguity.  In Castlevania II it is Raphael who ends the world by crushing it with a stone, which to some means he is God.

Also, it means the European welfare state which funded single unwed mothers is more moral than the US where wed mothers were funded by AFDC.  If you are married, you are hitched to your husband.

Also, I said I was laity and since Ben was a "gentile" he thought he could tell me what to do.

Also, they asked me to sing a song about Passover, thank to Metallica's Live Shit: Binge and Purge, I knew the answer: "Creeping Death."

Faith of the unknown one
The deliverer
Wait, something must be done
Four hundred years

That's where I get the time of the Exile in Egypt.

The last discussion I remember is what caused the baby boom?  I don't remember what Ben Russell said, but Michael I Ledeen, our textbook author was in class and said "by fucking you idiot!"

We found an American history textbook and it said the baby boom was caused by "marriage" caused by the GI Bill.

Whether marriage was a euphemism for sexual intercourse became a terrible discussion because of the presence of the remedials, the retail community, and little old ladies in the classroom.

Also, there was some argument over whether people involuntarily discharged from the armed forces could have been honorably discharged.  I don't remember the conclusion in class.  An intelligent discussion of the post war draw down was hard to come by.

It got to a discussion of the Epic of Gilgamesh and how Enkidu is "stiched" together.  That's a pagan classic.  Yes, that means its devil worship to supposed people can be made that way.  Actually, we had a more complete version back then that James H Day had with him.

Disturbingly enough, the video game X-Com UF Defense features angels' body parts apparently stored for scientific experiments on starships if you play the difficulty high enough.

Since the "adults' won the issue that people don't come from "fucking" Ben threw his exam, with a "0" on it on my lap.  To quote a sermon "if you give the devil an inch, he will take a mile!"

Of the people mentioned I think only Adrienne Candia made it to the Wall of Fame for the graduating class.

There was also some inane argument between Ben and my father over whether children come from ass fucking ma or pa.  Celebrated in the Southpark episode "Retard Babies and Butt Sex."

I also pointed out, it's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, for which they still make t-shirts.

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

 

 

[Philosophy]

Philosophy lends itself to sociology, whilst psychology lends itself to criminology.

Paradise Lost by John Milton Norton critical edition is my choice // essential theology.  Michael is Michael I Ledeen.  Angels and Demons (1967) features him prominently.  The movie is no longer available.  His likeness is in the character creation of Eye of the Beholder - the knight with long black hair.  He is the man appearing in the old testament as the "lord, thy God" not Jehovah.  This explain his appearance in Monty Python an the Quest for the Holy Grail.  I wish there were an unredacted version of this.  In the audiobook version, Michael and Satan exchange several strikes and parries in their sword fight, and near the end the angel Uria is watching everything.  I believe the angel Uria can be related to the movie the Color Purple, the song "Amaranth" by Nightwish, which means the color purple, and "The Name of the Rose" by Iron Maiden.  Also, the show Explorers.  At the end, that's supposed to be her.

The Code of Hammurabi by LW King. Older than the 10 commandments, I looked here to find out what adultery means.  Not exactly uplifting stuff.  It has to do with a separated, married couple

"If she had been a bad wife, the Code allowed him to send her away, while he kept the children and her dowry; or he could degrade her to the position of a slave in his own house, where she would have food and clothing. She might bring an action against him for cruelty and neglect and, if she proved her case, obtain a judicial separation, taking with her her dowry. No other punishment fell on the man. If she did not prove her case, but proved to be a bad wife, she was drowned. If she were left without maintenance during her husband's involuntary absence, she could cohabit with another man, but must return to her husband if he came back, the children of the second union remaining with their own father. If she had maintenance, a breach of the marriage tie was adultery. Wilful desertion by, or exile of, the husband dissolved the marriage, and if he came back he had no claim on her property; possibly not on his own."

Hammurabi. The Code of Hammurabi . Kindle Edition.

By way of comparison, The Crucible seams to imply adultery means marital infidelity.  The relationship between John Proctor and Abigail Williams.  Remember, the commandment against adultery is the one John Proctor can't remember when interrogated by his lawyer, Daniel Webster.  It is also about being a scapegoat.

Also, the movie implies that Abigail Williams may be the girlfriend of the unnamed boy who was not baptized and later sodomized.  Also, the age of consent in Massachusetts was 16, so the underage sex angle is not that scandalous.  

By the laws of the Roman Republic, what John Proctor has done is adultery, because he is shagging someone else's wife!  Abigail Williams.  That would let Abigail off.

Rig Veda by Devajyoti Sarkar  (1st millenium BC) //The first book of Indian philosophy in not particularly exciting but it has been misconstrued as horse love, particularly by the Five Dialogues.  It is the beginning of a warrior ethos, but they don't really go anywhere with it because they don't have a war to talk about yet, not until the Markendeya Purana which reads like an adventure.  This is like the Books of Enoch.

Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous // This is the equivalent to Paradise Lost.  It does describe Hinduism, their deity is named "Brahman."  There is no creation story - as far as translation has progressed.  This is not a completely translated work.

by Eknath Easwaran, I think that's the real author

The Book of Rites by Confucius  This beginning of Chinese philolosophy says that there are 4 occupations farmer, artisan, scholar, merchant

The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Chinese)

Sophocles, the Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles (2002) This is not a complete works of Sophocles, it does focus on the philosophical importance of not fucking your ma.

Protagoras by Plato, the origin of "man is the measure of all things" and agnosticism.  I was also looking for the origin of hedonism and couldn't find it.  Protagoras is supposed to be the first Greek philosopher, and Plato decided to write down his philosophy.

The Five Dialogues by Plato, Jowett edition (origin of "swan song"), the hypothetical swan song would be for Socrates.  This translation translates Stygian with an 'a' like Paradise Lost.  This version has a nice meaning to "swan song'" as the final performance before entering heaven.  There is a dispute in the translations over the meaning of "swan song."

Symposium by Plato (Butcher's wife seams to refer to this)
The Republic by Plato // essentially predicts a future democracy and does not think it will ever equal the Republic of Rome
Plato's Theory of Knowledge (makes a reference to The Republic's, "Knowledge and Opinion," which indicates The Repblic is not a complete work.  It seams to be saying that knowledge should be construed as infallible whereas options can be right or wrong.)

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle // Aristotle was a student of Plato, an investigation into the nature of good and evil

The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle // The first nice Greek philosopher

 

Selected Speeches by Demosthenes // This would be a brief Athenian silver age after the defeat of Sparta by the Boeotian league and before the Macedonian conquest, this is very much about the nuts and bolts of government and the press

Ancient Skepticism by Harald Thorsrud (2014) // this preceded Cyrenaic philosophy.  This is still the silver age of Greece.

The Cyrenaics by Ugo Zilioli (2014) // Philosophy from Cyrene in North Africa.  This philosophy dates from the Spartan occupation.

The Cyrenaic Handbook by Cicero et al.(2016) // double check on what these philosophers thought.  I thought the word cyrenaic meant don't fuck your "ma."

 

On Ancient Medicine by Hiprocates (2015) // Contains the hippocratic oath in its original form.  This essentially was the oath of a doctor never to take a human life.  Euthanasia got in the way.

 

The Birth of Hedonism by Kurt Lampe (2017) // It was born out of "Cyrenaic" philosophers.  The philosophy is reborn as utilitarianism in 19th century England.  The only practice of the ancient world rumored to have anything to do with Hedonism is the orgy, something featured in stories of the emperor Caligula, who would have prince of Rome at the time of Christ.  See Caligula, definitely played by Malcolm Mcdowell, considered a hardcore *or* movie, or see Jesus Christ Superstar, where Benny Hill plays the role, comically. 

The Art of Happiness by Epicurus (2012) // mentioned in Les Miserable unabridged.  This is Hellenistic, meaning the Macedonian Empire.  I thought this was the beginning of Hedonism, not Materialism!  Senator Hugo is partial to Epicurus.  But it is bishop Monsieur Myriel who is supposed to be the devil.  Hugo is the senator in the story!  Myriel is the bishop of Digne and Hugo is the senator of Digne.  It is a southern French city.  Senator Hugo is indeed supposed to be the author.  It says he is a senator of the empire - well according to Britannica.com the French empire ended in 1870 with the defeat of Napoleon III; when the 3rd French republic started.  So I don't think there is a need to jump to bold conclusions that he is a senator of the Roman empire.  Napoleon was coronated French emperor and Italian king separately.

  

Epicureanism by Tim O Keefe (2017) // This is ancient materialism.  It started after the Macedonian conquest and is considered Hellenistic.

Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu.  Confucianism is older, this is the quintessential taoism book because it mentions the "three treasures."

Tetrabiblos by Claudius Ptolemy - the classical book on astrology and geocentrism.  Written under the Macedonian empire.  Claudius Ptolemy was a mathematician, general of Alexander the Great, and pharaoh of Egypt.

Delphi Complete Works of Plautus by Plautus (2016) // Far more plays here than the Oxford History of the Roman World would have indicated possible.  Delphi is a Greek city, but the setting for these plays is Rome.

Stoicism by John Sellars (2014) // This is Greek origin for Marcus Aurelius's book

The Art of Love by Ovid (2002) // This is a Latin and not a Greek poem.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and Gregory Hayes (1558|2006) // a stoic philosopher and Roman emperor, this means the defining philosophy of the Roman empire was stoicism, while Greece was agnostic.

// Amazon sales rank 92 in books,

#1 in philosophy,

#1 in Greek and Roman philosophy,

and #2 in Classic literature and fiction

see movie The Fall of the Roman Empire, and Gladiator, which is a remake.

Confessions 2nd edition by Saint Augustine

The Rule of Saint Benedict by Saint Benedict

// I thought Joseph Fiore was a medieval philosopher, what was printed was modern

 

Hugh of Saint Victor by Paul Rorem (15 books) // I don't remember this well, but this is medieval philosophy just before the crusades, and it would be terribly interesting to see how European thinkers justified the conflict.  After the fall of Damascus in 635 the notion of going back to the middle east and kicking butt should have been a nonstarter.  Not for a 1000 more years of recovery.

The Complaint of Nature by Alain of Lille (famous quote "All roads lead to Rome.")

Summa Theologica by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Summa of the Summa by Peter Kreeft // confirms the meaning of "marriage debt"

Death Judgement Heaven Hell by Saint Alphonsus Liguori  // authentic images from the Sistine Chapel of the Final Judgement

Raphael, Painter by Stephanie Storey  // see the movie Faust, Raphael is supposed to be God.  Theologically, he's supposed to be the Holy Ghost and Michael I Ledeen is God the father.

Magna Carta by King John of England  // The original human right against wrongful imprisonment is here

The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus(1543|2024)  // heliocentrism

The Complete Essays by Michel de Montaigne (1580|2016) // invented the essay.  French Renaissance.

Utopia by Thomas More (late 15th early 16th, the copyright information is quizzical)

Galileo's Mistake by Wade Rowland // they mean heliocentrism.  Which makes me wish that Hubble had worked.  Then Christianity might embrace the Copernican revolution.  Maybe we should have waited for Christianity to embrace the Copernican Revolution before we tried?  A papal bull on the side of liberalism might have helped.  It should have been designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech.  The best ground observatory is at The University of Chicago.  See Star Trek TNG episode "First Contact"

The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Mushashi (martial arts philosophy from Japan.  This is 16th century.  You would need to go back to the 11th century for the first book that is potentially translatable, but it is considered an undercooked philosophy)

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes  // leviathan is the welfare state.  Socialism before Karl Marx.

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli  // a parody of the Austrian monarchy

The Institutes of the Laws of England (1628) by Edward Cook // This is OOP but I once had a copy at Stingley.  This is a true landmark.  It is also an academic publication suitable for a college term paper.  This is related to Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone.

A Model of Christian Charity (1630) by John Winthrop // this is the sermon that is the theological basis of American exceptionalism, the original American philosopher, and a Democrat

Principles of Philosophy (1644) by Rene Descartes // I think therefore I am, the defining book of rationalism

A Pigsah sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof by Thomas Fuller (2017) // Origin of the phrase "it is always darkest before dawn."  Conservatives parody Christianity with the phrase "time before dawn."  Originally pubbed about 1650.  I think this is an English commentary on America.  I thought this might be confused with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion but I don't see a history of it.

Performing Libertinism in Charles II's Court by J Webster (2005)  // A British monarch.  Not a French one.  And I thought the word was French in origin.  I think libertinism is generally considered the modern term for hedonism.

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Sir Isaac Newton (1687|2019)  // Physics was originally called "natural philosophy"

Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke (1689|2016)   pre revolutionary American philosophy

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1689 |1996) pre revolutionary American philosophy

The Analogy of Religion by Joseph Butler (1736|2021) // tries to argue against hedonism

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume (1748|2007) // He came after John Locke!

The Polanders by Pigault-Lebrun (2023) // European skepticism begins to turn into parody.  I've read some when I was young and think it is very important.

The Spirit of the Laws by Baron de Montesquieu (1748|2011) // This is the forgotten pre-Revolutionary (American) thought, the separation of powers!  This is supposed to be the most important philosopher

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) by Sir William Blackstone // This is the commentary after years of reflection on the laws of England done a century after Edward Cook

Common Sense: The Origin and Design of Government by Thomas Paine  // American revolutionary justification does not cover civil rights, rather it covers the nature of government!

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1776)// I am not overly impressed but I hear people react better before you take economics if you read it.  This is supposed to be the beginning of conservativism but it doesn't say anything meaningful.

The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men by John Witherspoon (1776)  // A Princeton University professor inducted into the American Philosophical Society.  This is sometimes considered a speech and sometimes a sermon.  Compares well to the Declaration of Independence when you consider happiness is a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

This sermon is supposed to be the origin of the conservative movement.  There was no real conservative movement!  The conservative movement basically means the conspiracy to keep you poor and stupid! Or the illiteracy movement!

The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson (1776|2014) // the pursuit of happiness.  Huh huh huh.

Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) by Mary Woolstencroft Shelley // author of "Frankenstein."

Philosophy in the Bedroom (1795) by the Maquis de Sade // French libertinism, some say French call it, "libertinage."

Jefferson's Declaration of Independence by Allen Jayne (1998|2000) // Discusses men's need for "social intercourse."  Ahem.  The need to talk to girls?  How about the need for the "pursuit of happiness?"  This is not good enough commentary for a modern society.

The grader Christine Maxwell made a point to bomb out any essay on the Declaration of Independence that didn't admit that it was about "f-u-c-k-i-n-g." (I think that was in AP American history.)

The damn video is on Youtube, see 2:20

The American Crisis by Thomas Paine (1776) "These are the times that try men's souls..."  I thought that was a reference to winter quarters at Valley Forge, December 1777.  I'm skeptical of the date.

Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason, Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant, (1781) a trilogy // calls itself "telelogy"  defines "theurgy" which is a term used in Civilization II Gold the fantasy world.  Also has the term "crude matter" used in Star Wars.  Dubbed "metaphysics."  Considered necessary to open your mind to abstract reasoning.

The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, Arthur Morey, and James Madison (1787|2010) // Look here to justify the federal power to tax, a federal currency, and centralized banking.  For the original human right against wrongful  // the most legit name is James Madison, a future president

   imprisonment, see the Magna Carta.

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1789|2019) // this is supposed to be a 19th century rejection of hedonism

Elements of the Philosophy of the Right (1821) by Georg Willhelm Friedrich Hegel // This might be important but it is rarely cited.

Democracy in America by Alexis de Toqueville (1840) // French commentary on America

Discourse in the Sciences and the Arts by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Discourse on Inequality by Jean Jacques Rousseau

An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas R Malthus

Self Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841|2020) // see General Emerson in Robotech.  I think he's supposed to be Leonard's XO if they did the series right, there was a redo of the series where that was the case with a lost redo of the series.

Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1854|2023) // post revolutionary philosophy called Transcendentalism, often confused with Naturalism

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859|2009) // this I think is the beginning of "humanism"

Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln (1863|2011) // short speech indicating philosophical position on the civil war

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

Beyond Good and Evil (2023) by Friedrich Nietzsche

Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill (2017) // This is the evolution of hedonism

The Strenuous Life (1899) by Theodore Roosevelt (American president)

On the Shortness of Life (1900) by Lucius Seneca

Bushido The Soul of Japan (1905) by Inazo Nitobe (modern martial arts philosophy - Japanese) // didn't realize how recent this was

A Square Deal by Theodore Roosevelt (1906|2021) // The conversion of the United States to a mixed economy starts here

The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1911) by David Ricardo // Written by an Englishman.  The world's most important book on economics.  Published after Mises, but thought through beforehand.  Mises is so prolific he doesn't have a definitive work like this one.  This is the book that John Maynard Keynes is arguing against, so this counts as the definition of libertarianism.  As far as I know the Republican party just doesn't embrace his ideas which is why I don't think conservativism exists except as a movement of illliteracy.

Democracy and Education by John Dewey (1916|2021)  // described as intrumentalism and pragmatism, gave rise to naturalism 

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet (1936) // This is a call for help for a better justice system, whether the story is real or fiction

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes (1936|2016) // John Maynard Keynes is considered the father of modern economics.  The Democratic party needed more help from the UK to govern America even with the Republicans voted out.  Very curious history.  You'd like to see a demographic of Democrats and Republicans wouldn't you?  He's arguing that David Riccardo is too far to the right.  He is showing a lot of respect for libertarianism by doing that.  He's not arguing against conservativism, he's not arguing against liberalism, he's arguing against libertarianism.  It's not clear what he means.  Counterfeiting, properly understood, proves that the business community is insane and needs government oversight, arguing for a grey market in platinum coins until the government makes it official policy to do so, is one interpretation of where he is going.  Well, they have finally done so.  Part of the argument is the intrinsic value of gold is so high, gold can't be handled by most people.  The intrinsic value of silver and copper are too low.  You need platinum coins for the economy to work right.

 

Dialectical and Historical Materialism by Joseph Stalin (1938)

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (1939|2021) // parodied as Mein Bungle by Tom Toles

The Rights of Man and Natural Law by Jacques Maritain (1943|2012) // This is WWII era philosophy, not Revolutionary War era as I thought.  The clearest definition of the rights of man during the Rovolutionary War is the Declaration of Independence.  The problem is that this guy is supposed to be the dauphin; the French king in exile.  Modern human rights coming from the French king?  I don't think the Republican party likes the idea.  I'm not overfond of it.  Human rights derive from the laws of the Roman republic and the king of Norway.

Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean Paul Satre (1943|2007)

The Road to Serfdom (1944) by Friedrich A Hayek  // Considered part of the "Austrian" school

Nihilism (1962) by Eugene Rose // This is the book that defines modern philosophy, it is called "nihilism" not "science."  The origin of hedonism, which is comparable, is a good question.  Some think hedonism is modern and made up.

The Four Cardinal Virtues (1966) by Josef Piper  // This modern book and What Christians Believe by CS Lewis are what I was raised to believe.  The book by Joseph Fiore is supposed to be the best, but I am not familiar with it. // Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance

The Open Society and it's Enemies by Karl Raimund Popper (1945|1994) 

On the Road by Jack Kerouac (1959|1976) // see Quantum Leap episode "Rebel without a Clue"

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics by Michael Wheeler (1976) // an attempt to derail supply side economics before Reagan had credibility

Naturalism and Ontology by Wilfred Sellars(1979|2017) // naturalism as it follows from John Dewey's instrumentalism

Quality is Free (1980) by Philip B Crosby  //anti supply side economics

A Nation at Risk (1983) // A historical landmark is seeking education reform.  The biggest problem the United States has - developing AP classes led to deeper academic fraud than ever because the teachers didn't have degress in their specialty; especially economics.

In Defense of Secular Humanism by Paul Kurtz (1983)

The Right to Private Property by Jeremy Waldron (1991)

Evil by Roy F Baumeister (1997)

Private Truths, Public Lies by Timur Koran (1998)  // I remember this one sounds potentially interesting

Informed Consent by Jessica W Berg (2001)  // availability of medical service

Trusted Advisor by David H Maister (2001)

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (2002)  // Buddhism

Lies, and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (2003) by Al Franken

What Christians Believe by CS Lewis (2005) // author died 1963 so this has been laying around for a long time, I swear people have been quoting this my whole life, this is

Garretts and Pretenders: A History of Bohemianism in America by Albert Parry (2005)

The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce by Deidre Nansen McClosky (2006)

Book of Concord by Martin Luther 2nd edition 2006, first edition 2005 original Latin edition published 1580, Geman edition 1584.  This identifies the Holy Spirit as the one we call God and explains Faust and Nosferatu?  Looks like the same actor.  Ahem.

The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit by Louis Beckwith (2006) 

Ethics for dummies
Philosophy for dummies
Existentialism for Dummies
Taoism for dummies
Confucianism for dummies

Christianity for dummies
Catholicism for dummies

Balance of Payments by Robert Stern (2007) a modern re-analysis of supply side economics

Competitive Debate by Richards Edwards (2008)

Anatomy of the State (2009) by Murray Rothbard.  I remember this being an older work, back when Rothbard was young, spry, and taken seriously.  Same author as Alban Butler and The Lives of the Saints.  Must be considered a modern work because one of the saints in 19th century.

Panic! The Story of Modern Financial Insanity by Michael Lewis (2008) // yes, the explanation for the GFC is here

Holier than Thou by Ergun M Caner (2009)  // listen to "Holier than Thou" by Metallica

Start with Why by Simon Seek (2009)

The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan (2010)

Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy by Stephen E Ambrose (1938|2010)  // anti-isolationism.  The nice philosophy for the modern person.

What is Humanism by Stephen Law (2011) // secular humanism becomes humanism?  

A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography by Aviezer Tucker (2011) // This is an interesting set of opinions.  The older "Philosophy of History" book is so bad that you don't want to try reading it.   

Asymtotics for Associated Random Variables (2012) // important book on how to use your graphing calculator correctly

Write a Great Synopsis by Nicola Morgan (2012)  // there is confusion between literary analysis and writing a synopsis

Rape is Rape by Jody Raphael (2013)

Argumentation and Debate by Austin J Freeley (2013)

Bismarck the Man and the Statesman by Otto von Bismarck 2 volumes (2013) // This is the original story of socialism. 

Disagreement by Bryan Franklin (2014)

Cynicism from Diogenes to Dilbert by Ian Cutler (2014)

Literary Criticism and Theory by Pelagia Goulimari (2014)  // more literary analysis

McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War by Hamilton Gregory (2015) 

Indigent by Frederick Eugene Feeley (2015)

Libertinism and Marriage by Louis Jullien (2015) // why not?

Colonialism/Postcolonialism by Ania Loomba (2015) // This is the modern philosophy I keep forgetting, D'oh!

Jesus' Copernican Revolution by James P Danaher (2016) // this is a reference to heliocentrism and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

Literary Analysis: Celena Kusch (2016)

Theory of Constraints by Introbooks (2016) 

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert McNamara (2017) // parodied by Tom Toles in the New Republic

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (2017) // when you read this you wonder how the American welfare state ever got overblown.  It was never meant to be a no strings attached construction.  It also reminded me of the math club and how it is supposed to give scholarships - but only if your local highschool follows the rules.  There is an assumption of national policy and the American idea is that you don't have to do what we say, but if you don't we don't give you the money.

Star Finder! by Doctor Maggie Adarin Pocock (2017) // a Smithsonian publication, this is the best book I've found on constellations, which are an important branch of knowledge for serenity

there needs to be a better book.  The Zodiac is the most important 12 constellations.  Perhaps Stargazing for Dummies?  It's better than the competition.  But IIRC - the only really good book is available through the cub scouts for like $4000.  I'd get it.  You need it to get an A on that 6th grade astronomy exam.  It's hard.

Materialism by Terry Eagleton (2017)  // Listen to "Material girl" by Madonna.  Wasn't this supposed to be the philosophy of the 80s?  Or the "Greed is good" speech by Michael Douglas in Wall Street.  That speech, however, is subtly defeatist.  After the British investor told him off, he switched from ambition to greed, the difference is whether there is any idealism inherent in what he's saying.  Linked with the Coca Cola kid, and I haven't had a chance to rewatch both movies in years, especially without being interrupted, I'm not sure what they are saying.

Bourgeois by Equality by Deirdre N McCloskey (2017) // I really wonder what they say.  How much equality do the bourgeois think we can muster?  There are a few technological innovations that I think are important, advances in coal power (by combining with nuclear engineering) and geothermal.  

Modern Slavery by Siddarth Kara (2017)

Present Concerns by CS Lewis (2017)

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein (2017)

The Little Red Book by Mao Tse-Tung (2017)

Dare to Bare: Naturism by the Naked Naturalist (2017) // see Futurama episode "Naturama" 

Peddling Protectionism by Douglas A Irwin (2017) // they brought back Smoot Hawley

Birth Control and American Modernity (2018)

Understanding by Dr Hakim Saboowala (2018)

Then they Came for Me by Matthew D Hockenos (2018)  // about the Holocaust

Movies: "Never Forget" and "The Music Box"

How Marriage became One of the Sacraments by Philip L Reynolds (2018)

As a City on a Hill by Daniel T Rogers (2018)

City on a Hill by Alex Krieger (2018)

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen Ghodsee (2018)

Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen RC Hicks (2018) // here's modern philosophy, forget nihilism, its postmodernism!

Patriotism by Charles Jones (2018)

Land, Power, and the Sacred by Janet R Goodwin (2018)// A fair description of tokusei ikki.  Another word that is needed is the exact meaning of "retainer" and which peerage classes it includes.  Another word adequately described is "okusei" that is a swordsman who is not high enough to be a samurai.  I don't really hope to find the word "kotogai" but that would be helpful.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Evan Mandery (2019) //the original 1905 publication was in Russia, considered an incomplete work, this is supposed to be the full version

// This reads like an antecedent to "Heavy Metal" or "The Cable Guy"

Understanding Logic: The First Order of Reasoning by Love Eckenberg, et al. (2019) Yale ties philosophy into first order logic, and mathematics

Welfare Populism and Welfare Chauvinism by Bent Greeve (2019)

The Truth about College Admission by Brennan Bernard (2019)

The Business Ethics Field Guide by Aaron Miller (2019)

Sex Trafficking by Siddarth Kara (2020)  // A key ethical dilemma is when prostitution, which is legal in most of the world, degenerates into sex trafficking

City on a Hill by Abram C Van Engen (2020)

America's Revolutionary Mind by C Bradley Thompson (2020)

Everything is F*cked  by Mark Mason (2021) // cynicism

Anglicanism by Gerald Bray (2021)

The Ethics of Beauty by Timothy G Patitsas (2021)

The Decline of Natural Law by Stuart Banner (2021)

The Four Hour School Day by Durenda Wilson(2021)

Secular Humanism by Dale Adema (2021) // I remember that image being much older, so the date confuses me.  Yeah, right.  Termisheep.  This is an explicitly Satanic cover.

Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table by Louie Giglio (2021)

Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism by Joel Richard Paul (2022)  // American nationalism explained here

Introduction to Literary Analysis by Louis Hebert (2022)

Profits Over People by Sherry Roe (2022)

Leadership by Henry Kissinger (2022)

Why do we say that? by Scott Mathews (2022) 3 books on the origin of idioms

Disinformation by Donald A Barclay (2022)

Worse than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism by Erwin Chermerensky (2022)  // Originalism is a reaction to the natural law that led to the prosecution of the Holocaust.  It is a bad idea.

Why not? Lessons on Comedy, Courage, and Chutzpah by Mark Schiff (2022)

Materialism: The Downfall of Society by Muhammed Mirza (2023)

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson (2024) // cynicism

Sociology for Dummies. 

An elephant that is missing is the ... "farm policy holdup" or something like that.  It helped cause the Great Depression, and make it politically impossible to extricate ourselves from.  The answer is British farm policies, not French ones.  The question is, what side did Japan take in WWII, because that would be instrumental in them changing sides.  Also, how did we correct ourselves.  The British know how to keep land arable, not the French.  The controversy does go back to Clovis I's rebellion.

Also, there is no definitive book of supply side economics.  Arthur Laffer's early writings concern the Balance of Payments.  I don't see a 60s or 70s pub on that issue.  I think Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics might be the definitive warning that these guys are yo yos.  

Due to the number of farmer's markets in Montgomery County where I used to live the farms in this country must be doing very well.  More than one has a tractor ride to a pumpkin patch for Halloween.  

American history, it almost seems like the UK did long term sabotage as vengeance for not taking their side in the French Revolution.  

Republicans seam to think that you can have capitalism without class warfare which is ridiculous.  The objective of socialism is to manage class warfare, not eliminate it!  It was the French who observed if you markdown everything nobody can make any money.  The idea is the workshop economy, not mass production!  

[Real pirates: Queen Teuta]

In a related thread, I have obtained Living by the Sword

The Pirate Articles of Bartholomew Roberts (circa 1719)

1.   Every man shall have an equal vote in affairs of moment. He shall have an equal title to the fresh provisions or strong liquors at any time seized, and shall use them at pleasure unless a scarcity may make it necessary for the common good that a retrenchment may be voted.

2.   Every man shall be called fairly in turn by the list on board of prizes, because over and above their proper share, they are allowed a shift of clothes. But if they defraud the company to the value of even one dollar in plate, jewels or money, they shall be marooned. If any man steals from another he shall have his nose and ears slit, and be put ashore where he shall be sure to encounter hardships.

3.   None shall game for money either with dice or cards.

4.   The lights and candles should be put out at eight at night, and if any of the crew desire to drink after that hour they shall sit upon the open deck without lights.

5.   Each man shall keep his piece, cutlass and pistols at all times clean and ready for action.

6.   No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If any man shall be found seducing any of the latter sex and carrying her to sea in disguise he shall suffer death.

7.   He that shall desert the ship or his quarters in time of battle shall be punished by death or marooning.

8.   None shall strike another on board the ship, but every man’s quarrel shall be ended on shore by sword or pistol in this manner. At the word of command from the quartermaster, each man being previously placed back to back, shall turn and fire immediately. If any man does not, the quartermaster shall knock the piece out of his hand. If both miss their aim they shall take to their cutlasses, and he that draws first blood shall be declared the victor.

9.   No man shall talk of breaking up their way of living till each has a share of 1,000. Every man who shall become a cripple or lose a limb in the service shall have 800 pieces

Demski, Eric. Living by the Sword: Knighthood for the Modern Man . Trafford Publishing. Kindle Edition.

of eight from the common stock and for lesser hurts proportionately.

10.   The captain and the quartermaster shall each receive two shares of a prize, the master gunner and boatswain, one and one half shares, all other officers one and one quarter, and private gentlemen of fortune one share each

11.   The musicians shall have rest on the Sabbath Day only by right. On all other days by favor only.

12.   If a member of the crew were to rape a woman he would be put to death or be marooned. Roberts and his men swore to these on a Bible, and went on to become some of the most successful pirates in history (Source: The Pirates Realm.com).

Demski, Eric. Living by the Sword: Knighthood for the Modern Man . Trafford Publishing. Kindle Edition.

 

So there are supposedly 12 articles of pirate behavior. 

There are also, and this was reminded me by Pirates of the Caribbean, 12 quasi legal syndicates that originate from Queen Teuta.  That is what I learned in church long ago.

[Carries' War: The Druid's Grove]

This story appears to take place in the vacinity of The Druids Grove, Crabtree Lane, Dorking, UK.  Is there an irredacted version of this story?  I have 160 pages.  They turned the modern version into a play.

Eward P Tally one day described what the monster really looks like.  A lot of people did not catch on to what he was doing.

 I thought the book was a lot longer. 

https://goo.gl/maps/DsJ9LgFoB5PczEsZ7

[The Theodric Saga]

This is a series of historical fiction and I only wish it were historical drama.  It starts with the Crown of Anavrea.  Theodric III re-unified the Franks.  But the Merovingian line failed, and he never really became the king of France because the Duchy of Franconia was never merged. 

What is this title, king of Anavrea?

[Historical Historians]

It looks like Genghis Khan moved into the Forbidden City and took his title in Chinese.  He was the start of the Yuan dynasty.

I remember something else about history.  If you examine Greek and Egyptian history closely, 1174 BC is the year that everything changed.  Not exactly 1177 BC.  There are now more eras than ever in Egyptian history.  And I think that is the best year for making a division between the copper and the bronze age.  That would mean video games would influence historical analysis, Age of Empires, and I don't necessarily think there's anything wrong with that.  When would be the iron age?  I don't know.

This is known as the Late Bronze Age Collapse or the Aegean Apocalypse.

I do remember the iron age was 4th century BC in Ohio.  That was a very advanced gifted program in elementary school.  I don't remember what the event trigger was.  I'm fairly certain it was in Athens, Greece.

The AS Klein translation of Yvain does not mention Carlisle castle!.  That would be a consistent translator with the Lancelot book.

The translated Y Goddodin poems have no mention of anyone or anything interesting, even if they are authentic.

The raw, unstranslated version of the Y Goddodin poems does mention Arthur in the preface.

Chalcolithic is the word for copper age.  There is a word on the wikipedia I haven't read in a long time.  "Mesolithic."  I swear when the instructor read that aloud in class I laughed like Butt Head everytime he said it.

Epipalaeolithic is the alternative name for mesolithic.

They've just now started researching Ubaid 0 culture, with the settlement at Tell el-'Oueili. 

Another historical enigma is the language of Abraham.  He is an Amorite.  But where is that in the literature?  That history is not impossibly old.  That isn't particularly controversial.  That he spoke Aramaic is controverial. 

Btw, fah to the naysayers.  The Passion of the Christ is spot on.

I was taught that the original king of Eridu was Alulim.  True, but that city is not the original settlement.

 

Hebrew looks like Sumerian in the Books of Enoch and Aramaic is supposed to similar to Akkadian, they are both semitic.  The oldest historical records in Sumeria appear to be written in Akkadian which is surprising. 

The only thing clear from Abraham's account in the bible is the city Zoar and oak trees.  I think I do remember being taught Abraham was an Amorite from Samara and not a jew from Uruk.  That, IIRC is the Christian version of Abraham, not the Jewish version. 

It makes the Hebrew language puzzling.  It means that Abraham spoke Aramaic if he's from further up north.

Also, I do remember Stonehenge's purpose, to end the universe peacefully!  It was built in about 8000BC and rebuilt 2500BC.  Or something like that.  It lasted so long it is hard to say.

Also, biblical Canaan is the Levant.  Not Africa south of the Numidian desert.

Also, the Sumerian\Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh does not have a deluge.  The Babylonian Enuma Elish, does.

These books are saying that the Britons are separate from the Saxons and the Angles.  Arthur, king of the Britons, would be based in Kent, not Essex.  The History of the Kings of Briton declares Athelstan the first King of the Angles.  This is not backed by The History of Britain.  There's a small list of the Kings of Kent.  The most significant figure of the Dark Ages that is not described, IIRC, is Egbert, the king of Kent.  That was the early power center before Essex became more important.

"As soon as they arrived there with all their forces, they fought with the Saxons, and made a grievous slaughter of them, to the number of six thousand; part of whom were drowned in the rivers, part fell by the hands of the Britons."

Geoffrey of Monmouth. The History of the Kings of Britain (p. 92). Neeland Media LLC. Kindle Edition.

The use of the word "slaughter" is so pervasive that it makes me wonder if it inspired heavy metal.

Arthur is descended from a Roman senator named Maximian and the daughter of Octavius Caesar, Julia.

The original line of the king of the Britons, descended from Aeneas, the nephew of Hector, was deposed by Julius Caesar.

The grandson of Aeneas is Brutus, considered first king of the Britons and the namesake of Great Britain.  Is Brutus the man from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

There is very little history of Silicon Valley and very few movies set there.  The Maltese Falcon and A View to a Kill.  Ah yes, Star Trek IV.  Soylent Green.  Jack the Ripper is apparently associated with the Whitechapel Murders. 

Bay Area Massacre?  Is that the Zodiac Killer?

The definitive image of Jack the Ripper is in Shanghai Knights (they travel to London), and the movie that tries to definitively peg the identity of Jack the Ripper is "From Hell."  He being he first person to answer that he is "from hell" when asked.  Also, of course, David St Hubbins and Derek Smalls want to do a concept album about Jack the Ripper called "Saucy Jack," which is what he called himself in the letters he wrote to Scotland Yard, I found that out in a documentary.

In a newer documentary Jack the Ripper is not Saucy Jack.  I remember seeing the letterheads on the History channel and they were signed alternately Jack the Ripper or Saucy Jack.  The original killing took place at the Ten Bells Pub, which is currently at 84 commercial street in London.  Time after Time comes closest to this grisly killing.

From Hell contends that Jack the Ripper was a very skilled medical practitioner, if not a surgeon.   He at least knew what surgeons used.  According to the documentary, Jack the Ripper: London's Most Notorious Killer, George Chapman is the killer.

[Real pirates: Queen Teuta]

Watch the documentary on Amazon.

[Real pirates: Queen Teuta]

A Greek queen considered the first woman pirate.  IIRC, the original 12 pirate captains were commissioned by her.  That's what they were talking about in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest when they gather all of the pirates to fight the English.  Quote: "The art of piracy is deception."

[Historical Historians]

The castle used in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1971) is gone.  That is a travesty.  That's the most popular king Arthur movie.  The most important part of history is preserving landmarks and its gone.

 

I forgot about the Travels of Marco Polo and I don't know if I ever knew about the Decameron, which does not appear to have been published until modern times.

[Historical Historians]

I make a lot of errors.  Upon review, the castle that is "only a model" in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail does not look like the landmark that is at the beginning of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1971).  If that's from the 7th century that's one heck of a build.  It looks medieval!

Winchester is mentioned in the History of the Britons.  Le Morte d'Arthur uses the term "Camelot" but I don't see where the two are connected.

Yvain mentions Carlisle Castle, it is right up against Hadrian's Wall and obviously the landmark of the movie Camelot.  Percevel calls Yvain King Urien's son.  So it looks like Arthur was mooching a Roman fort.

 

The only tourist attraction in Winchester is called the Great Hall.  There are castles in the area that might do for sight seeing.

 

[Historical Historians]

The digireads version of the Kings of Britain doesn't list a separate translator from Geoffrey of Monmouth.  This suggests that Geoffrey of Monmouth is the translator.  Which, if you believe in God, isn't a problem.  It's actually a little bit humourous.  It's not as flowery a translation as the Penguin Classics version.  If it weren't for the authenticity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's own translation, I'd recommend it. 

That's what funny about this and some real questions about the authenticity of historical sources come in.  What if the person sitting across from you is the source of the "manuscript?" 

Also, the dragon Mercury is also known as "Woden."  And Wednesday is named after him.

According to the wikipedia Woden = Odin.  Same with Britannica.

The jape about Lancelot getting eaten by Mercury wasn't that helpful.  I think the story and I'm sorry i haven't had time to read it is that Mercury who is Merlin eats the Green Knight.  That is offensive in that the Green Knight is like the guardian spirit of Britain.  Ever play Civilization II Gold with the fantasy realm version?  If your capital is taken a guardian spirit will appear giving you a reasonable chance of retaking it.  Mercury is welsh!

I do remember the significance of the Roger Lancelyn Green book.  "Sir Athur and his Knights of the Round Table" is considered the original title of the story because it is the original title of the story in English.  Remember Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written by JRR Tolkien first, which is pre WWII but not as early as Sir Arthur.

The trouble is that Hollywood keeps mining Le Morte d'Arthur, the earlier French titled book, for more of the story.  Especially Linet.   

Now I remember the key fact of History of the King of Britain which is extraordinary.  The first king of the Britons is named Brutus.  This can be confused with Julius Caesar.  The title king of the Britons does not appear with Brutus in Le Morte D'Arthur.

Yvain is another knight.  He is not Uther.  King Urien's son in the story of Perceval.

The original castle was at Carlisle.  That castle is south of Hadrian's Wall.

I see no real evidence Mercury ate anyone.

[Historical Historians]

Lancelot: the Knight of the Cart by Chretian de Troyes.  This appears to be the book Camelot was based on.

 

I'm looking for a dragon named Mercury because there is supposed to be a tie in to the Canterbury Tales.

 

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage does not have the character Linnet in it.

Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory is the stories that Hollywood has used.

Oh, dear. 

Bram Stoker's Dracula Hollywood reshuffling alert.  Because of that movie they decided to retitle a lot of Hollywood movies.  And one of them that fell victim was the version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight starring Sean Connery as the green knight in Sword of the Valiant.

In Sword of the Valiant, Sean Connery makes clear he has come to steal the holy grail.  Also, this version has the classic line, "I too have lived a borrowed year."  I think it's a fall of Rome story, she's a priestess who knows the time of her people is coming to an end.

The first work of fiction is now Merlin's Shame, Carmarthen Book 1.  Lancelot is mentioned there so he does not originate with Chretian de Troyes. 

The name may remind you of the "black book of Gorthad" in the 1990 Lord of the Rings game.

The original Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is clearly the most valuable Arthur movie, and the landmark in the original movie starring Nigel Green is lost. 

According to Yvain, Arthur started at Carlisle and somehow moved to Westminster for later books. 

A 3rd huge castle is in the UK at Northumberland.  It is the place Saint Aidan lived.  It is favored by Hollywood and looks genuinely medieval rather than dark ages.

[Historical Historians]

Did the dragon eat Lancelot for betraying the king by having sex with the queen?

 

The character Linet is in Le Morte D'Arthur.  So I suppose that means that the movie Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is more from the first chapter of Le Morte D'Arthur.

The study of the Latin alphabet is worth some study, when I was younger it supposedly was missing a 'k' and a 'j' vis a vis our English alphabet.  Now, it is the same thing.  Iulius was Julius after all?

Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings is the last source on world history that I find particularly inspiring to find.  It does give an alternate name for Arthur, Geraint.

[Historical Historians]

I think the common argument, IIRC, is that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is considered a historical antecedent and that's where the existence of king Arthur gets its legitimacy.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the movie, does not have a kiss between hero and heroine at the end.  Maybe that's why they made Total Recall.

Had to correct, the oldest source for the UK is the Gododdin poems by Aneurin.  No need for more than one version of the Welsh poems.

The Wife of Bath from the Canterbury Tales is connected to Le Morte d'Arthur somehow and I don't remember how.  The wife of Bath is named Alison.   There is a dragon.  The dragon's name is Mercury.  Le Morte d'Arthur talks about the God Mercury? 

[Historical Historians]

King of East Anglia fighting the Saxons in the 7th century.  That's not unreasonable.

Britannica does have an entry for The History of the Kings of Britain.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is by Simon Armitage - that's the historical author, and it is up again on Amazon. 

This is where things get creepy, the man who played Arthur in Camelot is Richard Armitage. 

The movie closest to Le Morte D'Arthur is Excalibur.

[Historical Historians]

The wikipedia says

He is best known for his chronicle The History of the Kings of Britain (Latin: De gestis Britonum or Historia Regum Britanniae)^[1] which was widely popular in its day, being translated into other languages from its original Latin. It was given historical credence well into the 16th century,^[2] but is now considered historically unreliable.

 

The biggest problem is that "Uther Pendragon" is the only name we know for Arthur's father and it is absurd, we don't have a real name.  I think there was a missing source.  The wikipedia shows his ancestor as Constantine III.  That may be, but that leaves a lot of people between.  Arthur isn't any earlier than 7th century.  

[Historical Historians]

Finally, something on primary sources, Primary source - Wikipedia

[Psychology]

How to Win an Argument by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Introduction to Psychology by William Wundt

Principles of Psychology (2 books) (1890) by William James

The Interpretation of Dreams (1899) by Sigmund Freud. // Early work but this is what a lot of people go for.  Something like, "If you dream of tigers, it means you want to have sex."

Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex (1905)) by Sigmund Freud (penis envy here)

Animal Intelligence by Edward L Thorndike (1911)  This is the book most recommended.

Freud's On Narcissim (1914) by Joseph Sandler (lousy personality types)

Educational Psychology by ELT (Edward L Thorndike)

Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920) by  Sigmund Freud  // listen to the "Pleasure Principle" by Janet Jackson.  There's also a principle of reality.

Ego and the Id (1923) by Sigmund Freud // talks about Ego, Id, and SuperEgo.  see movie Forbidden Planet

I don't think that Freud was wrong but I don't think that he was clear half of the time.

Conditioned Reflexes            Ivan Pavlov (1926)

The Anatomy of Evil by Michael H Stone (1933)

Rebel Without a Cause: The Story of a Criminal Psychopath (1944)  // see James Dean's Rebel without a Cause.  I think this is the first movie that features a drag race off a cliff.

Science and Human Behavior BF Skinner (1953)

How to Live with a Neurotic at Home and at Work by Albert Ellis (1975)

The Underclass (1982) by Ken Auletta

Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire by H. J Eysenck (1985) read Edward Gibbons "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."

Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition: A Theory of Judgment by Howard Margolist (1987) 

You Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen (forgot about this one) (1990)

Men are from Mars Women are from Venus (1992) // watch "Amazon women on the Moon."

Inventing the Feeble Mind by James W Trent (1995)

Humiliation (1995) by William Ian Miller

Family Communication by Sven Wahlroos (1995)

Justice Interuptus: Critical Perceptions on the "postsocialist condition" (1996) by Nancy Fraser

Emotional Blackmail (1997) by Susan Forward and Donna Frazier

Breaking Intimidation (1997) by John Bevere

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen.  Almost neurology rather than psychology.  (1998) After this, notice the books become rather cognitive. 

Do It! Let's Get Off Our Butts by Peter McWilliams (1998)

Talking Straight by Lee Iacocca (1998)

A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture by Marguerite Feitlowitz (1999)

The Seven Worst Things Good Parents Do (1999)

Civility by Stephen L Carter (1999)

Respect by Sara-Lawrence (2000)

Six Pillars of Self Esteem by Nathaniel Branden(2000) 

Informed Consent: Legal Theory and Clinical Practice (2001)

Conflict Resolution by Daniel Dana (2001)

Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and The Science of Affection by Deborah Blum (2002), Deborah Blum won the Pulitzer apparently for something else.  This research on a monkey has been analyzed by more than one person  // similar to "Bedtime for Bonzo."

Misery Loves Company by William F Buckley (2002) Listen to "My Friend of Misery."

Home Improvement by Home Depot (2003)

Misconceptions by Naomi Wolf (2003) 

Healing Through Humor by Charles Hunter (2003)

Breaking and Entering: Burglars on Burglary (2003) by Paul F Cromwell

Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small by Barry J Nalebuff and Ian Ayres (2003)

Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls (2003)

Between Parent and Child by Dr Haim G Ginott (2003)

Saying Yes by Jacob Sullum (2004)

Chatter by Patrick Radden Keefe (2005) // fits under criminology

Breaking Intimidation by Bevere (2005)

First Impressions by Ann Demarais (2005)

Intercouse (2006) by Andrea Dworkin  // see A Beautiful Mind and listen to Van Halen F.U.C.K.

Integrity by Dr Henry Cloud (2006)

Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn (2006)

Manliness by Harvey C Mansfeld (2007)

Uncouth Nation by Andrei S Markovits (2007)

Men are Better than Women by Dick Masterson (2008)

Dissembling by Icon Group (2008)

How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk (2008)

Essential Chomsky Noam Chomsky (2008)  This guy wrote for the New Republic. 

The Six Pillars of Character by Bruce Glassman (2008) // 6 books

Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments (2009) by Dominick Dunne

Justice by Michael J Sandel (2009) // listen to "Justice" by Atomic Opera

The Art of Manliness by Brett McKay (2009) // 5 books

Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me by Howie Mandel (2009)

Misogny: The Male Malady (2010) by David D Gilmore

What Not to Say: Tools for Talking to Young Children (2010)

Martial Virtues: Lessons in Wisdom, Courage, and Compassion by Charles H Hackney (2011)

Annoying by Joe Palca (2011)

Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) by Daniel Kahneman

Behaviorism                   by John B Watson (2011) author died 1958

Franklin is Bossy (2011) by Paulette Bourgeois

Franklin Fibs (2011) by Paulette Bourgeois

Oh, How Sylvester can Pester by Robert Kinerk (2011)

What Women Hate About Men by Martin Ellis M Ellis (2011)

Coming Home to Passion by Ruth Cohn: (2011) // Listen to "Scarred" by Dream Theater 

Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca (2011)

What Not to Say: Avoiding the Common Mistakes that Can Sink Your Sermon by John C Holbert and Alyce M McKenzie (2011)

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber (2012)

Blame: It's Nature and it's Norms by D Justin Coates (2012)

Essential Manners for Men by Peter Post (2012)

Hierarchy of Needs: A Theory of Human Motivation Abraham H Maslow (2012) This version has a clear publication date and I don't have an original publication date, but this author died in 1970

Ignorance by Stuart Firestein (2012)

Urban Dictionary by Aaron Peckham (2012)

Shut the Hell Up!  Silence the Roard by Terry Tripp (2012)

Perversion by Robert J Stoller (2012) // 40 books,  see "Dr. Strangelove"

Over Here by Edgar Albert Guest (2012)  // see The Predator

Shit Happens so Get Over It by Summersdale (2012) // listen to "Get Over It" by the Eagles

What Not to Say by Sara McLaughlin (2012)

The Tacit Demand by O Lagerspetz (2013) // 36 books

How to Stop Lying by Caesar Lincoln (2013)

Tourette Syndrome by David Martino (2013)

Cheating Lessons by James M Lang (2013)

8 keys to Eliminating Passive-Agressiveness (2013)  // 18 books by Andrea Brandt

// I have an imperfect memory but this needs to be said.  "Shock therapy" was originally designed to be a method to eliminate passive aggressive behavior.  It is not supposed to be painful or high current or a "shock."  It is supposed to be medium current and constant.  The idea is to run a current across someone's head to eliminate evil from their brain.  It is supposed to be done for 2 hours for children who demonstrate behavior abnormality and a high IQ.  Without the high IQ you are supposed to be euthanized.  Without predicated health insurance like Australia, though, our system isn't trustworthy enough to be used.  I think I had it done for a half hour in preschool.  I was willing because my father had started to induce terrible behavior in me.  I chose my own settings because of course I understood the technology better than the teacher.  And nobody ever set it up correctly.  Forget the shock behavior!  The hitch is - it makes people a little more lustful rather than less lustful because it eliminates homosexual tendencies.  If a child goes through with it, they need a girl when they are finished.

It is nicknamed "Figure out the meaning of fuck on your own therapy."  That means electro shock therapy will boost your intelligence until you figure out the meaning of fuck on your own.

I remember a weird tip - it is exactly 3 hours and 14 minutes to eliminate sodomy from our brain. 

I also remember, setting the current for medium low rather than medium makes it too wimpy.

Also, a full 3 hours removes you from the curse of homosexuality.  Or more precisely nobody will ass fuck you for getting laid using the therapy if you get the full 3 hours.

The Irritable Brain Syndrome by Kit Campbell (2013) // my father used to say not to trust people who are irritable

Abuse of Discretion by Clark D Forsythe (2013) // about arguments before the supreme court against Roe v Wade

Homecoming by John Bradshaw (2013)

The Top Insults by Full Sea Books (2013) 

Sorry I Barfed on Your Bed by Jeremy Greenberg (2013)

Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy (2013)

Give and Take by Adam M Grant (2013)

Do the Work by Steven Pressfield (2014)

The Character of Leadership Six Pillars of a Leaders Character by Gregg T Johnson (2014)

Stuff Every College Student Should Know by Blair Thornburgh (2014) // 31 books

Out of Control: Why Disciplining your child doesn't work by Shefali Tesbary (2014)

Couples Therapy Workbook by Kathleen Yates Youngman: (2014) 

How to Stop Nagging by Kelsey Huntington (2014)

Ingenuity by Paul Kirkham (2014) 

No-Drama Discipline by Tina Payne Bryson (2014)

Winning Through Intimidation by Robert Ringer (2014)

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey (2014)

Dude that's Rude by Pamela Espeland (2014) // 9 books

Child Abuse by Evin Daily (2014)

Winning Through Intimidation by Robert Ringer (2014)

Do Talk to Strangers by Kerrie Phipps (2014) // 3 books // Listen to "Don't Talk to Strangers"

Momma, Don't Hit Me! A True Story of Child Abuse by Shannon Bowen (2014)

Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion by Gary Chapman (2015)

Beauty by John ODonahue (2015)

From One Prick to Another (2015) by Hilary Butler

Out Came the Sun by Mariel Hemingway (2015) // I remember this being commented on long before a 2015 release

Getting to Yes: Negotiating with Yourself by William Ury (2015)

Should I stay or should I Go?  by Ramani Durvasula (2015)  listen to The Clash.

Antisocial by Daniel J Fox (2015)

Meathead by Allison Brager (2015)

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (2015) // 5 book series.  This is what a husband is supposed to be like

Psychology: Essential Thinkers (2016) This free book on Kindle and is a good summary of significant figures in psychology.

Psychology: A Complete Introduction (2016) by Sandi Mann

Ignominy by Tomas Coimin (2016)  // see the Scarlet Letter

No Ordinary Stalking by June Ti (2016)  listen to "No Ordinary Love" by Sade

Aberation in the Heartland of the Real by Wendy S Painting (2016)

Brain Lock by Jeffrey M Schwartz (2016)

White Trash by Nancy Isenberg (2016)

Introducing Literary Criticism by Owen Holland (2016)

Pitchin a Fit by Isreal Wayne (2016)

We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone by Donald A Hayden (2016) 

The Sack Lunch by Deborah Bowden (2016)

Simply Said by Jay Sullivan (2016)

The WorryWoos by Andi Green (2016) // 8 books

It Didn't Start with You by Mark Wolynn (2016)

Parental Responsibility in the Context of Neuroscience and Genetics by Kristien Hens (2017) // 78 books

Unfuck Yourself by Gary John Bishop (2017) // 5 books

Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G Johson (2017)

Conflict Resolution Phrase Book Barbara Mitchell (2017)

Mistreated by Robert Pearl (2017)

Evoking Greatness by Megan Tschannen Moran (2017)

Fierce Conversations by Susan Craig Scott (2017)  // see Fierce Creatures

Principles by Ray Dalio (2017)

The Road Less Stupid by Keith J Cunningham (2017)

The Art of Cruelty by Maggie-Nelson (2017)

77 Secrets and Habits of Highly Successful People (2017)

Sarcasm Handbook by Lawrence Dorfman (2017)

College Student Leadership Development by Valerie I Sessa (2017) // 31 books

Conscientious Thinking by David Bosworth (2017)

Recipes Every College Student Should Know by Christine Nelson (2017) // 31 books

Free Association Where My Mind Goes During Science Class by Barbara Esham (2018) //  6 books

Confronting Torture by Scott A Anderson (2018)

Atomic Habits by James Clear (2018)

The Basics Melanie Klein (2018)

We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone (2018) // a collection of real life horror stories!

Consent: the new Rules of Sex Education (2018)

How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids (2018) not great, but there are few books on raising children

How to Teach Your Dragon to Make Friends by Donna Shea (2018)  // watch "How to Train Your Dragon?"

Home Security by Andy Murphy (2018)

Rude by Katie Hopkins (2018)  .// A lot likeCandide

Making Conflict Work (2018)

Oedipus Complex by Rhona M Fear (2018) 

How to Swear by Stephen Wildish (2018)

The Student Leadership by James M Kouzes (2018) // 6 books

Start Saying Yes by Matthew Rouse (2018)

The Covert Passive Agressive Narcissist by Debbie Mirza (2018) // 2 books

Hostility to Hospitality by Michael J Balboni (2018)

How I learned to Shut the Fuck Up by Armand Cook (2018)

Doing It by Hannah Witton (2018)

Do It Today by Darius Foroux (2018)

Tourette's Syndrome: How to Eliminate Nervous Ticks and Anxiety by Quinn Spencer(2018)

School Safety and Violence Prevention by Matthew J Mayer (2018) 

Anatomy of a False Confession by Cicctrini (2018)

What to Say: and What Not to Say When by Bill Crawford (2019)

Bully Busting by Donna Shea (2019)

Stalking Crimes and Victim Prevention by Joseph A Davis (2019)

Stop Talking Start Influencing by Jared Cooney Horvath (2019) 

Friends Ask First (2019) by Alexandra Cassel

Best Friends (2019) by Shannon Hale (3 book series)

I Never Called it Rape (2019)

The Mindful Guide to Conflict Resolution (2019) by Rosalie Puiman six tenets of mindfulness: nonjudgment, acceptance, beginner's mind, trust, patience, gratitude and generosity

Listen by Joseph Kerman (2019)

National Populism by Matthew Goodwin (2019)

The Dynamics of Human Peer Bonding (2019) D Anderson

Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations with Your Parents about their Finances by Cameron Huddleston (2019) // a trial balloon - can parents talk to their children at all?

Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Class by Susan J Ferguson (2019)

Shut Up and Listen by Tilman Fertitta (2019)

The American Dream by Jim Cullen (2019)

Leave Me Alone by Dylan Smith-Mitchell (2019) 

Addressing Parental Accomodation by Eli R Lebowitz (2019) // 8 books

You're Doing It Wrong! (2019) by Bethany L Johnson 

Say What You Mean (2019) by Oren Jay Sofer  // The song "One Thing Leads to Another"

Managing Leadership Anxiety (2019) by Steve Cuss

Entertaining Guests (2019) by Peggy Healy     

Think Before You Act by Sarah Machajewski (2019)

Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role  by Rebecca C Manderville (2020)

Character is Destiny by Russell W Gough (2020) 

Principled:10 Leadership Practices for Building Trust by Paul Browning (2020)

Beyond Persuasian and Anger Management by Rebecca Dolton (2020) // 2 books see movie "Anger Management"

Find Your Calm by Gabi Garcia (2020) // 5 books

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Sean Covey (2020)

Calling Bullshit by Carl T Bergstrom (2020)

The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs the United States by Eric Cervini (2020)

Conflict Resolution Playbook (2020) by Jeremy Pollack includes the six core pyschological needs: they include identity, safety, and autonomy.  Also care, growth, stimulation.

Conniving Homo Sapiens by John Donnelly (2020)

Consent for Kids (2020) by Rachel Brian

Counterstory (2020) by Aja Y Martinez

Courtship by Rickey Macklin (2020)

Evil Geniuses by Kurt Andersons (2020) see movies Desperate Measures and the Silence of the Lambs

How Learning Happens by Paul Kirschner (2020)

How to Talk to Girls by Simon Ray (2020)

Making Sense by Sam Harris (2020)

Phallacy by Emily Willingham (2020)

The Power of Discipline by Daniel Walter (2020)

Win with Decency by Douglass and Lisa Marie Hatcher (2020)

Judgement, Decision Making, and Embodied Choices by Markus Raab (2020)

Irony and Sarcasm by Roger Kreuz (2020) // 94 books

Read People Like a Book by Patrick King (2020) // 26 books  //song "Conversation Skill"

How Highly Effective People Speak (2020) // 15 books // Pink Floyd "Speak to Me"

Kindness is my Superpower by Alicia Ortega (2020) // 8 books on children's behavior

Horrifying True Crime Stories by Danielle Tyning (2020)

Louie and Lucie: Have Guests Over (2020)

Bad Arguments by Killian Hobbs (2020)

College Success 101 by Bill Leamon (2020)

Yoga after 50 for Dummies by Larry Pyne (2020)

The First Minute by Chris Fenning (2020) (2 books)

How Highly Effective People Speak by Peter D Andrei (2020) // 15 books

What Not to Say to People Who are Grieving by Andrew Allen Smith and Pamela Sue Pearson (2021)

The College Bound Planner by Anna Costaras and Gail Liss (2021)

I Love it Here by Clint Pulver: How Great Leaders Create Organizations there People Neve Want to Leave (2021)

Let a Boy be a Man by Eddie Rosado (2021)

Perversion of Justice by Julie K Brown (2021)

How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies by Will Witt (2021)

Advanced English Expressions by Advanced English (2021)

Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker (2021)

The Summary and Analysis of Rape Culture: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture  (2021)

Conflicted: How Productive Disagreement Leads to Better Outcomes by Ian Leslie (2021)

How to Divorce a Narcissist and Win by Marie Sarantakis (2021)

Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side by Simon McCarthy Jones (2021) 

The Soul of Desire by Curt Thompson (2021)

Life at the Bottom by Theodore Dalrymplye (2021)

Misconceptions by Tim Rayburn (2021)

Hostility of Change by Joe Robert Thornton (2021)

The Male Chauvinist Pig by Julie Willet (2021) 

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M Cipollo (2021)

Dignity by Donna Hicks (2021) 

Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Hicks (2021)

She Thinks Like a Boss by Jemma Roedel (2021)

The Power of Patience by M J Ryan (2021).

Stop Overthinking by Nick Trenton (2021) 12 books // for the jedi there is no emotion, there is peace, See Empire Strikes Back

Excitable Speech by Judith Butler (2021)

The Bossy Dragon by Steve Herman (2021)

Mastering Self Control by Joshua John Clarkson (2021) 

I Choose to Say No by Elizabeth Estrada (2021)

The Essential New York Time Cookbook by Amanda Hesser (2021)

The New York Times Cooking No Recipe Recipes by Sam Sifton (2021) 

Being Neurotic by Terry Bordan (2022)

I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (2022)

7 Forms of Respect by Julie Pham (2022)

Not My Charming Mother by Patricia Schmaltz (2022)

Jerks at Work by Tessa West (2022)

Seek and Hide by Amy Gajda (2022)

Homelessness in America by Stephen Eide (2022)

Forgive Why Should I and How Can I? by Timothy Keller (2022)

Love at First Spite by Anna E Collins (2022)

Bernice Runs Away by Tayla Tate Boerner (2022)

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Environment by Gator Mate and Daniel Mate (2022)

Collective Illusions by Todd Rose (2022)

Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E Frankl (2022)

The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm by James Napoli (2022) // 2 books

Independence Day: What I learned about Retirement by Steve Lopez (2022)

Introspection by Ray Abi Aad (2022)

None of Your Damn Business by Lawrence Capello (2022)

Empathy by Roman Krznaric (2022)

Embrace Your Empathy by Kristy Robinett (2022)

Narcissistic Mothers by Melanie Parker (2022)

The Affable, Amiable Apostate by Chris Highland (2022)

The Blame Game by Cecelia V Robertson (2022) // I thought this title was old.  Like a movie title

Unreasonable Hospitality (2022) by Will Guidara

The Tragedy of Heterosexuality by Ward (2022)

The Snark Bible by Lawrence Dorfman (2022)

Viral Underclass by Steven W Thrasher (2022)

The Truly Disadvantaged by William Julius Wilson (2022)

The Art of Saying Yes by Sreekumar vT (2022)

Emily Post's Etiquette by Lizzie Post (2022)

Pitchin a Fit by Israel Wayne (2022)

Sh*t for Brains by Hairbrained Inc (2022)

Legal Guide for Police by Jeffery T Walker (2022)

Active Inference by Thomas Parr (2022)

Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling by Richard Reeves (2022)

Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen (2022) // 2 books, a really important way to look at human thought, that is reject your own conjectures.  It forces you to remember exactly what people said when making an argument

Recovery from Abuse by Linda Hill (2022) // 13 books, this describes what is a bad relationship

The Neurotic Character by Terry Bordan (2022)

The Complete Book of Cat Names by Bob Eckham (2022)

Good Housekeeping 1 2 3 Cook! by Good Housekeeping (2022)

Chair Yoga for Dummies by Larry Pyne (2022)

Disobedient Dudley by Vanessa D Norman (2022)

Bournoulli's Falacy by Aubrey Clayton (2023)

Yoga for Dummies by Larry Pyne (2023)

Do Not Invite Your Enemies to the Table by Louie Giglio(2023)

The Art of Saying No by Ravi Lalit Tewari (2023)

The Psychology of Teaching and Learning Music (2023)

From a Kid to a King: Learning How to Transition from Immaturity to Maturity by Edward L Butler (2023)

Introvert by Design by Holley Gerth (2023)

Eye Contact by Matthew Marshall (2023)

Shortchanged by Annie Abrams (2023)

Stfu by Dan Lyons (2023)

Quitting by Julia Keller (2023)

Leadership Mindset by R Michael Anderson (2023)

Memory (2023) by Fergus Craik

Do It! The Life Changing Power of Taking Action by David Nurse (2023)

Access Rome by Richard Saul Wurman (2023)  // Etiquette for visiting Rome

The Joy of Saying No: A Simple Plan to Stop People Pleasing by Natalie Lue (2023) 

Nurturing Professional Judgement by Ben Knight (2023)

Idiocracy by Zoran Terzic (2023)

Managing Mister Bossy (2023) // This take the tack that obsessive compulsive disorder is the problem rather than short attention span.  Leans towards prozac like medication and not ritalin.

Agression, Toxicity, Violence, Abuse by Yuriy Omes (2023)

Workplace Violence by Christina M Holbrook (2023)

The Opposite is True by Efren A Delgado (2023) // True enough.  

Modern Etiquette for Dummies by Sue Fox (2023)

Social Justice Fallicies by Thomas Sewell (2023)

How to Argue with Anyone by Thinknetic (Critical Thinking and Logic Mastery) (2023) // 6 books the epitome of psychology

Incense: Bringing Fragrance into the Home by Diana Rosen (2012)

Critical Thinking: Statistical Reasoning and Intuitive Judgment by Varda Liberman (Author), Amos Tversky (Author) (2024)

Dare to Say No by Max Felkor Kantor (2024)

The Art of Saying No as a Teenager by Tom Woods (2024)

The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N Aron (2024)

It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Romani Durvasula (2024)

Also, tongue in cheek intended, Flirting for Dummies, Sex for dummies, Relationships for dummies, wedding planning for dummies, making marriage work for dummies, pregnancy all in one for dummies emotionally focused couple therapy for dummies, your baby's first year for dummies, and parenting dummies. 

The Dummies series consists of psychology for dummies (2020), child psychology and development for Dummies (2011), forensic psychology for dummies (2012) , psychology statistics for dummies (2012), social psychology for dummies (2014), and cognitive psychology for dummies (2016).

And, Criminology for Dummies.

I do remember, Criminology and not Forensic Psychology is supposed to be a category of psychology instead of forensic psychology.

America does seam to dominate psychology publications.  Perhaps reluctant to take our own advice.

Stargazing for dummies.  Stellarium-web.org is beautiful, and it reminds me of how awful the failing of the Hubble telescope is.  You have no idea how much better the sciences would be if the Hubble had been done well.  If the Hubble had been done well, maybe they would have funded the Super-collider.

 

Three books on academic honesty

Importance of Academic Honesty by Bankim Chandra Pandey // It does mention student rights

Building Honor in Academic: Case Studies in Academic Honesty by Valerie P Denney

Legal of Rights of School Leaders, Teachers, and Students by Martha M McCarthy

 

 

 

 

[Downfall of Rome]

If you mean downfall of the empire in the west, the most important events are the 

Deposition of Romulus Augustus - Wikipedia and the Fall of Constantinople - Wikipedia 

[Historical Historians]

Here's a summary in time order:

Caveman by Jeffrey W Tenney see Caveman and 1,000,000 BC. 

The Agricultural Revolution by Graeme Barker

Stonehenge: A New Understanding by Mike Parker Pearson, originally it was apparently Pinehenge.

 

Sumerian Mythology, Matt Clayton. (2019) // Eridu was once considered the first city, now its Çatalhöyük

Eridu by the Charles River Editors (2017)

The Oxford History of ancient Egypt Ian Shaw (2000)

1177 BC - Eric H Cline (2014) This is the bridge between classical and ancient Greece.  There is a controversy over the years of the bronze age v the years of the iron age.  If you say the iron age started in 1500 BC, it's hard to describe Greece before 1177 BC.  If you say the iron age starts at 1177 BC, there is a clear division.  But I do recall the clear division is supposed to be 1174 BC.

The Holy Bible - the book of Exodus and the rest of the Talmud go here.  That means that the 10 commandments is more recent than Hammurabi's law code, and that's where you should look to find out exactly what adultery means.  A law book, however, falls under philosophy.

//729 BC - the year of the Exodus

//475 BC - the reign of Kind David of Israel

The History by Herodotus translation by David Greene of the Greco-Persian Wars (2010) translation first done in 1987 by the University of Chicago, Written in 430 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek from the Wikipedia. 

Pericles and the Conquest of History by Loren J Samons // a man who cut both ways

History of the Peloponnesian War Thucyides

The Roman Republic by Charles River Editors (2019)

A History of the Pyrrhic War by Patrick Alan Kent (2019)

Hannibal - Livy 

The Histories - Polybius (translated 2010) this is the authentic work titled "The Histories" according to Britannica.  Commensurate with the 3rd Macedonian War.  Now the summary looks like the 3rd Punic War.

The Crisis of Rome by Gareth C Sampson (2010)

The Conquest of Gaul - Julius Caesar (veni, vidi, vici) "I came, I saw, I conquered."  Commemorated in Ghostbusters. 

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland (2007) // The HBO series Rome should take after this more than any other book.

The History of Rome - Titus Livius This falls somewhere between Julius Caesar and Octavian.

The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus by Dio Cassius  The birth of Christ is here.  Also, the historical event of commissioning a census to discover the birthplace of the mother of God succeeded.  I have also heard that 93% of Europe's cities were founded, with the funding being in excess for every one.  Especially Vienna.  Vienna have tried to return their gold to Rome over 3000 times because of his decision.  The census is in Jesus of Nazareth.  The "divine Augustus" they refer to is Octavius Caesar.  The Romans agree to provide king Herod with amelioration for his people because of the effort the census.  What you need to understand is, Mary signed the role book in exactly the same alphabet that I am using to type this sentence.

"The Birth of Jesus Christ LUKE 2 In those days  la decree went out from  mCaesar Augustus that all the world should be  nregistered. 2This was the first  nregistration when [1] Quirinius  owas governor of Syria. 3And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4And Joseph also went up  pfrom Galilee, from the town of  qNazareth, to Judea, to  rthe city of David, which is called  sBethlehem,  tbecause he was of the house and lineage of David, 5to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, [2] who was with child. 6And  twhile they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and  uwrapped him in swaddling cloths and  vlaid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in  wthe inn."

Bibles, Crossway. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (with Cross-References) (p. 3969). Good News Publishers. Kindle Edition.

In the NIV study bible, the word is "census"

1In those days Caesar Augustusa issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.b 2( This was the first census that took place while1 Quirinius was governor of Syria.) c 3And everyone went to their own town to register. Chart: Main Roman Emperors of the New Testament Period 4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehemd the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to hime and was expecting a child. 6While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Zondervan,. NIV Study Bible, Fully Revised Edition (p. 7361). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. 

This is the period in history known as the Pax Romana,

14“ Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peacel to those on whom his favor rests.”

Zondervan,. NIV Study Bible, Fully Revised Edition (p. 7361). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. 

Octavian is named "Octavius Caesar" in the Shakespeare plays Julius Ceasar and Antony and Cleopatra.  His real life name is James Harold Day.

All the Hollywood Julius Caesar movies are based on the play Julius Caesar but one, which is based on the Conquest of Gaul, which I do not see available anymore.  Movies based on Antony and Cleopatra tend to be named simply "Cleopatra" and are a looser adaptation.  No Shakespearean dialog like in a Charlton Heston movie.

Caligula by the History Hour,  emperor famous for hedonism.  The son of Tiberius, the emperor when Jesus was crucified.

The Annals - Cornelius Tacitus The Oxford version has the original author's full name and I'm sure is the right title. 

The Civil Wars by Appian 

Parallel Lives by Plutarch (2014) // 1st century Greek historian.  There appears to be two different Plutarchs or something very wrong with authorship.  The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives is also credited to a "Plutarch" but that would be 1st century BC.  This is supposed to be a discussion of his friends' lives at the height of the Pax Romana.  ????

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Seutonius 

Nero by Margaret George (2 books)  // Watch movie Quo Vadis.  Also see software Nero burning ROM.

// I'm being political by calling these history books.  There is a short story about Nero I am trying to find.  He supposedly rescued Trajan as a kidnap victim.

Trajan by Nicholas Jackson (2022) // They say he still is still the bishop of Paris and you may meet him if you go to Notre Dame.

Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire by Mary T Boatwright (2000) // Princeton Press designates this as the height of the empire, more or less

Pox Romana by Colin Elliott (2024) // The reign of Marcus Aurelius marks what is generally seen as the last of the "good emperors."

The Golden Legend (2015) circa 1266 This story includes the legend of saint George killing a dragon.  It should be placed in late antiquity.  setting for The Pick of Destiny backstory

Constantine the Great by John B Firth (2007)

the World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown (1971)

Alaric the Goth Douglas Boin (2020)

The White Stag by Kate Seredy (1979) // Newberry Award winner

City of God by Saint Augustine (2012)  This is a historical work and not just a philosophical one

Perceval: The Story of the Grail by Chretien de Troyes // historical fiction but points out the important notion that Gawain rescued the grail.  And it's gold.  Some say it should be described as "bismuth."  Also see "Gawain and the Green Knight" because he is supposed to be the first knight of Camelot.  The modern equivalent of "bismuth" is "pewter" which is an alloy of bismuth and tin.

The Dark Ages by Charles Oman (2017) original publication 1898, defines the dark ages as the deposition of Romulus Augustus until the reign of Hugh Capet.  The dark ages as a historical phenomenon typically ends with the reign of Charlemagne.

From Roman to Merovingian Gaul by Alexander Calendar Murray (2008) - this goes back to Gennobaudes.

The Merovingians by Gregory of Tours.  Translated by Alexander Calendar Murray (2006)  This starts with Merovich and ends early, before the union of the Franks under Theodric III. 

A History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours (2010) This reveals Clovis I was married before he was baptized.

Clovis History of the Founder of the Frank Monarchy (2017)

The Life of Charlemagne by Einhard.  Written contemporaneously.  Mayor of the Palace was his original adult title.  It also uses the word "accession" which is a very good word to use.  It means either inheritance of a title when your father dies or promotion by the Roman emperor himself.  But that's not a proper use of the term, the emperor is not supposed to do that.  Peerage law would probably prohibit it.  The thing is, the Merovingian kings died out.  By comparing the names to the Ostrogothic Roman allies it looks like they were chosen to inherit with Hugh Capet onwards.

The Secret History by Procopius covers Justinian, the Sack of Rome (546) by Ostrogoths, who had helped Byzantium face Clovis I, and the construction of the Hagia Sophia.

History of the Britons (2017) originally published 1963

Alfred the Great, (king of Wessex) (1983) originally published 1983 reprinted 2004

Aethelstan, the First King of England (2011) by Sarah Foot

Aethelred the Unready (2016) reign: 978 to 1013

Harold - the Last of the Saxon Kings by Edward B Lytton (2019)

Cnut the Great by Timothy Bolton

William the Conqueror (1964) by David C Douglas

The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth (this translation first published in 1966) c. 1136 original publication

Feudalism (???) by wikipedia, publication unknown.

The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon (2006) origin: 1002

Eleanor of Aquitaine by Hourly History  A chance for the French to unite their country,

Chronicles of the First Crusade by Chrisopher Tyerman (2011)

The Templars by Mike Haag.  (2009)

The Knights Templar by Conrad Bauer (2 books)

Crusades by Conrad Bauer

The Teutonic Knights by Conrad Bauer

The Knights Hospitaler by Conrad Bauer

The Knights Hospitaler by Helen Nicholson (2019) circa 1113, commensurate setting Kingdom of Heaven

King Stephen (2011) reign: 1135 to 1154 inspired The Pillars of the Earth

The Fall of Constantinople by Edwin Pears

The Life and Times of Adelard of Bath by Simon Webb.//  This has been recently reclassified as nonfiction.

The Twelfth Century Rennaissance by Alex J Novikoff (2017) Now that Adelard has been reclassified as nonfiction, if the rennaissance started in the 12th century, then the next age is the age of discovery with Christopher Columbus.

The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade by Peter W Edbury (1998) // See "Kingdom of Heaven"  This story covers Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem so it happens just before the third crusade by King Richard I.

The History of the Holy War by Marianne Ailes (2011) 

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (2020) // After spending some time reading Robin Hood with different authors I finally remembered that the authentic book is Ivanhoe.  13th century

Secret History of the Mongols by Arthur Waley, cited by Tom Toles for parody "Went Too Far"

The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo (original publication 1298, modern translation 1874)// He visited the court of Kublai Khan, the Chinese emperor.

The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane by Beatrice Forbes Manz (the first Ottoman emperor?)

An inscription over the door of the Gur Amir, Tamerlane's mausoleum in Samarkand, denotes his reputation: "This is the resting place of the illustrious and merciful monarch, the most great sultan, the most mighty warrior, Lord Timur, conqueror of the earth."

Sultan = Ottoman

whose inscription on his tomb says, "Whoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I."

Stier, Roy. Tamerlane: A Historical Account of The World's Ultimate Warrior . Timeless Voyager Press. Kindle Edition.

This is called the Curse of Timur's Tomb or the Curse of Tamerlane.

The Hanseatic League by Helen Zimmern // the beginning of the German duchies, subjugated to Austria

Chronicles of the Crusades by Jean de Joinville (2019) c 1309 (the 7th, French led crusade)

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.  Reportedly recovered from the monastery of Melk.  Hollywood dates at 1327.  The miniseries differs in that the two main characters are clearly nobility, and not mere monks or priests.

Wars of Scottish Independence by Hourly History, commensurate setting: Braveheart

The Taheiki by Helen Craig McCullough (2004)  // Japanese epic

Decameron (2015) by Giovanni Boccaccio Norton library version

The Black Death by Philip Ziegler

Summer of Blood by Dan Jones (2009)

Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights by Stephen Turnbull

The Fall of Constantinople by Charles River Editors

The  Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser (1993) // see "The Other Boleyn Girl"

Joan of Arc by Helen Castor (2015)

The Hundred Years War by Hourly History

African Samurai by Thomas Lockley (2019)

Richard III (published 1981) (reign 1452-1485) commensurate setting: Richard III, a Shakespeare play.  Richard I was the Lionheart on the third crusade.  These facts are generally confused.  The true story of Robin Hood, however, goes here.

Reconquista by Charles River Editors

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon (1776) - frequently cited by The New Republic

Wars of the Roses by Hourly History

The Spanish Inquisition by Joseph Perez

Martin Luther by Hourly History

Quick Guide to the Sistine Chapel by Donato Lecce

Columbus: The Four Voyages by Laurence Bergreen  // age of discovery begins here, movie: 1492

Anne and Charles and Anne and Louis series by Rozsa Gaston (4 books)

The Reformation by Owen Chadwick (1964)

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen   // This is the most important book of all.

Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa (2019) // They made a triumvirate of Hollywood movies.  This is about the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Ivan the Terrible by History Hour

The Copernican Revolution by Thomas S Kuhn .// Copernicus came before Galileo

Galileo by Mitch Stokes

The Thirty Years War by Richard Bonney // Germany is still stuck with Austrian rule

The Sun King by Nancy Mitford // Louis XIV, listen to the Sun King by The Cult

The Enemy at the Gate by Andrew Wheatcroft  // Muslim invasion of Europe, allies led by Austria at the time

The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness by Ritchie Robertson

Pocahontas: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History (this is an authentic painting of her)

Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick

Charleston and the Golden Age of Piracy by Christopher Byrd Downey (2013) commensurate setting Pirates of the Caribbean, also, see Tales from the Pirates Cove.

Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard

Black Flag of the North: Bartholomew Roberts, king of the Atlantic Pirates by Victor Suthren

Blackbeard by Samuel Marquis

The Glorious Revolution by Brian Best

They Knew they Were Pilgrims by John G Turner first Thanksgiving, after Addams Family Values parody I looked for something on this specifically

Fur, Fortune, and Empire by Eric Jay Dolin

The Last Spanish Armada by Jonathan D Oates

The War of Austrian Succession by MS Anderson

The Seven Years War in Europe by Franz AJ Szabo  // this is Prussian independence

French and Indian War by Hourly History

The Modern Scholar: The Life and Times of Ben Franklin by Professor HW Brands  (2008)

Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry by Harlow Giles Unger (2010)

Sons of Liberty by Charles River Editors (2012)

John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot by Harlow Giles Unger.  A lot of wikipedia stuff comes from this.  

American Revolutions: A continental History by Alan Taylor (2 time winner of the pulitzer prize)

// My mind got hung up on the name "Barry Whitlock" which I can't find.  There are 3 things you need to understand to figure out who the first president is, the presidential seal, which they don't have a complete write up on the wikipedia, a "working constitution," and a "provisional constitution."

If the British want a vote I think the first president is "Samuel Adams" during the revolutionary war.  Because he is the first president under the first "provisional constitution."  That's what I answered on the AP American history exam.  I don't know if I got it right.

A Handsome Flogging by William R Griffith, see movie: The Crossing

Southern Gambit by Stanley DM Carpenter

The Hurricane's Eye by Nathaniel Philbrick

The American Revolution by Gordon S Wood (1993) // historian winning pulitzer prize

Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism  by Joel Richard Paul (2022)

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow winner of pulitzer prize for this book and best American book award as well, career journalist with a literature degree from Yale/Cambridge.

John Adams by David McCullough (1993) // Pulitzer prize winning and basis of HBO mini-series, David McCullough was an American historian

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America by Christopher Hitchens (2009)

Father of the Constitution: A Story about James Madison by Barbara Mitchell (2003)

George III: America's Last King (2008) reign: 1760 to 1820

Marie Antoinette by Hourly History

The French Revolution by Ian Davidson

The Scientific Revolution by Steven Shapin

Napolean Bonaparte by The History Hour.  This describes the coronation as French emperor.  The coronation as Italian king is mentioned but hardly mentioned.  It is a tie-in to Les Miserables.Dolly Madison - Influential Women in History by Anon 

The War that Forged a Nation by Walter R Borneman (2005)

Eagle of the Seas: The Story of Old Ironsides by Bruce Grant (2018)  // Old IronSides can also be used for the first armoed division; the USS Constitution can also be called the Eagle of the Sea

The Burning of the White House by Jane Hampton Cook (2016)

// Dolly Madison rescued the artwork of the white house and also served children ice cream - which turn out to be the most interesting facts of the War of 1812.  My mind is flagging this as really important - I think she sends a secret letter to the prime minister detailing exactly why the War of 1812 is starting.  She was a British spy.

She invented ice cream, not sherbert. 

I think the king wrote her back and told her to save her husband's life and when to get out before the British came.  Henry Madison noted there was a redcoat helping.  He thinks it was the king.

Star Spangled Banner by Marc Ferris // This should include the story of the English king granting a royal proclamation granting the United States freedom of the seas.

Tom Pocock's History of Nelson // 7 books.  I've heard of the Battle of Trafalgar but Barry Longyear seams obsessed with this admiral.

Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace by Rory Muir (2020) // Les Miserable indicated we need a book that concentrates on this era.

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick, period piece: Moby Dick

The Second Bank of the Unites States by Jane Ellen Knodell

Trail of Tears by Hourly History

//setting for Zoro movies goes here

Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers by Brian Kilmeade

So Far from God by John SD Eisenhower (the Mexican American War), commensurate setting: How the West was Won (supposed to be initially set in this time period)

Paris Reborn by Stephanie Kirkland // includes the story of Napoleon III

Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy

Tecumseh's War by Donald R Hickey

The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman, this is really an autobiography,  era piece: True Grit

The Age of Gold by Grover Gardner,  commensurate setting: Wagons East. 

Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R Platt // You can put Tai-pan about here

Ann and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon // maybe its historical fiction see movie: Anna and the King, the King and I is the title of only the original 1944 movie

Industrial Revolution in World History by Peter N Stearns

The Real Gangs of New York by Wallace Edwards // see period piece Gangs of New York!

Boss Tweed Kenneth D Ackerman (2020)  // Inspired Gangs of New York, Dukes of Hazard, and the Wind in the Willows

The Civil War by Shelby Foote (3 books): Glory, Gettysburg, Gods and Generals, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Dances with Wolves, Abraham Lincoln

The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta by Marc Wortman: period piece, Gone with the Wind

With Malice Toward None by Stephen B Oates (Abraham Lincoln biography), see movie Birth of a Nation (1915)

Battle Hymn of the Republic by John Stauffer

Ulysses S Grant by Ulysses S Grant

William T Sherman by William T Sherman

The Essential Lewis and Clark by Anthony Brandt

Reconstruction:  A Concise History by Allen C Guelzo

The Transcontinental Railroad by John H Williams

The Chisholm Trail by James E Sherow, see City Slickers

They Died with their Boots On by Thomas Ripley, movie: They Died with their Boots On

The Franco Prussian War by Stephen Badsey  // Germany still not unified

The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina.  This covers the third stage of the Japanese Meiji Restoration, the Satsuma rebellion.  American world history books generally cover the 2nd stage, the Bojin War, which is when the heaviest fighting supposedly occurred.  The first stage, the Bakumatsu, is pooh poohed by American textbooks except for the burning of Kyoto, and better covered by a Shinsengumi movie from Amazon.  There are biographies on Kido Takayoshi and Sakamoto Ryomo, but they are boring compared to what you would really want to read about them.

The Zulu War by Captivating History

Geronimo by Hourly History, commensurate setting: Once Upon a Time in the West // Apache Indian chief, participated in Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade

The Statue of Liberty by Edward Berenson

Wounded Knee Massacre by Hourly History, commensurate setting Hidalgo, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Mutiny by Charles River Editors

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow by Richard Wormser

The Klondike Gold Rush by Charles River Editors commensurate setting: Shanghai Knights, documentary: The Klondike Gold Rush

The Sorcerer of Bayreuth by Barry Millington about Richard Wagner, classical composer who wrote "Flight of the Valkyries" giving Adolf Hitler major Vienna envy in "Mein Kampf."

Cold Heart by Kimberly Tilley

The Whitechapel Murders, by Tom Wescott (2 books) commensurate setting: Shanghai Noon, from Hell, Time after Time

Theodore Roosevelt Series (3 books) by Edmund Morris - this series undoubtedly describes the United States at its most hopeful, there's no comparison)  Pulitzer prize winning.  Author is dropped out literature major.

Spanish - American War by Captivating History

The Rough Riders by Mark Lee Gardner

Theodore Roosevelt by Louis Auchincloss, period piece: The Wind and the Lion. 

A classic line from Theodore Roosevelt: "It would be a shame to spoil the beauty of the thing with legality."

Another classic line from Theodore Roosevelt, "Tomorrow I will decide the fate of Morocco.  Right now, I want to be alone with my bear."

America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create a Federal Reserve by Roger Lowenstein

American Passage: The History of Ellis Island by Vincent J Cannato, commensurate setting The Godfather Part II

The Great Anglo Boer War by Byron Farwell // here Germany is finally a unified country and surprisingly they 

                                                                             // get their butts kicked by the United Kingdom

Great War Series(2) by Barbara W Tuchman

King Oliver Kings of Jazz by Martin Williams, got going 1915

Russian Revolution by Hourly History

Operation Kronstadt by H Ferguson

Hollywood by Gore Vidal period pieces: LA Confidential, Chinatown.

Paul Whiteman by Don Rayno and William H Youngren career started 1917-1918

Great War Series by Harry Turtledove (3 books), movies with commensurate setting: Seargent York, All Quiet on the Western Front, Hells Angels, 1917, Tolkien

A Prince of Our Disorder by John E Mack about T E Lawrence // pulitzer prize winning biography by psychiatrist; I should check here to make sure that Lawrence was a history and not an archaeology major.  His castle exploration makes more sense for a dissertation or a postdoc, a senior project in history isn't supposed to take that much effort.

The Roaring Twenties by Hourly History movie The Roaring Twenties, Vertigo, Rear Window, and Sunset Boulevard.  The Last flight of Amelia Earheart.  The Great Gatsby.  Some Like it Hot. 

Bloody Valentine by John Fleury period piece Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Road to Perdition

Al Capone by Hourly History same setting as The Untouchables

Black Tuesday by Charles River Editors,

The American People in the Great Depression by David M Kennedy, see The Aviator

The Dust Bowl by Ken Burns, commensurate setting the Grapes of Wrath

Night of the Long Knives by Phil Carradice  // Hitler turns against the brownshirts. 

The Swing Era by Gunther Schuller, commensurate setting: The Glenn Miller Story,

His Way by Kitty Kelly about Frank Sinatra.  Frank Sinatra won a talent contest in 1935.  Commensurate setting: The Godfather.

Straighten Up and Fly Right by Will Friedland setting: Casablanca, Nat King Cole story, career really started 1937

Hoover Dam: An American Adventure by Joseph E Stevens

Adolf Hitler by Hourly History

The Final Solution by David Cesarani

Stalin by Hourly History Tom Toles parody autobiography "Mistakes were Made"

Policing Shanghai by Frederic Wakeman 

The Second World War by Winston S Churchill (6 books)

Tigers on the Road (2 books) by Richard Powell

Shanghai and Nanjing 1937 by Benjamin Lai,

Case of White: The Invasion of Poland by Robert Forczyk

The Defence and Fall of Singapore by Brian Farrell, movie: The Empire of the Rising Sun, now called The Empire of the Sun, the same name as the novel upon which it is based, featuring Christian Bale as a childhood actor.

Battle of Britain by Hourly History

Day of Infamy by Walter Lord, setting Pearl Harbor, Tora Tora

The Fall of the Phillipines by Louis Morton

The Yukon by Joann Robertson commensurate with Alaska Highway, documentary experience - Building the Alaska Highway

Code Talker by Chester Nez period piece: Windtalkers

Into the Valley: the Marines at Guadalcanal by John Hersey, movie Gaudalcanal Diary

Coral Sea 1942: The first Carrier Battle by Mark Stille

Midway 1942: Turning Point in the Pacific by Mark Stille

Operation Torch 1942 by Brian Lane Herder

Enemy at the Gates by William Craig, see The Enemy at the Gates

Salerno 1943: The Allied Invasion of Italy by Angus Konstam

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan

Operation Market Garden 1944 by Steven J Zaloga, period piece: A Bridge Too Far. 

Battle of the Bulge by Andy Rawson

Battle of Berlin by Hourly History

War As I Knew It by George S Patton, commensurate setting: Patton

Clash of the Carriers by Barrett Tilman

The US Marines on Iwo Jima by James H Hallas

The Manhattan Project by Cynthia C Kelly, period piece: Fat Man and Little Boy

Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roy Jenkins

Harry S Truman by Robert Dallek

Indianapolis by Lynne Vincent and Sara Vladic

Enola Gay by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank  // see movie: The Diary of Anne Frank

The Nurembourg Tribunal by John Tusa (2016)  // natural law was introduced as a philosophy to fight the Holocaust, not to justify the American Revolution.

The Holocaust: The Human Tragedy by Martin Gilbert relevant movies: The Music Box, Never Forget, Sophie's Choice.

Old Ironsides by the United States Army // story of the US army's firs armored division.  Nickname also used by USS Constitution in the War of 1812.

GI Bill: The New Deal for Veterans by Glenn Altshuler (2011) // cited by some as the origin of the baby boom, officially the "serviceman's readjustment act of 1944"

Exodus by Leon Uris, period piece with Paul Newman's 1960 Exodus (several movies with that title) and Shawshank Redemption

Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat commensurate with Never Cry Wolf

The Roswell Crash by Charles River Editors //curiously the crash wasn't in Roswell and it was in 1947.

Korean War by Bruce Cumings, commensurate with MASH

Bearing the Cross by David Garrow // pulitzer prize winner about MLK Jr and the Southern Christian Leadership, author is historian, graduated Wesleyan and Duke university

The Race Beat by Gene Roberts // Pulitzer prize winner, author is journalist

Carry Me Home: the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution by Diane McWhorter // Pulitzer prize winner, released years after issue occurred in 1963  I find the notion of climactic puzzling because it it not even to the Mississippi Burning case yet, author is journalist.  Played Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird."  Graduated Wellesley College in 1974.  Journalism major?

Mississippi Burning Case by Charles River Editors  // See movie "Mississippi Burning"

Selma's Bloody Sunday by Robert A Pratt // Civil rights activist involved with Voting Rights Act of 1965

Ho Chi Minh by William J Duiker

Valley of the Shadow: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu by Kevin Boylan and Luc Oliver

The Way We Were - the Boomer Story by Michael F Kastre (2021) relevant movies: The Way We Were, Touch of Evil.

The Cuban Revolution by Aviva Chomsky period piece with The Godfather Part II

Cuban Missile Crisis by Phil Carradice, commensurate setting Thirteen Days

Algeria: France's Undeclared War (Making of the Modern World) (2011) by Martin Evans commensurate with, The Battle of Algiers, A Film within History

A Day that Changed History by Merriman Smith (1964) // Pulitzer prize winner that is no longer available

Ho Chi Minh Trail by Peter E Davis

Rolling Thunder by Richard P Hallion and Adam Tooby, commensurate setting, Good Morning Vietnam, We Were Soldiers, Hells Angels on Wheels

Tet Offensive by James Arnold, commensurate setting: Platoon

My Lai by Howard Jones,

Operation Linebacker (2 books) by Marshall Michel III, commensurate setting: Air America, Apocalypse Now,

Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust: The Ohio State Football Story by William V Levy (1966)

The Global Sexual Revolution by Gabriele Kuby (2015) // the most important thing to remember is that the Roman soldiers fought for their wives and "you can't give credence to fools."  I think that quote is by Trajan but I'm not sure.  The revolution we needed, carrot and stick, make marriage a sacrament, which is modern,  outlaw abortion,  and...change the welfare state so unwed mothers rather than wed mothers get support, like Europe.  The problem with making sodomy legal is that it has become a social expectation for good students in America that is hard to avoid.  The only way to make it fair I think would be to legalize polygamy.

Kent State by Thomas M Grace

Three Days at Camp David by Jeffrey E Garten

The Lucky Few: The Fall of Saigon by Jan K Herman

The Vietnamese Boat People by Nghia M Vo

No Wider War by Sergio Miller

Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell

The Zodiac Killer by Zed Simpson

The True Events that Inspired the Hunt for Red October by Boris Gindin 

The 1970s by Marcel Ernst

era movies: The Bad News Bears.  Much more salacious than the remake.  The World According to Garp.  Shaft.  Taxi Driver.  Midnight Cowboy (1969), which is close enough.  Detroit Rock CIty.  Star Wars.  Invasion of the Body Snatchers.  I am the Cheese.  Airport,  Airplane.  Live and Let Die.  Close Encounters of the Third Kind.  Moonraker.  Superman

Valley of Genius by Adam Fisher period piece Time after Time,

On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follet, movies: On Wings of Eagles

The Reagan Revolution and the Rise of the New Right by Craig Shirley.  period pieces:   The Secret of My Success.    Transformers, GI Joe.  Terminator. E.T.  Star Trek movies.  Ferris Bueller.  The Terminator.  Beverly Hills Cop.  Jumpin Jack Flash.  Spies Like Us.  Firefox.  Live and Let Die.  Smokey and the Bandit.  The Coca Cola kid.  Wall Street. Wolfen.  Cloak and Dagger - notice the kid doesn't have enough money to buy anything.  Two of a Kind (posits Gene Hackman as God), The Package.  Gotcha.  Octopussy.  Harly Davidson and the Marlboro Man, The Rising Sun, The Living Daylights, City Slickers, Beavis and Butt Head Do America,  Suspect.  Gung Ho.  Witness.

The Outlaw Bank by Jonathan Beaty

Seven Fat Years by Robert L Bartley

Wolfen, The Coca Cola Kid, and Wall Street hit on some of the same themes.   There are 3 points they are making that are deep.  One, it is possible America is not doing the work that it is being credited with.  Two, the British are not as afraid of as you might think because of their diamond reserves in South Africa.  The company's name is De Beers.  National Geographic has written about it without seeing the significance.  Third, who really is running the operations that actually work?  It is not John Galt.  4 - the Navajo are implying that Christ was here before Jamestown.

Inside Job by Stephen Pizzo mocked as "My Five Senators" the movie due to Cracked magazine, I think I remember it's issue 250, the Tales from the Crypt department.

Bill Clinton by Michael Tomasky, commensurate setting: Lord of War, Shatterred Glass, Ciy Slickers II, Heat

Inventing the Feeble Mind by James W Trent

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert S McNamara, commensurate setting: Seven Psychopaths

The Truth about Camp David by Clayton E Swisher

Butler's Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler  // The version with him on the cover has the years of the lives of the saints, and so is a superior print.  It must be 20th century.  It may have been originally published betweeen 1756 and 1759, but it has been updated with a 19th century saint.  I really wish I could find the source for "Those who work, those who fight, and those who pray."  This version is really a very recent work.

Brat by Andrew McCarthy (2021)  // The "brat pack" were a group of actors and actresses that were called the "Brat Pack" this is just before the Clinton era started.

Pablo Escobar by Hourly History inspired movie Loving Pablo also inspired documentary "Killing Pablo"

Bush V Gore by Charles L Zelden

The Cybernetics Moment by Ronald R Kline

Big Roads by Earl Swift

The History of Heavy Metal by Andrew O Neil

The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz

Secret Israel by Shakked Beery

Altogether, 1 on Sumeria, 1 on ancient Egypt, 4 books on ancient Greece, 20 on Rome, 22 on France, and 22 on the United Kingdom, 1 on China, 2 on Japan, 2 on Russia, 3 on Spain, and 41 on the United States.

I've put publication dates on the more modern books.

Also, the Secret History is Greek, rather than Roman.  It's the Byzantine empire under Justinian.

The Sellout: How Three Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System by Charles Gasparino (2011)

 

I remember I wish I could join episcopal church back then, Mrs Garland (Japanese American) asked me about that and had the Anglican church choose history books for Stingley.  They were much more difficult then they otherwise would have been and described secrets of history that Americans won't publish.  Yes, that was a deliberate attempt to undermine American democracy.  The two biggest issues would be the 2nd continental congress and Dolly Madison.

Case Closed by Gerald Posner (2013) // A lot of attention when it first appeared in US News a long time ago.  The two things that make people wonder are 1) You have to hold your breath while taking a shot like Lee Harvey Oswald 2) Jack Ruby, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald has mob ties.  

With Lee Harvey Oswald captured by the FBI and on TV, why did the mob act rashly?  Was he just pissed or did they sense some danger?

Jack Ruby - conviction of murder overturned on appeal, died before retrial.  The FBI argument - I think - was that he killed a valuable witness.  Do I remember the US marshalls saying he was a valuable witness?  The FBI thinking he was too dumb to be the shooter?  

The Afghanistan Papers by Craig Whitlock.(2021)// must have been updated

[Historical Historians]

There are a few other titles that have shown up

The History of Rome - Titus Livius (Early history of Rome)

The Histories - Polybius (Third Macedonian War - with Rome)

Hannibal - Livy (History of the Second Punic War)

The Conquest of Gaul - Julius Caesar 

The -->Histories<-- Annals - Cornelius Tacitus (downfall of Nero)  this can be found under two different titles.   The Oxford version has the author's full name and I'm sure is the right title. 

The Civil Wars - Appian (through Trajan)

Remember, for a book to be legitimate, it has to have an ASIN number, an ISBN number, and maybe a CDRL (contract data requirements list) number.

ASIN numbers are broader than ISBN.  According to the wikipedia, ASIN numbers are Amazon?  I remember them older than ISBN numbers.

I think ISBN numbers are Swiss.

ICCN numbers are library of congress numbers and they are somewhat rare.  They can be accepted or rejected after being assigned a number.  Rejected books can be rejected simply on the basis of historical mispellings, like mispelling Alulim, the first king.

There is a quik I do remember about CDRL numbers.  A textbook with a CDRL number is indicative of a problematic classroom. 

A CDRL number means, otherwise, that your customer wants to catalog your work.  There is some confusion.  A request for a CDRL number from a customer means they want to pay you more money.

I don't know of any book with 3 identifying numbers that include the ICCN and not the CDRL.

I think CDRL means contract to complete by the government.  It means it's a government contract book.

When the book has a rejected ICCN number, it is considered fraudulent material.

Looking over these books it looks like the Pax Romana wasn't much of a Pax Romana.  It looks like the civil wars didn't end until Hadrian, the 3rd of the 5 good emperors.

I would start with the History of Rome, because the Battle of Orders really shaped the world's socioeconomic structure more than anything since.  What they were missing, and I think is missing from Asian culture, is a class of people who were affluent but not wealthy.  Above middle class without the authority to dispense their own justice.  I suppose in a western sense is what it did was create the upper middle class, which is what the Clinton era gave us.  Weird jokes about teenage girls having trouble finding the keys to the family SUV were indicative of the era.

There are an absurd number of variations for Plutarch.  What matters is Parallel Lives.  Right title, right author.