Reader's Digest

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.

More than Words

LETTERS • Notes on Past Issues

The Iowa Wave

The Movie Gets a New Ending • A producer discovers that the bad guy in his real-life crime drama is innocent

Bear Trap

Life Advice from a Five-Year-Old • Stressed? Overwhelmed? Maybe doughnuts, dinosaurs, and Dolly Parton can help.

Oscar the Rooster

LIFE IN THESE United States

A Gem of a Proposal

We Found a FIX • HELP, HACKS, & HOW TO

HOW TO Learn a Language as an Adult • Contrary to conventional thinking, it isn’t too late

HUMOR in UNIFORM

Bubble Tea Blows Up

A Celebration of 100th Birthdays

ALL in a Day’s WORK

Beyond Burnout • What to do when (or ideally, before) stress reaches epic proportions

Sleep Apps for Insomnia

Forget Those Crazy Skin-Care Trends

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

WHERE, OH WHERE?

SO THAT’S WHY WE SAY THAT • Fun facts about the language that’s been confounding speakers for centuries: English

What I’m Currently Reading • Classics? Self-help books? Not for this Reader’s Digest editor.

The ENDURING DELIGHT of the DICTIONARY • Every unknown word is a solvable mystery

My Favorite Word • We asked readers and they shared theirs, whether in the dictionary or made up

THE PLACEBO CURE • WHY DOCTORS ARE PRESCRIBING SUGAR PILLS INSTEAD OF THE REAL THING

THE GREAT 9/11 MARITIME RESCUE • We’ve read about so many heroes of that fateful day, yet somehow this mission—the largest of its kind in history—remains largely unknown

My Southern Accent, Lost and Found • For years, I denied this part of myself, until I realized what I was missing

The RD LIST • READ, WATCH, LISTEN

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Brain GAMES • SHARPEN YOUR MIND

WORD POWER • Ahoy, mateys! In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a silly but real holiday celebrated every September 19, these words include three r’s (as in “Arrr,” the utterance that in 1995 inspired two friends to invent the day). Once you find your sea legs, follow the current to the next page for the answers.

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