books about: intelligence     books:       Reading the Enemy's Mind: Inside Star Gate: America's Psychic Espionage Program29 reviews Paul Smith Forge Books, 2005 A really, really good read! Paul Smith has produced a wonderful book here. It captures so much detailed information that it should make a wonderful documentary source. Yet, it is written so clearly that for those who have read other books on the subject (like me) it is very easy to skim to the parts that contain new information, insights, and details (and there's a whole lot of ALL of those throughout this book!) This book ...             Eagle Strike: An Alex Rider Adventure (Unabridged)91 reviews Anthony Horowitz audible.com One of the best books EVER! During his relaxing vacation with Sabina Pleasure, Alex Rider is once again pulled into the world of spying. Sir Damian Cray, the pop star saint, has an evil plot to kill millions of innocent people! And the only person in the world who can stop him? Why, Alex Rider of course!             Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond37 reviews Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain Grove Press, 1994 EXCELLENT This book is perfect - It offered everything I was hoping for when I first purchased it. It covered from the end of the 50's and the Beat generation and how their influence lead into the hippie generation, and it ended in the early 70's tying in the beginning of rock and punk. It is a true spectrum of the 1960's counterculture generation. It's a large book but its facinating to learn about ...             Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child31 reviews John Gottman, Joan Declaire Simon & Schuster, 1998 A Book for Every Parent John Gottman is a professor of psychology at the University of Washington, a Rabbi, author of the excellent book, "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work," and also an entertaining speaker. My wife and I attended one of his talks on successful marriages. He's the Jerry Seinfeld of the clinical psychologist-Rabbi set. Against that backdrop, it wasn't difficult for my wife to get me ...             The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography253 reviews Simon Singh Doubleday, 1999 Cryptography 101 As always Simon Singn takes the reader on a fantastic trip through History. Filled with entertaining stories, puzzles and heroic events, the author skillfully covers the history of secret writing. If you liked his coverage of Fermat's Enigma then you will definitely enjoy this book. The prose is capturing, deep enough to fascinate technical readers and light enough to just entertain the casual ...             Ally to Adversary: An Eyewitness Account of Iraq's Fall from Grace33 reviews Rick Francona US Naval Institute Press, 1999 A Revealing Narrative If you were an intelligence officer fluent in speaking Arabic and served in Iraq during its war with Iran and later as General Schwarzkopf's interpreter during Desert Shield and Desert Storm you would have a lot to tell that could not be found in American news reports--and Rick Francona does just that in Ally To Adversary. This book takes you into Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, where you will ...             Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda26 reviews Robert Wallace, H Keith Melton, ... Tantor Media, 2008 A fascinating book on how technology is used to support intelligence gathering This fascinating book takes you into the real world of the role technology plays in gathering intelligence. While not as magical as Q in the Bond movies, it comes awfully close and has the benefit of reality. Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton always tie the technology back to why it was needed and the various problems that had to be overcome in creating the solution. Seeing how the ...             Echelon, Somebody's Listening53 reviews Jack O'Neill Word Association, 2005 Echelon - An Informative Cliff-hanger Unfortunately, the suspense and rapid movement of events in the book kept me up, reading late at night to find out how the drama would unfold I also found the book very informative in the area of modern communication monitoring. It's a good read.             The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax45 reviews Dorothy Gilman MacMillan Publishing Company., 1992 You're never too old! Listening to this tape, I was surprised by how much of it really had a timeless quality. The book was set back a ways (there's a way to find out exactly when, having to do with a character's age and the print date of a book, but I've forgotten...) and there were clues to the fact that it was not a contemporary novel - the political setting and the level of technology - but the characters really ...             Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming46 reviews Paul Hawken Viking, 2007 A book full of hope This is a wonderfully documented guide about groups working for social justice and for bringing balance and restoring our planet's seriously damaged environment. Among many issues, Paul Hawken tells us that fighting for those important objectives, ideology or partisan politics play a secondary role, because civilization survival is on the balance and people's direct involvement is vital. ...             The Art of Leading Yourself: Tap the Power of Your Emotional Intelligence20 reviews Randi B. Noyes Cypress House, 2001 Blockbuster of soft skills Finally - an author has created a new paradigm of success and has produced a book that gets right to the heart of modern pursuits. One of the world's leading experts on emotional intelligence, Randi B. Noyes, argues that in today's world, emotions matter. In fact, they can matter twice as much as conventional intelligence and expertise put together in terms of accounting for business success. ...             SOG: A Photo History of the Secret Wars21 reviews John Plaster, JOHN L. PLASTER Paladin Press, 2000 SOG:A photo history of secret wars I read the book SOG, and as with any book relating true life war stories, you try to picture in your mind the people, surroundings and the enemy as they saw it. A Photo History, brought all of this to life for me. Excellent Book !!!             You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger (Bluejacket Books)26 reviews Roger Hall US Naval Institute Press, 2004 Wonderful book I have to admit that it has been some time since I read this book, but it's hysterical. I can still remember (from 1966) quite a bit of the dialog. Unfortunately Roger Hall's obituary was in the paper this morning and I started to look for another copy of it. It's a shame that he didn't go into the CIA, it would have been a much funnier world. Even though it looks like I won't be able to ...             The Awakening of Intelligence20 reviews J. Krishnamurti Gollancz, 1986 Are you ready? "Some of you believe in the idea of reincarnation. You come and ask me what I believe, whether reincarnation is a fact or not, whether I remember my past lives, and so on. Now, why do you ask me? Why do you want to know what I think about it? You want a further confirmation of your own belief, which you call a fact, a law, because it gives you a hope, a purpose in life. Thus, belief becomes to ...             How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business18 reviews Douglas W. Hubbard Wiley, 2007 Quantifying Soft Knowledge Perhaps the most frequent question from decision analysis team members is, "How do we get the inputs?" In most evaluations, there are several key variables about which we know little. Consider oil price, for example. We have abundant historical data, yet forecasting future prices is a daunting challenge. Doug Hubbard has written an entire book about capturing quantitative judgments. His approach ...             Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition20 reviews Christopher M. Bishop Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 Sheer pleasure. If you want a very good, intermediate introduction to pattern classification this book must be on your bookshelf. It even does a very nice job explaining the EM algorithm in a few pages! Basic calculus is all you need to understand the book. A must read.             Artificial Imagination19 reviews Center of Artificial Imagination, Inc., 2008 Refreshing, unexpected, humorous and meaningful ReKalpanik S. takes us through his arrival in USA as a student and subsequent travel to several places - San Francisco, Seattle, Nashville, and San Diego. In each places, he focuses on similar aspect of his life as a technologist and an immigrant - acceptance by local people, standing out as a ethnic minority and foreign born, life as a technology execuitve and family life. In addition, he covers ...             Bodyguard of Lies20 reviews Anthony C. Brown Harper Perennial, 1991 Truth, in this case, is more than stranger than fiction "Bodyguard Of Lies" is one of the most compelling and important reads out there. Lovers of Clancy novels should put them away for a year and concentrate on some of the most real bizarre, yet important, machinations of espionage and counter-espionage ever created and implemented. What gives this phenomenal work its incredible allure is the knowledge that these creations of historical intelligence ...             From Now on With Passion: A Guide to Emotional Intelligence20 reviews Christine Mockler Casper Cypress House, 2001 Putting EQ Into Action From Now On With Passion provides an excellent synthesis of the theory of Emotional Intelligence combined with extensive practical application for personal and professional growth. Christine Mockler Casper begins with a review of the literature in the field and offers simple, practicle explanations of the significance of EQ. In the second part of the text, she parallels Goleman's structure to ...             Emotional Intelligence Quickbook25 reviews Travis, Ph.D. Bradberry, Jean, Ph.D. Greaves TalentSmart, 2003 Helps with my diet I bought the book to help with my diet because I've noticed that my emotions and what I do with them has a big effect upon when I eat and what I eat. Emotional intelligence was extremely helpful in understanding what to do with my feelings on the rough days, and is making the diet go much better. 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