"Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is asked to provide security for a visiting Professor of Statistics at the nearby university. It sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture. They refuse and accuse Gamache of censorship. Before long, Professor Abigail Robinson's views start seeping into conversation. Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights....

Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

A compilation of twenty American short stories originally published in magazines and periodicals issued between January 2001 and January 2002, selected for inclusion by guest editor Sue Miller.

"A heartbreaking and profound story about the love that exists between brothers and the senseless loss of lives cut short with the shot of a gun. Michael and Francis are the bright, ambitious sons of Trinidadian immigrants. Coming of age in The Park, a cluster of houses and towers in the disparaged outskirts of a sprawling city, the brothers battle against the careless prejudices and low expectations that confront them on a daily basis. While Francis...

De la Louisiane à l'Acadie, des jeunes descendants de la déportation de 1755 rencontrent des phénomènes paranormaux. Une jeune fille adoptée du Dakota du Nord part à la recherche de ses ancêtres. À cause de ses rêves obsédants, elle croit que sa mère biologique est une Cadienne de la Louisiane. Grâce à l'aide de ses parents adoptifs et de Tante, sa gardienne cadienne de son enfance, Sara découvre l'histoire et la culture des descendants...