Bennett Books

The term "instant classic" is an oxymoron, but it nevertheless may apply to Counterdeception Principles and Applications for National Security. The book is a fascinating look at denial and deception (D&D), and how it can be used to compensate for an opponent's superiority. While the book is written primarily for those in the military and defense sector, it still is of significant relevance to professionals in corporate and general security.

The book provides a comprehensive look at the various methods used in strategic deception and counterdeception. (The military defines counterdeception as the effort to identify enemy deception, then diminish its effect, negate it, or even use it to advantage.)

In nine densely written chapters, the authors explain the inherently complex nature of counterdeception and how to create a system for conducting it. The book also provides numerous technical and organizational methods for detection of D&D operations.

Of specific interest to anyone in corporate security is Chapter 3 titled "The Cognitive Aspects of Deception: Why Does Deception Work?" Many gangs and organized crime syndicates use deception to thwart people attempting to identify them. Investigators often succumb to their own biases--whether they are personal, cultural, or organizational--and in doing so facilitate their own deception by skilled criminals. It can help to become self-aware with regard to these biases.

The book concludes with a chapter on the future of deception and counterdeception. Discussions on topics such as how global information flows and mass media are of both practical interest and global relevance.

The line between national security and corporate security has been blurring for decades. With that, the forward thinking corporate security professional will find Counterdeception Principles and Applications for National Security a fascinating read. Let's hope that for those in the federal sector, this excellent text is review material.

I can't believe no-one's written a simple book about arpeggios before. This one (unlike the scale books I've used) brings in some relevant music theory, and includes tips on how to use arpeggios to make better solos. The CD is a bonus too - all of the arpeggios are played to a basic band backing, with a backing track immediately afterwards so you can play along.

The Creeps in Room 112 is an outstanding mixture of great writing humor, and a heart warming message. This book is awesome and will enrich the lives of everyone who reads it.

Robert Bennetts books never fail to deliver on their promise of mystery, intregue and romance, With each of his new books I am more and more impressed and amazed at his ability to bring to his novels accurate details, information and history to make the reader feel that he/she is actually a part of the location, action and to make his mysteries 100% believable. In researching his novels I do not think that Mr. Bennett leaves a single stone unturned. His characters are well rounded, (in Many senses of the word) and easy for the average person to identify with. I have just started his fourth book "The Wrath of Grapes" and so far it is true to form, proving that each of Mr. Bennetts books is better than the last!!!

THIS IS A MUST-READ BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR AND IT'S LONG TERM AFFECTS TO BITTER PEOPLE.

This is a great book because it has so much action and so much basic information smashed into one, easy to read book.

This is an expanded edition of the original Dark Ages Werewolf book.

First, the book keeps insisting that you need Dark Ages: Vampire to use this book, but any Werewolf book will do.

The book covers in great detail all 10 tribes of Medieval Europe in full detail. All the various gifts are detailed as well.

If you are a VAMPIRE player who always wanted to check out the Werewolves, this is the book for you, as it seems to be written for you. Veteran Werewolf players can skip all the Vampire stuff and find stuff that they will like.

Definitely recommended.

This is a lovely story of World War II widow Phillipa who travels to Bennett's Island to work as a teacher. Leaving behind her own young son, she focuses on reaching the students living on an isolated island off the coast of Maine. There, Phillipa confronts prejudice against a handicapped child, as well as learning things about herself.

Along with Ogilvie's usual wonderful descriptions of life on an island in the years following the war, the reader also gets a warm and simple love story of two lonely, independent people. As usual with Ogilvie's writings, there is a twist at the end and the seeming tranquility of island living really hides intense passions. A wonderful book I have read several times.

Days Are Where We Live: and other poems is a wonderful collection of cheerful and uplifting poems for children. The poems in this anthology deal with everyday things that children do and see such as whistling and bathing.
This anthology of poems is set at the level of younger children. The authors use simple words and also a lot of alliteration and repetition to help young readers to learn these poems. The poems also appeal to the reader's emotions. The main emotion of focus in these particular poems is humor. The authors took everyday things that children do and turned them into a very fun and joyous experience. The poem After A Bath by Aileen Fisher is an example of this. She makes the chore of taking a bath a little less painful by comparing how the child dries off with that of his dog.
The rhythm of the poems throughout this book is very smooth. The book begins with the child waking up for the long day ahead of them. It then takes them through the experiences that they may encounter throughout any particular day. The book then ends with poems about bedtime stories and getting tucked into bed. The illustrations for the poems also make the book flow rather well. Every poem has an illustration about what is going on in that particular poem. The illustrations are very suitable for the younger age levels because they are very simple and do not clutter up the pages. The illustrations also help portray the humor in the poems as well.
Children of the younger age levels will find reading this book to be a very good experience. This anthology will help introduce poetry to children in a fun and exciting way.

I would have liked too seen more info on Heavy -Runner himself. Like for example where did he get his name.

Hopefully my bias will be clearly revealed by the title.

While I am on the fence or do not accept a # of 'Gurdjieff vs. traditional Christianity' issues [the fate of the soul after death, necessity of the Church's mysteries as institued by Christ, Judas Isacariot, etc, I am convinced that out of the hundred or so books I have read on G. and his system, no other book [excepting unpublished Gurdjieffean Meditation texts] comes even close to organizing clearly and experientially the mass of human spiritual experience.

I rather doubt that this would be a good intro or even early book to read in one's 4th way studies [transformation and Spiritual PSychology would stand you in much better stead], but if after a while one feels stuck...

If one has dipped into the Dramtic Universe, {Bennett's all and everything 'translated' through 50's/60's scientific English}, and found it too 'heady', then prepare to be refreshed. These are edited transcripts [the actual lectures can mostly be heard from bennettbooks' study of man series of tapes of JGB ] of his teaching to the last year or so of 10 month residential 4th way students. It is G, brought up to date. Some would argue against this, but I say put this book together w/ Heart w/ out Measure and an authentic source for learning the basic Gurdjieff meditations and all that will be left in your way will be your Chief Feature.

And in my opinion a few serious errors re: the nature of the 'revelation' of Islam and the transmission of real esoteric Christianity.

In short within the limitations [if you see them as such] of G's Work, this book lays the whole map out as 4 dimensionally as a book can.

Even if you come to feel that you believe differently, you will still be greatful that you had such a touchstone to work from.

Make sure you listen close!!!

by the way, I am not a student of the JGB 'line' my 4th way teacher however used his material liberally and built much of his own researches on JGB's 'new and improved' 4th way. But I have come to JGB's primary practical works [Spiritual Psychology, Depper Man, Sevenfold Work and Energies] decades after my original studies and found it is the most valuable attempt at explaining the 4th way psycho-cosmology there is.