John David – författare & böcker

Papaji Amazing Grace

Interviews with Seekers for Enlightenment -- & How They Found It

AvJohn David

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

178 kr

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Arunachala Talks

Spiritual Wisdom Offered in a Direct Simple Expression to Touch Your Heart

AvJohn David

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

144 kr

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Great Misunderstanding

Discover Your True Happiness with a Simple New Understanding

AvJohn David

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

200 kr

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Eight Months: This Is Not Going To Work

AvJohn David

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

323 kr

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Destroying Worlds

Second Episode of Enemies of Society

AvJohn David

E-bok

Engelska

45 kr

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Episode two - DESTROYING WORLDS

We all want to be free, true or false?Obviously it is true. Or is it?What if the price of freedom is too great?

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance."But can we all be vigilant eternally?Easier if someone else is vigilant for you?Even if the price is loss of liberty?

Are you able to be eternally vigilant?Are you able to look out for yourself?What if you are not?

What if you are, but others are not?What if they think they are, but you know they are not?Would you let them suffer in freedom?Would you take away their freedom for their own safety?What would you do?Who would you be?

Would you be Rudi Kingston, and prefer freedom to safety?Would you be Lady Ivana, and prefer safety to freedom?Would you be Scylla Daer, and believe in forcing the weak to be free?Would you be Lord Balari, and believe in protecting the weak from freedom?Would you be Jorel Kable, and fail to see the conflict?Would you be Wispy, and become the conflict?

Who would you be?What would you do?

Read DESTROYING WORLDS, second episode of the ENEMIES OF SOCIETY series by John David, and decide.

Would you be an Enemy of Society?

Passion for Dead Leaves

Third Episode of Enemies of Society

AvJohn David

E-bok

Engelska

45 kr

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What does it mean to have a Passion for Dead Leaves?It means to love what is old.To love what is past.To love what is dead.

But it can mean more than that.It can mean to resent the new.To fear the future.To believe that change is bad.

It can mean to oppose all change.To oppose developments that change old environments.To oppose fashions that change old traditions.To oppose new ideas that change old values.To believe that old was good and new is bad.

But is that right or wrong?Change can be for the worse.New developments can destroy what was worth keeping.New fashions can destroy good traditions.New ideas can be dangerous or stupid.

Guido Broccoli and Marcel Donkova believe in the new.They have no Passion for Dead Leaves.Scylla Daer and Gudrun Donkova believe in the old.They do have a Passion for Dead Leaves.

Do you have a Passion for Dead Leaves?

Read PASSION FOR DEAD LEAVES, episode three of the ENEMIES OF SOCIETY series by John David, and decide.

Would you be an Enemy of Society?

Tiers of Light

How to Find Your Spiritual Path

AvVictoria Heath,John David

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

204 kr

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Becoming Death

First Episode of Enemies of Society

AvJohn David

E-bok

Engelska

45 kr

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"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."A proverb from the past.A critique of the present.A forecast of the future.If your leaders have good intentions, how do they know they are not on the road to hell?They do not know.They cannot know.They can only believe.What if they are wrong?What if you believe they are wrong?How can you know you are right?You do not know.You cannot know.You can only believe.What if there are two beliefs in your society, one old and one knew? Two beliefs at war with one another.Which side would you take?Where would you stand?What would you do?Would you be Senator Kedney, and use any means to destroy the old to create the new?Would you be Scylla Daer, and use any means to crush the new to preserve the old?Would you be Bretan Sobert, and use only honourable means to fight for the old?Would you be Police Chief Kukushkin, and use only honourable means to fight for the new?Would you be Rudi Kingston, and believe in neither, so use any means to fight for your own values?Would you be Fauna Kortney, and believe in nothing, so use any means to fight for yourself?Would you be Wispy, and use any means to destroy both old and new in the service of something greater?Who would you be?What would you do?Read BECOMING DEATH, first episode of the ENEMIES OF SOCIETY series by John David, and decide.Would you be an Enemy of Society?

Predicting Hotspots

Using Machine Learning to Understand Civil Conflict

AvAtin Basuchoudhary,James T. Bangm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

1 186 kr

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This book should be useful to anyone interested in identifying the causes of civil conflict and doing something to end it. It even suggests a pathway for the lay reader. Civil conflict is a persistent source of misery to humankind. Its study, however, lacks a comprehensive theory of its causes. Nevertheless, the question of cooperation or conflict is at the heart of political economy. This book introduces Machine Learning to explore whether there even is a unified theory of conflict, and if there is, whether it is a ‘good’ one. A good theory is one that not only identifies the causes of conflict, but also identifies those causes that predict conflict. Machine learning algorithms use out of sample techniques to choose between competing hypotheses about the sources of conflict according to their predictive accuracy. This theoretically agnostic ‘picking’ has the added benefit of offering some protection against many of the problems noted in the current literature; the tangled causality between conflict and its correlates, the relative rarity of civil conflict at a global level, missing data, and spectacular statistical assumptions. This book argues that the search for a unified theory of conflict must begin among these more predictive sources of civil conflict. In fact, in the book, there is a clear sense that game theoretic rational choice models of bargaining/commitment failure predict conflict better than any other approach. In addition, the algorithms highlight the fact that conflict is path dependent - it tends to continue once started. This is intuitive in many ways but is roundly ignored as a matter of science. It should not. Further, those causes of conflict that best predict conflict can be used as policy levers to end or prevent conflict. This book should therefore be of interest to military and civil leaders engaged in ending civil conflict. Last, though not least, the book highlights how the sources of conflict affect conflict. This additional insight may allow the crafting of policies that match a country’s specific circumstance.

Under the Spell

What If the Notions You Have About God and Yourself Are Based on a Lie?

AvJohn David

E-bok

Engelska, 2021

50 kr

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Truth: our success in life is most heavily influenced by what we allow ourselves to think and believe, not by circumstances or conditions as we often assume.As a society, our notions of existence, of God (if you believe), of ourselves as physical beings, and of what success is, are distorted. We perpetuate the lie that personal success has to do with achieving . We are taught that in pursuing wealth and financial security or popularity and acceptance, we will become okay when in fact it has the opposite effect. We place our trust in (worship) acquiring things, to be okay, to fill the emptiness inside, and give us a sense of security (money possessions, romance, acceptance, information personal power), and as we either achieve or fail to reach our goals with these things, we are quietly (subconsciously) perplexed that they do not work.Our existence as a species, our identity, is one of the most important topics we could learn about, and yet it is so perplexing that most of us avoid thinking about it altogether. Every fear, every one of our destructive behaviors, all self-doubt, vanity, guilt, or emotional problems we have all greed, pride, selfishness, violence, and misuse of sexuality, is directly tied to what we think and believe. An inner dialog of fear, unworthiness, abandonment, or shame can translate to debilitating defeat, because it s not just thoughts and beliefs that paralyze a person, but changes in the blood chemistry throughout the entire body, within every cell. For you and I everything boils down to what we allow or disallow to shape our reality. This is where the ultimate use of free will occurs.This book explores truths, and some subtle but major misconceptions about existence, about who or what God is, about the principles that guide our universe, about humans in relation to all of it and about perfect love. It looks at what science, psychology, and the Bible actually say about us, in contrast to the common notion s society projects. What do you long for? Do you want to feel complete and filled with purpose? Would you like to live a balanced life, and have healthy relationships (with yourself, with others, and with money)? Do you want serenity, peace of spirit, mental and physical health? Do you want to love others well, and feel loved?There remains today a fog of deception across society that keeps us from clearly seeing the truth. My intention is to shine light on it, to show people some things they are not aware of, and how knowing it can make all the difference between being okay, and not being okay.

Under the Spell

What If the Notions You Have About God and Yourself Are Based on a Lie?

AvJohn David

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

220 kr

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Cultural Factors and Performance in 21st Century Businesses

AvJoanna,John Davidm. fl.

E-bok

Engelska, 2020

3 066 kr

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Businesses rely heavily on their culture to ensure sustainable success, and company culture is invariably influenced by national values. In an era of global hypercompetition, knowing the overall values that guide one's business ventures is crucial, as it allows for the greater understanding of other businesses and how they operate. Cultural Factors and Performance in 21st Century Businesses is a pivotal reference source that examines the relationship between culture and trade. Covering a broad range of topics including ethics, economic geography, and socialization theory, this book examines cultures around the world and their intersection with trade. This publication is ideally designed for executives, managers, entrepreneurs, social scientists, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.

Porthcawl

Photographic Memories

AvJohn David

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

163 kr

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Practical Stone Masonry

AvPeter Hill,John David

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

2 420 kr

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Practical Stone Masonry is the first major book in nearly seventy years on the craft of the stonemason. Today the work of the stonemason is almost exclusively confined to the repair of historic buildings, requiring a full working knowledge of the detailed traditional craft practices relating to repairs. This book addresses that need. It covers the basic methods of working stone, the making of specialized tools, and, for the first time, a full analysis of the procedures for setting-out for repairs. A broad description of the nature and problems of stone also includes guidance on selection. In addition, the authors look at the causes of decay in stone and outline methods for repair of both stone and mortar. "Practical Stone Masonry" contains essential advice for working masons and apprentices, and all those engaged in planning and supervising such works. It includes: the basic methods of working stone; how to make specialized tools; the procedures for setting-out for repairs explained; and, the nature and problems of stone plus a guide to selection.

Bystander

AvJohn David

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

250 kr

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Identifying the Complex Causes of Civil War

A Machine Learning Approach

AvAtin Basuchoudhary,James T. Bangm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

671 kr

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This book uses machine-learning to identify the causes of conflict from among the top predictors of conflict. This methodology elevates some complex causal pathways that cause civil conflict over others, thus teasing out the complex interrelationships between the most important variables that cause civil conflict. Success in this realm will lead to scientific theories of conflict that will be useful in preventing and ending civil conflict. After setting out a current review of the literature and a case for using machine learning to analyze and predict civil conflict, the authors lay out the data set, important variables, and investigative strategy of their methodology. The authors then investigate institutional causes, economic causes, and sociological causes for civil conflict, and how that feeds into their model. The methodology provides an identifiable pathway for specifying causal models. This book will be of interest to scholars in the areas of economics, political science, sociology, and artificial intelligence who want to learn more about leveraging machine learning technologies to solve problems and who are invested in preventing civil conflict.

Identifying the Complex Causes of Civil War

A Machine Learning Approach

AvTinni Sen,John Davidm. fl.

E-bok

Engelska, 2021

870 kr

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This book uses machine-learning to identify the causes of conflict from among the top predictors of conflict. This methodology elevates some complex causal pathways that cause civil conflict over others, thus teasing out the complex interrelationships between the most important variables that cause civil conflict. Success in this realm will lead to scientific theories of conflict that will be useful in preventing and ending civil conflict. After setting out a current review of the literature and a case for using machine learning to analyze and predict civil conflict, the authors lay out the data set, important variables, and investigative strategy of their methodology. The authors then investigate institutional causes, economic causes, and sociological causes for civil conflict, and how that feeds into their model. The methodology provides an identifiable pathway for specifying causal models. This book will be of interest to scholars in the areas of economics, political science, sociology, and artificial intelligence who want to learn more about leveraging machine learning technologies to solve problems and who are invested in preventing civil conflict.