Passage 1 A New Attitude to Gratitude 1
Passage 2 Today s Real Girls 9
Passage 3 The Rules! 16
Passage 4 The Rude of the Problem 23
Passage 5 Shopping for Children s Books 29
Passage 6 A Road Worth Traveling 36
Passage 7 Diary of a Mad Mousewife 43
Passage 8 A Visit to Jordan 48
Passage 9 The Riddle of the Sphinx 54
Passage 10 Against all Odds 62
Passage 11 Wanted:College Students 70
Passage 12 Arming Myself with a Gun Is Not the Answer 77
Passage 13 Cartoons That Aren t for Kids 85
Passage 14 The Karate Generation 93
Passage 15 I Just Had a Feeling 99
Passage 16 The IQ Meritocracy 107
Passage 17 The Serious Business ofAnimal Play 115
Passage 18 Taking the Long View 122
Passage 19 Is There Life on Mars? 129
Passage 20 Aliens:A Social Phenomenon 135
Passage 21 E-mail Communication 142
Passage 22 My Software Life 149
Passage 23 Shopping-Netting a Good Buy 156
Passage 24 Why Salesmen Never Die 163
Passage 25 The Memory Puzzle 171
Passage 26 The Sexes:Anatomy of a Difference 178
Passage 27 Germs and Sickness in a Shrinking World:are humans and beasts too close for comfort? 187
Passage 28 Talking with a Queen 194
Passage 29 The Gladiator—Bruce Lee 201
Passage 30 Spreading the Faiths 208
Passage 31 St.Patrick 215
Passage 32 Will Genetically Modified Foods Feed the World? 221
Passage 33 Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants 228
Passage 34 Do Teachers Cheat? 236
Passage 35 Music on the Mind 242
Passage 36 Body Art 250
Passage 37 Unregarded Berries 256
Passage 38 Lloyd s Offers Hacker Insurance 262
Passage 39 Will We Still Turn Pages? 268
Passage 40 Will Cash Completely Vanish? 275