Bruce Dickson: 26 books

Many observers predicted the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party following the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, and again following the serial collapse of communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain. Their prediction, however, never proved true. Despite minor setbacks, China has experienced explosive...

Short booklet on growing new eyes to see children afresh: Applying what we know about animals to children Applying what we know about plants to children. Growing new eyes to see children afresh is the goal of this booklet. Some Waldorf education ideas are summarized in clear language and converged...

Seven Self-Healing Experiments You can do at home (6700 words not including backmatter) Self-healing means undertaking self-development. The original meaning of healing was “to return to wholeness.” Any exercise-experiment where the user intends to gain and grow as a person, to gradually...

One of the wonderful experiences of my Waldorf teacher training was reading Rudolf Steiner’s Fifth Gospel transcripts, with a group of friends, aloud, round-robin style, in a comfy living room. We read a chapter each night over the 12 Days of Christmas. If you've done this, you may also have felt...

Free Report introducing the manual, Meridian Metaphors, Psychology of the Meridians and Major Organs, available in paper and eBook form.For self-healers, acupuncturists and Energy Medicine practitioners. Meridian Metaphors permits people to understand and perceive how meridians, major organs...

Every-woman talks to one of her cells. Why every illness is a healing metaphor. A theory of Cellular Awakening, short version. Does healing happen primarily from the outside in or from the inside out? Your personal beliefs & myths about healing. #1: If we understand our problems, they will be...

The 12 years of Lee Teng-hui's presidency were marked by a series of contrary trends such as progress in the consolidation of Taiwan's democracy, and periodic conflicts with China. This book assesses the complex legacy of Lee Teng-hui by looking at his accomplishments and setbacks.

When a historic battlefield site is discovered and studied, the focus is often on the “hardware”: remnants of weaponry, ammunition, supplies, and equipment that archaeologists carefully unearth, analyze, conserve, and frequently place on display in museums. But what about the “software”?...

This provocative book draws from a variety of sources—literature, politics, folklore, social history—to attempt to set Southern beliefs about violence in a cultural context. According to Dickson D. Bruce, the control of violence was a central concern of antebellum Southerners. Using contemporary...

In Earnestly Contending, Dickson Bruce examines the ways in which religious denominations and movements in antebellum America coped with the ideals of freedom and pluralism that exerted such a strong influence on the larger, national culture. Despite their enormous normative power, these still-evolving...

Taking a close look at the issue of the arts and school reform, this book explores in detail how the incorporation of the arts into the identity of a school can be key to its resilience. Based on the A+ School Program, an arts-based school reform effort, it is much more than a report of a single case...

This timely volume reveals in great detail how educators closed the “performance gap” for low-income students by linking expectations and results. Drawing heavily on the words and experiences of students, teachers, and parents, this book describes how students who traditionally had not...