Presents the author's selection of his best short stories, as well as a new piece, in a collection that includes "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary," "Mono No Aware" and "The Waves."

The bookmaking habits of select species -- State change -- The perfect match -- Good hunting -- The literomancer -- Simulacrum -- The paper menagerie -- An advanced readers picture book of comparative -- Cognition -- The waves -- Mono no aware -- All the flavors -- A brief history of the trans-pacific tunnel -- The litigation master and the monkey king -- The man who ended history: a documentary.