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If There's One Thing I've Learned...: How To Seize Your Once-in-a-lifetime Chance To Get It Right
Collects interviews with people recalling pivotal moments in their lives, offering their insights about careers, love, money, family, kindness, education, and adventure, and telling how to create a life without regrets.
272 pages, Hardcover
Published April 29, 2005
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About the author
James R. Green
123 books19 followersJames Robert Green (November 4, 1944 – June 23, 2016) was an American historian, author, and labor activist. He was Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Green received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1972. Green studied under the legendary historian C. Vann Woodward, and became acquainted with the leftist historians Eric Hobsbawm and Herbert Gutman. During this time he also was involved in the anti-war movement, which eventually sparked his interest in the history of radicalism in the United States.
Green's research focuses on radical political and social movements in the U.S. (including new social movements), as well as the history of labor unions in the United States. Green writes social and political history from "the bottom up." He writes from a leftist theoretical standpoint.
In 1987, in addition to continuing on the faculty at UMass-Boston, Green was named a lecturer at the Harvard Trade Union Program (now called the Labor and Worklife Program) at Harvard Law School.
In 1995, Green founded the Labor Resource Center at UMass-Boston.
In 1998, Green was named a Fulbright scholar and taught at the University of Genoa in Italy.
Green was a member of the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA). He was a vice president of LAWCHA from 2001 to 2003 and its president from 2003 to 2005.
Green received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1972. Green studied under the legendary historian C. Vann Woodward, and became acquainted with the leftist historians Eric Hobsbawm and Herbert Gutman. During this time he also was involved in the anti-war movement, which eventually sparked his interest in the history of radicalism in the United States.
Green's research focuses on radical political and social movements in the U.S. (including new social movements), as well as the history of labor unions in the United States. Green writes social and political history from "the bottom up." He writes from a leftist theoretical standpoint.
In 1987, in addition to continuing on the faculty at UMass-Boston, Green was named a lecturer at the Harvard Trade Union Program (now called the Labor and Worklife Program) at Harvard Law School.
In 1995, Green founded the Labor Resource Center at UMass-Boston.
In 1998, Green was named a Fulbright scholar and taught at the University of Genoa in Italy.
Green was a member of the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA). He was a vice president of LAWCHA from 2001 to 2003 and its president from 2003 to 2005.
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October 31, 2010
this book was meant to be inspiring, and it was. each and every story in here made me want to change, made me want to live my life like i should. but that feeling was fleeting. maybe its just me, but i could not find any story that really shook me up.
but all in all, each and every story in this book is amazing. thumbs up to the author for such a fantastic compilation.
but all in all, each and every story in this book is amazing. thumbs up to the author for such a fantastic compilation.
November 24, 2015
The book talks about life regrets of many people. The important lessons I learned were about not wasting time because you never come to know when did you get old, never let your loved one pass away, love and relationships come before everything else in life, be kind without being judgmental, and lastly you have got to find what you want to do in life in terms of your career.
August 30, 2016
Dear Readers,
I bought this book 4 years ago, didn't have the mindset buy though, but the Name attracted me a lot.
Kept in my shelves for years and years.
I left with an option to read this book, i was completely indulged with every character.
I Could easily correlate myself with every situation of my life.
I personally suggest this book who are working. I am sure you will love it.
I bought this book 4 years ago, didn't have the mindset buy though, but the Name attracted me a lot.
Kept in my shelves for years and years.
I left with an option to read this book, i was completely indulged with every character.
I Could easily correlate myself with every situation of my life.
I personally suggest this book who are working. I am sure you will love it.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews