Edited byRichard Ford and featuring stories by Russell Banks, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Jhumpa Lahiri, JohnCheever, and many others, Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar is a profound and groundbreaking anthologyexploring resonant themes of employment, service, and daily obligations asunique windows into our culture, our society, and our very humanity. With ashare of proceeds going to assist the literacynonprofit 826Michigan, this unforgettable collection of short fiction from manyof contemporary literature's most powerful authors limns the diverse meanings of work in...

One of the best books on electrostatics for the hobbyists, inventor, or experimenter is updated and expanded to include newly uncovered information on electrostatic generators and complete instructions for building various types, including Wimshurst and Van de Graaff generators. Throughout the book, the author provides hard-to-find information on electrical anomalies, which represent the frontier of electrostatic research.

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An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; and more.

This volume presents a selection of the best works of American short fiction published in the last half of the 20th century. Featured authors include Eudora Welty, John Cheever, Raymond Carver, Sherman Alexie, Junot Diaz, and Deborah Eisonberg.