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MITCHELL, George was born on August 20, 1933 in Waterville, Maine, United States. Son of George J. Mitchell and Mary (nee Saad) Mitchell.
(The former Senate Majority Leader focuses on the lives of...)
The former Senate Majority Leader focuses on the lives of Karl Marx, Franklin Roosevelt, and Mikhail Gorbachev to show why our democratic system has consistently succeeded in meeting the challenges of our times while the Communist system failed. Senator Mitchell illuminates broad themes by drawing parallels between events in America and those abroad - Hitler seized absolute power, for instance, just two days before FDR's inauguration. At the same time, he gives his narrative rare immediacy with anecdotes from a career that involved close cooperation with four presidents and face-to-face meetings with world leaders, including Gorbachev himself. Blending personal experience with global perspective, Not for America Alone offers provocative new insight into strengths that have not only sustained America in the past, but can also guide us into the future.
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( Men and women are different -- there's no denying it. S...)
Men and women are different -- there's no denying it. So why do we constantly expect the same actions and feelings from them? This enormously helpful book not only enables you to recognize the differences between you and your loved one but also leads you toward an acceptance of those differences, thereby paving the way for a stronger relationship. With his characteristic wit and wisdom, relationship expert John Gray explains the different ways men and women communicate, cope with stress, resolve conflicts, and experience and give love. Once you understand these differences, you'll be better equipped to handle inevitable bumps in the road, and be on your way to a long-lasting and truly loving relationship.
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(There are dozens of books that tell you where to place yo...)
There are dozens of books that tell you where to place your heel when you do yoga, where to put your arm, how to bend your waist...This is a book that teaches where to place your heart when you do yoga. There is more to yoga than postures, and Christina Sell draws on her own experience and that of her students to produce the first book on Anusara Yoga. A beautiful book about women in yoga, finding peace and acceptance and bringing that to their lives, their bodies and their practice.
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( Since the atomic bomb made its first appearance on the ...)
Since the atomic bomb made its first appearance on the world stage in 1945, it has been clear that we possess the power to destroy our own planet. What nuclear weapons made possible, global environmental crisis, marked especially by global warming, has now made inevitableif business as usual continues. The roots of the present ecological crisis, John Bellamy Foster argues in The Ecological Revolution, lie in capital’s rapacious expansion, which has now achieved unprecedented heights of irrationality across the globe. Foster compellingly demonstrates that the only possible answer for humanity is an ecological revolution: a struggle to make peace with the planet. Foster details the beginnings of such a revolution in human relations with the environment which can now be found throughout the globe, especially in the periphery of the world system, where the most ambitious experiments are taking place. This bold new work addresses the central issues of the present crisis: global warming, peak oil, species extinction, world water shortages, global hunger, alternative energy sources, sustainable development, and environmental justice. Foster draws on a unique range of thinkers, including Karl Marx, Thomas Malthus, William Morris, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Rachel Carson, Vandana Shiva, and István Mészáros. The result is a startlingly radical synthesis, which offers new hope for grappling with the greatest challenge of our age: what must be done to save the earth for humanity and all living species.
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( When Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was appr...)
When Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was approached by a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department about tracking endangered Indiana bats on his 150-acre farm in Vermont's picturesque Champlain Valley, Mitchell's relationship with bats—and with government—could be characterized as distrustful, at best. But the flying rats, as Mitchell initially thinks of them, launched him on a series of "improvements" to his land that would provide a more welcoming habitat for the bats—and a modest tax break for himself and his family. Whether persuading his neighbors to join him on a "silent meditation," pulling invasive garlic mustard out of the ground by hand, navigating the tacit ground rules of buying an ATV off Craigslist, or leaving just enough honeysuckle to give government inspectors "something to find," Mitchell’s tale is as profound as it is funny—a journey that changes Mitchell’s relationship with Chiroptera, the land, and, ultimately, his understanding of his own past. Ruminating on the nature of authority, the purview of the state, and the value of inhabiting one’s niche—Mitchell reveals much about our inner and outer landscape, in this perfectly paced and skilled story of place.
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( When Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was appr...)
When Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was approached by a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department about tracking endangered Indiana bats on his 150-acre farm in Vermont's picturesque Champlain Valley, Mitchell's relationship with bats—and with government—could be characterized as distrustful, at best. But the flying rats, as Mitchell initially thinks of them, launched him on a series of "improvements" to his land that would provide a more welcoming habitat for the bats—and a modest tax break for himself and his family. Whether persuading his neighbors to join him on a "silent meditation," pulling invasive garlic mustard out of the ground by hand, navigating the tacit ground rules of buying an ATV off Craigslist, or leaving just enough honeysuckle to give government inspectors "something to find," Mitchell’s tale is as profound as it is funny—a journey that changes Mitchell’s relationship with Chiroptera, the land, and, ultimately, his understanding of his own past. Ruminating on the nature of authority, the purview of the state, and the value of inhabiting one’s niche—Mitchell reveals much about our inner and outer landscape, in this perfectly paced and skilled story of place.
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MITCHELL, George was born on August 20, 1933 in Waterville, Maine, United States. Son of George J. Mitchell and Mary (nee Saad) Mitchell.
Bachelor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, District of Columbia, 1960.
Trial attorney anti-trust division United States Department Justice, Washington, 1960-1962. Executive assistant to Senator Edmund Muskie United States Senate, 1962-1965. Partner Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Portland, Maine, 1965-1977.
United States attorney District Maine United States Department Justice, 1977-1979. Judge United States District Court Maine, 1979-1980. United States Senator from Maine, 1980-1995.
Majority leader, 1988-1995. Member environmental public works committee, 1980-1995. Member veterinary affairs committee, finance committee, 1981-1995.
Member national ocean policy study group, arms control observer group. Ex officio member intelligence committee. Chairman Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1984-1986.
Special counsel Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Washington, 1996—2002, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, Portland, Maine, 1997—2005. Partner Piper Rudnick, Washington, 2002—2004. Partner, chairman global board, co-chairman Government Controversies practice group DLA Piper, since 2005, now chairman emeritus.
Chairman The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California, 2004—2006. Special presidential envoy to the Middle East The White House, Washington, since 2009. With, United States Special Envoy Mid East Place United States Department State.
Chairman Maine Democratic Committee, 1966—1968. National committeeman Maine, 1969—1977. Deputy director Edmund S. Muskie presidential campaign, 1968, 1972.
Assistant county attorney Cumberland County, 1971. Special advisory to President and Secretary of State for Economic Initiatives in Ireland, 1995—2000. Chairman Sharm el-Sheikh International Fact-Finding Committee to Examine Crisis in Middle East, 2000—2001.
Head Investigation Steroid Abuse in Major League Baseball, 2006—2007. Board directors Boston Red Sox, The Walt Disney Company, 1995—2006. Served with United States Army, 1954-1956.
( When Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was appr...)
( When Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was appr...)
(The former Senate Majority Leader focuses on the lives of...)
( Since the atomic bomb made its first appearance on the ...)
(There are dozens of books that tell you where to place yo...)
( Men and women are different -- there's no denying it. S...)
Author: World on Fire: Saving an Endangered Earth, 1990, Not For America Alone: The Triumph of Democracy and The Fall of Communism, 1997, Making Peace, 1999. Co-author (with William S. Cohen): Men of Zeal: A Candid Inside Story of the Iran-Contra Hearings, 1988.
Overseer Red Cross 9-11 Disaster Fund.
Married Heather MacLachlan. Children: Andrea, Andrew, Claire.