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Unit One

 1. A White Heron

 2. The Nutrients in Food

 3. CreatMty Will Dominate Our Time

Unit Two

 4. I Have aDream

 5. Books

 6. Dreamers: From Jail to Wall Street

Unit Three

 7. Home Computer Security

 8. The Financial Crisis

 9. You Call This-a Mugging?

Unit Four

 10. Man Searches for Life in Space

 11. Journey to the Bottom of the Earth

 12. Entropy

Unit Five

 13. On the.Seventh Day of the Christmas

 14. The Borrowed Daughter

 15. The Night Before Christmas

Unit Six

 16. A Boy with a Mission

 17. Return to Paradise

 18. My Brother's Way

Unit Seven

 19. The Brewer's Son

 20. When the Wolf Was at the Door

 21. The Spark She Can't ExpLain

Unit Eight

 22. Dolly's False Legacy

 23. Unlock Your Own Creativity

 24. Girl Talk Has Its Limits

Appendix

Glossary