1．The Old Man and the Sea 1
2．Scarface 5
3．A Kind Deed 9
4．Ah Soon 12
5．Beethoven 17
6．The Story of the Bath 20
7．The Time Grandfather Tickled a Tiger 24
8．Napoleon s Questions 29
9．A Day in the Jungle 34
10．The View from the Twenty-eighth Floor 41
11．Growing Up with Grandma 49
12．Mama and the Roomer 56
13．A Brave Man Saves His Family 64
14．How I Lost Four Ounces in Three Weeks 70
15．Getaway 79
16．The Hunter Who Wanted Air 88
17．The Light of a Torch 95
18．A Sad Legend 102
19．Adventure on the Railway 106
20．Anansi s Fishing Expedition 112
21．Terror in the Night 124
22．The Lost Gold Piece 128
23．My Father Goes to Court 133
24．Telephone Emergency 142
25．Freedom Comes Again 153
26．The Snake in the Sleeping Bag 159
27．Fire 165
28．The World and the Greeks and Romans 174
29．Chinese in America 182
30．Political Parties in the United States 191
31．Crisis of Confidence 202
32．The Constant Core of Criminal Law 209
33．The Nature of Deterrence 222
34．Two-Party Politics in Britain 236
35．The Creation(Sources)of International Law 247
36．The Character of the Formative Process 276
37． West Africa and the Atlantic Slave-trade 292
38．The Age of European Penetration 307
39．The Coming of the Second World War 342
40．The American Revolution 374
41．The Declaration of Independence 401
Vocabulary 414