A collection of fiction and non-fiction. In A Streetlamp in the Netherlands, a woman causes a distraction which leads to an accident, The King of Epoxy is a satire on archeology, and Another Brutal Indian Attack is on berry-picking. By the author of The Brothers K.

"Through the author's travels in Europe and the United States, Try to Get Lost explores the quest for place that compels and defines us: the things we carry, how politics infuse geography, media's depictions of an idea of home, the ancient and modern reverberations of the word "hotel," and the ceaseless discovery generated by encounters with self and others on familiar and foreign ground. Frank posits that in fact time itself may be our ultimate,...

Brock the croc wants to play with the other animals that live in and around the river, but every time he tries his teeth scare them away.

Nascuntur poetae -- Proserpina and the devil -- Fanny Otcott -- Brother Fire -- The penny that beauty spent -- The angel on the ship -- The message and Jehanne -- Childe Roland to the dark tower came -- Centaurs -- Leviathan -- And the sea shall give up its dead -- Now the servent's name was Malchus -- Mozart and the gray steward -- Hast thou considered my servant Job -- The flight into Egype -- The angel that troubled the waters -- The long Christmas...

The Seerkind, a people who possess the power to make magic, have weaved themselves into a rug for safekeeping. Now, with the last human caretaker dead, a variety of humans vie for ownership of the rug.

Presents information about the arapaima, including physical characteristics, its everyday life, and its hunting abilities.

Facts on sharks including their teeth and tails, swimming and hunting, and species including blue sharks, great white sharks and hammerhead sharks.