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Robert T. Wood grew up in Northern California. After a stint in the US Navy during the early/mid 1960’s he settled in Honolulu, Hawaii, then later relocated to Tokyo, Japan. He is proficient in the Japanese language and taught Japanese as a hobby for many years. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language and a Master of Arts in East Asian Languages and Literature, specializing in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language, from the University of Hawaii. Mr. Wood has essentially spent his whole adult life studying Japanese language, history, and culture.
His professional background is law enforcement in which he has 36 years of experience. After 16 years in one of the largest police departments in the US, he spent 20 years as a foreign counterintelligence agent for a US federal law enforcement agency. After retiring from law enforcement he was immediately hired by a global corporation as the offshore director for corporate security for the Far East region. His expertise in security, counterintelligence, and antiterrorism operations is the basis for his latest publications concerning Security Management and Information Protection.
The themes of Robert T. Wood’s writings are primarily for self-improvement –- whether learning about Japanese language or learning about oneself.
He is the author of the following publications:
• "Physical Security for Information Protection," 2009, Lulu Press.
• "Basic Security Management," 2009, Lulu Press.
• "Everything," 2006, Lulu Press.
• "Object Marking in Japanese, a Self-Instructional Program," 2005, Lulu Press (complete re-write of the original 1978 version).
• "Bridging the Gap: English-Japanese," 2005, Lulu Press (e-book, CD version) (fourth edition of Bridging the Gap: Police-Japanese).
• Three-part series, "Purchasing a Personal Computer," The Blue Light (Honolulu Police Department Newsletter), 1984, Vol. XIII, Issues 3-5.
• "Concise Report Writing Manual for Police Officers," 1984, (published by the Honolulu Police Department).
• "The Use of Games in Language Teaching," 1983.
• "Bridging the Gap: Police-Japanese, Third Edition," 1982.
• "An Investigation of Criteria Conducive to Successful Language Teaching Games," 1982.
• "Japanese Language and Tourism in Hawaii," 1979.
• "Object Marking in Japanese, a Self-Instructional Program," 1978 (original version).
• "Bridging the Gap: Police-Japanese, Second Edition," 1974.
• "Bridging the Gap: Police-Japanese, First Edition," 1973.
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Print: $18.40 A philosophical look at the complex interconnectivity of everything throughout the universe. "Everything" presents a unique perspective about the reality of existence, the meaning of life, and the true impact of a birth, death, and even a marriage. A Zen-based, thought-provoking text about relationships between human beings and all life as well as the spirit world, and the impact that everyone makes on the universe.
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Print: $13.36 A self-study programmed lesson that focuses on teaching about the grammatical use of "o" ("wo") versus "ga" in object marking in Japanese sentence structure. Excellent lesson on Japanese grammar.
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Disc: $19.95 Nonverbal communications guide.
The ultimate communication tool. Exchange information quickly without the need of an interpreter. All new Fourth Edition, electronic version (CD - web page format), designed to more easily allow bi-directional use by Japanese or English-speaking police, security guards, hotel staff, anyone working in the tour industry, medical staff, etc. with English or Japanese-speaking clients, respectively.
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Print: $14.22 Informative guide to countering the multidimensional threat to information... take a look at the world of physical security from perspectives that you may not have considered. Learn about corporate (industrial) espionage – it is a viable threat.
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Print: $17.52 Physical security management laid out in a concise practical reference to help guide you to a successful physical security program.
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