The title track is one of three selections written or co-written by Jobim.

With the exception of those selections written in the traditional modes, most of his settings are a blend of the popular German and English folk song.

Like H. G. Wells, he can make the extraordinary seem plausible and this selection - written between 1932 and 1960 - demonstrates the development of one of Biitain's best story tellers.

All selections written by Larry Carlton except for 'Where Did You Come From

The selection written by Miss Swift is about how AIDS can be contracted by rape.

While Pidgeon saw no drawbacks to the coming of industrialization, the last selection, written in 1940 by a journalist from North Carolina, emphasizes the darker side of the economic changes that had transformed the state.

It compiles a selection of previously unreleased tracks written between 1994 and 1998, spanning two discs.

Drawback: You need eagle vision to read the day's selections written on the blackboard menus.

This selection of 31 stories (some are excerpts from novels), written by 26 authors, is edited and translated by Kathrine Jason, who has also provided helpful background facts on the contributors.

But there is something compelling about a story being told with more than 120 different selections written in more than 70 different voices, unfolding with chronological urgency.