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The Squandered Computer: Evaluating the Business Alignment of Information Technologies 6 reviews
Paul A. Strassmann
Infomation Economic Press, 1997
Deserves careful study--a powerful message about technology
The main targets for Paul Strassmann's unmasking of misconceptions about the business use of computers include the Gartner Group, advocates of Best Practices, and that mouth piece of computing vendors, the computing trade press (e.g., CIO Magazine). While not a particularly angry polemic, Strassmann is all the more devastating for his understated, simple, and straight-forward marshaling of ...
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Hybrid control of seismic-excited nonlinear and inelastic structural systems (Technical report)10 reviews
J. N Yang
National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, 1991
FANTASTIC!!!
I *love* this book! And so does my 3 year old daughter. The artwork is beautiful and so wonderful to look at. The story is *awesome* and just great for little girls [and boys!]. The author has a superb wit and a gift for storytelling. This has quickly become one of our very favorites and my daughter spends lots of time now pretending to be "Rumplestiltskin's Daughter" [who also had a ...
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Let's Get Financial Savvy! From Debt-Free to Investing With Ease12 reviews
Dr. Lois Center-Shabazz
CenNet Systems, 2002
Straightforward guide to both personal finance and investing
I have ordered and have read quite a wide variety of personal finance books and investment books over the last 6-8 months. I am pleased to say that Let's get Financial Savvy is not just a neat title. The book blends the topics of personal finance and investment in an easy to read personal style. Your real life experience makes for inspirational reading too. It covers the fundamentals of both ...
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Exact Bayesian estimation of system reliability from component test data (Working paper series)8 reviews
Jen Tang
Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 1991
A sobering look at man's inhumanity to man.
Actualy I would rate this 4 and 1/2 stars. Having read "First they killed my father" by Loung Ung It would be difficult for me to review this book with out comparing it to Loung Ung's memoir. Both are essentially the same story, a young upper middle class girl living in Phnom Phen in april of 1975 when thier life, family and happiness are torn from them by the khmer rouge. Many of thier ...
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Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom (BK Currents (Hardcover))7 reviews
Charles Halpern
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008
Action Guided by Wisdom
From the beginning of this tale of Charles Halpern's remarkable accomplishments, it was obvious that he was an intelligent, effective individual with many skills. But competent doesn't necessarily mean wise. Fortunately for us readers, interwoven with the story of his doing is the story of his psychological/spiritual development -- the story of his growth in wisdom and the integration of that ...
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The state and the child: Improving the services system for children (Working paper series / Malcolm Wiener ...6 reviews
Paul A Jargowsky
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1991
An Extraordinarily Valuable Book
The value of this book cannot be overstated. It shocks and invigorates the reader, drawing out his or her psychological 'hot points'-the blocks that prevent understanding. But the value goes beyond this: it gets to the heart of the matter, emphasizing what it is that is really important in reading, studying, learning, and understanding. The words in the text may be few, but they pack quite a ...
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Archaeological survey of selected preserves within the Iowa State Preserves System5 reviews
David J Halpin
Midwestern Archaeological Research Center, 1991
Thanks for some insight
Genocide has recently become an issue again in current events. The Yugoslavians are having at the Albanians. Africans have and are decimating Africans. Germans have reduced Jewish and Roman Catholic numbers efficiently and effectively. Spanish, French, Scandanavian and English swacked the native Americans and their cultures from Alaska to the southern most end of South America. It's an ...
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Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet ...7 reviews
David Del Porto, Carol Steinfeld
Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, 2000
Most complete and credible book on the topic
After reading a couple of books about composting toilets and graywater systems that were either suspiciously poetic or a little too humorous, I was happy to find this book. As someone who needs a variety of systems for a variety of high-use sites, I was glad to find a book that deals with this topic in technically and responsibly (in terms of public health). I showed this book to my local health ...
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Tribes: A new way of learning and being together8 reviews
Jeanne Gibbs
Center Source Systems, 2000
Tribes-a great resource book
I am a Teacher Assistant and work with Special Need students. The Teacher and myself use tools in this book everyday. It offers fantastic ideas and strategies for the classroom, no matter what age group. I work with 7yr old to 12 yr olds. They all benefit from the activities in this book. It is a good idea to have it with you in the classroom and to use it spontaneously when an incident may ...
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After the Clockwork Universe: The Emerging Science and Culture of Integral Society5 reviews
Sally, J. Goerner
Triangle Center for Complex Systems, 2007
A guide for the perplexed modern
If the modern world seems confusing read this book. This book helps me keep perspective when I see the turmoil of world events. It is a guide to the major intellectual and social transitons happening all around us. Most of us can see that our particular part of the world is in trouble -- look at any profession or social institution and the cracks in the foundation are evident. Sally Goerner's ...
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Community Health Centers: A Movement and the People Who Made It Happen2 reviews
Rutgers University Press, 2007
Community Heallth Centers
This highly-readable book provides an accessible and personal view of the nation's Community Health Centers. It is a must-read for anyone interested in care for the poor and underserved. From their conception in the 1960s to their present status as medical homes to over 14 million poor and near-poor Americans, Ms. Lefkowitz tells their stories through a series of case studies of rural and urban ...
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Managing Telework: Strategies for Managing the Virtual Workforce2 reviews
Jack M. Nilles
Wiley, 1998
Extremely Helpful!
From a management perspective, this book offers great advice on how to establish telecommuting relationships with your employees. It walks you through the steps in a straightforward and friendly fashion. To improve your bottom line further, I recommend "The Work at Home Balancing Act" by Sandy Anderson. This resource will arm your telecommuting employees with everything they need to ...
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The temporal logic of actions ([Research report])3 reviews
Leslie Lamport
Digital [Equipment Corporation], Systems Research Center, 1991
A haunting farewell to Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a controversial figure during his lifetime. Though his place in the twentieth-century canon of literature now seems secure, it is still often pointed out that thanks to the Holocaust, Singer's fame was granted to him at the cost of obscurity for other Yiddish writers. His personality also was known to be difficult. There are many who will tell you that Singer was a ...
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Guidelines for Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems3 reviews
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
Wiley-AIChE, 2007
The most complete Functional Safety book available for everyone active in the process industry
This is probably the most complete book about the topic Functional Safety in the Process Industry. IEC 61511 - ISA 84.00.01 are very practically explained. I would like to rate this book as one of the best available on the market today (summer 2007) and would urge every one active in any part of the life cycle activities to read this book more than once and make it the reference guide for good ...
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Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting2 reviews
Jeremy Moskowitz
Sybex, 2008
Group Policy Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting (Paperback)
I got this book at this year's Windows Connection after hearing Jeremy's Group Policy session and it hasn't disappointed. This is a must read. It starts with the basics and then moves onto the meat and bones of how GP works, deploying, how to manage & troubleshoot.
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A Practical Guide to Call Center Technology3 reviews
Andrew J. Waite
CMP Books, 2002
A solid, fact-filled, and highly useful guide
A Practical Guide To Call Center Technology: Select The Right Systems For Total Customer Satisfaction by telecommunications expert Andrew J. Waite is a highly informational book for businesspeople who need to set up a telephone system to handle customer orders, complains, and other important matters. Fielding long-distance calls from any number of people for good business is no small feat, and ...
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Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America5 reviews
William L. White
Chestnut Health Systems, 1998
One of the BEST Histories of Treatment in the U.S.
This is one of the most comprehensive historical books on the history of addiction treatment and recovery I have read. Not just a history of Alcoholics Anonymous, it covers the cures, the fakes, the trials and tribulations of attempting to treat alcoholism and other drug addiction in America. It should be a "must read" for anyone interested in treatment and recovery. William L. White did a ...
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Nonlinear dynamic analysis of flexible multibody systems (NASA contractor report)2 reviews
Oliver A Bauchau
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, 1991
Reliable and Tasty Recipes
I love this book and have cooked many recipes from it and they have turned out very well. The food is easy to prepare, the recipe instructions are clear and precise and the ingredients are fairly easy to find. The lemongrass and prawn soup is one of the recipes that turned out extremely well for me. I love to cook and this is one of my favourites because I know I will not be disappointed with the ...
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Wake Up Your Call Center: How to Be a Better Call Center Agent (Customer Access Management)3 reviews
Rosanne D'Ausilio
Purdue Univ Pr, 1999
Best for call center managers
For understanding a call center we have to assume thatr we are dealing with people... it is a people business and not a technical issue as many authors point out. This book is very practical in the sense that it concentrates on human beings and how can we get the best of them, it explains many issues ta}hat are many times overlooked by CEO and managers of Call centers. Very good approach for the ...
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Assessing Child Survival Programs: A Test of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling in a Developing Country (Harvard ...2 reviews
Joseph Valadez
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, 1992
The text book for assessing health and development programs using lot samping techniques
As the title states, this is THE text for using Lot Quality Sampling techniques to assess health and development programs. This book covers assessment of populations and health workers and health facilities. The theoretical background is provided for those wanting that too. However, most of the book provides practical descriptions for field applications. A must have for the health and ...
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