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Pierre Cormier had secrets. Though he married twice and became a high-flying lawyer and a father, he didn't let anyone really know him. And he was especially silent about what had happened to him in Lebanon, the country he fled during civil war to come to Canada as a refugee. When, in the midst of a corporate scandal, he went missing after his boat exploded, his teenage son Cyril didn't know how to mourn him. But five years later, a single bone and a distinctive gold chain are recovered, and Pierre is at last declared dead. Which changes everything.

Subtly surreal, darkly comic, both hilarious and heartbreaking, Fortune Smiles is a major collection of stories that gives voice to the perspectives we don't often hear while offering something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson is one of America's most provocative and powerful authors.

Just Stand Up - A Tribute to Black Comedians, is packed with memorable and hilarious characters from the world of black humor and entertainment in the 20th century and provides an in-depth look at the lives and careers of these towering performers and how they made it to the top in the business, sometimes against all the odds. It is a glowing tribute to the men and women who paved the way, like Jackie Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx and Nipsey Russell, and the ones who followed in their footsteps and developed the unique style and comedy that is African-American humor, like Richard Prior, Eddie Murphy, Bernie Mac and others. Complete with interesting life facts, the outstanding accomplishments they achieved and brief bios, Just Stand Up is book that pays well deserved homage to some of the best known African-American comedy celebrities like no other.

Black Man White House is a gripping narrative of the events that saw the black race rise from the doldrums of a dark and sordid past to where it is today. With a sweeping forward momentum, this collection of thoughtful, provocative essays navigates the complex, sensitive, and often concealed history of the African American experience. A captivating examination of black life that offers penetrating commentary on the intricate history of the African American people, Black Man White House is a seminal history lesson that will provoke, inspire, enlighten, and entertain.

A haunted house turns everything that is supposed to be comforting and familiar into instruments of terror - attics, nurseries, and parlors become settings for the macabre, family tragedies repeat themselves over and over again. Yet, we are still drawn to the stories a haunted house has to tell. There is something fascinating in how a house becomes a home for spirits....