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400 pages : portraits Cover subtitle: 50 extraordinary true stories Contents: Innocents abroad : Life on a Mobius strip / by Janna Levin ; Mission to India / by Dr. George Lombardi ; Notes on an exorcism / by Andrew Solomon ; Man and beast / by Alan Rabinowitz ; The Prince and I / by Jillian Lauren ; The day I became a matador / by A.E. Hotchner -- In the trenches : Life after death / by Damien Echols ; Don't fall in love with your monkey / by Ari Handel ; Tajik sonata / by Anoid Latipovna Rakhmatyllaeva ; Impeachment day / by Joe Lockhart ; Easter in a Texas roadhouse / by Wayne Reece ; Bicycle safety on Essex / by Richard Price ; Elevator ER / by Jon Levin ; The big things you don't do / by Annie Duke -- Coming home : A view of the Earth / by Michael Massimino ; Life flight / by Kimberly Reed ; Angel / by Darryl "DMC" McDaniels ; The house that Sherman didn't burn / by George Dawes Green ; Cocktails in Attica / by Sherman "O.T." Powell ; Whatever doesn't kill me / by Ed Gavagan -- Generations : LOL / by Adam Gopnik ; Liberty card / by Marvin Gelfand ; Discussing family trees in school can be dangerous / by Paul Nurse ; The mug shot / by Steve Osborne ; Good news versus bad / by Erin Barker ; The apron strings of Savannah / by Edgar Oliver ; A kind of wisdom / by Ellie Lee ; A perfect circle / by Carly Johnstone -- Shot through the heart : War / by Sebastian Junger ; We'll have to stop now / by Andy Christie ; Her way / by Malcolm Gladwell ; The case of the curious codes / by Cynthia Riggs ; The accident / by Ophira Eisenberg ; Sing Sing tattoo / by Ted Conover -- Carpe diem : My first day with the Yankees / by Matthew McGough ; Under the influence / by Jeffery Rudell ; Yes means yes? / by Elna Baker ; One last family photo / by James Braly ; A dish best served cold / by Tristan Jimerson ; A work in progress / by Aimee Mullins ; Unhooked / by Nathan Englander ; The small town prisoner / by Wanda Bullard -- Save me. The past wasn't done with me / by Kemp Powers ; Hair today gone tomorrow / by Jenny Allen ; The one good man / by Joyce Maynard ; Life support / by Stephanie Summerville ; Where there's smoke / by Jenifer Hixson ; Perfect moments / by Brian Finkelstein ; Fireworks from above / by Faye Lane ; Franny's last ride / by Mike DeStefano. Notes: "50 true stories as told by Annie Duke, Nathan Englander, Malcolm Gladwell, Sebastian Junger, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Richard Price, Andrew Solomon, and a cop, an astronaut, a Nobel Laureate", and others--Cover Summary: Before television and radio, before penny paperbacks and mass literacy, people would gather on porches, on the steps outside their homes, and tell stories. The storytellers knew their craft and bewitched listeners would sit and listen long into the night as moths flitted around overhead. The Moth is a non-profit group that is trying to recapture this lost art, helping storytellers - old hands and novices alike ? hone their stories before playing to packed crowds at sold-out live events. The very best of these stories are collected here: whether it's Bill Clinton's hell-raising press secretary or a leading geneticist with a family secret; a doctor whisked away by nuns to a Mother Teresa's bedside or a film director saving her father's Chinatown store from money-grabbing developers; the Sultan of Brunei's concubine or a friend of Hemingway's who accidentally talks himself into a role as a substitute bullfighter, these eccentric, pitch-perfect - and all, amazingly, true - stories range from the poignant to the downright hilarious. (Publisher) Moth radio hour (Radio program)