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The Last Ships from Hamburg
- Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia’s Jews on the Eve of World War I
- By: Steven Ujifusa
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Over thirty years, from 1890 to 1921, 2.5 million Jews, fleeing discrimination and violence in their homelands of Eastern Europe, arrived in the United States. Moving from the shtetls of Russia and the ports of Hamburg to the mansions of New York’s Upper East Side and the picket lines outside of the notorious Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, The Last Ships from Hamburg is a history that unfolds on both an intimate and epic scale. Ujifusa’s story offers original insight into the American experience, and delivers crucial insight into the burgeoning refugee crisis of our own time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great history of Eastern European emigration
- By Wayne Eisman on 02-21-24
- The Last Ships from Hamburg
- Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia’s Jews on the Eve of World War I
- By: Steven Ujifusa
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
A pleasant surprise.
Reviewed: 11-26-23
My first book by historian Steven Ujifusa, nicely performed, gives what the title says and more. Some of the wanderzeit of more than two million who escaped from oppression and poverty to America is presented, mainly of the last stretch in ships. Improbably, many of the ships were owned and operated by jews. Emigration from eastern Europe I knew about, Ujifusa tells how the setup of possible transport for so many people came to be, in the nick of time. This precious window of opportunity, matching the dire need to escape, is clearly visible in hindsight. I did not know, but the author has given us this enchanting history, and I can see the Masters hand on His work for His people.
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Behind Every Good Decision
- How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight
- By: Piyanka Jain, Puneet Sharma
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 43
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 42
List the hottest buzzwords in business today and "analytics" is bound to come out near the top. But to most people, analytics implies complex tools and technical experts manipulating massive amounts and varieties of information (i.e.,"Big Data"). But complex Big Data analytics isn't the only game in town. And many people don't realize that a business doesn't need data scientists and complex tools to derive useful information and valuable benefits from any amount of raw data.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not good for audio
- By Sam on 09-03-20
- Behind Every Good Decision
- How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight
- By: Piyanka Jain, Puneet Sharma
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
Useful straightforward up-to-date knowledge.
Reviewed: 02-14-15
A comprehensive and easily accessible introduction to analysis. I found it a good guide in searching trough my first data set, segmenting and finding correlations. Ended up buying the printed book for better to benefit from tables and illustrations.
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