Ebook: Bound to last 30 writers on their most cherished book

In addition to a foreword by Ray Bradbury, Bound to Last features original contributions by: Chris Abani, Rabih Alameddine, Anthony Doerr, Louis Ferrante, Nick Flynn, Karen Joy Fowler, Julia Glass, Karen Green, David Hajdu, Terrence Holt, Jim Knipfel, Shahriar Mandanipour, Sarah Manguso, Sean Manning, Joyce Maynard, Philipp Meyer, Jonathan Miles, Sigrid Nunez, Ed Park, Victoria Patterson, Francine Prose, Michael Ruhlman, Elissa Schappell, Christine Schutt, Jim Shepard, Susan Straight, J. Courtney Sullivan, Anthony Swofford, Danielle Trussoni, and Xu Xiaobin."--Pub. desc.;The crying of Lot 49 and In the heart of the heart of the country / Jim Shepard -- Andersen's fairy tales / Francine Prose -- The stranger / Anthony Swofford -- Speak, memory / Danielle Trussoni -- The shadow of the sun / Nick Flynn -- The Bible / Joyce Maynard -- Les misérables / Louis Ferrante -- Naked lunch / Elissa Schappell -- The story and its writer / Anthony Doerr -- Invisible man / David Hajdu -- Roar and more / Julia Glass -- Das Kapital / Shahriar Mandanipour -- The Viking Portable Dorothy Parker / J. Courtney Sullivan -- The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy, eighth edition / Terrence Holt -- For whom the bell tolls / Philipp Meyer -- The collected stories of Amy Hempel / Karen Green -- Mason & Dixon / Jim Knipfel -- Emily Dickenson (literature and life) / Xu Xiaobin -- Dungeon masters guide / Ed Park -- Sula / Susan Straight -- Ulyssses / Sean Manning -- Believe it or not! / Sarah Manguso -- William Trevor : the collected stories / Victoria Patterson -- The once and future king / Karen Joy Fowler -- The carpetbaggers / Rabih Alameddine -- The new professional chef, fifth edition / Michael Ruhlman -- Mythology / Sigrid Nunez -- Another country / Chris Abani -- Heart's needle / Christine Schutt -- Ship of fools / Jonathan Miles.