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Reports on the discovery of a message in a bottle traveling from Maine to Sweden. The message sent in 1989; The discovery by a child; Comments by parents.

Relates the author's experience with a treasure chest for memories. Types of objects that went in the treasure chest; The memories evoked when organizing the treasure chest; The value of the items in the chest to the author and her sister.

Relates information about the family of peregrine falcons which was hatched on a ledge outside the 25th floor of the Christian Science Church Administration Building in Boston, Massachusetts in the summer of 1997. Mishaps the chicks faced while learning to fly; Their successful flight; The expected return of the parents in March of 1998.

Focuses on Hermes Systems Management, a company that finds new technology products for schools, founded by Judy Reavis. The search for a way to put wires through narrow spaces at schools; How Reavis uses Rattie, a laboratory rat, to fit in the narrow spaces; Details about how Reavis trained Rattie; Rattie's success; The number of classrooms connected to the Internet because of Rattie's work.

Relates the author's experience growing up in a small town in Oregon. The family restaurant One-Eyed Charlie's; The size of the town; Its apparent unchanging nature.

Relates the author's search for peace and quiet in Seattle, Washington. The solace people take from the city's piers; How the waterfront reminds the author of her life growing up on a ranch.

Presents a chart, with reviews, of the top ten paperback and hardcover religion best sellers for December 8, 1997, according to `Publisher's Weekly.' Paperbacks including `Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul,' from Health Communications and `Left Behind,' by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins; Hardcovers including `Sources of Strength,' by Jimmy Carter and `Just as I Am,' by Billy Graham.