Now in its Eighth Edition, Robert M. Clark′s classic Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach once again delivers a consistent, clear method for teaching intelligence analysis, demonstrating how a collaborative, target-centric approach leads to sharper and more effective analysis. In addition to looking at the intelligence cycle, collection, managing analysis, and dealing with intelligence customers, the author also examines key advances a...

On May 26, 1896, in Victoria, British Columbia, hundreds of residents and visitors headed out to a grand military display, the culmination of days of celebration surrounding Queen Victoria’s birthday. As a packed electric streetcar crossed the Point Ellice Bridge, passengers heard a loud crack and felt a sharp jolt. A moment later, the car, its occupants and the entire span of the bridge crashed into the water below, resulting in fifty-six deaths and overwhelming the city with grief.

A beautifully written story of love, idealism, and our recent history.Amid the crises of the summer of 1968, two teenagers become lovers. Emily is a good Catholic girl, for whom an incarnate God means joy and contentment in the life of the body. William is preoccupied, in a vague sort of way, with politics and the evils of the System. Together, impelled by physical passion and the idealistic notion that "all our life is some form of religion, and all our action som...

Six sisters, two brothers, a Monty Python–loving mom, and a military father all add up to one very full and funny house in Rob Clark’s Robservations. Growing up in a chaotic Catholic household in the ’60s and ’70s was rarely easy—forced haircuts, cranky nuns, fetching tampons, and the worst pizza ever made are the least of the author’s troubles as he navigates family, faith, and finances in Barrie, Ontario.Follow Rob as he attempts to answer life’s biggest questions: How do you get...

The Chronicles of the City of E is a captivating Christian allegory set in a richly imagined world where the eternal struggle between light and darkness plays out against the backdrop of a city in search of redemption. This epic narrative follows the journey of the Thirteen, a diverse group of guardians chosen to protect the city of E, as they navigate the trials and tribulations that threaten its very soul. Through vivid characters, deep philosophical reflections, and a narrative rich wit...

In 1928, the bodies of two young boys were found in the Indiana Harbor shipping canal of East Chicago, their identities unknown. With no missing children of their age and appearance reported in the city, the police had begun to lose hope until a breakthrough led them to the murderer: their father, George Chisholm, a Canadian World War I veteran.How could a parent commit such a crime? The case drew headlines around the country and worldwide. The death penalty loomed for Chisholm, an...

At midnight, she tried to end her own life.At ten minutes past, she found the body.The most wanted man in Britain floats alone in the ocean. Just moments from death, a young woman by the name of Rosselin Claes rescues him.He can’t remember the events that led up to the moment he was found, and he is in dire need of help. The kindness of a stranger pulls him back from the void. Yet as he rests, the curse of James Stone strikes again.Stone can’t...

A compelling personal memoir and a scathing indictment of bureaucratic indifference and agenda-driven government policies.In his thirty years in the Canadian prison system, Robert Clark rose from student volunteer to deputy warden. He worked with some of Canada's most dangerous and notorious prisoners, including Paul Bernardo and Tyrone Conn. He dealt with escapes, lockdowns, prisoner murders, prisoner suicides, and a riot. But he also arranged ice-hockey games in a maximum-securit...

On Sale Now! Get it before we increase the price!Written by someone in the field who has in-depth knowledge of the process inside and out, you will be able to increase your efficiency and effectiveness and improve your score through this FSOT Study Guide and thus improve your chances to pass the FSOT as well as the rest of the Foreign Service Officer Selection Process.How Will This FSOT Study Guide Increase Your FSOT Score?No book c...

Birthplace of Michelangelo and home to untold masterpieces, Florence is a city for art lovers. But on November 4, 1966, the rising waters of the Arno threatened to erase over seven centuries of history and human achievement.Now Robert Clark explores the Italian city’s greatest flood and its aftermath through the voices of its witnesses. Two American artists wade through the devastated beauty; a photographer stows away on an army helicopter to witness the tragedy first-hand; a Briti...

A riveting introduction to the complex and evolving field of geospatial intelligence. Although geospatial intelligence is a term of recent origin, its underpinnings have a long and interesting history. Geospatial Intelligence: Origins and Evolution shows how the current age of geospatial knowledge evolved from its ancient origins to become ubiquitous in daily life across the globe. Within that framework, the book weaves a tapestry of stories about the people, events,...

This comprehensive book by one of the foremost authorities in the field offers systematic and analytical coverage of the "how and why" of intelligence collection across its three major stages—the front end (planning), collection, and the back end (processing, exploitation, and dissemination). The book provides a fresh, logical, and easily understandable view of complex collection systems used worldwide. Its ground-breaking organizational approach facilitates understanding and cross-INT col...