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Book Outline: Secrets of the Temple
Secrets of the Temple, by William Grieder Copyright 1987, ISBN 0-671-47989-X, Published by Touchstone / Simon & Shuster Note: In outlines, I try to just convey what the author said and minimize my personal bias, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with what they say. This outline created 12/6/08, BGJ So far, the outline only covers through […]
Book Outline: Last Call, The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Last Call, The Rise and Fall of Prohibition By Daniel Okrent 2010, Scribner The Temperance movement had longevity, maintaining cohesion over a number of decades. They lasted until circumstances favored them. Another factor in place for a long period by the time Prohibition passed was the imbalance in state legislative bodies. The country population apparently […]
Book Notes: Who Runs Congress
Notes from the book “Who Runs Congress”, by Mark Green, James Fallows, & David Zwick. Published 1972. Part of the “Ralph Nader Congress Project”. ———————————- This book elaborates on the many ways our democratic institutions have eroded and continue to erode, focusing on the Congress. ——————————— Pg 53, chapter intro: Committee chairs pretty much control […]
Book Outline: Atlas Shrugged
Plot Summary, Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand This outline by Brian Jacobs Part I: Non-Contradiction Dagny Taggert (second in command) is trying to keep the family national railroad company running, despite the screw ups of her brother who is officially in charge as President. 1 Hank Reardon is a wealthy industrialist who owns one of […]
Book Outline: The Wealth Of Nations
The Wealth of Nations By Adam Smith (a Scotsman) Originally published 1776 ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-5761-1,    ISBN-10: 0-7607-5761-5 This outline created 11/13/08, Brian Jacobs Book I, Of the Causes of Improvement in The Productive Power of Labour and of the Order According to which its Produce is Naturally Distributed Among the Different Ranks of the People Book […]
Film outline: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Outline: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised By Kim Bartley and Donnacha O Briain Copyright 2002 This outline created by Brian Jacobs Note: In outlines, I try to just convey what the author said and minimize my personal bias, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with what they say. Outline of the film “The Revolution Will […]
Book Outline: Mutual Aid
Outline This outline created June 2012, Brian Jacobs Mutual Aid, A Factor Of Evolution, 1902, by Petr Kropotkin Introduction In youthful journeys to Eastern Siberia and Northern Manchuria, he looked for but didn’t find competition between members of the same species. Darwinists considered such competition (within a species) key to evolution. During those trips […]
Book Outline: Network Power
Outline: Network Power, The Social Dynamics of Globalization By David Singh Grewal Copyright 2008, ISBN 978-0-300-11240-5. Published by Caravan, www.caravanbooks.org, Yale University Press This outline created 9/17/08, Brian Jacobs Note: In outlines, I try to just convey what the author said and minimize my personal bias, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with what they say. Intro: […]