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Audiobooks Narrated by Dan Gediman
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Broadcast weekly on Bob Edwards’ SiriusXM Satellite Radio and public radio shows, This I Believe features the voices, personal experiences, and profound insights of students, educators, politicians, artists, executives, the struggling and the successful. These diverse, engaging essays are valuable lessons for those just starting out or anyone dealing with life’s challenges. Whether penned by the famous or the previously unknown, they reveal the American spirit at its best.
Contents:
Introduction by Dan Gediman
Howard White: “The Power of Hello”
Catherine McDowall: “Everyone Is Included”
Jim Haynes: “Inviting the World to Dinner”
Alicia M. Conill: “Listening Is Powerful Medicine”
William Wissemann: “Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces”
Dani Weathers: “Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace”
Eve Birch: “The Art of Being a Neighbor”
Felipe Morales: “A Priceless Lesson in Humility”
Christine Little: “A Kind and Generous Heart”
Karin Round: “Opening the Door of Mercy”
Troy Chapman: “Caring Makes Us Human”
Stephanie Disney: “Seeing with the Heart”
Lex Urban: “Finding Out What’s Under Second Base”
Andrew Flewelling: “A Grace of Silence”
Laura Durham: “Grace Is a Gift”
Colin Bates: “Our Vulnerability Is Our Strength”
Juliet Frerking: “A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary”
Geoffrey Canada: “A Taste of Success”
Nancy Pieters Mayfield: “Satisfaction With a Job Well Done”
Andrew Paradis: “Semper Fidelis”
Paul Thorn: “Walking in the Light”
Madhukar Rao: “An Invitation to Dialogue”
Christine Todd Whitman: “To Hear Your Inner Voice”
Mark Olmsted: “The Courage to Change the Things I Can”
Brighton Earley: “Finding the Flexibility to Survive”
Joan Skiba: “Patriotic Ponderings”
Robin Mize: “Finding Our Common Ground”
Jeff Nixa: “A Good Neighborhood”
Carla Saulter: “Bus Chick’s Manifesto”
Sudie Bond Noland: “The True Value of Life”
A new collection of inspiring personal philosophies from another noteworthy group of people This second collection of This I Believe essays gathers seventy-five essayists-ranging from famous to previously unknown-completing the thought that begins the book's title. With contributors who run the gamut from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to ordinary folks like a diner waitress, an Iraq War veteran, a farmer, a new husband, and many others, This I Believe II, like the first New York Times bestselling collection, showcases moving and irresistible essays. Included are Sister Helen Prejean writing about learning what she truly believes through watching her own actions, singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore writing about a hard-won wisdom based on being generous to others, and Robert Fulghum writing about dancing all the dances for as long as he can. Listeners will also find wonderful and surprising essays about forgiveness, personal integrity, and honoring life and change. Here is a welcome, stirring, and provocative communion with the minds and hearts of a diverse, new group of people-whose beliefs and the remarkably varied ways in which they choose to express them reveal the American spirit at its best.
