100 Best Freemasonry Books of All Time

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Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry book cover1

Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry

John J. Robinson

5.0
Its mysterious symbols and rituals had been used in secret for centuries before Freemasonry revealed itself in London in 1717. Once known, Freemasonry spread throughout the world and attracted kings, emperors, and statesmen to take its sacred oaths. It also attracted great revolutionaries such as George Washington and Sam Houston in America, Juarez in Mexico, Garibaldi in Italy, and Bolivar in Sou
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The Lost Keys of Freemasonry: The Legend of Hiram Abiff

Manly P. Hall

5.0
2013 Reprint of 1946 Fifth Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Mr. Hall, himself an honorary 33x Mason, reveals the profounder aspects of this ancient Fraternity which has been a source of inspiration to so many individuals through the centuries. The basic symbolism of the three degrees of the Blue Lodge is explained. The text can be r
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Freemasons for Dummies

Christopher Hodapp

4.9
Fascinated by Freemasons? Freemasons For Dummies is the internationally best-selling introduction to the Masons, the oldest and largest "secret society" in the world. This balanced, eye-opening guide demystifies Freemasonry, explaining everything from its elaborate rituals and cryptic rites, to its curious symbols and their meanings. Find out what goes on in a Masonic meeting. You'll understand th
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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

David Goggins

4.8
Preview Summary
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare — poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training a
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Joe Rogan

Podcaster/Host

David Goggins is a being of pure will and inspiration. Just listening to this guy talk makes you want to run up a mountain. I firmly believe people like him can change the course of the world just by inspiring us to push harder and dig deeper in everything we do. His goal to be 'uncommon amongst uncommon people' is something we can all use to propel ourselves to fulfill our true potential. I'm a better man having met him. [source]

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Barbara Oakley

This week’s astonishing book is Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, by David Goggins. David grew up in an unbelievably tough environment with a deeply abusive father. He experienced prejudice and poverty, and suffered learning difficulties that left him graduating from high school barely able to read or do math. He became a depressed, overweight young man with an attitude. But shockingly, he turned himself into one of the world’s greatest endurance athletes, and became the only man in history to complete training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller. To find a self-published book as #2 on Amazon, with a five star rating and over 400 reviews, speaks volumes about how good it is. If you’re trying to do more in your life, or change your life, you’ll find Goggin’s book to be a terrific inspiration. [source]

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Wes Gray

@davidgoggins , excited to hear you will be at @LTRaceSeries alongside the CAF team. Myself, @patrickcleary01 and @RyanPKirlin look forward to the challenge and we'll see you there. We all love your book and thanks for signing our copies! [source]

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The Secret Teachings of All Ages

Manly P Hall

4.7
A classic since 1928, this masterly encyclopedia of ancient mythology, ritual, symbolism, and the arcane mysteries of the ages is available for the first time in a compact "reader's edition."

Like no other book of the twentieth century, Manly P. Hall's legendary The Secret Teachings of All Ages is a codex to the ancient occult and esoteric traditions of the world. Students of hidden wisdom, ancient
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Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry

Malcolm C. Duncan

4.6
An elegantly illustrated handbook of Freemasonic ritual

Explained and interpreted by copious notes and numerous engravings. Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor will be a cherished possession of any Mason who receives it. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Because of this work's cultural significance, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protectin
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Grant

Ron Chernow

4.6
Preview Summary
The #1 New York Times bestseller.

New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017

Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.

Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal
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Bill Clinton

Former USA President

This is a good time for Ron Chernow’s fine biography of Ulysses S. Grant to appear… As history, it is remarkable, full of fascinating details sure to make it interesting both to those with the most cursory knowledge of Grant’s life and to those who have read his memoirs or any of several previous biographies… For all its scholarly and literary strengths, this book’s greatest service is to remind us of Grant’s significant achievements at the end of the war and after, which have too long been overlooked and are too important today to be left in the dark… As Americans continue the struggle to defend justice and equality in our tumultuous and divisive era, we need to know what Grant did when our country’s very existence hung in the balance. If we still believe in forming a more perfect union, his steady and courageous example is more valuable than ever. [source]

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Jeremy Boudinet

I read Ron Chernow's biography of Ulysses S. Grant at a crucial point in my life, when I was struggling with a few personal and professional career ups-and-downs. Grant is a fascinating character in U.S. history. His life was a dramatic roller coaster of major personal and professional triumphs that were inevitably followed by periods of massive failure and disappointment. Of course, all of this led up to his historic date with destiny as the winning General the U.S. desperately needed during the Civil War. An important takeaway from Grant's story is his primary character virtue - a stoic determination that ultimately carried him through periods of disenchantment and brought the Union victory in the Civil War. There's a lesson in there for all of us fighting in the trenches of business - we'll inevitably face some of the same ups-and-downs that Grant did. And we should aim to carry ourselves like he did. [source]

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The Hiram Key

Robert Lomas

4.6
When the authors, both Masons, set out to find the origins of the Freemasonry they had no idea they would find themselves unraveling the true story of Jesus Christ and the original Jerusalem Church. Their startling and unexpected conclusions are presented here—backed by rigorous analyses of ancient Egyptian records, the Old and New Testaments, early Christian and Rabbinical texts, the Dead Sea Scr
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Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Albert Pike

4.5
Morals and Dogma has been described as "a collection of thirty-two essays which provide a philosophical rationale for the degrees (membership levels) of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The lectures provided a backdrop for the degrees by giving lessons in comparative religion, history, and philosophy."
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)

Dan Brown

4.5
WHAT IS LOST...
WILL BE FOUND

In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling - a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths...all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set with
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The Freemasons: A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society

Jasper Godwin Ridley

4.5
For many centuries, since their founding as a guild comprising the master builders of the great castles and cathedrals of the Middle Ages, the freemasons have enjoyed a dual reputation: powerful-often munificent-rulers, politicians, and artists whose works have enhanced our world; and members of a dread secret society bent on evil. Here, the eminent historian Jasper Ridley offers a thoughtful, rou
Solomon's Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington D.C. book cover12

Solomon's Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington D.C.

Christopher Hodapp

4.5
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The Meaning of Masonry

W. L. Wilmshurst

4.4
For more than two centuries, The Spirit of Masonry has been the essential source for anyone exploring the inner mysteries of the Masonic Fraternity. When it first appeared in 1775, it was hailed as the first work to deal with the religion, purpose, and the deeper significance of Freemasonry; and its popularity among Masonic scholars has never decreased. In thsi fascinating book, author William Hut
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)

Dan Brown

4.4
An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci.

A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe.

An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbol
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MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom book cover15

MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom

Tony Robbins

4.4
Preview Summary
Tony Robbins has coached and inspired more than 50 million people from over 100 countries. More than 4 million people have attended his live events. Oprah Winfrey calls him super-human. Now for the first time - in his first book in two decades - he's turned to the topic that vexes us all: How to secure financial freedom for ourselves and our families.

Based on extensive research and one-on-one int
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Jochen Siepmann

Question: What books had the biggest impact on you? Perhaps changed the way you see things or dramatically changed your career path. Answer: Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki) Money, Master The Game (Anthony Robbins) Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind (T Harv Eker) [source]

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Madalina Uceanu

The second category of books would be related to self awareness and keeping a positive approach to life generally, which I think makes a lot of difference in the way you create your professional path as well. Here you can either go more on the NLP approach and watch Tony Robbins interventions, or more towards the spiritual path, maybe at a later stage and read Wayne Dyer's books. [source]

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Michael Herrmann

Save more and invest in low-cost index funds. A little US-centric but important advice for personal finances. [source]

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A Pilgrim's Path: Freemasonry and the Religious Right

John J. Robinson

4.4
Freemasonry has never lacked for detractors. Enemies of the organization have included the Roman Catholic Church, the Communist Party, and the Nazis. It has been denounced by popes and kings, by the ignorant and by those who felt threatened by the fraternity's reputation for secrecy. Unfortunately, because it has a long history of never answering critics, Freemasonry makes a wonderful target for b
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Observing the Craft: The Pursuit of Excellence in Masonic Labour and Observance

Andrew Hammer

4.4
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A Bridge To Light , A Study in Masonic Ritual & Philosophy

Rex R Hutchens, Arturo de Hoyos, et al.

4.3
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry

S. Brent Morris

4.3
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The Craft and Its Symbols

Allen Roberts

4.3
1974: by Allen E. Roberts- Published by Macoy Pub. and Masonic Supply Co. - Symbolism is the life-blood of the craft and is what distinguishes Free Masonry from other Fraternal Organizations.
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The Rosicrucian Enlightenment

Frances Yates

4.3
A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Beautifully illustrated, it remains one of those rare works of scholarship which the general reader simply cannot afford to ignore.
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Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor and Guide

Arturo De Hoyos

4.3
A comprehensive guidebook to the Revised Standard Pike Ritual, the official ritual of the Supreme Council, this work contains more material than Albert Pike`s several Liturgies, as well as the complete texts of his Legendas and Readings in one handy volume.
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Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science

Robert Lomas

4.3
A fascinating book from Robert Lomas, co-author of The Hiram Key and The Second Messiah. Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science continues the Freemasonry saga by exploring its roots in The Royal Society, a group dedicated to the pursuit of scientific study.In a time when superstition and magic governed reason, the repressive dogma of Christian belief silenced many, and where a turbulent polit
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Freemasonry in the American Civil War

Michael A. Halleran

4.3
The first in-depth study of the Freemasons during the Civil War

One of the enduring yet little examined themes in Civil War lore is the widespread belief that on the field of battle and afterward, members of Masonic lodges would give aid and comfort to wounded or captured enemy Masons, often at great personal sacrifice and danger. This work is a deeply researched examination of the recorded, practi
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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

Joseph Fort Newto

4.3
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The Book of Hiram

Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas

4.3
This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen-year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh. Their quest ends with startling revelations about early human history - the origins of Christianity, of Freemansonry, and of science. They show that all were charged with a belief in a secret cosmic code linking, for example, the Exodus from Egypt,
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The Origins of Freemasonry: Scotland's Century, 1590-1710

David Stevenson

4.3
The origins of freemasonry are traced to Scotland in this account of the creation of an international movement through a blending of medieval mythology and late Renaissance intellectual influences.
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The Temple and the Lodge

Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh

4.3
From the authors of the bestseller, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, comes a new book on the origins of Freemasonry. Its mysterious beginnings in the fourteenth century through currents of thought and political upheavals surrounding it in seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Europe are charted. "Compelling...sane and informed...Written with gripping academic-detective style."--TorontoStar. 36 black-and-white
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The Alchemical Keys To Masonic Ritual

Timothy Hogan

4.3
This is the first book which establishes a direct link between the rituals of Freemasonry and the practice of both chemical and spiritual alchemy. Albert Pike understood that the symbolic degrees of Freemasonry contained alchemical secrets, but he never put the whole pattern together and showed how. This book shows these connections for the first time. This book is a must for any Freemason who wan
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Genesis of Freemasonry

David Harrison

4.3
This book is a revealing but thoroughly enjoyable journey through the intricate history of English Freemasonry. Historian Dr. David Harrison reconstructs the hidden history of the movement, tracing its roots through a mixture of mediaeval guild societies, alchemy and necromancy. He examines the earliest known Freemasons and their obsessions with Solomon’s Temple, alchemy, and prophecy, to the form
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A New Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry (Ars Magna Latomorum) And of Cognate Instituted Mysteries: Their Rites, Literature and History (Combined Edition: Two ... Rites Literature and History/2 Volumes in 1)

Arthur Edward Waite, Emmitt McLoughlin

4.2
Provides a complete view of the history, literature and myths surrounding Freemasonry. Comprehensive explanations of their secret rituals and symbolism. Including alchemy, astrology, Kabbalism, ceremonial magic, animal magnetism and more.
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American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities

Mark A. Tabbert

4.2
With over four million members worldwide, and two million in the U.S., Freemasonry is the largest fraternal organization in the world. Published in conjunction with the National Heritage Museum, this extravagantly illustrated volume offers an overview of Freemasonry's origins in seventeenth-century Scotland and England before exploring its evolving role in American history, from the Revolution thr
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The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation

Robert Lomas

4.2
The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation is different and revelatory. This book will take you on an imaginative journey deep into that inner part of your consciousness that Freemasonry calls your soul. Not since the glory days of Wilmshurst, Ward, and Waite, has any serious Masonic writer attempted to look at the meaning of Masonry in such knowledgeable depth. Its ritual says it is a high and seri
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Albert Pike`s Morals and Dogma: Annotated Edition

Arturo de Hoyos

4.2
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Freemasonry: An Introduction

Mark E. Kolko-Rivera Ph.D.

4.2
An experienced Freemason and award-winning psychologist provides a precise and engaging exploration of the core meaning and practices of Freemasonry for the new generation of people interested in joining the order, and those who are simply curious in the wake of recent media coverage.

Entertaining books and movies often depict Freemasonry as a shadowy, mysterious, and possibly sinister organizatio
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Esoterika - The Symbolism Of The Blue Degrees Of Freemasonry

Albert Pike Edited by Arturo de Hoyos

4.2
Edited by Arturo de Hoyos, 33, Grand Archivist and Grand Historian Forward by Ronald A. Seale, 33, Sovereign Grand Commander.

Contains the complete text of Albert Pike`s never-before-published esoteric study of the symbols of Blue Lodge Degrees. Subjects include "The Compasses and the Square," "The Weapons and Blows of the Assassins," "The Three Grips," "The Substitute for the Masters Word," "The 4
Look to the East: A Ritual of the First Three Degrees of Freemasonry book cover37

Look to the East: A Ritual of the First Three Degrees of Freemasonry

Ralph P. Lester

4.2
The complete work of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-craft and Master-mason's Degrees, with their ceremonies, lectures, etc. It has doubtless been a matter of comment and surprise among the Members of the Fraternity that all the books which are avowedly intended to serve as guides to the Work of a Lodge invariably contain more or less than their professed object demands. They are usually deficient
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Freemasonry: A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol

W. Kirk MacNulty

4.2
This title explores the origins, development, rituals, and symbolism of Freemasonry, and examines Freemasonry as part of a tradition of Western mysticism going back to the Middle Ages.
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The Genesis 6 Conspiracy Part II: How Understanding Prehistory and Giants Helps Define End-Time Prophecy (The Genesis 6 Conspiracy, 2)

Gary Wayne

4.2

An uneasy spiritual sense has gripped many Christians; a profound sense that something is incomplete and disconnected within the body of church teaching; something elemental to our raison d’etre.As was graphically described in the first Genesis 6 Conspiracy book, there are giants among us, passing largely unnoticed, intent on carrying out a secret plan to enslave all humanity. They may not look li

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The Secret Destiny of America

Manly P. Hall

4.2
From the author of the landmark Secret Teachings of All Ages comes two classic works on the mysterious origins and unique mission of America: The Secret Destiny of America and America's Assignment with Destiny.

Focusing on often-forgotten moments in history, Manley P. Hall proposes that there was a Great Plan put forth one thousand years before our nation's founding: humanistic and mystical organi
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A Dictionary of Freemasonry

Robert Macoy

4.2
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Freemasonry: Symbols, Secrets, Significance

W. Kirk MacNulty

4.2
"The Craft," with an estimated four million Freemasons worldwide, remains the largest fraternal organization in the world. Written by an active Freemason, this book comprehensively explains Freemasonry through its fascinating visual culture, rich in mysterious and arcane symbols of life, death, and morality that have evolved over centuries of secrecy and that have profound philosophical meaning.



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Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons & the Great Pyramids book cover43

Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons & the Great Pyramids

Jim Marrs

4.2
What connects the Great Pyramids, Masons & the Council on Foreign Relations? Journalist Jim Marrs examines the world's most closely guarded secrets, tracing the history of clandestine societies & the power they've wielded--from the ancient mysteries to modern conspiracy theories. He gives evidence that the movers & shakers of the world collude covertly to start & stop wars, manipulate stock market
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A Traditional Observance Lodge: One Mason's Journey to Fulfillment

Cliff Porter

4.2
The author's home lodge is different. They suffer from higher than 100% attendance, men wait periods of longer than a year to get initiated, they have never lost a single Entered Apprentice, they have nobody on the roles who is NPD or has been dropped for NPD. Men arrive on lodge days at 8:00 a.m. and are often reluctently leaving for home near midnight or 2:00 a.m. Their dues are high by American
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Symbols of Freemasonry

Daniel Beresniak, Laziz Hamani

4.2
The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook book cover46

The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

Niall Ferguson

4.2
Preview Summary
Most history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states, armies and corporations. It's about orders from on high. Even history "from below" is often about trade unions and workers' parties. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the informal, less we
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From Hell

Alan Moore

4.2
"I shall tell you where we are. We're in the most extreme and utter region of the human mind. A dim, subconscious underworld. A radiant abyss where men meet themselves. Hell, Netley. We're in Hell."

Having proved himself peerless in the arena of reinterpreting superheroes, Alan Moore turned his ever-incisive eye to the squalid, enigmatic world of Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders of 1888
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Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry, Part 1

Malcolm C. Duncan

4.1
The purpose of this work is not so much to gratify the curiosity of the uninitiated as to furnish a guide for the neophytes of the Order, by means of which their progress from grade to grade may be facilitated.
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Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry: First Three Degrees

Albert Pike

4.1
2011 Reprint of 1906 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Fully describes the first three degrees of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Pike is best known for his major work, "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry," originally published in 1871. "Morals and Dogma' was traditionally given to the candida
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The Second Messiah

Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas

4.1
s/t: Templars, The Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry
Is the Shroud of Turin genuine?

For almost seven and a half centuries a piece of cloth was venerated because it bore the image of the crucified Christ, but in 1988 results of carbon dating showed that the fabric could not pre-date 1260. Now new evidence conclusively proves that it is not a fake yet neither is it the image of Jesus

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Spirit Builders: A Free Illuminist Approach to the Antient & Primitive Rite of Memphis Misraim

Tau Palamas

4.1
Atop a 400 million year old monadknock outside of Atlanta Georgia called Arabia Mountain, wandering Bishops, occultists, mystics, and adepts of a multitude of traditions, link arms in mutual aid and support of each other while administering the mysterious points-chauds empowerments and performing various workings of the clergy of the Gnostic Church. Operating under the inclusive banner of Free Ill
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)

Dan Brown

4.1
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. In a desperate race to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in
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The Templars: History & Myth

Michael Haag

4.1
An order of warrior monks founded after the First Crusade to protect pilgrims to Jerusalem, the Templars developed into one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies in the medieval world. Yet two centuries later, the Knights were suddenly arrested and accused of blasphemy, heresy and orgies, their order was abolished, and their leaders burnt at the stake. Their dramatic end shocked their contemp
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The Occult Anatomy of Man; To Which Is Added a Treatise on Occult Masonry

Manly P. Hall

4.1
2013 Reprint of 1937 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The first chapter of this essay provides a soundly skeptical, mythicist take on Christian origins, while simultaneously asserting Lemurian and Atlantean sources for esoteric traditions. The next three chapters are organized according to the book's pattern: brain/spirit, heart/emo
Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology book cover55

Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology

Miranda Lundy

4.1
The quadrivium-the classical curriculum-comprises the four liberal arts of number, geometry, music, and cosmology. It was studied from antiquity to the Renaissance as a way of glimpsing the nature of reality. Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and comology expresses number in space and time. Number, music, and geometry are metaphysical truths: life across the universe investigat
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Freemasons' Hall: The Home and Heritage of the Craft

James Stubbs

4.1
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Tubal-Cain The Ancient Masonic Blacksmith God

Keith Moore

4.1
The real purpose of this research is the exploration of the Bible and its many African hidden secrets.The use of Tubal Cain in Masonic ritual is derived from the old legends of the craft by the operative and then speculative masons; it refers symbolically but historically to his scriptural and traditional reputation as an artificer. Tubal Cain is the 8th man from Adam.In the bible it mentions that
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Freedom: Coming out from under the curses of Freemasonry

Samantha Mahoney and Grant Mahoney

4.1
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The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry

James Stevens Curl

4.1
Due to the secrecy of Masonic society, the members heavily relied upon symbols and icons to communicate. This groundbreaking study details the secret society's influence on modern American and European aesthetics. In its own way, this book may be one of the most important contributions to an understanding of Western art, and will be invaluable to architects, artists, and anyone interested in the e
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Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Eric Purdue

4.1
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Sworn in Secret: Freemasonry and the Knights Templar

Sanford Holst

4.1
This exceptional look deep into the early days of Freemasonry draws back the veil of secrecy surrounding this long-lived society. It was a true secret society before 1717, and most knowledge of events in those years became lost -- but some original documents and many isolated records remained. This wealth of material has now been brought together to shine a surprisingly bright light on the people
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The Transformation of Freemasonry

David Harrison

4.1
The Transformation of Freemasonry looks at how Freemasonry in England and Wales adapted after the Unlawful Societies Act of 1799, and how the Craft became tinted with the stigma of Revolution, only to transform itself in the Victorian period to become the most enduring and enigmatic of secret societies. Harrison delves into Masonic links with the slave trade, especially in Liverpool and the Trans-
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Rise of the New World Order: The Culling of Man

J. Micah'el Thomas Hays

4.1
The same occult group who have been ruling over humanity for thousands of years continue to do so to this day. The Luciferian one world government of Biblical prophecy is unfolding behind the scenes as you read this and was given the catchy name of the New World Order. The technology currently exists to fulfill all aspects of the Biblical prophecies regarding the End Times, including the resurrect
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Living the Enlightenment: Freemasonry and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Margaret C. Jacob

4.1
Long recognized as more than the writings of a dozen or so philosophes, the Enlightenment created a new secular culture populated by the literate and the affluent. Enamoured of British institutions, Continental Europeans turned to the imported masonic lodges and found in them a new forum that was constitutionally constructed and logically egalitarian. Originating in the Middle Ages, when stone-mas
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Turning the Hiram Key: Rituals of Freemasonry Revealed

Robert Lomas

4.1
New in Paperback!Learn about the rituals of this fascinating society.This book takes readers beyond The Hiram Key to reveal the secrets of the actual Masonic rituals. By deconstructing these rituals, Lomas discovers the true message behind them - a message that is as valid today as it was when the rituals were created. Not only will readers get a step-by-step, insider's look at each of these timel
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Freemasonry: Rituals, Symbols & History of the Secret Society

Mark Stavish, Lon Milo DuQuette

4.1
As one of the world's most famous mysterious societies, Freemasons remain the largest fraternal organization in the world. Some of the most heroic and creative thinkers in history belonged to the order, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Goethe, and Mozart. What links the philosophy of these great minds with the estimated four million Freemasons who actively maintain this ancient brot
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The Meaning Of Masonry: A Popular Guide To The Values Of Ancient And Modern Freemasonry

Lynn F Perkins

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Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Part 1

Albert G. Mackey, H. L. Haywood

4.1
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true t
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Freemason's Guide and Compendium

Bernard E. Jones, J Heron Lepper

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First published in 1950, the 'Freemasons' Guide and Compendium' is filled with authentic, detailed information on a wide variety of subjects related to masons and masonry. Written by an experienced Freemason with the interests of rank-and-file members of the ordinary lodge in mind?especially the young Craftsman who wished to learn the nature of Freemasonry's claim to have a history that goes back
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The Mason's Words: The History and Evolution of the American Masonic Ritual

Robert G. Davis

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Freemasonry is entirely built around traditions. From time immemorial, those who have belonged to the world's oldest and largest fraternal order have metaphorically passed between the pillars of Solomon's Temple to nurture within themselves a harmonious bond between tradition and modernity. This is the story of the Masonic ritual, the language and ceremonial forms that have evolved into the presen
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Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840

Steven C. Bullock

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In the first comprehensive history of the fraternity known to outsiders primarily for its secrecy and rituals, Steven Bullock traces Freemasonry through its first century in America. He follows the order from its origins in Britain and its introduction into North America in the 1730s to its near-destruction by a massive anti-Masonic movement almost a century later and its subsequent reconfiguratio
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The Way of the Craftsman: Deluxe Edition: A Search for the Spiritual Essence of Craft Freemasonry

W. Kirk MacNulty

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Tracing Boards of Three Degrees in Craft Freemasonry Explained

Julian Rees

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Although all Freemasons will be familiar with the Tracing Boards (painted or printed boards developed in the early years of Freemasonry, which are used in Lodges to illustrate Masonic symbols during lectures) little has been published on them. The book gives a history of the development and use of Tracing Boards, and concentrates on explaining the role of the Tracing Boards in the First, Second, a
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Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades

John J. Robinson

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Over the last 1000 years the bloodiest game of king-of-the-hill has been for supremacy on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This book recounts the stirring saga of the Knights Templar, the Christian warrior-monks who occupied the sacred Mount in the aftermath of the butchery of the First Crusade. Recruited to a life intended to lead only to martyrdom, they were totally dedicated to the pious paradox
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The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America

Jim Marrs

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In this explosive new book, the legendary Jim Marrs, author of the underground bestseller Rule by Secrecy, reveals the frighteningly real possibility that today the United States is becoming the Fourth Reich, the continuation of an ideology thought to have been vanquished more than a half century ago. This concept may seem absurd to those who cannot see past the rose-colored spin, hype, and disinf
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The Serpent on the Crown (Amelia Peabody, #17)

Elizabeth Peters

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A priceless relic has been delivered to the Emerson home overlooking the Nile. But more than history surrounds this golden likeness of a forgotten king, for it is said early death will befall anyone who possesses it..

The woman who implores the renowned family of archaeologists and adventurers to accept the cursed statue insists the ill-gotten treasure has already killed her husband. Further, she w
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Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Part 2

Albert G. Mackey, H. L. Haywood

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true t
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The Red Triangle: The History of the Persecution of Freemasons

Robert Cooper

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For at least two hundred years, Freemasonry has been subjected to witch-hunts. Conspiracy theories abound in which Freemasons manipulate whole governments, incite revolution, control the world banking system, and will engage in any activity, even murder, to advance their aims. Even today, Freemasonry is still seen a legitimate group to attack on the grounds of politics, religion and conspiracy the
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Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy

Robert Hewitt Brown

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This incredibly detailed book reveals the hidden meanings behind occult signs and symbols from ancient times, found in what should be termed stellar theology, and then carried over into our modern world. Also reveals how Freemasonry is connected to Judaism, Christianity and the Bible. Lastly, it shows what the ancients knew about astronomy and how it became incorporated into the various religions

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Classic Edition - Observing the Craft: The Pursuit of Excellence in Masonic Labour and Observance

Andrew Hammer

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The Genesis 6 Conspiracy: How Secret Societies and the Descendants of Giants Plan to Enslave Humankind book cover81

The Genesis 6 Conspiracy: How Secret Societies and the Descendants of Giants Plan to Enslave Humankind

Gary Wayne

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Masonic Initiation

W. L. Wilmshurst

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true t
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Mackeys Jurisprudence of Freemasonry

Albert G. MacKey

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Is It True What They Say about Freemasonry?

Art deHoyos, S. Brent Morris, James Tresner II

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This is the Mason's response to the misinformation about their brotherhood that exists today.
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Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor: Illustrated Edition

Malcom C Duncan

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GUIDE TO THE THREE SYMBOLIC DEGREES OF THE ANCIENT YORK RITE AND TO THE DEGREES OF MARK MASTER, PAST MASTER, MOST EXCELLENT MASTER, AND THE ROYAL ARCH. The purpose of this work is not so much to gratify the curiosity of the uninitiated as to furnish a guide for the neophytes of the Order, by means of which their progress from grade to grade may be facilitated. Every statement in the book is authen
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Masonic Catch E Kism

M. J. Barrett and Some Old Masonic Catch Questions and Some New Ones with Answers.

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The Craft Driven Lodge

Daniel D Hrinko

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From amazon: About the fundamental principles that are essential to the long-term health and well-being of Masonic Lodges. The Craft Driven Lodge approach allows brothers to identify their particular interests, their particular resources, and empowers them to create a Lodge experience that is to their liking without being tied to any particular set of actions, ceremonies, or even fundamental belie
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House Undivided: The Story of Freemasonry & the Civil War

Allen E. Roberts

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Illuminatiam: The First Testament Of The Illuminati

Illuminatiam

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Fear not for your war-stricken, poverty-ridden planet: help is on the way. The Illuminati's path for humanity--our Universal Design--has spanned throughout centuries to safeguard the human species from extinction. As this age of War comes to an end, the new dawn will usher in a society where all people, in all places, can live in Abundance.

Now is the time to prepare. Open your mind to learn of th
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The History of Freemasonry; Its Legendary Origins

Albert Mackey

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Freemasonry - The Reality

Tobias Churton

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It's time to forget the fairy stories, the lies, the propaganda and the wishful thinking. It's time for the truth, the reality! Remove the hoodwink of what you thought you knew about Freemasonry, its aims and origins.... This remarkable new book is about to bring the picture into focus in a way never before possible. Discover the true story of the world's most influential brotherhood, Join the aut
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Committed to the Flames

Arturo de Hoyos, S. Brent Morris

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In 1826 Robert Benjamin Folger, a recent graduate of medical school and a new Master Mason, filled a book with the enciphered Craft rituals of the Rectified Scottish Rite, a high-grade revision of the rite of Strict Observance. well-known in Europe but unknown in the UNited States. His introduction directed thatthe rituals be "committed to the Flames" upon his death. FOrtunatley for Masonic histor
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Prince Hall Freemasonry in the Lone Star State

Robert L. Uzzel

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Freemasonry is one of the world's oldest fraternal organizations. It is a society of men concerned with moral and spiritual values. Members are taught its precepts by a series of ritual dramas that follow ancient forms and employ the symbolism of stonemasonry. Assuming its present form in England during the 18th century, Freemasonry came to America with the colonists, and Freemasons have played ma
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The Masonic Magician: The Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite

Philippa Faulks, Robert L D Cooper

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Count Alessandro Cagliostro was a cult figure in European society in the tumultuous years leading to the French Revolution. As an alchemist, healer, and Freemason, he inspired both wild devotion and savage ridicule, becoming the subject of novels by Alexander Dumas, a drama by Goethe, and Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. But Cagliostro’s sincere belief in the magical powers, even the immortality, o
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Esoteric Freemasonry: Rituals & Practices for a Deeper Understanding

Jean-Louis de Biasi

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The Sacred Realm of Freemasonry Awaits

Esoteric Freemasonry takes you deep into the mystical side of this fascinating secret society and shows you how to carry out the most powerful practices. Learn how to enter your inner temple and accomplish the ancient mysteries. Discover the compelling links to Egyptian Freemasonry as you progress through the degrees of initiation. Using this guide's profound
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The Initiatic Experience: That Led To Your Initiation Into Freemasonry

Robert Herd

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Freemasonry is an Initiatic Order teaching lessons of philosophy, morality, psychology, and spirituality. It contains elements of perennial wisdom, much of which has been handed down to it by other orders and cultures throughout the history of civilization. Many have searched, and continue to search, for a singular origin to our Fraternity. This book discusses similarities found in the Initiatic E
Learning Masonic Ritual: The Simple, Systematic and Successful Way to Master the Work book cover97

Learning Masonic Ritual: The Simple, Systematic and Successful Way to Master the Work

Rick Smith

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Making Good Men Better: A 52 Week Personal Growth Plan Based on the Teachings of Freemasonry

Carl W. Davis and Theodore S. Jackson

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Making Good Men Better is an accessible and succinct devotional for Freemasons and those who are curious about the Craft. Each week Davis invites the reader to explore a new symbolic lesson taken directly from the teachings of masonic ritual through his down-to-earth explanations, anecdotes, and reflections. Part devotional and part journal, each week's section includes space for the reader to not
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The Chamber of Truth - Quest for the Jewel

John Burchfiel

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What is more important?

Your Life or Your King?

Here we have a member of the world’s oldest fraternity, a member of the freemasons that has based his first novel on his own personal experiences and inspirations within the fraternity. Someone who is actually on the inside that has seen the various rituals, knows the meanings, and who knows just what goes on behind those closed doors.

As a past maste
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The Secret History of the World

Mark Booth

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They say that history is written by the victors. But what if history-or what we come to know as history-has been written by the wrong people? What if everything we've been told is only part of the story?


In this groundbreaking and now famous work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling tour of our world's secret histories. Starting from a dangerous premise-that everything we've known about our world'