J Mitchell: 127 books

Mark J. Mitchell was born in Chicago in 1955. His family moved to Southern California when he was four. He attended Catholic schools in Torrance and Redondo Beach. He went on to the University of California at Santa Cruz where he studied writing with George Hitchcock, Barbara Hull and Raymond Carver....

Compelling, poignant, enlightening stories from former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell about growing up in Maine, his years in the Senate, working to bring peace to Northern Ireland and the Middle East, and what he’s learned about the art of negotiation during every stage of his life. It’s...

In this stand alone short story will the beliefs of the main character stand firm, or will he come to accept the world and to a greater extent the Universe is a complex place where everything is not so straight forward. Joshua is a retired engineer, but was not just an engineer by trade; he...

Creating the first comprehensive narrative of Mississippi since the bicentennial history was published in 1976, Dennis J. Mitchell recounts the vibrant and turbulent history of a Deep South state. The author has condensed the massive scholarship produced since that time into an appealing narrative,...

The Handbook of Hospital Medicine was originally conceived by Dr Mitchell as a guide for junior medical staff working in his own unit. Its aim was to provide a practical pocket-sized guide on diagnosis, investigation, and general management of some of the more common medical problems. The success...

The “illuminating” (Los Angeles Times) answer to why Israel and Palestine’s attempts at negotiation have failed and a practical, “admirably measured” (The New York Times) roadmap for bringing peace to the Middle East—by an impartial American diplomat experienced in solving international...

Running a household is a fulltime job but in today's world it is rare to have the time to devote to keeping everything in tip top shape. These simple tips for managing your household are practical and require no additional purchases or skills.

Lillian Andrews has run away from her life in Sacramento, California to start over all alone in the Central California mountains. Lillian is befriended by her neighbor Dee Dee and Dee Dee's twin neices. The twins come with a too sexy to be real father. Though there is an undeniable attraction between...

A sarcastic, irreverant interpretation of Shakespeare Hamlet. The interpretation stays true to the plot and themes of the play, but in language everybody can understand.

Romeo and Juliet For the Rest of Us! is an irreverant and somewhat sarcastic interpretation of Shakespeares most famous work.

We all get those emails from time to time. Some make us chuckle, some make us think, some gross us out, and many we just delete. After deleting a bunch the other day, I decided to go through and collect the best of the email forwards and put them together for entertainment purposes.

In this full-length sequel to the novella "This Thing of Darkness," Sam Winslow has given up peace work in favor of a less dangerous life. Yet despite his promise to his wife that he would never leave home again, an urgent plea from a war-torn nation brings him back for one more adventure:...

In Constitutional Deliberation in Congress J. Mitchell Pickerill analyzes the impact of the Supreme Court’s constitutional decisions on Congressional debates and statutory language. Based on a thorough examination of how Congress responds to key Court rulings and strategizes in anticipation of them,...

After an unexpected tragedy, Sam Winslow finds himself questioning his purpose in life. He leaves his accounting job in Los Angeles to work for peace in Sri Lanka. His quest to understand the war leads him to the jungles of Sri Lanka's no man's land. Teamed with his whimsical yet cynical...