Contents
Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Joseph P.
Blank...............................................................................................
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Lesson 2 Love Is a Fallacy
Max
Shulman.............................................................................................
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Lesson 3 Blackmail (Excerpts)
Arthur
Hailey..............................................................................................
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Lesson 4 The Trial That Rocked the World
John
Scopes..............................................................................................
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Lesson 5 The Libido for the Ugly
Henry L.
Mencken.............................................................................................
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Lesson 6 Mark Twain—Mirror of America (Excerpts)
Noel
Grove...............................................................................................
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Lesson 7 Everyday Use
Alice
Walker..............................................................................................
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Lesson 8 Three Cups of Tea (Excerpts)
Greg Mortenson and David O.
Relin..............................................................................141
Lesson 9 The Way to Rainy Mountain
N. Scott
Momaday.............................................................................................
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Lesson 10 No Signposts in the Sea (Excerpts)
V. Sackville-
West................................................................................................
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Lesson 11 Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
Winston S.
Churchill..........................................................................................