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People We Meet: Unforgettable Conversations

People We Meet: Unforgettable Conversations

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Nationally known NPR on-air personalities¿including Melissa Block, David Greene, Rachel Martin, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg and many more¿share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was particularly meaningful to them.

These are thought-provoking and emotionally resonant interviews with both the famous and the nearly anonymous, who reveal themselves over the course of a conversation in delightful, moving, and surprising ways.

Contents:
  • Introduction by David Greene
  • A Songwriter and an Army Dad Share One Touching Story (Connie Harrington and Paul Monti with Melissa Block)
  • Stephen King on Getting Scared (Stephen King with David Greene)
  • Autistic Slaughterhouse Inspector Calms Cattle (Temple Grandin with Daniel Zwerdling)
  • Ingrid Betancourt¿s Six Years in the Jungle (Ingrid Betancourt with Guy Raz)
  • Killed for Taking Part in ¿Everybody¿s Fight¿ (Sally Liuzzo-Prado with Karen Grigsby Bates)
  • Day by Day: A Mother¿s Life with Cancer (Neeley Wells with Rachel Martin)
  • Self-Help Group for Facially Disfigured (Betsy Wilson with Susan Stamberg)
  • With Fading Memory, Terry Pratchett Revisits ¿Carpet People¿ (Terry Pratchett with Arun Rath)
  • ¿Lunch Lady¿ Author Helps Students Draw Their Own Heroes (Jarrett Krosoczka with Michelle Norris)
  • How One Woman¿s Faith Stopped a School Shooting (Antoinette Tuff with Michel Martin)
  • Teen from Sarajevo (Irena Milic with Scott Simon)
  • Katrina Survivors Donald and Colleen Bordelon (Colleen Bordelon with Steve Inskeep)
  • Don¿t Call This 12-Year-Old Pianist and Composer a Prodigy (Emily Bear with David Greene)
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