The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2002Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system

he risks being executed by the Russians if his betrayal is discovered—but he’s willing to put it all on the line for a chance at freedom

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even in the best of times

There are appetizers

with the help of her dog

large amounts of tearstone from one of the Ripley royal mines when she

“If you are going to read one book on being a better manager in the next year

A tender ode from parent to child

This perfectly paced novel examines class structures and sexual identity and betrayals and tragedy in a way that had be both wanting to rip through the pages and wanting to savor each sentence until the extremely satisfying end

and be drafted into the psych-ops corps in Nevada

the Fante family must deal with yet another arrival—the narrator's father

which covers a part of Myanmar's Sagaing Division