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245 04 The best of Reader's Digest :|btimeless favorites. 
246 30 Timeless favorites 
264  1 White Plains, NY :|bTrusted Media Brands, Inc. / Reader's 
       Digest,|c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    vi, 314 pages :|billustrations (some color) ;|c26 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Stories that inspire, amuse, and entertain"--cover 
505 00 |tWhere success comes from /|rBy Arthur Gordon --|tAn 
       electric nightmare /|rby John Robben --|tAnybody want to 
       buy a $2,300 dog? /|rby Robert de Roos --|tTerror in the 
       night /|rby Dave Shiflett --|tMy bad genes /|rby Michael 
       Ian Black --|tA soldier’s story /|rby Robert Hodierne --
       |tTear down this wall /|rby Peter Robinson --|tThe night I
       met Einstein /|rby Jerome Weldman --|tAwake through a 
       brain operation /|rby Annette Anselmo --|tMy fight with 
       Jack Dempsey /|rby Paul Gallico --|tSo long, duck /|rby 
       Virginia Bennett Moore --|tThe case of the swaggering 
       smuggler /|rby Richard & Joyce Wolkomir --|tThe greatest 
       quotes never said /|rby Ralph Keyes --|tMy father's music 
       /|rby Wayne Kalyn --|tThere's a tidal wave loose in here! 
       /|rby Lawrence Elliott --|tBit by the fitbit /|rby David 
       Sedaris --|t1,000 men and a baby /|rby Lawrence Elliott --
       |tThe kidnapping of Christine Aragao /|rby Malcolm 
       McConnell --|tPrincess power /|rby Ashley Lewis --|tCall 
       of the wild /|rby Penny Porter --|tHow we kept Mother's 
       day /|rby Stephen Leacock --|tA life in buttons /|rby 
       Karen Grissinger --|tDeadly cargo /|rby Christopher Davis 
       --|tThe funniest football game ever played /|rby O.K. 
       Armstrong --|tKiller connection /|rby Ann Rule --|tyou two
       must meet! /|rby Cornelia Otis Skinner --|tThe will to 
       live /|rby Gail Cameron Wescott --|tWell, this is awkward 
       /|rby Jessica Hagy --|tI hunted down the woman who stole 
       my life /|rby Anita Bartholomew --|tMy mother barked like 
       a seal /|rby Jeanmarie Coogan --|t50 seconds from death /
       |rBy Robert Kiener --|tAmerica's 10 funniest jokes /|rby 
       Andy Simmons --|tA dog like no other /|rby Peter 
       Muilenburg --|tThe book that changed my life /|rby Rick 
       Bragg --|tTwas the night after Christmas /|rby Corey Ford 
       --|tI never forgot you /|rby Martina Lopes --|tThe almost-
       perfect kidnapping /|rby Joseph P. Blank --|tBad puns are 
       how eye roll /|rby Peter Rubin --|tMy journey to Moscow /
       |rby Ed Sullivan --|tAlmost ready to do my taxes! /|rby 
       Emma Rathbone --|tThe case of the blasted bank /|rby Evan 
       McLeod Wylie --|tBeyond tragedy /|rby Kathleen Kennedy 
       Townsend --|t25 jokes that make you sound like a genius /
       |rby Andy Simmons --|tThe sweet uses of solitude /|rby 
       Joan Mills --|tAlone with a madman /|rby William M. 
       Hendryx --|tI died at 10:52 am /|rby Victor D. Solow --
       |tWhat I learned from Hemingway /|rby W. J. Lederer --
       |tEarly to bed and late to rise /|rby Don Herold --|tHow 
       to be true to you /|rby Scott Russell Sanders --|tI once 
       who lost /|rby Antwone Quenton Fisher --|tCredits and 
       acknowledgments 
520    "Certain tales stick in our memories and remain timeless 
       as the years march on—and they shine like never before in 
       this compilation from Reader’s Digest. Our editors have 
       carefully selected narratives readers have adored 
       throughout the past century; humorous slices of life in 
       decades past, captivating tales of survival against the 
       odds, sweet stories about cherished animal companions and 
       side-splitting commentaries on everyday annoyances. Each 
       remains as resonant and meaningful today as it was when it
       first appeared in the pages of Reader’s Digest magazine."-
       -Amazon.com. 
650  0 Wit and humor. 
650  0 American wit and humor. 
650  0 Life|vAnecdotes. 
650  0 American essays. 
655  7 Essays.|2lcgft 
655  7 Anecdotes.|2lcgft 
655  7 Personal narratives.|2lcgft 
700 12 Gordon, Arthur,|d1912-2002.|tWhere success comes from. 
700 12 Robben, John.|tElectric nightmare. 
700 12 De Roos, Robert William,|d1912-2002.|tAnybody want to buy 
       a $2,300 dog? 
700 12 Shiflett, Dave.|tTerror in the night. 
700 12 Black, Michael Ian,|d1971-|tMy bad genes. 
700 12 Hodierne, Robert.|tSolider's story. 
700 12 Robinson, Peter,|d1938-|tTear down this wall. 
700 12 Weldman, Jerome.|tNight I met Einstein. 
700 12 Anselmo, Annette.|tAwake through a brain operation. 
700 12 Gallico, Paul,|d1897-1976.|tMy fight with Jack Dempsey. 
700 12 Moore,Viriginia Bennett.|tSo long, duck. 
700 12 Wolkomoir, Richard.|tCase of the swaggering smuggler. 
700 12 Wolkomoir, Joyce.|tCase of the swaggering smuggler. 
700 12 Keyes, Ralph.|tGreatest quotes never said. 
700 12 Kalyn, Wayne.|tMy father's music. 
700 12 Sedaris, David.|tBit by the fitbit. 
700 12 Elliott, Lawrence.|t1,000 men and a baby. 
700 12 McConnell, Malcolm.|tKidnapping of Christine Aragao. 
700 12 Lewis, Ashley.|tPrincess power. 
700 12 Porter, Penny,|d1927-|tCall of the wild. 
700 12 Leacock, Stephen,|d1869-1944.|tHow we kept Mother's day. 
700 12 Grissinger, Karen.|tLife in buttons. 
700 12 Davis, Christopher.|tDeadly cargo. 
700 12 Armstrong, O. K.|q(Orland Kay),|d1893-1987.|tFunniest 
       football game ever played. 
700 12 Rule, Ann.|tKiller connection. 
700 12 Skinner, Cornelia Otis,|d1901-1979.|tYou two must meet! 
700 12 Cameron, Gail.|tWill to live. 
700 12 Hagy, Jessica.|tWell, this is awkward. 
700 12 Bartholomew, Anita.|tI hunted down the woman who stole my 
       life. 
700 12 Coogan, Jeanmarie.|tMy mother barked like a seal. 
700 12 Kiener, Robert.|t50 seconds from death. 
700 12 Muilenburg, Peter,|d1945-|tDog like no other. 
700 12 Bragg, Rick.|tBook that changed my life. 
700 12 Ford, Corey,|d1902-1969.|tTwas the night after Christmas. 
700 12 Lopes, Martina.|tI never forgot you. 
700 12 Blank, Joseph P.|tAlmost-perfect kidnapping. 
700 12 Rubin, Peter|c(Pop culture writer).|tBad puns are how eye 
       roll. 
700 12 Sullivan, Ed,|d1901-1974.|tMy journey to Moscow. 
700 12 Rathbone, Emma.|tAlmost ready to do my taxes! 
700 12 Wylie, Evan McLeod,|d1916-|tCase of the blasted bank. 
700 12 Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy,|d1951-|tBeyond tragedy. 
700 12 Simmons, Andy.|t25 jokes that make you sound like a 
       genius. 
700 12 Mills, J. Elizabeth.|tSweet uses of solitude. 
700 12 Hendryx, William M..|tAlone with a madman. 
700 12 Solow, Victor D..|tI died at 10:52 am. 
700 12 Lederer, William J.,|d1912-2009.|tWhat I learned from 
       Hemingway. 
700 12 Herold, Don,|d1889-1966.|tEarly to bed and late to rise. 
700 12 Sanders, Scott R.|q(Scott Russell),|d1945-|tHow to be true
       to you. 
700 12 Fisher, Antwone Quenton.|tI once who lost. 
710 2  Reader's Digest Association.