Mike Mitchell

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A unique portrait of a revolutionary movement that is largely unknown outside Spain. Northern Spain is the only part of Western Europe where anarchism played a significant role in the political life of the twentieth century. Enjoying wide-ranging support among both the urban and rural working class, its importance peaked during its “brief summer”—the civil war between the Republic and General Franco’s Falangists, during which anarchists even participated in the government of Catalonia. Anarchy’s Brief Summer brings anarchism to life by focusing on the charismatic leader Buenaventura Durruti (1896–1936), who became a key figure in the Spanish Civil War after a militant and adventurous youth. The basis of the book is a compilation of texts: personal testimony, interviews with survivors, contemporary documents, memoirs, and academic assessments. They are all linked by Enzenberger’s own assessment in a series of glosses—a literary form that is somewhere between retelling and reconstruction—with the contradiction between fiction and fact reflecting the political contradictions of the Spanish Revolution.

Target exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help you learn, practise and apply your skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide you can rely on to build both knowledge and confidence. My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9-1) Citizenship Studies will help you:- Develop your knowledge of key concepts with the latest case studies- Develop a practical understanding of key topics using activities - Avoid common mistakes and enhance your exam answers with tips- Carry out further research to take into the exam - See what you need to revise before you start answering exam questions with key points checks- Plan and manage your revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction and apply your skills and knowledge with exam practice questions and frequent Now test yourself questions, and answer guidance online- Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user friendly definitions in the glossary

In the business of helping people make better decisions, their comfortable life explodes at home and in a jungle in Southern Mexico. It's like she doesn't know her name. Mam to her children, Hija to her mother, Querida to her husband. Trying to overcome her fears and find herself... As the mother of two children and wife of an adventuresome and seemingly fearless husband she knows her world but struggles with her part in it. She believes in the family mission. Those close to her see what she cannot. She is brave beyond her fears, wise beyond her insecurities, and decisive beyond her doubts. How can she save her daughter who alone is facing odds in which a special forces squad would be tempted to call in back up support? Confronting her personal demons and the weight of her family's 600-year-old secret business, she must decide whether to share the family secrets with her children. "How can they be ready for this when I can hardly carry my part as a mature adult? Can't they just enjoy being children for a little while longer, maybe a lot longer?" In the end, family, purpose, identity, and chocolate bring calm to the turmoil that she has managed to keep buried all her life.

Lives are in danger. Would you jump into a dark pit to save them? What if your enemy becomes your only hope to get out of the pit, would you trust them? Adelita just turned twelve and her world is turning upside down. From discovering what her family really does, an attack on her home in Los Angeles, to facing rebels in the jungle, her courage and trust are tested. She might make a difference, if she survives. Doors, decisions, and destiny await.

A collection of writings based on Enzensberger’s personal experience as a left-wing sympathizer during the 1960s. Hans Magnus Enzensberger, widely regarded as Germany’s greatest living poet, was already well known in the 1960s, the tempestuous decade of which Tumult is an autobiographical record. Derived from old papers, notes, jottings, photos, and letters that the poet stumbled upon years later in his attic, the volume is not so much about the man, but rather the many places he visited and people whom he met on his travels through the Soviet Union and Cuba during the 1960s. The book is made up of four long-form pieces written from 1963 to 1970, each episode concluding with a poem and postscript written in 2014. Translated by Mike Mitchell, the book is a lively and deftly written travelogue offering a glimpse into the history of leftist thought. Dedicated to “those who disappeared,” Tumult is a document of that which remains one of humanity’s headiest times.

Encourage students to take an active role in citizenship with fully updated content that will allow them to understand the key issues and concepts they need to know using clear, detailed explanations of key terms, supported by real-life case studies that will bring the topic to life. This book contains:- Extensive coverage of tricky topics so students can avoid common mistakes - Up-to-date case studies covering all recent developments relevant to the course - Activities and discussion points, review questions and learning points that teach students the research, analytical, interpretative and evaluative skills required - Fully revised exam-style questions throughout the book, as well as assessment guidance and useful advice on writing exam answers - Links to relevant websites to allow further subject enrichmentThis title has been awarded the Association for Citizenship Teaching Quality Mark for Citizenship Resources

Strengthen students' understanding of key AQA GCSE topics and develop the vital skills required to attain the best results possible in the exams, with this expert-written Student Workbook. Written by experienced examiner Mike Mitchell, this write-in Student Workbook:- Actively develops knowledge and the ability to recall information with consolidation questions and short topic summaries- Reinforces understanding and boosts confidence with exam-style practice questions and clear spotlight of the Assessment Objectives- Encourages independent learning as students can use the Workbook at home or in class, throughout the course or for last-minute revision, with answers to tasks and activities supplied online

In the history of the St. Louis Cardinals, one figure towers above all, despite never pitching an inning or taking an at-bat for the team. For decades, the club was defined by his presence - or his absence. From 1876 to 1925, three different National League teams in St. Louis never finished higher than second place. Then everything changed. The St. Louis Cardinals became the league's most dominant team. Over a twenty-one-season period, 1926 to 1946, the Cardinals won nine pennants and six World Series titles. Branch Rickey is the biggest reason why. Rickey's life, career, and impact are an often-told story, but the emphasis is largely on his time with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the story of Jackie Robinson. But even without Robinson, Rickey would still deserve a place in the Hall of Fame. That honor would be deserved because of his pioneering work with the Cardinals. No one casts a longer shadow on St. Louis baseball than Rickey. Mr. Rickey's Redbirds, though, is not just his story. It's the story of all the incredible players he scouted, signed, or traded and the talented executives he hired, fired, or deeply influenced over the years. It's the story of baseball told through a city and a franchise that proudly claims more World Series titles than any other National League team.

Their Latin America honeymoon turned nightmare, a couple from the United States collide with the life and death struggles of a faltering revolution and a military junta with crumbling legitimacy. Also caught in the crossfire, is a family of campesinos comprised of a philosopher father with a secret, a mother who "... uses poets' words to explain awkward moments, or to create them," a daughter who is the romantic interest of the local Army commander, and two mysterious brothers who might be revolutionaries, all trying to simply survive. A rare and vulnerable butterfly, fabled to inhabit only this humble valley, may hold insights that could transform the lives of those who unknowingly seek to destroy it. As the world claims its victims, many of the inhabitants of the Mariposa Valley experience their own metamorphosis from prickly and self-centered caterpillars to winged butterflies, full of hope and brightness.

The original horse tramway lines of the Aberdeen District Tramways Company opened in 1874, between Queens Cross and North Church, and St Nicholas Street and Causewayend, covering the city as it then existed. As Aberdeen started to expand, so too did the tramway network, and on 26 August 1898 the District Tramways passed into the ownership of Aberdeen Corporation. Under Corporation ownership, the tramway network was electrified and developed further as Aberdeen continued to grow. Although there were route closures in the 1930s, the network was not finally closed until May 1958 and was the most northerly municipal tramway in the United Kingdom. In this wonderful collection of images, Mike Mitchell, a historian of Aberdeen transport, shows the development of tramways not just in the city of Aberdeen but wider Aberdeenshire as well, from the Aberdeen Suburban Tramways Company through the Strabathie Light Railway to the Cruden Bay Hotel Tramway.

The illegitimate son of an aristocratic politician and an actress, Meyrink set up as a banker in Prague. At the same time achieving notoriety as a dandy and rake while also being a successful sportsman, winning prizes at rowing regattas; about to commit suicide, he chanced on a pamphlet about life after death, put his revolver away and started a lifelong interest in the occult. He unmasked false mediums and experimented with alchemy, drugs and clairvoyancy until an 'affair of honour' led him to challenge the whole of the Prague officer corps, setting machinations in motion which resulted in his being wrongly imprisoned; his bank collapsed and he became a writer. Stories collected round him, so that it is often difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink presents the reader with both the remarkable life and the fantastic legend that was Meyrink, allowing him and those who knew him to speak in their own words wherever possible.