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Examining the science behind everyday predictions—such as w ... Read more

Examining the science behind everyday predictions—such as why the supermarket sends particular coupons to the appropriate people and how a bank can foretell if someone will default on a loan within a few minutes—this guide explains the basics of what data mining is, details a variety of data mining and techniques, and profiles the key figures behind the data-mining process. After first demonstrating fundamental approaches such as nearest neighbor and association rules, the resource goes on to analyze probabilistic techniques that use Bayes' theorem and artificial intelligence algorithms using neural networks. With chapters on a wide range of topics—from calculating similarity to dealing with uncertainty and modeling the brain—this comprehensive volume reveals how anyone with enough information can get an intimate view of someone's life and what to do about it. Minimize

In Searching for God Knows What, best-selling author Donald ... Read more

In Searching for God Knows What, best-selling author Donald Miller invites you to reconnect with a faith worth believing. With humor, intelligence, and his trademark writing style, he shows that  relationship is God's way of leading us to redemption.  And our need for redemption drives us to relationship with God. "Being a Christian," Miller writes, "is more like falling in love than understanding a series of ideas."  Maybe you are a Christian wondering what faith you signed up for. Or maybe you don't believe anything and are daring someone-anyone-to show you a genuine example of authentic faith. Somewhere beyond the self-help formulas, fancy marketing, and easy promises there is a life-changing experience with God waiting. Searching for God Knows What weaves together beautiful stories and fresh perspectives on the Bible to show one man's journey to find it.   "Like a shaken snow globe, Donald Miller's newest collection of essays creates a swirl of ideas about the Christian life that eventually crystallize into a lovely landscape . . . [He] is one of the evangelical book market's most creative writers." -Christianity Today "If you have felt that Jesus is someone you respect and admire-but Christianity is something that repels you-Searching for God Knows What will give you hope that you still can follow Jesus and be part of a church without the trappings of organized religion." -Dan Kimball Author of The Emerging Church and Pastor of Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, CA "For fans of Blue Like Jazz, I doubt you will be disappointed. Donald Miller writes with the wit and vulnerability that you expect. He perfectly illustrates important themes in a genuine and humorous manner . . . For those who would be reading Miller for the first time, this would be a great start." -Relevant   Minimize

This book is meant to give someone in the process of making ... Read more

This book is meant to give someone in the process of making a life decision at any age?in early adulthood, at the point of middle-age change and later, when we find ourselves at the crossroads without a name?some ideas against which to pit their own minds, their own circumstances. Its purpose, as they wrestle with the process of trying to find and follow their own special call at this new stage of life, is to both provoke thinking and to clarify it. ?Joan ChittisterIn our modern and mobile society, the range of answers to the questions ?What am I supposed to do with my life?? and ?How do I know when I've found my purpose?? can seem endless and overwhelming. Following the Path by Sister Joan brings the insights of her years of teaching and contemplation to bear on this issue, providing readers with a new way forward. Through her examination of spiritual calling and gifts, change and discernment, she leads readers home to the place where, finally, we know we fit, where we are the fullest o Minimize

In Searching for God Knows What, best-selling author Donald ... Read more

In Searching for God Knows What, best-selling author Donald Miller invites you to reconnect with a faith worth believing. With humor, intelligence, and his trademark writing style, he shows that  relationship is God's way of leading us to redemption.  And our need for redemption drives us to relationship with God. "Being a Christian," Miller writes, "is more like falling in love than understanding a series of ideas."  Maybe you are a Christian wondering what faith you signed up for. Or maybe you don't believe anything and are daring someone-anyone-to show you a genuine example of authentic faith. Somewhere beyond the self-help formulas, fancy marketing, and easy promises there is a life-changing experience with God waiting. Searching for God Knows What weaves together beautiful stories and fresh perspectives on the Bible to show one man's journey to find it.   "Like a shaken snow globe, Donald Miller's newest collection of essays creates a swirl of ideas about the Christian life that eventually crystallize into a lovely landscape . . . [He] is one of the evangelical book market's most creative writers." -Christianity Today "If you have felt that Jesus is someone you respect and admire-but Christianity is something that repels you-Searching for God Knows What will give you hope that you still can follow Jesus and be part of a church without the trappings of organized religion." -Dan Kimball Author of The Emerging Church and Pastor of Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, CA "For fans of Blue Like Jazz, I doubt you will be disappointed. Donald Miller writes with the wit and vulnerability that you expect. He perfectly illustrates important themes in a genuine and humorous manner . . . For those who would be reading Miller for the first time, this would be a great start." -Relevant   Minimize

Life is never dull in William Biersach's mythical city of L ... Read more

Life is never dull in William Biersach's mythical city of Los Angeles. In The Search for Saint Valeria, the third entry in the series, cop-turned-priest Fr. John Baptist and his faithful sidekick, gardener and chronicler, Martin Feeney, are once again on the trail of the unusual and strange. Why is someone stealing discarded religious objects - relics, altars, chalices - from the city's antique shops? And why on earth would modern-day grave robbers want to steal the remains of a 4th century Saint from New Golgotha Cemetery? In this fast-paced story, replete with a cast of memorable characters, a healthy dose of red herrings, and a generous helping of humour, there is always more than meets the eye, whether in means, motives, or methods. What with the hallowed history of the mystery genre, some readers might be tempted to suppose that it has all been done. In his Father Baptist series, William Biersach disproves this notion with a vengeance. These stories are fresh, intricate, vibrant, and a heck of a lot of fun! The Search for Saint Valeria is indeed a noble addition to the canon. Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Has Someone Hurt ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Has Someone Hurt You?: Free Falling Into the Right Hands Book Two by Kim Fairley Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Has someone in your life mdash;someone who was supposed to love you and protect you mdash;did they hurt you instead? Do you ever wonder why these bad things happened to you? Why would God, who supposedly loves everyone, put you through such a painful ordeal? Whenever someone with hurts like yours ca Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Undetected by Je ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Undetected by Jenny Krainski Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New When someone dies, they usually lie in the ground; sometimes ashes are scattered. This time, something different and disturbing happens. What if you were to grieve over the loss of a loved one only to find that he wasnt really dead? What if he didnt want anything to do with you? Join Fran, the mother of a very abnormal teenager, on a journey to find Minimize

This book is meant to give someone in the process of making ... Read more

This book is meant to give someone in the process of making a life decision at any age—in early adulthood, at the point of middle-age change and later, when we find ourselves at the crossroads without a name—some ideas against which to pit their own minds, their own circumstances. Its purpose, as they wrestle with the process of trying to find and follow their own special call at this new stage of life, is to both provoke thinking and to clarify it. —Joan Chittister In our modern and mobile society, the range of answers to the questions “What am I supposed to do with my life?” and “How do I know when I’ve found my purpose?” can seem endless and overwhelming. Following the Path by Sister Joan brings the insights of her years of teaching and contemplation to bear on this issue, providing readers with a new way forward. Through her examination of spiritual calling and gifts, change and discernment, she leads readers home to the place where, finally, we know we fit, where we are the fullest of ourselves and a gift to the world, a timely and much needed message that many will be happy to hear. Minimize

Young love has a new face in Dating After 40: Finding Someo ... Read more

Young love has a new face in Dating After 40: Finding Someone for the Rest of Your Life by newcomer Keith Leust. Whether you are widowed or divorced, if you are single or married, this provocative and inspiring book celebrates the art of a great date and provides a template to the art of wooing another the second time around. The continued and eternal search for love is celebrated with tips, insights, and hints to finding, discovering, and rekindling the affections of a wonderful and loving life partner. Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Search by Ge ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Search by Gene Robinson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New What if you met someone who could actually tell you exactly how to live your life in complete fulfillment? Or maybe someone would write a book about how it might happen, so you could still learn from it, just as if you yourself had been right there in that situation. It would be a fascinating adventure for most. And if you continued to practice these Minimize

A lovable stuffed bear, who longs for someone to take him h ... Read more

A lovable stuffed bear, who longs for someone to take him home, launches a storewide search for his missing button lest someone mistake him for "used".... Minimize

Have you been searching for karate patterns to make somethi ... Read more

Have you been searching for karate patterns to make something special for someone who enjoys the sport? Kathy Azeez has selected six karate positions - three aggressive and three defensive ones and created patterns for each. Use one or combine them as a set of kick boxers in combat. She also explains how to insert a HEAD into the body BLOCK by choosing one of the various heads she has designed or by transferring a photograph of the face you desire onto the fabric. There are various examples of ways to use the patterns for precision piecing and even applique.The instructions are complete and accurate, allowing for a surprisingly quick completion of your project. Minimize

Who would I be if my father had been someone else? This sta ... Read more

Who would I be if my father had been someone else? This startling and beautiful book is a valiant attempt to answer this universal and searching question.The subjects of this book set out on that search under the guidance of Jess Maghan, a world renown expert on the subject of authority. Using forced field writing, they were able to distill their findings into essays of 350 words. Illustrated with contemporary photos of subjects and archival photos of their fathers Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Being Someone by ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Being Someone by Ann MacLeod Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Details ISBN 059520063X ISBN-13 9780595200634 Title Being Someone Author Ann MacLeod Format Paperback Year 2001 Pages 272 Publisher Authors Choice Press Dimensions 6 in. x 0.7 in. x 9 in. About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your reading and entertainment needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in Minimize

"Laugh. Think. Repeat. Repeatedly. If someone told me t ... Read more

"Laugh. Think. Repeat. Repeatedly. If someone told me this book was this good, I wouldn't have believed them."--Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life?"Think Don Quixote with a dark sense of humor and a taste for hashish and you begin to grasp Eric Weiner, the modern knight-errant of this mad, sad, wise, and witty quest across four continents. I won't spoil the fun by telling if his mission succeeds, except to say that happiness is reading a book as entertaining as this."--Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the AtticPart foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the listener from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? With engaging wit and surprising insights, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions. Minimize

Life is never dull in William Biersach's mythical city of L ... Read more

Life is never dull in William Biersach's mythical city of Los Angeles. In The Search for Saint Valeria, the third entry in the series, cop-turned-priest Fr. John Baptist and his faithful sidekick, gardener and chronicler, Martin Feeney, are once again on the trail of the unusual and strange. Why is someone stealing discarded religious objects - relics, altars, chalices - from the city's antique shops? And why on earth would modern-day grave robbers want to steal the remains of a 4th century Saint from New Golgotha Cemetery? In this fast-paced story, replete with a cast of memorable characters, a healthy dose of red herrings, and a generous helping of humour, there is always more than meets the eye, whether in means, motives, or methods. What with the hallowed history of the mystery genre, some readers might be tempted to suppose that it has all been done. In his Father Baptist series, William Biersach disproves this notion with a vengeance. These stories are fresh, intricate, vibrant, and a heck of a lot of fun! The Search for Saint Valeria is indeed a noble addition to the canon. Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author At San Jose Make ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author At San Jose Make a Left: Spiritual Insights by Someone Who Has Been There and Done That! by Cherone Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Details ISBN 1410742644 ISBN-13 9781410742643 Title At San Jose Make a Left: Spiritual Insights by Someone Who Has Been There and Done That! Author Cherone Format Hardcover Year 2003 Pages 212 Publisher Authorhouse Dimensions 6.5 in. x 0.8 in. x 9.3 in. About Us Grand Eagle Retail Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author When Someone Lov ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author When Someone Loves You by Susan Johnson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Mass Market Paperback Condition Brand New Duff d Abernon returns home a changed man, a recluse uninterested in society. After meeting actress Annabelle Foster, he decides that perhaps some things are worth reconsidering. Publisher Description Duff d Abernon returns home a changed man, a recluse uninterested in society and the posturing that goes along with it. After me Minimize

For amateur sleuth and college professor Thomas Martindale, ... Read more

For amateur sleuth and college professor Thomas Martindale, campus life is rarely dull or routine. Take jury duty. The chance encounter of a fellow juror and colleague leads to the discovery of a scheme to use illegal immigrants in deadly virus research. Or service on a presidential search committee. Amid the long meetings and sometimes bizarre candidates, Martindale finds mhimself the target of someone who may have a grudge against one of the candidates. And there is Commencement, the most important day of the academic year. He is enjoying the ceremony when a tragic incident changes things. Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Someone and Some ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Someone and Somebody by Porter Emerson Browne Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markin Minimize

The Crusade has begun... "There's an old myth in the Arc ... Read more

The Crusade has begun... "There's an old myth in the Archipelago," he said softly, shaking his head."A legend really...I recall it mentioned a Crusade, but those events happened eight centuries ago...We always thought it was only a story..." It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams, and became the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica. Now, they have been brought together again to solve a mystery: someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial wings: "The Crusade has begun." Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared as well. The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries-old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them from Sir James Barrie's Kensington Gardens to the Underworld of the Greek Titans of myth. With friends both familiar and new, they will travel through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, the Caretakers of the Geographica will discover that great deeds alone do not make heroes, and that growing up may be unavoidable...but growing old doesn't have to be... Minimize

Before playwright Charles Gordone (1925–1995) became a Texa ... Read more

Before playwright Charles Gordone (1925–1995) became a Texan, he became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for No Place to Be Somebody, in 1970. His search for a home in the West led him in 1987 to Texas A&M University, where he taught playwriting for the last nine years of his life, and to an influential role in the Cowboy Renaissance of the 1990s. Much as Mary Austin saw the West as a place without gender, Gordone regarded Texas as a place without race, where the need for neighborly connections outweighed discriminatory urges. A Place to Be Someone covers the years prior to this geographical and psychological journey, the childhood and youth that deeply informed Gordone’s pilgrimage. Growing up in Elkhart, Indiana, a “free” northern town, Charles Gordone and his family never fit completely into commonly understood racial categories. Elkhart and the world labeled them “black,” ignoring the rest of their multiracial and multiethnic heritage. Their familial experiences shaped not only their identities but also their perceptions. For Gordone, childhood was the beginning of a lifelong battle against labels, and this memoir shows many of the reasons why. Written by his younger sister Shirley, who recognized that her brother had spent his whole life coming “home” to Texas, this revealing family memoir will be welcomed by Gordone scholars and those in African American drama and literature, American studies, women’s studies, and history and by any reader young or old who seeks to understand the forces and consequences of discrimination and mental and physical abuse. The sole surviving sibling, Shirley Gordon Jackson tells this story with the intimacy and immediacy it demands. Minimize

We all dream it. Wade Rouse actually did it. Finally fed up ... Read more

We all dream it. Wade Rouse actually did it. Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: to uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, to "live a plain, simple life in radically reduced conditions."In this rollicking and hilarious memoir, Wade and his partner, Gary, leave culture, cable, and consumerism behind and strike out for rural Michigan–a place with fewer people than in their former spinning class. There, Wade discovers the simple life isn’t so simple. Battling blizzards, bloodthirsty critters, and nosy neighbors equipped with night-vision goggles, Wade and his spirit, sanity, relationship, and Kenneth Cole pointy-toed boots are sorely tested with humorous and humiliating frequency. And though he never does learn where his well water actually comes from or how to survive without Kashi cereal, he does discover some things in the woods outside his knotty-pine cottage in Saugatuck, Michigan, that he always dreamed of but never imagined he’d find–happiness and a home.At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream is a sidesplitting and heartwarming look at taking a risk, fulfilling a dream, and finding a home–with very thick and very dark curtains. Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Teffy the Search ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Teffy the Search for Nephew Ninky by Carrie Kreth Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Teffy was just tending to the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Nimfy when elderly Mrs. Nimfy called her into the Tree-Home. Someone has died; that someone was a father, and that father has a son. That son is off wandering the planet Calda beyond the secure borders of a place Teffy likes to call Home. Mrs. Nimfy has asked her to go and find Minimize

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Loving Someone w ... Read more

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Loving Someone with Asperger's Syndrome by Cindy Ariel Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Suitable for those in a relationship with a partner who has Asperger s, this book explains how Asperger s may cause problems in a relationship and offers help for communicating, coparenting, and building an emotional connection with a partner who has Asperger s syndrome. Publisher Description If you #039;re in a relationship Minimize

"Laugh. Think. Repeat. Repeatedly. If someone told me t ... Read more

"Laugh. Think. Repeat. Repeatedly. If someone told me this book was this good, I wouldn't have believed them." --Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life?"Think Don Quixote with a dark sense of humor and a taste for hashish and you begin to grasp Eric Weiner, the modern knight-errant of this mad, sad, wise, and witty quest across four continents. I won't spoil the fun by telling if his mission succeeds, except to say that happiness is reading a book as entertaining as this."--Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the AtticPart foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the listener from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? With engaging wit and surprising insights, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions. Minimize

A 2003 Finalist in the United Kingdom Christian Book Awards ... Read more

A 2003 Finalist in the United Kingdom Christian Book Awards! Every seventeen minutes, someone in the United States dies by suicide. It is one of the most serious public health crises of modern times, claiming over one million lives worldwide every year. Those who have lost a loved one to suicide experience tremendous shock and trauma, with a confusing mix of emotions--anger, guilt, grief and despair. Suicide also raises heartrending questions: Why did this happen? Why didn't we see it coming? Many also wonder if those who choose suicide are doomed to an eternity separated from God and loved ones. Some may even start asking whether life is worth living at all. After his father's death by suicide, Albert Hsu wrestled with the intense emotional and spiritual questions surrounding suicide. While acknowledging that there are no easy answers, Hsu draws on the resources of the Christian faith to point suicide survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief and hope for the future. If you have lost a loved one to suicide or provide pastoral care to those left behind, this book is an essential companion for the journey toward healing. Minimize

How many times have you heard someone say, "I just want to ... Read more

How many times have you heard someone say, "I just want to be happy?"In the introduction to Simple Acts, Gregory E. Lang describes himself as "deliriously happy," though he acknowledges that has not always been the case. Everyone wants to live a happy life, but how does one go about it? Simple Acts is all about creating happiness for oneself and one's loved ones. According to Lang, happiness isn't found, it is made. For those who aren't sure where to start, he suggests hundreds of ways to creatively pursue happiness. "Find a pastry shop and have some baklava. Pick some wildflowers and take them home. Play a card game with friends. Search until you find the good in someone who irritates you." Happiness is also about spreading laughter-and a good practical joke is a surefire way to do just that. Lang suggests that you "cheat on one of those free internet IQ tests and leave your score on the screen for others to walk past and see." Or "tell someone you Minimize