Introduction 6
How to Use This Book 7
Week 1
Day 1 Entertainment 01 Have You Seen This? 10
Day 2 Psychology 02 EQ 12
Day 3 History 03 The Civil Rights Movement in the United States 14
Day 4 Business 04 Who Stole My Money? 16
Day 5 People 05 Steve Jobs 18
Day 6 Language 06 We're Animals Too,After All! 20
Week 2
Day 1 Technology 07 Internet Gossip Websites 24
Day 2 Animals 08 Hachiko 26
Day 3 Technology 09 The Challenger Tragedy 28
Day 4 Arts & Literature 10 Postmodern Architecture 30
Day 5 Environment 11 Self-Generated Energy 32
Day 6 Health & Body 12 You Are What You Eat 34
Week 3
Day 1 Animals 13 Fighting for Animals-a Brief History 38
Day 2 Geography 14 K2 40
Day 3 Language 15 Class and Accent 42
Day 4 People 16 He's a Hit-Everywhere! 44
Day 5 Technology 17 The Eye in the Sky 46
Day 6 Business 18 Is It a Fair Trade? 48
Week 4
Day 1 Plants 19 Our Little Green Friends 52
Day 2 Entertainment 20 Board but Never Boring 54
Day 3 Technology 21 Paying on the Go 56
Day 4 Health & Body 22 Plastic Surgery 58
Day 5 Arts & Literature 23 The Ancient Art of the Brush 60
Day 6 Sports 24 Free Running 62
Week 5
Day 1 Language 25 False Friends 66
Day 2 Social Behavior 26 Hikikomori 68
Day 3 Geography 27 Wild Tasmania 70
Day 4 Psychology 28 The Pygmalion Effect 72
Day 5 Technology 29 Say Hello to Our New Mechanical Friends 74
Day 6 Environment 30 Reusing Versus Recycling 76
Week 6
Day 1 Business 31 Fair Fashion 80
Day 2 Arts & Literature 32 Frida Kahlo's Paintings and Psychology 82
Day 3 Geography 33 The Nazca Lines of Peru 84
Day 4 Technology 34 Are You Addicted to the Internet? 86
Day 5 Business 35 Hold on to Your Pocket Money 88
Day 6 Health & Body 36 Asperger's Syndrome 90
Week 7
Day 1 Psychology 37 Cyberbullying 94
Day 2 Technology 38 Sunscreen 96
Day 3 Plants 39 The Dancing Plants of Udon Thani 98
Day 4 People 40 Bill Gates After Microsoft 100
Day 5 Arts & Literature 41 American Folk Art Traditions 102
Day 6 Technology 42 The Large Hadron Collider 104
Week 8
Day 1 Social Behavior 43 NEET 108
Day 2 Environment 44 What Are Carbon Offsets? 110
Day 3 Health & Body 45 Parasites 112
Day 4 Technology 46 A Mixed New World 114
Day 5 Sports 47 The World's Oldest Sports 116
Day 6 Arts & Literature 48 Victorian Art 118
Week 9
Day 1 People 49 The Shakespeare of Rock & Roll 122
Day 2 Environment 50 Save Our Seas 124
Day 3 Psychology 51 Wired for Love? 126
Day 4 Geography 52 The Northern Lights 128
Day 5 Culture 53 Unusual Taboos 130
Day 6 Arts & Literature 54 Science Fiction 132
Week 10
Day 1 Technology 55 Man or Machine? The Strange New World of E-Skin 136
Day 2 Animals 56 Bats and Bees Are Dying 138
Day 3 Psychology 57 Music and Mood 140
Day 4 Business 58 Dr. Bronner's Soaps 142
Day 5 Culture 59 Body Language Across Cultures 144
Day 6 Arts & Literature 60 Greek Theater and Dionysus 146
Week 11
Day 1 Geography 61 Easter Island 150
Day 2 Sports 62 Skateboarding 152
Day 3 Health & Body 63 Winter Blues 154
Day 4 Technology 64 Concrete's Glowing Future 156
Day 5 History 65 The Terra-Cotta Army 158
Day 6 Arts & Literature 66 Paul Gauguin 160
Week 12
Day 1 Geography 67 The Leaning Tower of Pisa 164
Day 2 Social Behavior 68 A House Full of Junk 166
Day 3 Arts & Literature 69 Magic Realism 168
Day 4 People 70 Charlie Chaplin,a Serious Man 170
Day 5 Environment 71 Desertification 172
Day 6 Health & Body 72 Look Away From the Light 174
Week 13
Day 1 Geography 73 The Wild Amazon 178
Day 2 People 74 A Chinese Legend 180
Day 3 Animals 75 Whales' Silent Tears 182
Day 4 Arts & Literature 76 Prehistoric Art 184
Day 5 Sports 77 Rock Climbing 186
Day 6 Plants 78 The Oldest Trees in the World 188
Day 7 Health & Body 79 Headphones and Hearing 190
Week 14
Day 1 Culture 80 Formerly Taboo Entertainment 194
Day 2 Animals 81 How Were Dogs Domesticated? 196
Day 3 Environment 82 Wind Power 198
Day 4 People 83 Johann Sebastian Bach 200
Day 5 Geography 84 The Plain of Jars 202
Day 6 Health & Body 85 Pros and Cons of Coffee 204
Day 7 Animals 86 Saving Animals,One Species at a Time 206
Week 15
Day 1 Health & Body 87 Stuttering 210
Day 2 People 88 Isadora Duncan 212
Day 3 Culture 89 What Is Beauty? 214
Day 4 Environment 90 Danger in the Sea 216
Day 5 Geography 91 The Rose City 218
Day 6 Sports 92 Capoeira:The Dance of War 220
Day 7 Health & Body 93 Yoga 222
Week 16
Day 1 Arts & Literature 94 Dylan Thomas 226
Day 2 Geography 95 The Fall and Rise of Pompeii 228
Day 3 Animals 96 Alpacas 230
Day 4 Sports 97 American Football 232
Day 5 Animals 98 Cats 234
Day 6 Social Behavior 99 Social Contagion 236
Day 7 Plants 100 Rafflesia,the Corpse Flower 238