books about: intelligence     books:     Intelligence      Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent Fred Burton Random House, 2008 One Man's War Against Counterterrorism Twenty years ago, the idea of defending the United States against terrorism was relatively new. So new, in fact, that only a three-man Defense Security Service (DSS) team situated in a windowless, smoke-filled office in the basement of the Harry S. Truman Building in ...             The Last Patriot: A Thriller Brad Thor Atria, 2008 Brad Thor, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author of The First Commandment , returns with his highest-voltage thriller to date. In a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-charged tour de force, Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam ...             Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ... McGraw-Hill, 2002 Crucial Conversations A Must I feel this book can help with Crucial Conversations at home as well as in the workplace. If applied, it can improve basic interpersonal relationships and improve your life as well as those around you. Excellent, easy to read and understand, and gives the hows to put ...             Protect and Defend: A Thriller Vince Flynn Atria Books, 2007 Another winner from Mr. Flynn! This was my first Kindle read. What a great way to start. I couldn't believe I was done with it so quickly--what a great action thriller. If I ever get in trouble in a foreign country, I can only hope that people like Mitch come to my rescue. I wouldn't recommend ...             Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations Clay Shirky Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Social Tools in Action Clay Shirky's book on social tools such as Meetup, Flickr, Facebook, Wikipedia, etc. discusses insightfully the conditions in which they are being successfully employed to achieve group goals. In this regard,the book's a useful manual on how to organize in the digital ...             Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA Tim Weiner Anchor, 2008 A Valuable Piece Of Scholarship. Tim Weiner's "Legacy Of Ashes" is a valuable work of scholarship that dives into the complex history of the CIA and in the process also gives us a valuable set of histories of our country and its role in the world. Some have accused Weiner of being "biased" or ...             God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Christopher Hitchens Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007 Great research book This author has done extensive research to support his belief or lack thereof. I found it very interesting and informative and in tune with my beliefs. Diana Amaniera             Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins Plume, 2005 A Rare Conscience in the American Empire Thank you John Perkins for your insight into what the American Empire is doing to the world. It's refreshing to take a break from the TV network propaganda and get some real scoop about our own country. In fact, one of my favorite parts of your book is the following: ...             Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters Richard A. Clarke Ecco, 2008 I am a big fan of Richard Clarke. He is a good man. I have always been a big fan of Mr. Clarke since his days working on Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism. This book, like his others, is such great reading. I am Not someone trying to help sell books on this review, but just an ordinary person who enjoys honesty and ...             Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton, ... Dutton Adult, 2008 THE REAL WORLD OF COLD WAR SPIES' GADGETS One of the most important periods of modern history was that of the Cold War, between 1945-1991.This war was unconventional,and it was maily hidden from the public on both sides of the conflict.The main action took place in the field of intelligence.The main players in ...             Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, ... McGraw-Hill, 2008 Disruptive thinking for the classroom I am a layperson with an interest in education and technology. I read Innovator's Dilemma and was anxious to see if Clayton Christensen could apply his unique business lens to sort through, and perhaps solve the issues concerning our failing public education system. ...             Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications Toby Segaran O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007 Great, simple presentation of some powerful techniques Programming Collective Intelligence is a book about applying data mining techniques to analyse collections of data. There is submerged information in Ebay prices, in Facebook profile networks, in collections of movie reviews, in news sites, in the stockmarket; this ...             Moscow Rules Daniel Silva Putnam Adult, 2008 The extraordinary new Gabriel Allon novel from the “gold standard” ( The Dallas Morning News ) of thriller writers . Over the course of ten previous novels, Daniel Silva has established himself as one of the world’s finest writers of international intrigue and espionage— “a worthy successor to such legends as Frederick Forsyth and John le Carré” ...             Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Douglas R. Hofstadter Basic Books, 1999 Magnum Opus on Intelligence I realized after recommending this to a friend that I've never reviewed it. Strange, since it's one of the dozen most important books I've ever read in my nearly half-century on this planet. I first read it over 20 years ago, and continue to refer to its literate and ...             Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships Daniel Goleman Bantam, 2007 Intelligence + Awareness = Healthy Relationships! (translation: Read this Book!) Daniel Goleman's book, "Social Intelligence- The New Science of Human Relationships", is a thought-provoking, analytical immersion in how people interact with one another on a daily basis. Goleman is perhaps widely recognized for his earlier success when he wrote ...          products you might be interested in search for books applications, conversations, counterterrorism, intelligence, organizations, relationships      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: I Kissed Dating Goodbye