H Davenport: 30 books
Only Humans Need Apply
Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future.
Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology. It’s not only blue-collar...
by W H Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Davenport's report, like his series on the work house and the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's Island, gives a good account of how orphans and the children of the poor and the indigent were handled in mid nineteenth century America. Bits of the history of social work is revealed in all three pieces.
Judgment Calls
Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Your guide to making better decisions
Despite the dizzying amount of data at our disposal today-and an increasing reliance on analytics to make the majority of our decisions-many of our most critical choices still come down to human judgment. This fact is fundamental to organizations whose...
輕鬆搞懂數字爆的料：不需統計背景，也能練就數據解讀力
Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 25, 2015
進入大數據時代，資料分析已在悄悄改變各行各業的運作方式。如果你一看到數字和統計就渾身不自在，《輕鬆搞懂數字爆的料》就是專門為你而寫的。本書提供清楚的架構、條理的分析、精采的案例，能讓你輕鬆入門，快速練就迎接大數據時代挑戰的必備技能，在競爭中領先群倫。
本書能幫助你瞭解資料分析的重要觀念，強化分析思維，讓你學會：
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by W. H. Davenport Adams
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
An engrossing history of Charles I (1600-1649), also known as the White King, and the age he lived in. His reign was punctuated by religious conflicts; he was later tried, convicted, and executed for high treason. The author examines Charles the First’s life, but also the culture of England at the time—including the era’s customs, manners, art, and literature.
by W. H. Davenport Adams
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
An engrossing history of Charles I (1600-1649), also known as the White King, and the age he lived in. His reign was punctuated by religious conflicts; he was later tried, convicted, and executed for high treason. The author examines Charles the First’s life, but also the culture of England at the time—including the era’s customs, manners, art, and literature.
Analytics in Healthcare and the Life Sciences
Strategies, Implementation Methods, and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Make healthcare analytics work: leverage its powerful opportunities for improving outcomes, cost, and efficiency.This book gives you thepractical frameworks, strategies, tactics, and case studies you need to go beyond talk to action. The contributing healthcare analytics innovators survey the field’s...
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2019
The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article "Now What?" by Joan C. Williams and Suzanne Lebsock) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
The definitive management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review.
Includes the definitive ideas of the year, all in one place, selected by HBR's editors.
Gives readers the opportunity to catch up on a year's worth of recent ideas from HBR quickly--or collect articles over time.
Includes...
by W H Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
This short piece is a look inside working and some of the inmates of the Work-House on Blackwell's Island in New York City during the Mid 19th century. The work-house was filled with the poor and the petty criminals. The Penitentiary was filled with the big time criminals.
by W H Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
This look by a former patient gives an idealized view of the conditions at the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's island, which was also home to a poor farm and a prison during the mid 19 century. Short, entertaining reading.
by W. H. Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
"The Forest, the Jungle and the Prairie" is a collection of anecdotes and essays relating to the author's extensive and varied hunting experiences. With chapters on everything from the habits and habitats of the bear to hunting tigers, this profusely-illustrated and highly-readable handbook...
by W. H. Davenport Adams
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
“WE should be inclined to consider Sir Marco Polo as one of the greatest travellers the world has ever seen. It is true he was not a man of genius; that he was not, like Columbus, inspired by a lofty enthusiasm; that he displayed no commanding superiority of character. But when we remember the vast...
by William H. Davenport Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
by W.H. DAVENPORT ADAMS
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
Lighthouses and Lightships
A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of
Construction and Organization