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Author Shapiro, Ari, 1978- author.

Title The best strangers in the world : stories from a life spent listening / Ari Shapiro.

Publication Info. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  LP-B-SHAPIRO, A.    Check Shelf
Edition Large print edition.
Description 395 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Physical Medium large print (16 point) rdafs
Series Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.
Contents Introduction: thank you for listening -- Nature boy -- Impact -- Happy endings -- Musical interlude 1: je ne veux pas travailler -- The bubble -- War people in war places -- War people in other places -- The other man I married -- The third rail of journalism -- The best strangers in the world -- The whole world falls in -- Answers versus questions -- You can't see schvitz on the radio -- Musical interlude 2: crowd surfing with cigarettes -- You can't kill me, I'm an idea, I'm timeless -- Playing favorites.
Summary "From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a love letter to journalism. In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad. As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Shapiro, Ari, 1978-
Radio journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Radio journalists. (OCoLC)fst01087399
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
Large print books. (OCoLC)fst02061051
Large print books.
Autobiographies.
Essays.
ISBN 9798885791915 (large print ; hardcover alkaline paper)
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