Mitchell Books

Covers all wild New York species in the Betulaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Aizoacea and Cactaceae (in other words the alders, birches, hazels, Carpinus & Ostrya, and the half dozen species in the other 4 families). Each species gets a 200-500 word physical description. These are technical botanical descriptions, a la "petioles 1-4 cm long, ribbed, glabrous; stipules absent", and so on. The usual other information is there: type description, synonyms, origin, habitats, habit, flowering, fruiting, general distribution, etc. There are nice ink drawings of the plant, flower & fruit and a county map of New York for each species showing where it has been collected. There is a 9 page bibliography, 10 pages of insects associated with the various species (arranged by insect), and 17 pages of associated fungi (arranged by fungus).

For the price, although it is a technical publication, I think it is worth buying for the amateur interested in the Betulaceae of New York State, or effectively, of the North East.

My third-grade (8 years old) daughter was given Pearl Buck as a "great american" to research and write a book report about. This was the only book we could find for her age group. It is written not as a "biography" but more as a "story" about Pearl Buck's life. And what a life! I couldn't put it down and I even went so far as to purchase this book to donate to my daughter's school library. Great and inspirational book for girls who need an example of how one small person can make such a huge difference in the world!

This book is full of many practical ideas which classroom teachers can use to enhance student learning. Based on current brain research, the author discusses the use of color, aroma, and taste to evoke desired emotions such as creativity, alertness, or calmness. Eating an orange, for example, stimulates the brain through intense color, scent, and taste. The author also explains how to use music and movement to promote memory. I found this to be a very interesting book, unlike any other I have read. I plan to use many of the ideas in my classroom right away.

This is a wonderful, well written book with lots of colorful pictures. It is a terrific book particularly for boys that like to read non fiction. My son (8) told me after reading it "This a a great book Mommy!". You can't get a better recommendation than that! We have invited Susan Mitchell to our school for an author's conference and look forward to meeting her in person.

Your single greatest asset is your mind.

W. E. (Bill) Mitchell's career has spanned nearly fifty years and almost every facet of the real estate business. In the course of his successes and his challenges, Bill has found that the one constant that inevitably affects the outcome of our efforts is our mindset, our pattern of thinking.

His experience as a mentor and coach, combined with over fifteen years of study of thought and its impact on our actions, has led Bill to create the Mindset Memos; short, powerful notes and affirmations that provide you new and strategic ways of thinking aboiut issues such as accountability, discipline, your image, your schedule, your dreams, your expectations, and much, much more. Start accessing the Mindset Memos today and transform your real estate business into everything you intend to be!
--- from book's back cover

I enjoyed this film immensely and the acting performances were rare and overwhelming. Such talent, is hard to find these days.

Mitchell doesn't preach, he observes and recreates feel of the WWII era and centers on the internment of Japanese Americans. His characters live and breathe. Injustice unfolds in a cloak of mystery. Mitchell writes so you can visualize the entire story as if you were in a theater. This one's overdue for the cinema. This book is hard to set down -- a real page turner. His images linger in your mind.

This book is strangely out of print but worth tracking down.

The second Mitch Mitchell mystery is every bit as good as the first with very atmospheric Northern Michigan settings, a Ross MacDonald-style plot about greed and depravity in a rich family, and a tough, appealing female detective who is free of the Chandleresque pretentions of Sara Paretsky types.

Great stuff, great series.

Grandma went to church with Henry Beattie. Her uncle testified for the prosecution. Granddad attended the trial. Dr. Trotti's article on half-tone images [featuring Beattie] in "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" whetted my appetite for his new book "The Body in the Reservoir." It was worth the wait.

Trotti's book represents a milestone in Virginia's cultural and journalism histories. For the first time [that I am aware] one work summarizes the crimes of Phillips, Cluverius, Marable, McCue and Beattie and their individual and collective significances. The book also reports on the newspapers' handlings of piracy, insurrections, lynchings [especially that of Thomas Smith] and other famous outrages peculiar to the Commonwealth. The author draws comparisons from a broad base of relevancy while maintaining focus on major cases.

The author traces development of newspaper sensationalism in Virginia from colonial days to the early twentieth century. Trotti credibly shows how cultural, technological and developments in social sciences encouraged such reporting. He identifies elements common to the South and unique to Virginia. In chapter five, he pauses to further hone his earlier work on image technologies.

Trotti's style is precise and logical. His conclusions are astute. The roles of police/dectectives in later cases may be understated, but the author presents newly compiled facts and statistics important to better understand these influences.

Illustrations and endnotes support the text well. The endnotes double as an informal bibliography. The index is optimal.

For scholarship, analysis and historical value, "The Body in the Reservoir" ranks high. The work compliments Lebsock's "A Murder in Virginia" by expanding the contributions of the African-American publisher/editor John Mitchell. Trotti's research on sensationalism belongs on a shelf beside Hamm's "Murder, Honor and Law;" each illuminates a different, key aspect of Virginia's legal psyche and that of the "New South."

Trotti covers all the great murder sensations of Virginia's yellow journalism period . . . . . all, of course, but the last one. The sensational Hall Case and its subsequent cover-up were only revealed recently in "Murder At Green Springs."

THE BOOK IS EXCELLENT, BUT, IN PAGES 141 AND 143 THEY WROTE COLUMBIA INSTEAD OF COLOMBIA, WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE, THEY SHOULD LOOK IN THE MAP BEFORE THEY WRITE AN ARTICLE