As a collection of essays, you have to expect that some are going to be hit or miss, but when this book was good, it was absolutely amazing. With pieces by such luminaries as Desmond Tutu I became a better person for reading this book. And I got it for free when I was vacationing in Durham and walking to the train staion and found it in a box of trash on the curb in front of a bookstore. Random. And then I found five dollars!