The second biggest star in a remote little burg somewhere in Germany / Tom Junod --
Apple breaks the mold: an oral history / Max Chafkin --
The dream boat / Luke Mogelson --
Orders of grief / Lisa Miller --
Jahar's world / Janet Reitman --
Thanksgiving in Mongolia / Ariel Levy --
Shark week and Difficult women and Private practice / Emily Nussbaum --
Overexposed and Radical revivial and Behind the facade / Witold Rybczynski --
Sliver of sky / Barry Lopez --
Bitter pill: why medical bills are killing us / Steven Brill --
How long can you wait to have a baby? / Jean M. Twenge --
Michael Jordan has not left the building / Wright Thompson --
Bret, unbroken / Steve Friedman --
Dangerous / Joshua Davis --
The sinking of the Bounty / Matthew Shaer --
Nineteen: the Yarnell Hill fire / Kyle Dickman --
Elegies / Kathleen Ossip --
The embassy of Cambodia / Zadie Smith.
