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Reader's Digest

May 01 2023
Magazine

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.

A Trusted Friend

Below the Surface

Captain Harrisburg to the Rescue! • From playing superhero to becoming a superhero in real life

GLAD TO HEAR IT 3 STORIES TO Make Your Day

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Diary • A woman mailed her journal to a stranger, who wrote in it, then passed it along

Ballpark Figures of Speech

Churro the Duck Herder WAUKESHA, WI

LIFE IN THESE United States

Tasty Tacos • Those shells hold a lot of history

HUMOR in UNIFORM

A Bouquet of Flower Facts

Nah-maste

ALL in a Day’s WORK

WHERE, OH WHERE?

Just In Case • Does your first-aid kit have all the essentials?

Do Weighted Blankets Work?

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT! • If you’re a fan of bad literature, you’re in luck! Here are intentionally rotten first lines to nonexistent novels, from the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest:

Let’s Be Friends • How to make lasting connections that lift you up

Letters Across the Pond

Unlikely Mates

A Paris Match

Back to the Poker Table BY DON Gillmor • People who make time to hang out with friends have all the luck

Errors in International Marketing

PRIVATE HATHAWAY COMES HOME • Decades after he was killed in World War II, a soldier is reunited with his family

INTO THE FLAMES • Nick Bostic was troubled. Aimless. Then one night, everything changed.

It’s the Little Things

THE ODD COUPLE • It was disdain at first sight. Forty years later, they’re still best friends.

CAN HEARING LOSS BE REVERSED? • The answer sounds like yes

Food Fights

LOVE IS A HOOT • Readers share the most clever, hilarious and moving ways someone has let them know they’re loved

BEST MISTAKE I EVER MADE

The RD LIST READ, WATCH, LISTEN

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Brain GAMES SHARPEN YOUR MIND

WORD POWER • This issue, we’re all about keeping it brief with a roundup of useful acronyms from the worlds of IT, HR and EMS, among others. Pronouncing them is as easy as ABC: Just recite the letters and you’ll be GTG. Once you ID these terms, turn the page ASAP to see the answers spelled out.

An Acronym That Isn’t

ANSWERS


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 116 Publisher: Trusted Media Brands Inc. Edition: May 01 2023

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: April 18, 2023

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

subjects

News & Politics

Languages

English

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.

A Trusted Friend

Below the Surface

Captain Harrisburg to the Rescue! • From playing superhero to becoming a superhero in real life

GLAD TO HEAR IT 3 STORIES TO Make Your Day

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Diary • A woman mailed her journal to a stranger, who wrote in it, then passed it along

Ballpark Figures of Speech

Churro the Duck Herder WAUKESHA, WI

LIFE IN THESE United States

Tasty Tacos • Those shells hold a lot of history

HUMOR in UNIFORM

A Bouquet of Flower Facts

Nah-maste

ALL in a Day’s WORK

WHERE, OH WHERE?

Just In Case • Does your first-aid kit have all the essentials?

Do Weighted Blankets Work?

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT! • If you’re a fan of bad literature, you’re in luck! Here are intentionally rotten first lines to nonexistent novels, from the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest:

Let’s Be Friends • How to make lasting connections that lift you up

Letters Across the Pond

Unlikely Mates

A Paris Match

Back to the Poker Table BY DON Gillmor • People who make time to hang out with friends have all the luck

Errors in International Marketing

PRIVATE HATHAWAY COMES HOME • Decades after he was killed in World War II, a soldier is reunited with his family

INTO THE FLAMES • Nick Bostic was troubled. Aimless. Then one night, everything changed.

It’s the Little Things

THE ODD COUPLE • It was disdain at first sight. Forty years later, they’re still best friends.

CAN HEARING LOSS BE REVERSED? • The answer sounds like yes

Food Fights

LOVE IS A HOOT • Readers share the most clever, hilarious and moving ways someone has let them know they’re loved

BEST MISTAKE I EVER MADE

The RD LIST READ, WATCH, LISTEN

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Brain GAMES SHARPEN YOUR MIND

WORD POWER • This issue, we’re all about keeping it brief with a roundup of useful acronyms from the worlds of IT, HR and EMS, among others. Pronouncing them is as easy as ABC: Just recite the letters and you’ll be GTG. Once you ID these terms, turn the page ASAP to see the answers spelled out.

An Acronym That Isn’t

ANSWERS


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