The Moth Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from the Moth
The Moth
🇬🇧 #HowtoTellaStory is coming to the UK! Preorder your copy now and bring Moth-style storytelling to your fingertips on 22 September 2022! 🇬🇧 https://t.co/AizJcXKLTo 📚 by @shortbooksUK ✍️ by @burnzieny @megmbowles @thekatetellers Sarah Austin Jenness Jenifer Hixson https://t.co/XHCIYnQOhi
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The Moth
The Moth
This week on the #MothRadioHour, Tony Award-winner @Andre_DeShields introduces us to his muse, and spiritual twin…his sister Iris. Listen to André's full story and his exclusive interview with The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns here: https://t.co/S9BBDj5tRh https://t.co/kJhzXNxpcK
Paperback, 2013
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
M Is for Magic
Neil Gaiman
"If a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.” ― Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself), M Is for Magic #TuesdayThoughts
Paperback, 2008
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
Bell Hooks
“We make the revolutionary history, telling the past as we have learned it mouth-to-mouth, telling the present as we see, know, and feel it in our heats and with our words.” ― bell hooks, Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black #TuesdayThoughts https://t.co/OzHwAI1pMB
Paperback, 2014
$38.99$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Moth: The Moth Saga, Book 1
Daniel Arenson
Haunted with guilt, Al Letson admits he was not quite ready for a second child. 🎧 Listen to Al's full story at: http://themoth.org/stories/a-father-figures If you've ever told a story on a Moth stage like Al, you can purchase a copy of it to keep for posterity at https://themoth.org/storyrequest https://t.co/KyKaRIsqOZ
Paperback, 2013
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Witches Abroad
Terry Pratchett
“People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.” ― Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob), Witches Abroad #TuesdayThoughts
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
“The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself thinking how beautiful that glint of water was through the trees.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower #TuesdayThoughts
Paperback, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How To Tell A Story
Josephine Gardner
If you enjoyed #HowtoTellaStory, tell us all about it. Head on over to Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Nobles or your preferred online retail and leave a rating and review! Reviews will help more people discover the book + share their stories! Buy/Review Now: https://buff.ly/36vBTFL https://t.co/gGVs165EYr
Paperback, 2012
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bread of Life: A lay view of Bible Quotes
David Daniel Ball
Join us virtually at The Silver Ball, our 25th Anniversary Gala, on Thursday, May 26th at 8 pm ET! Don't miss a night true stories told live and our Storyteller of the Year, David Byrne (@DBtodomundo)! Buy tickets now at https://t.co/p6C2nQ8Y6S https://t.co/pEAXeQnSbA
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Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life
Betty Reid Soskin
Until her retirement this year in March, at age 100, Betty Reid Soskin was the oldest National Park Ranger serving the United States. She is also a musician, businesswoman, civil right activist, and the author of Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life. https://t.co/tt7XL8Azks
Paperback, 2020
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book