Reader’s Digest June 2008

CONDITION  Acceptable, clean pages, reading and cover wear

CONTENTS

Features

·        Into the Wind – Kenneth Miller—One couple’s pilgrimage to photograph a herd of mustangs turned into a 12-day fight for survival.

·        The Facebook Election --- Carl M Cannon – How voters under 30 are changing U.S. politics. A new RD poll.

·        The Deep End of the Ocean – Sallie Tisdale – When cancer interrupts lifelong friendship, tow women find solace and strength in the sea.

·        4 Ways of Looking at a Bicycle – The best thing on two wheels in Africa, Germany, New York City, and Paris.

·        Out of the  Wreckage – Nursing students Anika Schulte and Candace Cross set up a triage center when a tornado hit their campus. Plus, more tales of heroism.

·        Mind Over Money – Jean Chatzky – In tough times, psyching yourself up to save is even more important. Tips to help you stash your cash.

·        Quick Study: Will Your Vote Count? – Lisa Goff – RD investigates whether America’s voting machines will be ready for action in November.

·        Never Say Never – These remarkable athletics prove that attitude trumps everything—no matter how steep the odds.

·        Home Sick – Lisa Collier Cool and Marie Gimein – What the foreclosure crisis for you, you community, and your financial health.

·        Save Your Own Life – Pamela F. Gallin, MD – How a chair, a pile of rocks, aspirin, and a scarf can keep you alive  in 12 do-or-die emergencies.

·        Book Excerpt – Portrait of My Father as a Young Man – Rick Bragg – More than 30 years after his father died, the author finally gets to know him.

Departments

·        Letter from the Editor

·        React – You Said It

·        Make It Matter – Patty Hall raised $130,000 to bring clean water to Africa. Lynn Rosellini

·        The Digest – What to read.,..how to give back…and advice for outsmarting you r auto mechanic.

·        Q&A – Dustin Hoffman – Meg Grant

·        Heroes – When a gunman terrorized a day-care center, Louise Zoller took action. Joseph K Vetter

·        Outrageous! – Your taxes at play. – Michael Crowley

·        Dreamers – Got an idea? Serial entrepreneur Ben Kaufman is your man. Adam Blouestein

·        @Work – All in a day’s work

·        Ask Laskas – Jeanne Marie Laskas

·        Laugh! – It’s the best medicine

·        Quirks – Talking the walk – Mary Roach

·        Off Base – Humor in uniform

·        Health – Smarter cancer detection

·        Quotes

·        Life – In these United States

·        Last Laugh

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