Readers Digest (US) - November 2011 (gnv64)

Reader's Digest (US) - November 2011
English | PDF | 224 pages | 44.5 mb

Reader's Digest - family magazine covering health, politics, sports, education, humor & more.

THE DIGEST
10 Food Tips and tricks for holiday meals; plus, the perfect mac 'n' cheese
20 Health I3thingsyour podiatrist won't tell you; fending off diabetes
31 Family A teacher's view of your child's self-esteem; dating for grown-ups
42 Work Surviving a bad performance review; billionaire high-school dropouts
47 Home Decoratingwithyourselfin mind; can houseplants keepyou healthy?
58 Money Shop smarter and save; surprising perks at your local library
66 Misc What Jill Abramson, the New York Times' first female executive editor, is up to; random ideas from all over

DEPARTMENTS
5 React Your letters
79 @Work Office humor
82 The Power of One Hometown heroes from across the nation
92 Ask Laskas Commonsense
111 Around the World with One Question Are you a snoop?
113 Life's Funny That Way - True stories from our readers
205 Poetry "Butter"connie wanek
207 Quotes Wise words
209 Word Power Test yourself
212 Off Base Humor in uniform
217 Laugh! Our favorite jokes
220 Last Laugh

FEATURES
132 50 Secrets Your Nurse Won't Tell You - michelle crouch
What really happens in the bedrooms and halls of our hospitals, straight from the experts.
142 Love, Faith, and War - brian mockenhaupt
In clinics and on patrol, military chaplains help American soldiers find peace amid the chaos.
154 The Unsinkable Diana Nyad - Topdd Pitock
Exclusive: At 61, she attempted to swim 103 miles against three-foot waves,-the threat of sharks, and her own demons.
162 The Road Ahead - barbara kantrowitz
Middle-class families—the key to our country's prosperity—are squeezed as never before. But we aren't powerless. Here, ten ideas to help us all get back on track.
178 Look Twice See the world differently.
182 Chubby - calvin trillin
The celebrated humorist recalls a happy childhood in this entry from Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin.
184 You Only Live Twice - gary sledge
Howard Snitzer collapsed. Ninety-six minutes later, he still didn't have a heartbeat. Here's how he survived.
194 The Birth of a Family - david marin
What's a single white guy doing with three Mexican kids? Making a loving family—and showing us foster adoption can work. From This Is Us: The New All-American Family.