<div>Inspired by Depression-era travel guides, an anthology of essays on each of the fifty states, plus Washington, D.C., by some of America’s finest writers. State by State is a panoramic portrait of America and an appreciation of all fifty states (and Washington, D.C.) by fifty-one of the most acclaimed writers in the nation. <ul><li>Anthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey</li><li>Dave Eggers tells it straight: Illinois is Number 1</li><li>Louise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota</li><li>Jonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York’s publicist . . . and personal attorney . . . and historian . . . and geologist</li><li>John Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a “Massachusettsean”</li><li>Edward P. Jones makes the case: D.C. should be a state!</li><li>Jhumpa Lahiri declares her reckless love for the Rhode Island coast</li><li>Rich Moody explores the dark heart of Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway, exit by exit</li><li>Ann Patchett makes a pilgrimage to the Civil War site at Shiloh, Tennessee</li><li>William T. Vollman visits a San Francisco S&amp;M club</li><li>And many more</li></ul> Praise for State by State An NPR Best Book of the Year “The full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory.” —The New Yorker “Odds are, you’ll fall for every state a little.” —Los Angeles Times</div>

State by State

<div>The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup features original pieces by thirty-two leading writers and journalists about the thirty-two nations that have qualified for the world's greatest sporting event. In addition to all the essential information any fan needs&#8212;the complete 2006 match schedule, results from past tournaments, facts and figures about the nations, players, teams, and referees&#8212;here are essays that shine a whole new light on soccer and the world.<ul><li>Former Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge G. Casta&#241;eda invites George W. Bush to watch a game.</li><li>Novelist Robert Coover remembers soccer in Spain after the death of General Francisco Franco.</li><li>Dave Eggers on America, and the gym teachers who kept it free from communism.</li><li>Time magazine's Tokyo bureau chief Jim Frederick shows how soccer is displacing baseball in Japan.</li><li>Novelist Aleksandar Hemon proves, once and for all, that sex and soccer do not mix.</li><li>Novelist John Lanchester describes the indescribable: the beauty of Brazilian soccer.</li><li>The New Yorker's Cressida Leyshon on Trinidad and Tobago, 750-1 underdogs.</li><li>Fever Pitch author Nick Hornby on the conflicting call of club and country.</li></ul>Plus an afterword by Franklin Foer on the form of government most likely to win the World Cup.</div>

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