Most Popular Books by Michael Bennett

This book is a continuation of my first book, Collection of Poetry: Lifes Reflections. The meaning of these poems can have a powerful impact if read correctly and taken to heart. I hope to continue to touch the hearts of readers as they relate these poems to their lives.

Strengthen your core to move and feel your best with 6-minute workouts! Having a strong core can improve posture, relieve aches and pains, prevent falls, and help you feel more capable and confident in your body. 6-Minute Core Strength takes you step-by-step through the simple science of building core strength quickly, safely, and effectively, with little or no equipment. Let this book be your guide. Inside, here''s just a fraction of what you’ll discover: · Workouts that develop stability, posture, and strength to help you improve your balance · What causes you to fall — and why seniors are more prone to it · How to exercise if you are overweight or obese without the risk of injury · How much and how often you should do stretches to avoid injuries · Why you need to walk — and 3 things to consider before doing this exercise · How to maintain a healthy spine and build your abdominal muscles so you can do bending chores without getting hurt · And much more. The book also digs into the topic of people who spends a lot of time sitting all day, causing them to develop rounded shoulders and tight hips. No matter the type of posture problem you''re experiencing it will be covered, and the included workout will definitely help you fix overall posture health.

Project Management for Engineers, as the title suggests, is a direct attempt at addressing the ever-increasing and specific needs for better project management of engineering students, practicing engineers and managers in the industry. It aims not only to present the principles and techniques of Project Management, but also to discuss project management standards, processes and requirements, such as PMBOK, IEEE and PRINCE.Each chapter begins with the basics of the theme being developed at a level understandable to an undergraduate, before more complex topics are introduced at the end of each section that are suitable for graduate students. For the practicing professionals or managers in the industry, the book also provides many real illustrations of practical application of the principles of Project Management.Through a realistic blend of theory and practical examples, as well as an integration of the engineering technical issues with business issues, this book seeks to remove the veil of mystery that has shrouded the profession from its very beginning.

After working for more than two decades on the New American Riviera (South Beach), Chef Bennett has written this cookbook to describe what it is like working in America''s Hottest Culinary mecca. His recipes are light and healthy, with seafood the major player.

''Football Dreams'' is a book of digital paintings, portraying 100-plus of English football''s major figures in scenarios that suit their personalities. These include: Wayne Rooney as a streetwise scouser huddling with his mates in a burger bar; David Beckham crucified in front of a tower block estate after his 1998 World Cup sending-off; Roy Keane as a ''Big Brother'' contestant; Jurgen Klinsmann as a German soldier proffering a football as a peace offering in the First World War Christmas truce and Ron Atkinson frantically dancing in the street at the Notting Hill Carnival to atone for his sins. These digital paintings, produced on a computer, have an uncanny photographic quality. Whether the illustration is Alex Ferguson as a shop steward running the boardroom or Brian Clough as a solitary drinker in a bar, it LOOKS LIKE the real thing. Starring everyone from Harry Redknapp, Paolo Di Canio, Micky Quinn, Sol Campbell, Thierry Henri, Zola, Robbie Savage and Roman Abramovich.

This book probes the mysteries surrounding Simnel, raises new questions about his identity and charts the history of the rebellion ending at the battle of Stoke

George Higinbotham''s extreme and uncompromising radical views and mesmerizing oratory have made him an iconic figure in Victoria''s colonial history - the darling of the liberals and the left. John Bennett has written a major re-assessment of this giant who was a dominating figure from the 1850s until his death in 1892.Higinbotham was successively a gold digger who found no gold; a barrister who found few briefs; a crusading editor of Melbourne''s Argus; an independent member of Parliament who opposed political parties and ferociously attacked the "squatter" dominated Legislative Council and the Colonial Office; an overtly democratic Attorney-General who advocated government without supply; and Chief Justice of Victoria when his political dreams all foundered.Yet he drew others to him as a Pied Piper. He was a mass of contradictions. Extraordinarily charitable to beggars, he treated his family miserably. A failure in achievement, he retained an enormous popularity which has endured for over a century.The Victorian State Set of Lives of Australian Chief Justices, which includes, Sir William a''Beckett, Sir William Stawell and George Higinbotham is available for $120.00 - to order the Victorian State Set, click here.

Of all Chief Justices in Australia in the 19th century none so demeaned the office as did Sir Henry Wrenfordsley, second Chief Justice of Western Australia.Moving from an indifferent practice as a Dublin solicitor to a very insecure career as an English barrister, Wrenfordsley won notice for his interest in Conservative politics, twice standing unsuccessfully for Parliament. An able public speaker and a companionable guest at gentlemen''s clubs, he obtained a colonial judicial appointment through patronage.He served in Mauritius before being appointed Chief Justice of Western Australia and then of Fiji. He acted as a judge in Tasmania and Victoria and finally was Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands. In every office he collided with colonial administrators and fellow lawyers and was in constant dispute with the Colonial Office.A weak lawyer, he was ridiculed as a "journeyman judge" and a "gallery judge" who turned the court into a theatre. His public career was marked by every bad judicial quality - incompetence, duplicity, interference in politics, laziness, uncontrollable temper, chronic insolvency, and overwhelming self-importance, among them.The Western Australian State Set of Lives of Australian Chief Justices, which includes, Sir Archibald Burt, Sir Henry Wrenfordsley and Sir Alexander Onslow is available for $130.00 - to order the WA State Set, click here.

Intelligence, ambition and self-belief took Martin, the son of the Governor''s Irish groom, to the pinnacles of colonial law and politics. He is the only man to have been both been Premier and Chief Justice of New South Wales.He made his name as a fierce and partisan contributor to the vitriolic political debates of the 1840s. A brilliant young lawyer, he was in Parliament in 1848, before the age of 30. He stayed there, in and out of government, until 1873 when he made an honourable exit to the highest judicial office in the colony. Knighthood and civil honours followed.Self-made, rich, arrogant and married to the wealthy daughter of a former convict, Martin attracted enemies so that, as Premier, he could not always guarantee the passage of his legislation, and at times lost his parliamentary seat. Through all this, he conducted a huge Bar practice and was appointed Chief Justice.Remembered as a man "springing from the people and educated amongst them", he showed "every quality which is necessary to a great and good Judge" in a career of rare accomplishment.The NSW State Set of Lives of Australian Chief Justices, which includes, Sir Francis Forbes, Sir James Dowling, Sir Alfred Stephen, Sir James Martin and Sir Frederick Darley is available for $210.00 - to order the NSW State Set, click here. A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.

Sir Alfred Stephen (1802-1894) was descended from generations of Stephens celebrated in England for their contributions to the law, literature, politics and public administration. A creature of the nineteenth century, Sir Alfred personified its values. Born at St Kitts, educated in England and there called to the Bar, he at first progressed so slowly that he decided to return to the colonies. As a pioneer Crown Law Officer in Tasmania he was ambitious, aggressive, and astonishingly successful financially. But, lacking tact, he fell out with the Lt-Governor and the judiciary.Taking another chance, he accepted a temporary judgeship at Sydney (1839), won immediate respect, and became Chief Justice (1844), serving with great accomplishment until 1873 - a term never equaled in New South Wales. He was first President of the Legislative Council after Responsible Government (1856), returning to the Council on resigning as Chief Justice. His many public services included being Lt-Governor; helping to establish The University of Sydney; and supporting such institutions as hospitals, museums and art galleries. Despite the difficulty, on a fixed income, of providing for his many children, he was great philanthropist.His name and works, now much forgotten, but of world renown in his day, are recalled in this biography by Dr John Michael Bennett, AM, whose project to write it was awarded the 2006 News South Wales History Fellowship.The NSW State Set of Lives of Australian Chief Justices, which includes, Sir Francis Forbes, Sir James Dowling, Sir Alfred Stephen, Sir James Martin and Sir Frederick Darley is available for $210.00 - to order the NSW State Set, click here.

John Pedder, a shy, ascetic, "gentlemanly" personality, was appointed first Chief Justice of Tasmania in 1823. Even he was surprised; he had been only three years in practice. Probably, his loyalty to the Church of England appealed to the Colonial Office.The new Chief Justice was shocked by the cost of living in the convict colony of Van Diemen''s Land, the reduced state of society, and the harshness of the dominant penal system. He was acutely conscious of the finality of the death penalty and publicly protested the ill-treatment of Tasmanian Aborigines. In his very first trial, the first held in any Australian Supreme Court, a white man was convicted of the manslaughter of an Aboriginal.Pedder was, Sir Guy Green states in his foreword, "a competent and enlightened trial judge" whose work had a great impact on the everyday life of the colony.He was less successful when confronted by the novel and extremely difficult questions of public law which arose as the rule of law was established and challenged in the small and remote colony. As an Executive Councillor, he was notorious for diffident and ambivalent opinions.Other criticism, that he was a hectoring bully in court, that he "ducked and delayed decisions" in the civil jurisdiction, is shown to be false. His 30 years on the Bench were remarkable for his industry and conscientiousness."a most comprehensive and thorough account of Pedder''s life and times [which] makes a significant contribution to the history of Tasmania and Australia generally."Sir Guy GreenThe Tasmanian State Set of Lives of Australian Chief Justices, which includes, Sir John Pedder, Sir Valentine Fleming and Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith is available for $130.00 - to order the Tasmanian State Set, click here.

Charles Cooper, a timid, retiring, weak-voiced, sickly and barely successful English barrister, accepted appointment as Judge in South Australia in 1839.A sound rather than a brilliant lawyer, duty was his watchword, evangelical churchmanship his consolation. For 17 years, he trudged on through illness and the meanness of the Colonial Office which saw him one of the worst paid judges on colonial service. In 1856 he was recognized at last with appointment as the Province''s first Chief Justice.Dr Bennett shows that the appointment was well merited. In a strong re-evaluation, Cooper is shown to have been a good and effective judge, whose puny modern reputation has been shaped too much by the distorted, politically based, views of critics of his day.His early years on the Bench required him to grapple with the problem of trying to apply English law to the indigenous people. He brought peace to a querulous legal profession and did much to reverse entrenched community contempt for authority existing in Adelaide on his arrival.His workload was enormous. He remained the only judge until 1850 and thereafter he found himself often in collision with the eccentric and irrepressible Benjamin Boothby (appointed puisne judge in 1853). Sick and exhausted, Sir Charles Cooper retired to England on a pension in 1861. There he regained his health and survived to the age of 92, a further 26 years. He had supported the explorations of Charles Sturt who named the legendary Cooper''s Creek in his honour.

James Cockle was a brilliant mathematician, a future Fellow of the Royal Society, appointed Chief Justice of Queensland in the most stormy and unpromising of circumstances. When he came to Queensland in 1863, relations between the government and A J P Lutwyche, the resident Supreme Court Judge, were in a state of turmoil.

As a judge, and Chief Justice, Stawell was ideal for his times. In the later half of the nineteenth century, Victoria needed a judge who was able to dispense justice speedily. He was a man prepared to lead the community by speaking out, in a variety of venues, on the necessity of the rule of law the vital plank in an ordered society.

Archibald Paull Burt, "reputed to be the ablest lawyer in the West Indies", arrived in Western Australia in 1861 at the age of 50 when bureaucratic disputes blocked his preferment in the Caribbean. He advised the government on the need for a Supreme Court of comprehensive jurisdiction and helped to see into place that and many other legal and constitutional changes. He was appointed first Cheif Justice of the colony, and until his death in 1879, he was the Colony''s sole judge.

Responsible Government made an unsteady start when granted to New South Wales in 1856. Still evolving until Federation, the concept was so unsettled as to create major contests between the judiciary and the other arms of government. This book begins with the premature collapse of the first Ministry in August 1856. At stake were the Lower House''s objections to the Colony''s judges being members of the Upper House as "Bunyip Law Lords". Chief Justice Stephen even aspired to be Lord Chancellor of New South Wales. Eventually, the Lower House prevailed. It finishes with a ferocious clash in the 1880s between the Executive and the Judiciary, one of the most spectacular in Australia''s history. The populist Parkes Government refused to allow the disembarkation of Chinese immigrants from a ship in Sydney Harbour. The Supreme Court granted habeas corpus compelling their entry. The Government, driven by community fury, attempted to enforce its will by ministerial direction. Eventually it was forced to give way. A NSW Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government publication.

Navigating the mysteries of the heart, The Look Book offers a road map for every stage of love with the best in fiction and nonfiction from across the Spring 2017 Simon & Schuster Canada list. Travel to Verona, Italy, where one man embarks on a quest to find true love. Learn the practical tips and advice to find and maintain a thriving relationship from a psychiatrist and his comedy-writing daughter (don’t worry—they’re funny). Let yourself be whisked away to 1755 Acadia where a looming war threatens to tear a young couple apart. Read about one woman’s profound journey through grief and loss to a place of renewal and hope as she remembers the greatest love of her life. With chapter excerpts from the following Spring 2017 new releases: Juliet’s Answer: One Man’s Search for Love and the Elusive Cure for Heartbreak, by Glenn Dixon F*ck Love: One Shrink’s Sensible Advice for Finding a Lasting Relationship, by Michael I. Bennett, MD, and Sarah Bennett Promises to Keep, by Genevieve Graham Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope, by Sharon Butala We hope your heart finds what it needs. The team at Simon & Schuster Canada

""Legal history", wrote Sir William Holdsworth, "must always begin with the history of the courts". In other words, it is necessary, historically speaking, to understand the institution administering the law before one comes to understand the law so administered. That is an object of this book. It is intended to prepare the way for the writing, in due course, of a comprehensive legal history of New South Wales and, hopefully, of Australia. Doubtless the chief concern of such a history will be the growth and development of the substantive law and of legal procedure. The present study, on the other hand, is directed to the growth and development of the institution principally responsible for applying and interpreting that law and administering that procedure within Australia''s foundation State. Another object of this book is a commemorative one. It is published during the celebration of the Supreme Court''s sesquincentenary. That is a fitting occasion to take stock of the court and of its achievements since it was first constituted." -- from the Introduction p. xv.

Manuel de survie quand on est trop bon (trop con ?) - Vous vous évertuez à sauver quelqu''un de la dépression ? - Vous tentez d''éviter à un collègue de se faire licencier ? - Vous vous démenez pour que deux amis fassent la paix ? - Vous voulez libérer un proche de sa dépendance à l''alcool ? Bref vous vous sentez responsable du bonheur des autres ? Dans ce livre brillamment sensible et drôle, un psychiatre diplômé de Harvard et sa fille, scénariste, vous disent comment repérer les personnes que vous pouvez vraiment aider et comment le faire sans y laisser des plumes, sans se bercer d''illusion, sans essayer de changer le monde. Alors que la plupart des livres de développement personnel décortiquent vos émotions et vous font miroiter un futur doré, F*ck la gentillesse vous le dit tout net : ça ne marche pas. F*ck la gentillesse ne promet aucun happy end mais donne des conseils concrets, basés sur 40 années de pratique. Le message : ne vous épuisez pas à changer ce qui ne peut l''être ; apprenez à faire de votre mieux avec ce que vous contrôlez vraiment.

Manuel de survie quand le dialogue est au point mort - Votre compagnon est un taiseux et ça vous agace ? - Vous souffrez que votre ado ne se confie plus à vous ? - Vous n''arrivez pas à convaincre votre soeur de quitter son mari violent ? - C''est la guerre froide entre vos collaborateurs, et vous peinez à les réconcilier ? Bref vous ne savez plus quoi faire ? Dans ce livre brillamment sensible et drôle, un psychiatre diplômé de Harvard et sa fille, scénariste, vous disent comment mettre de l''huile dans les rouages quand le dialogue est devenu difficile voire impossible, sans se bercer d''illusion, sans essayer de changer le monde. Alors que la plupart des livres de développement personnel décortiquent vos émotions et vous font miroiter un futur doré, F*ck la communication vous le dit tout net : ça ne marche pas. F*ck la communication ne promet aucun happy end mais donne des conseils concrets, basés sur 40 années de pratique. Le message : ne vous épuisez pas à changer ce qui ne peut l''être ; apprenez à faire de votre mieux avec ce que vous contrôlez vraimen

Manuel de survie quand un truc vous reste en travers de la gorge - Au boulot, quelqu''un de moins compétent a pris votre place ? - Votre ex a menti pour obtenir la garde des enfants ? - Abusé par un proche, on vous décourage de porter plainte ? - Vous ne comprenez toujours pas pourquoi votre conjoint vous a quitté ? - Le responsable de la mort de votre frère est un multirécidiviste qui a un excellent avocat ? Bref l''injustice vous enrage ? Dans ce livre brillamment sensible et drôle, un psychiatre diplômé de Harvard et sa fille, scénariste, vous disent comment retrouver la sérénité et le respect que vous méritez, sans se bercer d''illusion, sans essayer de changer le monde. Alors que la plupart des livres de développement personnel décortiquent vos émotions et vous font miroiter un futur doré, F*ck l''injustice vous le dit tout net : ça ne marche pas. F*ck l''injustice ne promet aucun happy end mais donne des conseils concrets, basés sur 40 années de pratique. Le message : ne vous épuisez pas à changer ce qui ne peut l''être ; apprenez à faire de votre mieux avec ce que vous contrôlez vraiment.

Aaron Matthews seems to have it all: a law degree from Yale, a prestigious position with Berman Brothers in Tokyo, a seemingly priceless art collection. But a meltdown on the trading floor kicks off a chain of events that leads him to lose his job, his savings, and his marriage. Undaunted, Aaron launches a desperate plan to regain his wealth and prestige. As the plan unravels and his desperation grows, he''ll risk everything to get back to the top. Based loosely on real events, Bad Banker is a tragicomedy that traces the steep fall from grace of a Wall Street trader.

La vita è spesso ingiusta e frustrante, non ci sono dubbi. Ma come possiamo accettare questa dolorosa realtà? Il Dr. Michael Bennett ci indica la strada maestra: smettere di lottare invano per modificare persone e situazioni su cui non abbiamo alcun controllo. Con piglio geniale e irriverente, come in una seduta di psicoterapia che va dritta al punto, il Dr. Bennett ci aiuta a identificare obiettivi realistici di fronte alle nostre irrealistiche ambizioni, svelando i falsi miti più comuni: al diavolo l''autostima, il senso di responsabilità, il pensiero positivo...! Rinunciare a una meta irraggiungibile, accettare la sofferenza, riconoscere i propri limiti non sono sconfitte: rappresentano una forma di saggezza che ci protegge da sicure delusioni. Perché, se non riusciamo a cambiare le situazioni che ci intossicano la vita, possiamo almeno imparare a gestirle, senza abdicare ai nostri valori. Ne usciremo più forti e più liberi. «Una doccia gelata... ma illuminante!» New York Post «Un bel cazzotto, utile e istruttivo, che ti rimetterà in carreggiata» Kirkus Review «Un approccio duro e puro ai problemi impossibili della vita» The Atlantic

Have you ever seen a paint job so impressive that you wished your home could look that elegant? The formula, says Master Painter Michael Bennett, is combining knowledge, quality workmanship, premium products, and the right attitude. Calling upon his more than three decades of experience, Michael has created this intermediate-level instructional and reference guide for interior painting. Far more than a basic “how-to” or cookie-cutter DIY, Interior Architectural Painting: A tradesman''s guide takes you through every step of the process of finishing or restoring a room: setup; understanding substrates; tools: how to choose and use them; repairing and preparing surfaces such as plaster, drywall, wood, metal, and masonry; how to identify quality coatings that are oil-based or waterborne and when and where to employ them; application techniques; identifying and solving problems; dos and don''ts, tricks of the trade, and much more.Whether you are a homeowner, a professional, or are planning to hire a contractor, this book will be an invaluable resource and an important addition to your library.

A földi paradicsomnak is van sötét oldala. Az állhatatos és szívós Hana Westerman teljes erővel veti bele magát mind az egyedülálló anyaságba, mind rendőri munkájába, ám amikor egy különös videó egy felakasztott emberhez vezeti, a sokat látott, maori származású nyomozó is döbbenten hőköl hátra. Csapatával a gyilkos nyomába ered, aki gyors egymásutánban újabb holttesteket hagy maga után; egyre inkább úgy tűnik, hogy Új-Zéland első sorozatgyilkosával van dolguk. De mi kötheti össze az egymástól teljesen függetlennek tűnő gyilkosságokat? Hanát egyre mélyebbre viszi országa véres múltjába nyomozása, és arra is rá kell döbbennie, hogy múltja és családi öröksége vezetheti el a gyilkoshoz - ám könnyen lehet, hogy a gyilkos hamarabb talál rá az ő családjára... A maori származású neves filmrendező és forgatókönyvíró, Michael Bennett debütáló regénye letaglózó erejű, fordulatos történet a gyarmatosítás bűneiről, és a történelem által ejtett, beforrni képtelen sebekről.