John White

It was John's birthday. He would be thirteen. And what's more, it was on this day that his grandmother would tell him the mystery of his locket . . . And of his parents. But it was not to be. Before he could find out, he was magically transported to the land of Anthropos where he was startled to be hailed as the Sword Bearer, the slayer of the Goblin Prince. Here, in the imaginative story of the early history of Anthropos, John White captures the excitement and wonder of another world.

The Sword Bearer

A Practical Handbook to Christian Living

The Fight

Sandy Larsen

Dale Larsen

The king of Anthropos has a baffling illness and is threatened by the Dark Lord who has troubled that mysterious land so many times before. Once again Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are drawn to this strange country by the wondrous Gaal. Unexpectedly, an irritating neighbor, Betty, comes along with them. Despite the problems she causes--and despite being thrown into prison, attacked by a seven-headed ogre and lost in unnatural darkness, the group seeks to follow where Gaal leads. Together they battle Lord Lunacy in a final confrontation that holds the future of Anthropos in the balance. Here is the stirring conclusion to John White's mythical adventure series that has been beloved by tens of thousands.

The Dark Lord's Demise

When looking for ways to improve your website, how do you decide which changes to make? And which changes to keep? This concise book shows you how to use Multiarmed Bandit algorithms to measure the real-world value of any modifications you make to your site. Author John Myles White shows you how this powerful class of algorithms can help you boost website traffic, convert visitors to customers, and increase many other measures of success. This is the first developer-focused book on bandit algorithms, which were previously described only in research papers. You’ll quickly learn the benefits of several simple algorithms—including the epsilon-Greedy, Softmax, and Upper Confidence Bound (UCB) algorithms—by working through code examples written in Python, which you can easily adapt for deployment on your own website. Learn the basics of A/B testing—and recognize when it’s better to use bandit algorithms Develop a unit testing framework for debugging bandit algorithms Get additional code examples written in Julia, Ruby, and JavaScript with supplemental online materials

Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization

John White has extensively interviewed many people, including those from John Wimber's Vineyard Christian Fellowship. His years of work as a psychiatrist and as a missionary in the Third World qualify him in a special way to analyze the experiences described in this book. In addition he has thoroughly studied revivals of the past, highlighting the differences and the similarities to what is happening today. As always, John White remains thoroughly biblical as he handles many controversial topics. The result is a book full of pracitcal wisdom and remarkable insight with conclusions that are fresh and surprising.

Signs & Wonders Among God's People

When the Spirit Comes with Power

It was supposed to be a big celebration. John McFarland (uncle to Wesley, Kurt, Lisa and Mary) and his long lost Eleanor were getting married. But a typhoon kept nearly every one of their friends and family from attending the wedding ceremony in Hong Kong. And by the time everyone did arrive for the reception at a downtown hotel, John and Eleanor had disappeared without a trace! While their parents and the Hong Kong authorities set about searching for the missing couple, Mary, Wesley, Kurt and Lisa begin their own investigation. Convinced that John and Eleanor have been transported to the mystical kingdom of Anthropos, the four amateur sleuths hit a dead end. How can they get to Anthropos? And once they get there, how will they know where to look? As Book 5 in John White's Archives of Anthropos unfolds, the sleuths are confronted with an even bigger challenge than finding Uncle John and Eleanor. In Anthropos an evil sorcerer plots the destruction of his eternal enemy--a tiny infant who (if he survives) is destined to become King of Anthropos and conqueror of Lord Lunacy.

Quest for the King

Anthropos is in danger. So Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are once again magically transported from their home in Winnipeg to help save this threatened land. The Iron Sceptre, the source of King Kardia's power to rule, is in peril. The children, joined by their cousin Mary, are called on to stop Mirmah and her chief sorcerer, Archimago. But to do so, they must travel beneath the Northern Mountains, around Goldcoffin's Palace and into the very heart of Mirmah's kingdom. What awaits is much more than a mere adventure.

The Iron Sceptre

Recipient of a 1989 Christian Home & School C.S. Lewis Gold Medal award! Eleanor McFarland and John Wilson join Gaal, the Son of the High Emperor, in a battle to thwart the evil plans of Lord Lunacy. Book Two in John White's Archives of Anthropos. Winner of the 1989 C. S. Lewis Gold Medal from Christian Home & School.

Gaal the Conqueror

One moment Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are poking around in their uncle's attic. The next moment they have stepped into the magical world of Anthropos, where their help is needed to free a king and defeat the powers of evil. Book Three in John White's Archives of Anthropos.

The Tower of Geburah

Player biographies, match reports, fantasy football teams, songs and chants, trivia, quote, and much more Manchester United continues to be one of the biggest names in club football around the world. Filled with a cornucopia of interesting snippets of facts and stats, as well as history, reports, biographiesm, games, puzzles, and quizzes, there is something in this miscellany for every fan of the mighty Reds.

The Manchester United Supporter's Book

Drew Conway

This compact book explores standard tools for text classification, and teaches the reader how to use machine learning to decide whether a e-mail is spam or ham (binary classification), based on raw data from The SpamAssassin Public Corpus. Of course, sometimes the items in one class are not created equally, or we want to distinguish among them in some meaningful way. The second part of the book will look at how to not only filter spam from our email, but also placing "more important" messages at the top of the queue. This is a curated excerpt from the upcoming book "Machine Learning for Hackers."

Spam Filtering and Priority Inbox

Machine Learning for Email

John White identifies the symptoms of depression, explains its complex causes, and discusses available treatments.

A Christian Physician Looks at Depression & Suicide

The Masks of Melancholy

A revised, fully updated 9th edition of this bestselling book about investing in stocks and shares. This book, first published in 1992, is one of the most enduring guides to investment in the stock market ever published. Now in a thoroughly revised, updated 9th edition this bestselling volume has been written and kept up to date by a professional long-term investor. It explains in plain English how the stock market works; what affects share prices;how to avoid unnecessary risks; and how you can invest successfully in shares, bonds, gilts, options and futures over the long term. It gives step-by-step guidance on: · how to trade on the stock market, whether it's going up or down; · successful stock investment strategies; · investing at minimum risk in traded options and futures; · buying bonds, gilts and interest-bearing deposits.

A step-by-step guide to making money on the stock market

Investing in Stocks and Shares, 9th Edition

David More

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees

Trees are of enduring interest to naturalists and gardeners alike. This book covers all European species, as well as many introduced species from all over the world.

Encyclopedia of Trees

"This revised and lengthened Second Edition has not only many improvements to details of paintings and texts throughout, but on pages 776-803 are included some 90 important or conspicuous trees of southern regions - in Europe, the Mediterranean - not covered in the first edition. The end section on shoots and buds has also been extended to include leaf-shapes."--BOOK JACKET.

Rejection

His Mythology and Traditions

The Ancient History of the Maori

"A series of set pieces based on the life of a Māori tribe in the Hokianga region. Much on love, war and cannibaliam, presented by named characters within a pattern of Victorian expression and convention, which the numerous footnotes and elaborate textual explanaions of custom humanise only in part. Intended to be the first of a series. Revenge (W1065) was the only (posthumous) sequel"--Bagnall.

Or, The Maori at Home. A Tale, Exhibiting the Social Life, Manners, Habits, and Customs of the Maori Race in New Zealand Prior to the Introduction of Civilisation Amongst Them

John White

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