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Reader's Digest

Jun 01 2020
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In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

Staying Positive

LETTERS • NOTES ON THE April ISSUE

A Few Good Books—in One Place

The Serial Samaritan • An imperfect man finds the perfect way to give back

The TP Exchange

QUOTABLE QUOTES

The International CHERRY PIT SPITTING Championship • KEVIN BARTZ, age 53, Edwardsburg, Michigan

All in a Day’s WORK

THE MILITARY-TO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY • We can thank soldiers and sailors for the words umpteen, skedaddle, and raunchy. Here’s more military slang that deserves widespread use in the civilian world.

A Little Life Saved, a Big Friend Made

Find Peace Anytime, Anyplace • Meditation is simpler than it sounds. Follow these directions from a skeptic who tried and liked it.

WHEN YOU’RE READY TO TAKE IT FURTHER

WE FOUND A FIX • 9 TRICKS TO Improve Your Life*

The Truth About Wildfires

LIFE IN THESE United States

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE! • More proof that sometimes people need a bit of humor to get through the tough stuff:

Actually, King of the Sea

News From the WORLD OF MEDICINE

Going, Going, Sold!

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

NOT MAKING THE GRADE • When you were in high school, did you feel as if your teachers failed to recognize your true talent and potential? This guy likely would have felt the same way.

MY Thank you YEAR • How writing 365 notes of appreciation reconnected me to what’s important in my life

WE MOVED TO THE WORST PLACE IN AMERICA • It started out as something of a joke—almost a dare. We’ve been living here for four years now.

Weird and Wonderful Inventions • From a bicycle that rides on water to a pillow that stops you from snoring, these 18 innovations will blow your mind—and a hole in your wallet

20 PAINS TO NEVER IGNORE • We all feel a twinge once in a while. When is it no big deal, and when is it a warning sign that something needs attention—now?

Humor in UNIFORM

On Dad’s Trail, Forever • He taught me how to ride and all the rules of the road

I WAS SCAMMED BY MY BEST FRIEND • She swindled me out of $92,000, forcing me into bankruptcy and destroying my once sunny outlook. But I finally got justice.

YOUR TRUE STORIES IN 100 Words

STORY TIME IS FOR EVERYONE • Reading aloud, even to other adults, yields surprising rewards

BRAIN GAMES

WORD POWER • What do an academic, a debacle, and a Miami Beach clambake have in common? They are words spelled with letters from only the first half of the alphabet, a to m—like all those in this quiz. (Answers on page 124.) Next issue: the second half of the alphabet.

PHOTO FINISH • YOUR Funniest CAPTIONS

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