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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: George J Mitchell , George Mitchell , Norman DietzPublisher: HighBridge Audio Imprint: HighBridge Audio Edition: Library Edition ISBN: 9781665153232ISBN 10: 1665153237 Publication Date: 05 May 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA natural storyteller, Mitchell offers fascinating stories from his long and varied careers. -- Booklist Compelling. George Mitchell's story...provides eloquent testimony to the power of the American dream. -- Seattle Times Mitchell evokes empathy from listeners relative to the complex challenges he's taken on in his life...Narrator Norman Dietz sounds clear and quite crisp in his enunciation...[For] those who enjoy books on world history and politics. -- AudioFile Not many authors can use their life as an American as a subtitle for a memoir. But when you're a former federal judge, Senate majority leader, leader of the peace talks in Northern Ireland, chairman of the board of the Disney Corporation, and investigator of illegal use of stimulants by baseball players, it seems a perfect fit. -- Buffalo News The memoir includes many lighthearted and oddball anecdotes not normally associated with high-profile conflict resolution and political debate. -- Bangor Daily News Author Information"George Mitchell served as a democratic senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and senate majority leader from 1989 to 1995. He was the primary architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for peace in Northern Ireland, chairman of the Walt Disney Company, United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, and the author of the Mitchell Report on the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. George J. Mitchell served as a Democratic senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and Senate majority leader from 1989 to 1995. He was the primary architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for peace in Northern Ireland, chairman of the Walt Disney Company, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, and the author of the Mitchell Report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, as well as the books The Negotiator and A Path to Peace. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. Norman Dietz is a writer, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator. He has won numerous Earphones Awards and was named one of the fifty ""Best Voices of the Century"" by AudioFile magazine. He and his late wife, Sandra, transformed an abandoned ice-cream parlor into a playhouse, which served ""the world's best hot fudge sundaes"" before and after performances. The founder of Theatre in the Works, he lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |