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In a collection of essays, the Rooster gets married at an uproarious wedding, an estrangement occurs over a rubber vs. plastic debate, and the author gets the upper hand during a slumber party game of strip poker.

Eight stunning stories from Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro, "a true master of the form" (Salman Rushdie). " Open Secrets is a book that dazzles with its faith in language and in life."-- The New York Times Book Review In these eight...

A novel on children of mixed marriages. The protagonists are two sisters in Boston, daughters of a black professor and a white woman. One daughter passes for black and attends black school, while her sister passes for white and attends white...

A novel of acute psychological tension and unsettling questions of identity--the much anticipated follow-up to Senna's groundbreaking debut, Caucasia.

From the Publisher: The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city--intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion,...